Oregon Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis)
Last Modified: February 7th, 2012 - 01:56 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 32567
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Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Shasta County |
Time: 2009-11-08 00:15:00 |
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Qty: 2 |
Age: YoY |
Sex: -- |
Method: Log flipping |
Habitat: Montane Hardwood-Conifer |
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Elevation: 1949.50ft |
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Notes
Many logs and rocks flipped along trail, bark that these two specimens were found under produced only specimens. The coin in last photo is a US Quarter.
Update Feb 6 2012 - Changed subspecies to oregonensis
Originally I believed specimen to be E. e. oregonensis X E. e. platensis
However it has come to my attention that extensive sampling within Shasta County found no localities where the two forms co-exist. There is one locale that *may* be genuine integrades but this specimen was found far from it and well within what genetically consistently keys out to oregonensis.
Since it is my suspicion that there may be species split within Ensatina complex coming, I decided to update this record to reflect the subspecies by range currently supported by genetic sampling.
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