Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916) Mount Lyell Salamander


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Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916) Mount Lyell Salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus gallery)

Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916). Adult from Tuolumne Co., Calif. Photo © Gary Nafis, California Reptiles and Amphibians

Hydromantes platycephalus habitat, Tuolumne Co., Calif., 9,000 ft. Photo © Gary Nafis, California Reptiles and Amphibians

References

Petranka, James W. Salamanders of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.

Stebbins, Robert C. Western Reptiles and Amphibians (third edition). Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.

ARMI National Atlas for Amphibian Distributions (Database). United States Geological Survey. http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/armiatlas (Accessed: 2003).

Nature Serve Explorer (Database). Nature Serve. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/index.htm (Accessed: 2003).