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Suggested common name: Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander
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,
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), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A5BB366C6B69FB00" box="[651,800,1149,1173]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1984-06-24">24 June 1984</date>
by Robert W. Hansen and D. C.
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;
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<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A20A366C6DC4FB00" box="[1338,1421,1149,1173]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="76-09-19">190976</date>
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A7A736B068A2FB2C" box="[151,235,1185,1209]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="79-09-19">190979</date>
from Tiger Flat Rd. (=
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Forest Service Rd. 23S16),
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N (by road) junction Hwy. 155 at Greenhorn Summit, Kern Co., California,
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(
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,
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), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A48B36D46C18FB48" box="[955,1105,1221,1245]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1984-06-24">24 June 1984</date>
by Robert W. Hansen and D. C.
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A78A36F86951FA94" box="[186,280,1257,1281]" name="Netherlands" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Holland</collectingCountry>
;
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<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A65D36F86989FA94" box="[365,448,1257,1281]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="83-09-19">190983</date>
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A6FF36F86A6AFA94" box="[463,547,1257,1281]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="85-09-19">190985</date>
from Tiger Flat Rd. (=
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Forest Service Rd. 23S16),
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A39C36F86D42FA94" box="[1196,1291,1257,1281]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="0.85">0.85 km</quantity>
N (by road) junction Hwy. 155 at Greenhorn Summit, Kern Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A445371C6BE4FAB0" box="[885,941,1293,1317]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
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,
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), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A274371C6886FADC" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1984-06-24">24 June 1984</date>
by Robert W. Hansen and D. C.
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A50F37206AD4FADC" box="[575,669,1329,1353]" name="Netherlands" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Holland</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B88A60CF375A377A7F737446CE8F860" blockId="12.[151,1437,933,2037]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF375A377A7F7374469F7FAFB" bold="true" box="[199,446,1365,1390]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Referred specimens.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="548C18AEF375A377A6F937476A7FFAFB" box="[457,566,1366,1390]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C37DD8FF375A377A55537446C16FAF8" authority="Los Angeles County" authorityName="Los Angeles County" box="[613,1119,1365,1389]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Batrachoseps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="relictus">
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF375A377A55537446B15FAF8" box="[613,860,1365,1389]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Batrachoseps relictus</emphasis>
: Los Angeles County
</taxonomicName>
Museum (
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) 33082 33090 and
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A622376B6919FA04" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[274,336,1402,1425]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
184906184908 from
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A56037686ADEFA04" box="[592,663,1401,1425]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9312128" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="mi" value="1.2">1.2 mi</quantity>
[
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A59537686AB1FA04" box="[677,760,1401,1425]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="1.9">1.9 km</quantity>
] S White River Camp Grounds, Tulare Co., California,
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(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A7AE378C694DFA20" box="[158,260,1437,1461]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="35.84">35.840N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A620378C69DAFA20" box="[272,403,1437,1461]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.649">118.649°W</geoCoordinate>
), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A523378C6AF6FA20" box="[531,703,1437,1461]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1957-03-31">31 March 1957</date>
by A. H. Brame, Jr. (
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A480378C6BB9FA20" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[944,1008,1437,1461]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
1849068 are described as “3 cleared &amp; stained specimens in D. B.
