Aneides

Other noteworthy salamander species are the arboreal members of the Aneides genus, which ascend to the top of the tallest redwoods, and the endemic California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense, VU), which has emerged as a major point of contention between conservationists and developers in rapidly growing Sonoma and Santa Barbara counties.

Biological diversity in the California Floristic Province 2008

In the classic morphology-based phylogeny produced by Wake (1966), a basal desmognathine clade is sister to a far larger plethodontine clade that includes Hemidactyliini* (c. 25 species with aquatic larvae, including the genera Eurycea, Hemidactylium and so on), Bolitoglossini (c. 220 species lacking aquatic larvae, including the genera Bolitoglossa, Dendrotriton, Oedipina, Pseudoeurycea and so on) and Plethodontini (c. 55 species lacking aquatic larvae: the genera Aneides, Ensatina and Plethodon).

Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

These last two images are actually of the same species, Aneides flavipunctatus.

Mendocino County Herptastica Sarah Werning 2008

These last two images are actually of the same species, Aneides flavipunctatus.

Archive 2008-05-01 Sarah Werning 2008

Aneides vagrans Wake & Jackman, 1999 from California was recognised as distinct relative to the Rusty salamander

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2009

Aneides vagrans Wake & Jackman, 1999 from California was recognised as distinct relative to the Rusty salamander

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009