Northwest Salamander
Ambystoma gracile
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- A. gracile – Mendocino Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Ambystoma gracile occurs in coastal northwestern California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ambystoma gracile (Baird, 1859)
Genus: Ambystoma, Greek – amby = round, like the rounded top of a cup + stoma = mouth — poss. ref. large rounded mouth
Species: gracile, Latin = slender, delicate
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962