Scientific Name
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Common Name |
Original Description |
Former or Other Name |
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| Caudata |
Salmanders |
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| Ambystomatidae |
Mole Salamanders |
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| Ambystoma |
Mole Salamanders |
Tschudi, 1838 |
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| Ambystoma californiense |
California Tiger Salamander |
Gray, 1853 |
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| Ambystoma gracile |
Northwestern Salamander |
Baird, 1859 |
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| Ambystoma macrodactylum |
Long-toed Salamander |
Baird, 1849 |
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| Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum |
Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander |
Russell and Anderson, 1956 |
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| Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum |
Southern Long-toed Salamander |
Ferguson, 1961 |
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| Ambystoma mavortium |
Barred Tiger Salamander |
Baird, 1850 |
Ambystoma tigrinum |
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| Dicamptodontidae |
Giant Salamanders |
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| Dicamptodon |
Pacific Giant Salamanders |
Strauch, 1870 |
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| Dicamptodon ensatus |
California Giant Salamander |
Eschscholtz, 1833 |
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| Dicamptodon tenebrosus |
Coastal Giant Salamander |
Baird and Girard, 1852 |
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| Plethodontidae |
Lungless Salamanders |
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| Aneides |
Climbing Salamanders |
Baird, 1849 |
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| Aneides ferreus |
Clouded Salamander |
Cope, 1869 |
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| Aneides flavipunctatus |
Black Salamander |
Strauch, 1870 |
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| Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus |
Speckled Black Salamander |
Strauch, 1870 |
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| Aneides flavipunctatus niger |
Santa Cruz Black Salamander |
Myers and Maslin, 1948 |
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| Aneides lugubris |
Arboreal Salamander |
Hallowell, 1849 |
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| Aneides vagrans |
Wandering Salamander |
Wake and Jackman, 1999 |
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| Batrachoseps |
Slender Salamanders |
Bonaparte, 1841 |
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| Batrachoseps altasierrae |
Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander |
Brame and Murray, 1968 B. relictus (part) |
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| Batrachoseps attenuatus |
California Slender Salamander |
Eschscholtz, 1833 |
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| Batrachoseps bramei |
Fairview Slender Salamander |
Brame and Murray 1968 B. simatus (part) |
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| Batrachoseps campi |
Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander |
Marlow, Brode and Wake, 1979 |
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| Batrachoseps diabolicus |
Hell Hollow Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Wake and Yanev, 1998 |
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| Batrachoseps gabrieli |
San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander |
Wake, 1996 |
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| Batrachoseps gavilanensis |
Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Yanev, and Wake, 2001 |
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| Batrachoseps gregarius |
Gregarious Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Wake and Yanev, 1998 |
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| Batrachoseps incognitus |
San Simeon Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Yanev, and Wake, 2001 |
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| Batrachoseps kawia |
Sequoia Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Wake and Yanev, 1998 |
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| Batrachoseps luciae |
Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Yanev, and Wake, 2001 |
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| Batrachoseps major |
Garden Slender Salamander |
Camp, 1915 |
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| Batrachoseps major aridus |
Desert Slender Salamander |
Brame, 1970 |
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| Batrachoseps major major |
Garden Slender Salamander |
Camp, 1915 |
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| Batrachoseps minor |
Lesser Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Yanev, and Wake, 2001 |
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| Batrachoseps nigriventris |
Black-bellied Slender Salamander |
Cope, 1869 |
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| Batrachoseps pacificus |
Channel Islands Slender Salamander |
Cope, 1865 |
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| Batrachoseps regius |
Kings River Slender Salamander |
Jockusch, Wake and Yanev, 1998 |
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| Batrachoseps relictus |
Relictual Slender Salamander |
Brame and Murray, 1968 |
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| Batrachoseps robustus |
Kern Plateau Slender Salamander |
Wake, Yanev and Hansen, 2002 |
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Batrachoseps simatus
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Kern Canyon Slender Salamander |
Brame and Murray, 1968 |
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| Batrachoseps stebbinsi |
Tehachapi Slender Salamander |
Brame and Murray, 1968 |
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| Ensatina |
Ensatinas |
Gray, 1850 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii |
Ensatina |
Gray, 1850 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater |
Yellow-blotched Ensatina |
Cope, 1867 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii |
Monterey Ensatina |
Gray, 1850 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi |
Large-blotched Ensatina |
Dunn, 1929 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis |
Oregon Ensatina |
Girard, 1856 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii picta |
Painted Ensatina |
Wood, 1940 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis |
Sierra Nevada Ensatina |
Espada, 1875 |
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| Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica |
Yellow-eyed Ensatina |
Stebbins, 1949 |
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| Hydromantes |
Web-toed Salamanders |
Gistel, 1848 |
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| Hydromantes brunus |
Limestone Salamander |
Gorman, 1954 |
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| Hydromantes platycephalus |
Mount Lyell Salamander |
