California Salamanders Photo Index

A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California

Photo Index of California Salamanders

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These are pictures of the adult form of every kind of native salamander in California along with any well-established non-native species. Many of these species have juveniles and larvae that do not look like the adults. To see all of these, look at the Expanded Photo Index of California Salamanders, which shows range maps and more pictures of each species, including various morphs and juveniles and aquatic larvae.

Click on a name link to go to the main page for more pictures and information about a particular salamander and its habitat.

Go to California Salamanders Overview to read a general description of the natural history of California's salamanders.

More Lists and Information About California Salamanders


California Tiger Salamander Ambystoma californiense	Northwestern Salamander Ambystoma gracile	Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum	Southern Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum

California Giant Salamander Dicamptodon ensatus	Coastal Giant Salamander Dicamptodon tenebrosus	Clouded Salamander Aneides ferreus	Speckled Black Salamander Aneides flavipunctatus

Shasta Black Salamander Aneides iecanus	Klamath Black Salamander Aneides klamathensis	Arboreal Salamander Aneides lugubris	Santa Cruz Black Salamander Aneides niger

Wandering Salamander Aneides vagrans	Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander Batrachoseps altasierrae	California Slender Salamander Batrachoseps attenuatus	Fairview Slender Salamander Batrachoseps bramei

Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander Batrachoseps campi	Hell Hollow Slender Salamander Batrachoseps diabolicus	Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander Batrachoseps gavilanensis	San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander Batrachoseps gabrieli

Gregarious Slender Salamander Batrachoseps gregarius	San Simeon Slender Salamander Batrachoseps incognitus	Sequoia Slender Salamander Batrachoseps kawia	Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander Batrachoseps luciae

© Mario Garcia-Paris
Desert Slender Salamander Batrachoseps aridus	Garden Slender Salamander Batrachoseps major	Lesser Slender Salamander Batrachoseps minor	Black-bellied Slender Salamander Batrachoseps nigriventris

		© William Flaxington
Channel Islands Slender Salamander Batrachoseps pacificus	Kings River Slender Salamander Batrachoseps regius	Relictual Slender Salamander Batrachoseps relictus	Kern Plateau Slender Salamander Batrachoseps robustus

		© Robert Hansen
Kern Canyon Slender Salamander Batrachoseps simatus	Tehachapi Slender Salamander Batrachoseps stebbinsi	Arguello Slender Salamander Batrachoseps wakei	Yellow-blotched Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater

Monterey Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii	Large-blotched Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi	Oregon Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis	Painted Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii picta

Sierra Nevada Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis	Yellow-eyed Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica	Limestone Salamander Hydromantes brunus	Mount Lyell Salamander Hydromantes platycephalus

	© Spencer Riffle	© Spencer Williams
Samwel Shasta Salamander Hydromantes samweli	Shasta Salamander Hydromantes shastae	Wintu Shasta Salamader Hydromantes wintu	Scott Bar Salamander Plethodon asupak

Dunn's Salamander Plethodon dunni	Del Norte Salamander Plethodon elongatus	Siskiyou Mountains Salamander Plethodon stormi	Southern Torrent Salamander Rhyacotriton variegatus

Sierra Newt Taricha sierrae (Taricha torosa sierrae - Sierra Newt)	Coast Range Newt Taricha torosa (Taricha torosa torosa - California Newt)	Rough-skinned Newt Taricha granulosa	Red-bellied Newt Taricha rivularis

Non-Native Species


	© Alan Barron
Western Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium (Alien Species)	Western Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium (Alien Species)	Western Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium (Alien Species)

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