Oregon Slender Salamander

Oregon Slender Salamander
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Batrachoseps
Species:	B. wrightorum
Binomial name
Batrachoseps wrightorum (Bishop, 1937)

The Oregon Slender Salamander, Batrachoseps wrightorum, is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.

Distribution

The Oregon Slender Salamander is endemic to the Northwestern United States. ^[1]

Its natural habitat is temperate forests of moist Douglas fir, maple, and red cedar woodlands in Oregon, to 3,000 feet (910 m).^[1]

Conservation

The Oregon Slender Salamander is threatened by habitat loss, it is an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species. ^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} . icun: B. wrightorum . accessed 12.2.2010

External links

• IUCN Red List treatment: Batrachoseps wrightorum - Oregon Slender Salamander
• IUCN: all species searchpage

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