Desert+Slender+Salamander+2010



By Nic M.

The Desert Slender Salamander is about 3.1-5 cm long from snout to vent. Their diet is most likely small invertebrates. Female batrachoseps lay eggs in moist places on land with the young hatching fully formed. It is most likely a communal nester due to such limited habitat. The Desert Slender salamander has a narrow head and a slender body, very long tail. The salamander has 4 toes on front and back feet. The salamander lives in a protected canyon called Palm Canyon habitat. The Desert Slender Salamander is endangered because of a huge rain storm flooded over a cliff and wiped out vegetables and some salamanders. There also endanger because nothing is known of their reproductive. We can save the Desert Slender Salamanders by just let them be and not disturb them.