Ensatina
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| Ensatina | |
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| Monterey Ensatina | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Ensatina Gray, 1850 |
| Species: | E. eschscholtzii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ensatina klauberi |
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Ensatina eschscholtzii is a genus of lungless salamanders. They are found in forests in British Colombia, Washington, Oregon, California and Baja California in Mexico.
Subspecies [change]
- Yellow Blotched Ensatina — E. e. croceater (Cope, 1868)
- Monterey Ensatina — E. e. eschscholtzii Gray, 1850
- Large Blotched Ensatina — E. e. klauberi Dunn, 1929
- Oregon Ensatina — E. e. oregonensis (Girard, 1856)
- Painted Ensatina — E. e. picta Wood, 1940
- Sierra Nevada Ensatina — E. e. platensis (Jiménez de la Espada, 1875)
- Yellow Eyed Ensatina — E. e. xanthoptica Stebbins, 1949