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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. | |
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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. |
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