Species

Ensatina eschscholtzii (Ensatina)

Ensatina eschscholtzii. Photo: (c) randomtruth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Ensatina eschscholtzii (commonly known by its genus name, Ensatina) is a complex of plethodontid (lungless) salamanders found in coniferous forests, oak woodland and chaparral from British Columbia, through Washington, Oregon, across California (where all seven subspecies variations are located), all the way down to Baja California in Mexico. The genus Ensatina originated approximately 21.5 million years ago.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Amphibia (Amphibians)
        Order: Caudata (Salamanders)
        Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless salamanders)
        Subfamily: Plethodontinae (Plethodontine salamanders)
        Genus: Ensatina (Ensatinas)
        Species: Ensatina eschscholtzii (Ensatina)
        Subspecies: Ensatina eschscholtzii picta (Painted ensatina)
        Subspecies: Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis (Oregon ensatina)

Subtaxa

Subspecies: Ensatina eschscholtzii picta (Painted ensatina)

Subspecies: Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis (Oregon ensatina)

Sightings

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