Slender salamander
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Batrachoseps is a genus of lungless salamanders (plethodontids) often called slender salamanders. They can be distinguished from other lungless salamanders by the four toes they have on each foot.
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Slender salamanders | |
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Batrachoseps attenuatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
Genus: | Batrachoseps Bonaparte, 1839 |
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Their genus name Batracho-seps means "frog-lizard", in reference to their projectile tongues.