Description
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Relatively large species of Batrachoseps characterized by relatively long legs and large feet. Feet are webbed with one free section per toe. Dorsum is dark red or brown with light beige splotches, occasionally forming dorsal band. Beige blotches absent from belly midline. 18-19 costal grooves and 6-7 costal folds (Petranka 1998) .See another account at californiaherps.com (http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/b.stebbinsi.html).
Distribution and Habitat
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This species is endemic to California, USA; it has a very limited distribution. It is found only in the Caliente Creek drainage in the Piute Mountains, southern Sierra Nevada, Kern County, CA. B. stebbinsi is associated with oak or mixed pine-oak forests (Petranka1998).
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
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Virtually no data is available on the life-history of this species (Petranka 1998) , but it is probably similar to other Batrachoseps species. They are completely terrestrial, laying eggs usually under logs or lear litter. The eggs hatch directly into small terrestrial salamanders, there is no aquatic larval stage.
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
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Because of its extremely narrow range, this species is particularly vulnerable to habitat destruction and should be considered in the management of Kern County.
Tehachapi slender salamander
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The Tehachapi slender salamander (Batrachoseps stebbinsi) is a species of plethodontid salamander, and one of the larger members of genus Batrachoseps. It is endemic to California, in Kern County in the western United States.
Distribution
The Tehachapi slender salamander is closely related to the Kern Canyon slender salamander. It is considered a threatened species in California, and is found only in isolated areas of the Piute and Tehachapi Mountains of the Transverse Ranges in Southern California. Much of the salamander's habitat is currently located on land owned by Tejon Ranch.
Description
This salamander is dark brown in color with light, glittery-looking speckles of coppery red and silver covering its 3-inch length. Like other plethodontids it lacks lungs and breathes through its skin, which it must keep moist. It lives in damp leaf litter and emerges during high humidity or rain.
Conservation
The Tehachapi slender salamander is an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species.
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Tehachapi slender salamander: Brief Summary
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The Tehachapi slender salamander (Batrachoseps stebbinsi) is a species of plethodontid salamander, and one of the larger members of genus Batrachoseps. It is endemic to California, in Kern County in the western United States.
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