Species:
Batrachoseps attenuatus
California Slender Salamander
November 19, 1998
Sheep Dung Estates, Yorkville, Mendocino County, California


If you look carefully, you can find these little salamanders wandering about on wet nights, looking for yummy bugs. They are very easy to find in the usual salamander locations -- under logs and rocks -- as long as it's not too dry out.
July 23, 2001
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California


Here's a couple more attractive slender salamanders from the redwood forests. I particularly like the color patterns on the back of the second one.
February 24, 2005
Little River, Mendocino County, California

These are by far the most common salamanders in the Mendocino area. I generally see at least five times as many of these as all other salamanders put together.
April 1, 2006
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Del Norte County, California

Although I have seen hundreds if not thousands of California Slender Salamanders, and photographed many, from time to time I'm still compelled to take more photos of them. After all, they are still quite cute. And you never know when new DNA studies will split out another species, or three, or ten.


