California Salamanders



Scientific Names Common Names
 
This is a complete llst of salamanders that occur naturally in California, including introduced species with well-established populations.
Salamanders are listed by scientific name and sorted by family. Below, they are listed by common name.
Follow the links for information and pictures illustrating each animal and its habitat.

This list is based on the lists published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.




 

Listed by Scientific Names
 
Ambystomatidae - Mole Salamanders
Ambystoma - Mole Salamanders
  A. californiense - California Tiger Salamander
  A. gracile - Northwestern Salamander
  A. macrodactylum - Long-toed Salamander
      A. m. croceum - Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander
      A. m. sigillatum - Southern Long-toed Salamander
  A. mavortium - Barred Tiger Salamander
      A. m. mavortium - Barred Tiger Salamander  I
      A. m. melanostictum - Blotched Tiger Salamander
      A. m. nebulosum - Arizona Tiger Salamander  I
 
Dicamptodontidae - Giant Salamanders
Dicamptodon - Pacific Giant Salamanders
  D. ensatus - California Giant Salamander
  D. tenebrosus - Coastal Giant Salamander
 
Plethodontidae - Lungless Salamanders
Aneides - Climbing Salamanders
  A. ferreus - Clouded Salamander
  A. flavipunctatus - Black Salamander
      A. f. flavipunctatus - Speckled Black Salamander
      A. f. niger - Santa Cruz Black Salamander
  A. lugubris - Arboreal Salamander
  A. vagrans - Wandering Salamander
 
Batrachoseps - Slender Salamanders
  B. attenuatus - California Slender Salamander
  B. campi - Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander
  B. diabolicus - Hell Hollow Slender Salamander
  B. gabrieli - San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander
  B. gavilanensis - Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander
  B. gregarius - Gregarious Slender Salamander
  B. incognitus - San Simeon Slender Salamander
  B. kawia - Sequoia Slender Salamander
  B. luciae - Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander
  B. major - Garden Slender Salamander
      B. m. aridus - Desert Slender Salamander
      B. m. major - Garden Slender Salamander
  B. minor - Lesser Slender Salamander
  B. nigriventris - Black-bellied Slender Salamander
  B. pacificus - Channel Islands Slender Salamander
  B. regius - Kings River Slender Salamander
  B. relictus - Relictual Slender Salamander
  B. robustus - Kern Plateau Slender Salamander
  B. simatus - Kern Canyon Slender Salamander
  B. stebbinsi - Tehachapi Slender Salamander
  (B. sp. - Breckenridge Slender Salamander)  *
  (B. sp. - Fairview Slender Salamander)  *
 
Ensatina - Ensatinas
  E. eschscholtzii - Ensatina
      E. e. croceater - Yellow-blotched Ensatina
      E. e. eschscholtzii - Monterey Ensatina
      E. e. klauberi - Large-blotched Ensatina
      E. e. oregonensis - Oregon Ensatina (Intergrades in California)
      E. e. picta - Painted Ensatina
      E. e. platensis - Sierra Nevada Ensatina
      E. e. xanthoptica - Yellow-eyed Ensatina
 
Hydromantes - Web-toed Salamanders
  H. brunus - Limestone Salamander
  H. platycephalus - Mount Lyell Salamander    (Also the Owens Valley Web-toed Salamander)*
  H. shastae - Shasta Salamander
 
Plethodon - Woodland Salamanders
  P. asupak - Scott Bar Salamander
  P. dunni - Dunn's Salamander
  P. elongatus - Del Norte Salamander
  P. stormi - Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
 
Rhyacotritonidae - Torrent or Seep Salamanders
Rhyacotriton - Torrent Salamanders
  R. variegatus - Southern Torrent Salamander
 
Salamandridae - Newts
Taricha - Pacific Newts
  T. granulosa - Rough-skinned newt
      T. granulosa - Rough-skinned Newt
  T. rivularis - Red-bellied Newt
  T. torosa - California Newt
      T. t. sierrae - Sierra Newt     (Taricha sierrae - Sierra Newt)
      T. t. torosa - Coast Range Newt    (Taricha torosa - California Newt)
 
 
I = Introduced - not native to California
* = Not yet described or not yet included on the SSAR list, but considered to be unique by other authorities. These names may be encountered elsewhere.
 
 
Listed by Common Names
 
Mole Salamanders
Northwestern Salamander
Tiger Salamanders
Arizona Tiger Salamander  I
Barred Tiger Salamander  I
Blotched Tiger Salamander
California Tiger Salamander
Long-toed Salamanders
Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander
Southern Long-toed Salamander
 
Pacific Giant Salamanders
California Giant Salamander
Coastal Giant Salamander
 
Lungless Salamanders
Climbing Salamanders
Arboreal Salamander
Clouded Salamander
Santa Cruz Black Salamander
Speckled Black Salamander
Wandering Salamander
 
Slender Salamanders
Black-bellied Slender Salamander
California Slender Salamander
Channel Islands Slender Salamander
Desert Slender Salamander
Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander
Garden Slender Salamander
Gregarious Slender Salamander
Hell Hollow Slender Salamander
Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander
Kern Canyon Slender Salamander
Kern Plateau Slender Salamander
Kings River Slender Salamander
Lesser Slender Salamander
Relictual Slender Salamander
San Gabriel Slender Salamander
San Simeon Slender Salamander
Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander
Sequoia Slender Salamander
Tehachapi Slender Salamander
 

Ensatina
Large-blotched Ensatina
Monterey Ensatina
Oregon Ensatina
Painted Ensatina
Sierra Nevada Ensatina
Yellow-blotched Ensatina
Yellow-eyed Ensatina
 
Web-toed Salamanders
Limestone Salamander
Mount Lyell Salamander
Shasta Salamander
 
Woodland Salamanders
Del Norte Salamander
Dunn's Salamander
Scott Bar Salamander
Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
 
Torrent Salamanders
Southern Torrent Salamander
 
Newts
Red-bellied Newt
Rough-skinned Newt
 (California Newts)
Coast Range Newt
Sierra Newt
 
I  = Introduced
 
 
 


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