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A6C237D06A78FA4C" box="[498,561,1473,1497]" name="Wake Island" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Wake</collectingCountry>
collection” by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6DBFDF375A377A5D337D36C54FA4C" author="Brame" box="[739,1053,1473,1498]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Brame, A. H. Jr. &amp; Murray, K. F. (1968) Three new slender salamanders (Batrachoseps) with a discussion of relationships and speciation within the genus. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 4, 1 - 35." type="journal article" year="1968">Brame and Murray (1968))</bibRefCitation>
;
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A31B37D06C35FA4C" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" box="[1067,1148,1473,1497]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" name="Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">LACM</collectionCode>
3309133093 from
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A25737D06DD2FA4C" box="[1383,1435,1473,1497]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.609344" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="mi" value="1.0">1 mi</quantity>
[
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A7AE37F468BBFA68" box="[158,242,1509,1533]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="1.6">1.6 km</quantity>
] above OQuinn Meadow, Tulare Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A41937F46B28FA68" box="[809,865,1509,1533]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A44037F46BA8FA68" box="[880,993,1509,1533]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="35.863">35.863°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A4DC37F46C39FA68" box="[1004,1136,1509,1533]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.628">118.628°W</geoCoordinate>
), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A3C037F46DD5FA68" box="[1264,1436,1509,1533]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1957-03-31">31 March 1957</date>
by L. Hughes and A. H. Brame, Jr.;
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A51934186A33F9B4" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" box="[553,634,1545,1569]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" name="Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">LACM</collectionCode>
3308033081 from White River Camp Grounds (Lower Camp), Tulare Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A660343C69C1F9D0" box="[336,392,1581,1605]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A6A9343C6A43F9D0" box="[409,522,1581,1605]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="35.845">35.845°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A528343C6AD2F9D0" box="[536,667,1581,1605]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.636">118.636°W</geoCoordinate>
), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A42F343C6B87F9D0" box="[799,974,1581,1605]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1957-03-31">31 March 1957</date>
by A. H. Brame, Jr. Additional referred specimens:
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A62D34436912F9FC" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[285,347,1618,1641]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
156360156365 from Quaking Aspen Meadows along Hwy. 190, South Fork of Middle Fork Tule River, Tulare Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A51034646A11F918" box="[544,600,1653,1677]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A55734646A9FF918" box="[615,726,1653,1677]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="36.118">36.118°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A5D234646B2FF918" box="[738,870,1653,1677]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.544">118.544°W</geoCoordinate>
);
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A44A34676BF1F918" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[890,952,1654,1677]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
156366156392 from the upper reaches of Spear Creek along
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A65F348869E8F924" box="[367,417,1689,1713]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">U.S.</collectingCountry>
Forest Service Rd. 24S06,
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A5E934886B61F924" box="[729,808,1689,1713]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.9" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="6.9">6.9 km</quantity>
SE junction of 23S05 and
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A36B34886CE3F924" box="[1115,1194,1689,1713]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="3.2">3.2 km</quantity>
NE Portuguese Pass, Tulare Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A6AB34AC699AF940" box="[411,467,1725,1749]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A6D334AC6A1DF940" box="[483,596,1725,1749]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="35.821">35.821°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A56F34AC6AADF940" box="[607,740,1725,1749]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.583">118.583°W</geoCoordinate>
);
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A5C734AF6B7CF940" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[759,821,1726,1749]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
156393156399 from White River drainage, at Sugarloaf Peak,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A63C34F06977F96C" box="[268,318,1761,1785]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">U.S.</collectingCountry>
Forest Service Rd. 23S05,
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A55E34F06AF2F96C" box="[622,699,1761,1785]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="0.6">0.6 km</quantity>
N junction
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A40E34F06B39F96C" box="[830,880,1761,1785]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">U.S.</collectingCountry>
Forest Service Rd. 24S06, Tulare Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A7A735146886F888" box="[151,207,1797,1821]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A7D13514691BF888" box="[225,338,1797,1821]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="35.843">35.843°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A66F351469AAF888" box="[351,483,1797,1821]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.614">118.614°W</geoCoordinate>
), all collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A5BE35146B6DF888" box="[654,804,1797,1821]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1975-07-29">29 July 1975</date>
by Kay P. Yanev and Samuel S. Sweet;
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A23035176D77F888" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[1280,1342,1798,1821]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
224835 from road to Sugarloaf Village, 1.0 km SE Sugarloaf Village, Tulare Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A37A35386CCBF8D4" box="[1098,1154,1833,1857]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A3A035386D48F8D4" box="[1168,1281,1833,1857]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="35.82">35.820°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A23C35386DD9F8D4" box="[1292,1424,1833,1857]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.641">118.641°W</geoCoordinate>
), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A634355C69F8F8F0" box="[260,433,1869,1893]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1994-03-26">26 March 1994</date>
by Elizabeth L. Jockusch, David B.
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A465355C6BDDF8F0" box="[853,916,1869,1893]" name="Wake Island" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Wake</collectingCountry>
and others;
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A311355F6C16F8F0" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[1057,1119,1870,1893]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
158244 and
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A3C4355F6D7BF8F0" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[1268,1330,1870,1893]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
158226 158228 from
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A60C356069D9F81C" box="[316,400,1905,1929]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="9.5">9.5 km</quantity>
E Cherry Hill Road on Sherman Pass Road, Tulare Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A3E935606D58F81C" box="[1241,1297,1905,1929]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A21735606DD1F81C" box="[1319,1432,1905,1929]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="35.983">35.983°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A7A735846952F838" box="[151,283,1941,1965]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.381">118.381°W</geoCoordinate>
), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A69035846A7EF838" box="[416,567,1941,1965]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1980-07-11">11 July 1980</date>
and
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A54435846B44F838" box="[628,781,1941,1965]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1979-07-28">28 July 1979</date>
, respectively, by Robert W. Hansen;
<collectionCode id="ED263EC9F375A377A38F35876CB4F838" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" box="[1215,1277,1942,1965]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">MVZ</collectionCode>
224810 from Hwy. 155, 9.0 km NW Lake Isabella and ca.
