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California Salamanders Range Maps

A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of California


These maps illustrate the general historic range of established native and non-native salamanders found in California.

Red, or another color indicated below the map, shows this distribution. Salamanders of the species or subspecies shown are expected to be found within the illustrated area in places where suitable habitat and conditions occur. In some cases, the current range may be fragmented or considerably diminished from the range illustrated here.

Click on the name link for pictures and information about a particular salamander.

Click on a map for a topographical view


More Lists and Information About California Salamanders

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California Tiger Salamander Northwestern Salamander Long-toed Salamander
Red: Ambystoma californiense - California Tiger Salamander

Red: Ambystoma gracile - Northwestern Salamander Blue: Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum -
Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander


Red: Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum -
Southern Long-toed  Salamander

     
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California Giant Salamander Coastal Giant Salamander Clouded Salamander
Red: Dicamptodon ensatus - California Giant Salamander Red: Dicamptodon tenebrosus - Coastal Giant Salamander Red: Aneides ferreus - Clouded Salamander

     
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Black Salamanders Arboreal Salamander Wandering Salamander
Purple: Speckled Black Salamander - Aneides flavipunctatus

Orange: Shasta Black Salamander - Aneides iecanus

Red: Klamath Black Salamander - Aneides klamathensis

Dark Blue: Santa Cruz Black Salamander - Aneides niger

Gray: Species not yet assigned
Red: Aneides lugubris - Arboreal Salamander Red: Aneides vagrans - Wandering Salamander
     
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Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander California Slender Salamander Fairview Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps altasierrae -
Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps attenuatus -
California Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps bramei -
Fairview Slender Salamander
     
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Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander Hell Hollow Slender Salamander Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps campi -
Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps diabolicus -
Hell Hollow Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps gavilanensis -
Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander

     
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San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander Gregarious Slender Salamander San Simeon Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps gabrieli -
San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps gregarius -
Gregarious Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps incognitus -
San Simeon Slender Salamander
     
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Sequoia Slender Salamander Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander Southern California Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps kawia -
Sequoia Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps luciae -
Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander

Bright Blue: Batrachoseps major aridus - Desert Slender Salamander

Red: Batrachoseps major major - Garden Slender Salamander

Dark Blue: locations where this species has been introduced
     
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Lesser Slender Salamander Black-bellied Slender Salamander Channel Islands Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps minor -
Lesser Slender Salamander
Red and possibly Gray: Batrachoseps nigriventris -
Black-bellied Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps pacificus -
Channel Islands Slender Salamander
     
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Kings River Slender Salamander Relictual Slender Salamander Kern Plateau Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps regius -
Kings River Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps relictus -
Relictual Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps robustus -
Kern Plateau Slender Salamander
     
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Kern Canyon Slender Salamander Tehachapi Slender Salamander Arguello Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps simatus -
Kern Canyon Slender Salamander

Red: Batrachoseps stebbinsi -
Tehachapi Slender Salamander
Red: Batrachoseps wakei -
Arguello Slender Salamander

More Close-up Map
     
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All Slender Salamanders (Batrachoseps)
Ensatina Limestone Salamander
Click on the map to see a map with labels showing the ranges of
all Slender Salamanders found in California.

Click here to see topographical view of the same map.
Light Blue: Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater -
Yellow-blotched Ensatina


Purple: Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii -
Monterey Ensatina


Dark Blue: Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi -
Large-blotched Ensatina


Red: Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis - Oregon Ensatina

Pink: Ensatina eschscholtzii picta - Painted Ensatina

Orange: Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis -
Sierra Nevada Ensatina


Yellow: Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica -
Yellow-eyed Ensatina

Red: Hydromantes brunus - Limestone Salamander
     
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Mount Lyell Salamander Shasta Salamanders Scott Bar Salamander
Red: Hydromantes platycephalus - Mount Lyell Salamander
Yellow: Hydromantes samweli - Samwel Shasta Salamander

Orange: Hydromantes shastae - Shasta Salamander

Red: Hydromantes wintu - Wintu Shasta Salamander

Close-up Range Map
Red: Plethodon asupak - Scott Bar Salamander
     
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Dunn's Salamander Del Norte Salamander Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
Red: Plethodon dunni - Dunn's Salamander
Red: Plethodon elongatus - Del Norte Salamander
Red: Plethodon stormi - Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
     
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Southern Torrent Salamander Rough-skinned Newt Red-bellied Newt
Red: Rhyacotriton variegatus - Southern Torrent Salamander Red: Taricha granulosa - Rough-skinned Newt Red: Taricha rivularis - Red-bellied Newt
     
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California Newt Sierra Newt  
Red: Taricha torosa - California Newt
Orange: Taricha sierrae - Sierra Newt  
     

Non-Native Species

     
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  Western Tiger Salamander  
  Red: Ambystoma mavortium - Western Tiger Salamander
 
     
     



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