Del Norte Salamander

Plethodon elongatus

The Del Norte Salamander is a slender, dark Plethodon of the coastal ranges in northwestern California and adjacent Oregon. It lives in rocky outcrops and talus slopes in old-growth forest. Lungless and entirely terrestrial.

Habitat

Talus slopes and rocky forest in old-growth coastal redwood and Douglas fir forests

Diet

Small invertebrates under rocks and bark

How common

Uncommon

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