
The Gabilan Mountains slender salamander (Batrachoseps gavilanensis) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to California in the United States, where it is distributed along the Central Coast region from Santa Cruz to northern Kern County.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Batrachoseps gregarius
- Batrachoseps nigriventris
- Batrachoseps luciae
- Batrachoseps attenuatus
- Batrachoseps major
- Batrachoseps pacificus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Plethodontidae
- Genus
- Batrachoseps
- Species
- Batrachoseps gavilanensis
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