Batrachoseps robustus Wake, Yanev, and Hansen, 2002
Batrachoseps (Plethopsis) robustus Wake, Yanev, and Hansen, 2002, Copeia, 2002: 1017. Holotype: MVZ 219115, by original designation. Type locality: "3.4 km south-southeast Sherman Pass Road on USFS rd 22S19, approximately 4.4 km (air) north-northwest Sirretta Peak; approximately 0.9 km (air) southeast Round Meadow on Kern Plateau, Tulare County, California (T22S, R34E, Sect. 31), 2775-2800 m elevation, 35.9604° N, 118.3514° W".
English Names
Kern Plateau Salamander (original designation; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 15; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 11; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 25).
Distribution
Kern Plateau and Scodie Mountains of Kern and Tulare counties, California, USA, in pine and chaparral habitats at elevations of 1615-2804 m.
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 193-194, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 638.
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