Wandering Salamander
Aneides vagrans
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- A. vagrans – Del Norte Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aneides vagrans occurs on the California coast from Sonoma County to Del Norte County.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aneides vagrans (Wake and Jackman, 1999)
Genus: Aneides, Greek – an = lacking + eidos = form or shape — Jaeger – Greek – aneidos, = “shapeless” – Baird spelled it “Anaides.”
Species: vagrans, Latin = wandering
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962