Lesser slender salamander

The lesser slender salamander (Batrachoseps minor) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

Lesser slender salamander
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Batrachoseps
Species:	B. minor
Binomial name
Batrachoseps minor Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001

Distribution

The lesser slender salamander is endemic to California, in San Luis Obispo County in the western United States.^[1]

This salamander's natural habitat is in the chaparral and woodlands and temperate coniferous forests in the southern end of the California Coast Ranges.