By the time the salamanders reached the southernmost part of California, the separation had caused the two groups to evolve enough differences that they had become reproductively isolated.

They emerge in the early winter rains to breed in small, isolated seasonal wetlands. RANGE: The historical range of the frosted flatwoods salamander included parts of the states of Florida, Georgia ...

The agency declined to protect the Kern Plateau salamander. Today’s proposal responds to a 2012 petition and subsequent litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity. As part of the decision, the ...