The black-bellied slender salamander (Batrachoseps nigriventris) is a small species of salamander that is endemic to California. It belongs to the Plethodontidae family (lungless salamanders), and lives in various types of land-based habitats such as oak forests, chaparral, and wet canyon bottoms. It is found in coastal and southern California, where it lives in moist areas with suitable ground cover and Its surface activity depends largely on temperature and moisture.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Black-bellied 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 gavilanensis
- Batrachoseps gregarius
- Batrachoseps luciae
- Batrachoseps attenuatus
- Batrachoseps major
- Batrachoseps pacificus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Plethodontidae
- Genus
- Batrachoseps
- Species
- Batrachoseps nigriventris
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