AmphibiaWeb - Batrachoseps aridus


Batrachoseps aridus Camp, 1915 Desert Slender Salamander Subgenus: Batrachoseps	family: Plethodontidae subfamily: Hemidactyliinae genus: Batrachoseps
Species Description: Camp, C. L. 1915. Batrachoseps major and Bufo cognatus californicus, new Amphibia from southern California. University of California Publications in Zoology 12: 327–334.
Taxonomic Notes: Wake and Jockusch (2000, Biol Plethodontid Salamanders) & Jockusch and Wake (2002, Biol J Linn Soc) treat Batrachoseps aridus as a subspecies of Batrachoseps major. Because of ongoing conservation concerns in California state, AmphibiaWeb recognizes it as a full species following the Department of Fish and Wildlife, CA. Martinez-Solano et al. (2012 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 131-149) has continued its study.

Conservation Status (definitions)

IUCN Red List Status Account	Least Concern (LC)
NatureServe	Use NatureServe Explorer to see status.
CITES	No CITES Listing
National Status	Endangered
Regional Status	This is a state Endangered species (listed in 1971)

	View distribution map in BerkeleyMapper.
	View Bd and Bsal data (149 records).