Aneides vagrans Wake and Jackman, 1999
Aneides vagrans Wake and Jackman, 1999 "1998", Canad. J. Zool., 76: 1579. Holotype: MVZ 124876, by original designation. Type locality: "a point about 10 km S Maple Creek, Humboldt Co., California, 40° 42′ N, 123° 50′ W, ca. 500 m elevation", USA.
English Names
Wandering Salamander (original publication; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 19; Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 180; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 14; 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: 24).
Distribution
Coastal northern California from northwestern Sonoma County to Smith River near Crescent City, Del Norte County, USA; introduced and widespread on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Comment
Previously confused with Aneides ferreus. Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 180, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 637-638.
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- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
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- For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
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