<quantity id="4CCF0BE9F375A377A58335A86B4CF844" box="[691,773,1977,2001]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="km" value="2.2">2.2 km</quantity>
SE Alta Sierra, Tulare Co., California,
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A3EC35A86D5DF844" box="[1244,1300,1977,2001]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A21735A86DDEF844" box="[1319,1431,1977,2001]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="35.724">35.724°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE03C0CBF375A377A7A735CC6953F860" box="[151,282,2013,2037]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="55" value="-118.527">118.527°W</geoCoordinate>
), collected
<date id="FF8980CCF375A377A6A935CC6A0CF860" box="[409,581,2013,2037]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="1994-03-27">27 March 1994</date>
by Elizabeth L. Jockusch, David B.
<collectingCountry id="F320E69CF375A377A4EF35CC6C57F860" box="[991,1054,2013,2037]" name="Wake Island" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Wake</collectingCountry>
and others.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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A small, relatively slender species (SL of
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males 38.0 mm ±
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; of
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females
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±
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) distinguished from other species of
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in the southern Sierra Nevada and vicinity as follows: from
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by a relatively longer trunk, a relatively narrower head, shorter limbs, and smaller feet, and by females having many fewer maxillary teeth; from
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by its smaller adult body size with a relatively narrower head and chest and fewer trunk vertebrae (mode 1819 versus
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); from
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by a relatively shorter and narrower head, longer trunk, shorter limbs, narrower feet and longer tail, and smaller number of maxillary and vomerine teeth; from
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by its more robust morphology including a relatively longer and broader head, shorter trunk, longer limbs, and larger hands and feet; from
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by its less robust morphology and much smaller size; from
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and
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF374A376A5D433A86B2AFE45" box="[740,867,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">B. robustus</emphasis>
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by its less robust morphology, much smaller size, different color pattern and unpaired premaxillary bone. Distinguished from its close relative
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by having fewer maxillary teeth; from
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Jockusch,
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by having a relatively longer trunk and tail, shorter head, shorter limbs, smaller feet and fewer maxillary teeth; and from
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Jockusch,
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by having fewer trunk vertebrae, a relatively narrower head, shorter limbs and smaller feet.
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF374A376A7F7307A6910FD11" bold="true" box="[199,345,619,644]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Description.</emphasis>
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is a small (adults less than
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standard length), slender species with a relatively narrow head and short limbs. The facial region is relatively narrow, and the eyes are not generally protuberant enough to be seen in ventral view. Mental hedonic glands are not visible under the chins of males. Grooving patterns of the head, throat, and neck are typical of the genus. Standard length ranges from 8.49.5 (mean = 9.0) times head width in males and 8.29.9 (mean = 9.3) times head width in females. There are relatively few teeth, especially on the maxilla: 45 (mean = 4.8) premaxillary teeth in males, 412 (mean = 6.4) in females; 927 (mean = 17.4) maxillary teeth in males, 1828 (mean = 21.9) in females; 613 (mean = 10.9) vomerine teeth in males, 916 (mean = 11.8) in females. Vomerine teeth are arranged somewhat patchily. Small maxillary teeth are borne in a long row extending about two thirds of the way through the eye in males and to the posterior end of the eye in females. In females, premaxillary teeth are the same size as maxillary teeth; in males, the premaxillary teeth are enlarged. Males and females both have 1819 trunk vertebrae and 1718 costal grooves between the limb insertions. The tail is long and fairly cylindrical, tapering at the tip. The tail is 1.31.5 (mean = 1.4) times SL in males and 1.11.6 (mean = 1.3) times in females in specimens lacking evidence of tail regeneration. There is no basal tail constriction. The postiliac gland is present. The limbs are relatively short in length, and limb interval ranges from 79.5 (mean = 8.3) in males and 7.59.5 (mean = 8.5) in females. SL ranges from 6.27.5 (mean = 6.8) times hind limb length in males and 6.37.8 (mean = 7.1) times in females. The hands and feet are relatively narrow; foot width ranges from
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(mean
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) in males and 1.42.0 mm (mean
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) in females. The digits are short, well formed and discrete with expanded tips that bear subterminal pads. Webbing is insignificant. Fingers and toes in order of decreasing length are 3-2-4-1.
