Ensatina is a lungless salamander of the western United States, family Plethodontidae, that breathes entirely through its skin and the lining of its mouth. Its many geographically distinct color forms, which grade into one another around the rim of California's Central Valley and meet without interbreeding at the southern end, make it a textbook example of what biologists call a ring species.
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1. NatureServe Explorer: Ensatina eschscholtzii
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Feeds on a variety of invertebrates including insects (e.g., beetles, springtails, crickets), spiders, and millipedes.
2. Wikipedia: Ensatina
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The ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii) is a species complex of plethodontid (lungless) salamanders found in coniferous forests, oak woodland and chaparral from British Columbia, through Washington, Oregon, acro
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Ensatina eschscholtzii
- In Biome: Chaparral, Wikipedia intro: "pecies complex of plethodontid (lungless) salamanders found in coniferous forests, oak woodland and chaparral from British Columbia, through Washington, Oregon,..."
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ11843131, descriptionView the Source Wikidata: Ensatina
- Wikidata Q11843131, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Amphibia, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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