California Salamanders

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

Woodland Salamanders

Siskiyou Mountains Salamander

Torrent Salamanders

Southern Torrent Salamander

Newts

(California Newts)

I = Introduced

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