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Measurements of the
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(in millimeters).
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Maximum head width 4.9; snout to gular fold (head length) 7.4; head depth at posterior angle of jaw 2.7; eyelid length 2.2; eyelid width 1.2; anterior rim of orbit to snout 1.4; horizontal orbital diameter 1.8; interorbital distance 1.9; snout to forelimb 9.3; distance separating external nares 1.6; snout projection beyond mandible 0.5; snout to posterior angle of vent (SL) 42.5; snout to anterior angle of vent 36.9; axilla to groin length 25.6; tail tip broken after 33.5; tail width at base 3.3; tail depth at base 2.7; forelimb length 6.3; hind limb length 6.8; limb interval 9; width of right hand 1.2; width of right foot 1.6; foot length 2.1; length of third toe 0.9; body width behind forelimbs 2.9. There are 4 premaxillary, 27 maxillary, and 13 vomerine teeth; vomerine teeth are arranged somewhat patchily. There are 17 costal grooves between the limb insertions.
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Coloration of the
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(in alcohol).
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The ground color is dark blackish brown dorsally and laterally (and in the limbs), and fades to lighter brown ventrally. A prominent dorsal stripe ranging in color from dark brown to reddish brown is present and is well demarcated on its lateral borders.
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF374A376A7F734B269BEF929" bold="true" box="[199,503,1699,1724]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Habitat and distribution.</emphasis>
This species is restricted to higher elevations in the southern Sierra Nevada. The elevational range is from
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. Populations extend from the higher elevations on the northern side of the Lower Kern River Canyon to the Tule River drainage and upper elevations of the Little Kern River drainage in Kern and Tulare counties, California,
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(
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). Two populations, separated by just over
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, are known from the western margin of the Kern Plateau, Tulare Co., California,
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. Most populations are found in coniferous forest containing a mixture of pine, fir and incense cedar (
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F).
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF377A375A7A73500695DF8B2" bold="true" box="[151,276,1809,1832]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF377A375A6EF35026A01F8B2" box="[479,584,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B. relictus</emphasis>
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. A. Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF377A375A5CB35026BC1F8B2" box="[763,904,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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. B.
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF377A375A48635026C0AF8B2" box="[950,1091,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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from the type locality in life (no voucher). C. Digital x-ray of the skull and forelimbs of an adult female
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF377A375A45635256BB8F8DC" box="[870,1009,1843,1865]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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(MVZ 156394, SL = 39.9 mm) from Sugarloaf Peak, Tulare Co., California. D. Adult
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from Breckenridge Mountain, Kern Co., California in life (no voucher). E. Digital x-ray of the skull and forelimbs of an adult (SL = 45.3 mm) female
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF377A375A48B35676C6AF81E" box="[955,1059,1909,1931]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B. relictus</emphasis>
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from Breckenridge Mountain (MVZ 267114). F. Type locality of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF377A375A68F35896A05F838" box="[447,588,1943,1965]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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. G. High elevation site on Breckenridge Mountain, Kern Co., California at which specimens referred here to
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF377A375A69D35A86A5FF85B" box="[429,534,1976,1998]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B. relictus</emphasis>
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were discovered. Nearly all individuals at this locality have been found within the seep shown in the foreground. Habitat photos taken on 28 May 2011. Refer to the web version of this article for color figure.
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has not been found in sympatry with any other species of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A4DB32896CCAFF25" box="[1003,1155,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Batrachoseps</emphasis>
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. It closely approaches
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A2B43288694AFF41" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. gregarius</emphasis>
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at lower elevations on the western edge of its range.
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is found within
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of
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along the Middle and North Forks of the Tule River, where
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occurs as low as
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.
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In the Greenhorn Mountains,
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is known from as high as
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(MVZ 266680266683;
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,
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) and
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A2B43314695BFED5" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from as low as
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(California Academy of Sciences (CAS) 224163, identified by morphology;
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,
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) in the vicinity of Cedar Creek; these populations are separated by less than
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. On the eastern edge of its range,
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A68233606A05FE1D" box="[434,588,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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closely approaches
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A41C33606BD3FE1D" box="[812,922,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. bramei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the two species appear to be separated by elevation, although the highest-elevation samples of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A5D233846B06FE39" box="[738,847,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. bramei</emphasis>
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are from less than
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below the lowest-elevation samples of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A62533A869E6FE45" box="[277,431,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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in the Greenhorn Mountains. The ranges of these species are separated by less than
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between Alta Sierra and Wofford Heights. They may also approach each other along the Upper Kern River Canyon.
