San Gabriel slender salamander

Taxobox | name = Black-bellied slender salamander
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = unknown


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Plethodontidae
genus = "Batrachoseps"
species = "B. gabrieli"
binomial = "Batrachoseps gabrieli"

The San Gabriel slender salamander ("Batrachoseps gabrieli") is a species of salamander. It has a worm-like body, a large head and large limbs, and an elongate cylindrical tail of less than 1.5 times its body length. An adult salamander is between 3 and 5 cm long. It has a black dorsum with white, coppery, and orange blotches, and an immaculate black venter. It may have red spots on tail.

"B. gabrieli" is similar to the related species "B. pacificus" and "B. nigriventis".

This species is only known from the San Gabriel Canyon system, and typically lives above 1,000 meters in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County.

References

* Database entry includes a range map and a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient
* This article is based on a description from "A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California", Robert N. Fisher and Ted J. Case, USGS, http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/index.htm.