Desert+Slender+Salamander

media type="custom" key="3680981" By Curt M.

The Characteristics of the desert slender salamander. Adults are usualy 1 1/4-2 inches long. 3.1-5 centimeters from snout to vent. They usually weigh up to 100 grams. You can find the desert slender salamander in California. Their habitat is in Hidden Palm Canyon. B.M. aridus inhabits a moist cliff and the talus beneath it, as well as associated springs at the oasis. The desert slender salamander mostly eat a variety of small invertebrates. They also eat vegtables. In the spring of 2006 they were fortunate to hike down into a protected canyon with the California Department of Fish and Game to survey for the desert slender salamanders. When they arrived, they could see where water from an unusually large rain storm the previous October had poured down the cliff above the canyon and washed away a great deal of vegetation, including the area where the salamanders been found. Desert slender salamanders certainly continue to survive in this location, flooding over the millenia, but they were not able to locate anymore.