Del Norte Salamander
Plethodon elongatus
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- P. elongatus – Del Norte Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plethodon elongatus occurs in extreme northwestern California in Humboldt, Siskiyou and Trinity Counties.
LEGAL STATUS: Plethodon elongatus is protected in California.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plethodon elongatus (Van Denburgh, 1916)
Genus: Plethodon, Greek – plethore =fullness or full of + odon = teeth — ref. to the number of vomerine and paravomerine teeth
Species: elongatus, Latin = slender, attenuated — most slender western Plethodon
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962