Clouded Salamander
Aneides ferreus
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- A. ferreus – Locale Unknown – Photo by D. Craig McIntyre
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aneides ferreus occurs in extreme northwest California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aneides ferreus (Cope, 1869)
Genus: Aneides, Greek – an = lacking + eidos = form or shape — Jaeger – Greek – aneidos, = “shapeless” – Baird spelled it “Anaides.”
Species: ferreus, Latin = iron colored — ref. dorsal mottling, clouded color phase
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962