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A7A730106978FD8D" box="[151,305,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on Sugarloaf Peak, Tulare Co., California occurs less than
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away from
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A3A730106D4CFD8D" box="[1175,1285,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. bramei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
along Tobias Creek, Tulare Co., California.
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A6DD30346ACEFDA9" box="[493,647,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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is known from Peppermint Creek, Tulare Co., California; this locality is about
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from the Kern River. The nearest known
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A43F30586B37FDF5" box="[783,894,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. bramei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is about
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south; however, the range of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A2B4305868AEFD11" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. bramei</emphasis>
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likely extends north from there along the Kern River. On the Kern Plateau, east of the Kern River,
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A205307C689DFD3D" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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has been found
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from the nearest population of
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in habitat typical of both species (
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A2B8308068FDFD59" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al.</emphasis>
2002) and less than
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from the nearest
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A59530A46B5AFD59" box="[677,787,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. bramei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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At higher elevations to the north of the Tule River drainage,
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A44730C86C5BFD65" box="[887,1042,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is replaced by its sister species,
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A2B430C86893FC81" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. kawia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. To date, all robust specimens (that is, not
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A58A30EC6B0FFC81" box="[698,838,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. gregarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) from the South Fork of the Kaweah River identified with molecular data belong to
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A6C331306A1FFCAD" box="[499,598,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. kawia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, whereas robust specimens from the Tule River drainage carry mitochondrial DNA from
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A662315469A4FCC9" box="[338,493,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The northernmost specimen of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A46931546BBAFCC9" box="[857,1011,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is from Mountain Home State Forest, Tulare Co., California,
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(CAS 214814;
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,
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), which is
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southeast of the southernmost
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from entrance to Soldiers Cave near South Fork entrance Sequoia National Park, Tulare Co., California,
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(MVZ 237285;
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,
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). Very few specimens are available from the higher elevations separating these drainages. Molecular sequence data show that some populations along the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Tule River have genes from both
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A5BE31E86B61FB85" box="[654,808,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A46D31E86BF6FB85" box="[861,959,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. kawia</emphasis>
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, but the contact zone appears to be narrow (Jockusch
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A63E360C690FFBA1" box="[270,326,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al.</emphasis>
unpublished).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32DF587F376A374A7F736516D63FBE9" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B88A60CF376A374A7F736516D63FBE9" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A7F736516907FBCD" bold="true" box="[199,334,1088,1112]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named for the mountain hamlet of Alta Sierra, located at the summit of the Greenhorn Mountains, an area where this species is particularly common. The species name is formed as a noun in the genitive.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C32DF587F376A374A7F736966AA3F8FA" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B88A60CF376A374A7F73696699BFB72" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A7F736966906FB35" bold="true" box="[199,335,1159,1184]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Comments.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6DBFDF376A374A66936966A10FB0A" box="[345,601,1159,1184]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Jockusch, E. L., Wake, D. B. &amp; Yanev, K. P. (1998) New species of Batrachoseps (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Nevada, California. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science, 472, 1 - 17." type="journal article">
Jockusch
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A6FA36986A4CFB35" box="[458,517,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al.</emphasis>
(1998)
</bibRefCitation>
included a rediagnosis of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A4BF36986C4CFB35" box="[911,1029,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. relictus</emphasis>
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based on specimens from both the Lower Kern River Canyon and the Greenhorn Mountains. We use their series from the Greenhorn Mountains as the
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for
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A60136C06982FB7D" box="[305,459,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B88A60CF376A374A7F736E56B4FF9B9" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
All molecular data identified in previous publications as coming from
