Ensatina

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Ensatina
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
Synonyms

Ensatina klauberi
Heredia oregonensis
Plethodon croceater
Urotropis platensis

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