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Batrachoseps wakei Sweet and Jockusch, 2021
Batrachoseps wakei Sweet and Jockusch, 2021, Ichthyol. & Herpetol., 109: 837. Holotype: MVZ Herp 293138, by original designation. Type locality: "under boards lying against the northwest wall of the abandoned U.S. Coast Guard housing block at Point Arguello on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California, 34.58°N, 120.64°W, 32 m elevation". urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:15A84C27-4042-4585-8D2A-843A5C02F0A8
Batrachoseps (Batrachoseps) wakei — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 584.
English Names
Arguello Slender Salamander (original publication).
Distribution
Honda Point south to about 1 km southeast of Arguello Coast Guard Station, along railroad tracks, Santa Barbara County, California, California, USA.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: United States of America, United States of America - California
Endemic: United States of America, United States of America - California
Comment
A member of the Batrachoseps pacificus group, most closely related to Batrachoseps pacificus and Batrachoseps major, according to the original publication, which addressed molecular markers, external morphology, osteology, and habitat. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 584, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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