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A4EA36E46CFEFA99" box="[986,1207,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. pacificus relictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6DBFDF376A374A3F636E56D19FA99" author="Yanev" box="[1222,1360,1268,1292]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Yanev, K. P. (1978) Evolutionary Studies of the Plethodontid Salamander Genus Batrachoseps. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 242 pp." type="book" year="1978">Yanev 1978</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6DBFDF376A374A26B36E56DDDFA99" author="Yanev" box="[1371,1428,1268,1292]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Yanev, K. P. (1980) Biogeography and distribution of three parapatric salamander species in coastal and borderland California. In: Power, D. M. (Ed.), The California Islands: Proceedings of a Multidisciplinary Symposium. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California, pp. 531 - 550." type="book chapter" year="1980">1980</bibRefCitation>
) or
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A78537086961FAA5" box="[181,296,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. relictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6DBFDF376A374A607370669ABFABA" author="Jockusch" box="[311,482,1303,1327]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Jockusch, E. L. (1996) Evolutionary Studies in Batrachoseps and other Plethodontid Salamanders: Correlated Character Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics, and Evolution of Reaction Norms. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 220 pp." type="book" year="1996">Jockusch 1996</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6DBFDF376A374A6DE37066A9EFABA" author="Jockusch" box="[494,727,1303,1328]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Jockusch, E. L., Wake, D. B. &amp; Yanev, K. P. (1998) New species of Batrachoseps (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Nevada, California. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science, 472, 1 - 17." type="journal article" year="1998">
Jockusch
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A56C37086ADDFAA5" box="[604,660,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al.</emphasis>
1998
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Jockusch &amp;
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2002
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) are from
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A35437086CB6FAA5" box="[1124,1279,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or from more northern members of its species group. Thus, the molecular diagnoses provided by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6DBFDF376A374A309372D6D79FAC1" box="[1081,1328,1340,1364]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Jockusch, E. L., Wake, D. B. &amp; Yanev, K. P. (1998) New species of Batrachoseps (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Nevada, California. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science, 472, 1 - 17." type="journal article">
Jockusch
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A397372C6C96FAC1" box="[1191,1247,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al.</emphasis>
(1998)
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to distinguish
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A7EB37706904FAED" box="[219,333,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. relictus</emphasis>
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from other species all in fact apply to
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A43037706BD2FAED" box="[768,923,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
rather than to
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A30F37706CF8FAED" box="[1087,1201,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. relictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Molecular differentiation within
<taxonomicName id="4C37DD8FF376A374A6073794699BFA09" box="[311,466,1412,1436]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Batrachoseps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="altasierrae">
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A6073794699BFA09" box="[311,466,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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is limited.
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6DBFDF376A374A56437946AA4FA09" author="Yanev" box="[596,749,1412,1436]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Yanev, K. P. (1978) Evolutionary Studies of the Plethodontid Salamander Genus Batrachoseps. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 242 pp." type="book" year="1978">Yanev (1978)</bibRefCitation>
included six populations of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A30237946C87FA09" box="[1074,1230,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, ranging from the vicinity of the
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locality in the Greenhorn Mountains to Quaking Aspen Meadow, on the South Fork of the Middle Fork of the Tule River near the northern end of the range, in her allozyme study of the genus. These populations were separated by a maximum Neis (1972) genetic distance (D) of 0.075. Mitochondrial DNA (
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A3CA37E16D6BF99D" box="[1274,1314,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">cob</emphasis>
) data also show a low level of variation (
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Jockusch &amp;
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2002
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B88A60CF376A374A7F734266AA3F8FA" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1904]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A7F734266927F9C5" bold="true" box="[199,366,1591,1616]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Conservation.</emphasis>
By virtue of their previous inclusion in
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A47B34286B89F9C5" box="[843,960,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. relictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, populations of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A3B034286D57F9C5" box="[1152,1310,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
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have been listed as a Species of Special Concern by the State of California and Sensitive Species by the
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Forest Service. Our impression is that populations of
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A57634906AABF90D" box="[582,738,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are healthy, both in the Greenhorn Mountains and within the Tule River drainage; individuals have been found in large numbers when surface conditions were appropriate. For example, about 60 individuals were seen along a single stream in the vicinity of Sugarloaf Village, Greenhorn Mountains, Tulare Co., California in a few hours of searching in
<date id="FF8980CCF376A374A44134FD6C4DF891" box="[881,1028,1772,1796]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1995-08">August 1995</date>
.
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<emphasis id="B9437A1EF376A374A33F34FC6CE3F891" box="[1039,1194,1772,1796]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B. altasierrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was also abundant in the Tule River drainage, Tulare Co., California in
<date id="FF8980CCF376A374A5ED351E6B17F8B2" box="[733,862,1807,1831]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="2008-04">April 2008</date>
: individuals were found at numerous sites, and at Moorehouse Creek, along Hwy. 190 (
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,
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), 10 individuals were found in an area of a few square meters of moist pine needle litter in less than 10 min.
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