Camp, 1916 |
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| Hydromantes shastae |
Shasta Salamander |
Gorman and Camp, 1953 |
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| Plethodon |
Woodland Salamanders |
Tschudi, 1838 |
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| Plethodon asupak |
Scott Bar Salamander |
Mead, Clayton, Nauman, Olson and Pfrender, 2005 |
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| Plethodon dunni |
Dunn's Salamander |
Bishop, 1934 |
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| Plethodon elongatus |
Del Norte Salamander |
Van Denburgh, 1916 |
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| Plethodon stormi |
Siskiyou Mountains Salamander |
Highton and Brame, 1965 |
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| Rhyacotritonidae |
Torrent Salamanders |
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| Rhyacotriton |
Torrent Salamanders |
Dunn, 1920 |
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| Rhyacotriton variegatus |
Southern Torrent Salamander |
Stebbins and Lowe, 1951 |
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| Salamandridae |
Newts |
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| Taricha |
Pacific Newts |
Gray, 1850 |
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| Taricha granulosa |
Rough-skinned Newt |
Skilton, 1849 |
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| Taricha rivularis |
Red-bellied Newt |
Twitty, 1935 |
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| Taricha sierrae |
Sierra Newt |
Twitty, 1942 |
Taricha torosa sierrae - Sierra Newt |
| Taricha torosa |
California Newt |
Rathke, 1833 |
Taricha torosa torosa - California Newt |
* = Not yet described or not yet included on the SSAR list, but considered to be unique by other authorities. These names may be encountered elsewhere.
= An established Alien species introduced into California
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| Organized By Common Name |
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| Mole Salamanders |
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| Northwestern Salamander |
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| Tiger Salamanders |
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| Barred Tiger Salamander |
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| California Tiger Salamander |
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| Long-toed Salamanders |
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| Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander |
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| Southern Long-toed Salamander |
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| Pacific Giant Salamanders |
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| California Giant Salamander |
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| Coastal Giant Salamander |
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| Lungless Salamanders |
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| Climbing Salamanders |
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| Arboreal Salamander |
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| Clouded Salamander |
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| Santa Cruz Black Salamander |
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| Speckled Black Salamander |
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| Wandering Salamander |
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| Slender Salamanders |
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| Black-bellied Slender Salamander |
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| California Slender Salamander |
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| Channel Islands Slender Salamander |
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| Desert Slender Salamander |
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| Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander |
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| Garden Slender Salamander |
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| Gregarious Slender Salamander |
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| Hell Hollow Slender Salamander |
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| Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander |
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| Kern Canyon Slender Salamander |
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| Kern Plateau Slender Salamander |
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| Kings River Slender Salamander |
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| Lesser Slender Salamander |
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| Relictual Slender Salamander |
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| San Gabriel Slender Salamander |
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| San Simeon Slender Salamander |
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| Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander |
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| Sequoia Slender Salamander |
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| Tehachapi Slender Salamander |
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| Ensatina |
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| Large-blotched Ensatina |
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| Monterey Ensatina |
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| Oregon Ensatina |
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| Painted Ensatina |
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| Sierra Nevada Ensatina |
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| Yellow-blotched Ensatina |
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| Yellow-eyed Ensatina |
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| Web-toed Salamanders |
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| Limestone Salamander |
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| Mount Lyell Salamander |
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| Shasta Salamander |
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| Woodland Salamanders |
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| Del Norte Salamander |
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| Dunn's Salamander |
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| Scott Bar Salamander |
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| Siskiyou Mountains Salamander |
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| Torrent Salamanders |
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| Southern Torrent Salamander |
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| Newts |
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| Red-bellied Newt |
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| Rough-skinned Newt |
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| California Newt |
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| Sierra Newt |
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= An established Alien species introduced into California
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