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Klamath black salamander
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae
Genus: Aneides
Species: A. klamathensis
Binomial name
Aneides klamathensis
Reilly & Wake, 2019

The Klamath black salamander (Aneides klamathensis) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the western United States.

Taxonomy

Previously, it was considered a population of the speckled black salamander (A. flavipunctatus). However, a 2019 study found A. flavipunctatus to represent a species complex and split multiple species off it, including the Klamath population, which was described as Aneides klamathensis.

Distribution

This species inhabits the Klamath Mountains in northern California and southern Oregon. It ranges from southeast-central Humboldt and Trinity counties in California north to southern Josephine and Jackson counties in Oregon.

Description

This species has a solid black base coloration overlaid by greenish-gray frosting that extends down the trunk. Its limbs are heavily spotted with white to cream-colored spots, but this are largely scattered on other dorsal surfaces.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Aneides klamathensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T178761384A180437641. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  3. ^ "Aneides klamathensis Reilly and Wake, 2019 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  4. "AmphibiaWeb - Aneides klamathensis". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  5. ^ Reilly, Sean B.; Wake, David B. (2019-08-01). "Taxonomic revision of black salamanders of the Aneides flavipunctatus complex (Caudata: Plethodontidae)". PeerJ. 7: e7370. doi:10.7717/peerj.7370. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6679913. PMID 31396443.
  6. "Speckled Black Salamander - Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus". www.californiaherps.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  7. "Klamath black salamander | Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife". myodfw.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
Taxon identifiers
Aneides klamathensis
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