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Established Extant Amphibians and Reptiles of California

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians
Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs
Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads
Anaxyrus boreas (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Western Toad
Anaxyrus californicus (Camp, 1915) — Arroyo Toad
Anaxyrus canorus (Camp, 1916) — Yosemite Toad
Anaxyrus cognatus (Say in James, 1822) — Great Plains Toad
Anaxyrus exsul (Myers, 1942) — Black Toad
Anaxyrus punctatus (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Red-spotted Toad
Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854) — Woodhouse's Toad
Incilius alvarius (Girard in Baird, 1859) — Sonoran Desert Toad
Eleutherodactylidae Lutz, 1954 — Free-toed Frogs
Eleutherodactylus coqui Thomas, 1966 — CoquĂ­   
Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies
Pseudacris cadaverina (Cope, 1866) — California Treefrog
Pseudacris hypochondriaca (Hallowell, 1854) — Baja California Treefrog
Pseudacris regilla (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Pacific Treefrog
Pseudacris sierra (Jameson, Mackey, and Richmond, 1966) — Sierran Treefrog
Leiopelmatidae Mivart, 1869 —
Ascaphus truei Stejneger, 1899 — Coastal Tailed Frog
Pipidae Bonaparte, 1831 — Clawed Frogs
Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) — African Clawed Frog   
Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs
Lithobates berlandieri (Baird, 1859) — Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) — North American Bullfrog
Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886) — Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates yavapaiensis (Platz and Frost, 1984) — Lowland Leopard Frog
Rana aurora Baird and Girard, 1852 — Northern Red-legged Frog
Rana boylii Baird, 1854 — Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
Rana cascadae Slater, 1939 — Cascades Frog
Rana draytonii Baird and Girard, 1852 — California Red-legged Frog
Rana muscosa Camp, 1917 — Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
Rana pretiosa Baird and Girard, 1853 — Oregon Spotted Frog
Rana sierrae Camp, 1917 — Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865 — North American Spadefoots
Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854 — Couch's Spadefoot
Spea hammondii (Baird, 1859 “1857”) — Western Spadefoot
Spea intermontana (Cope, 1883) — Great Basin Spadefoot
Caudata Scopoli, 1777 — Salamanders
Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 — Mole Salamanders
Ambystoma californiense Gray, 1853 — California Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma gracile (Baird, 1859) — Northwestern Salamander
Ambystoma macrodactylum Baird, 1850 — Long-toed Salamander
Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850 — Western Tiger Salamander
Dicamptodon ensatus (Eschscholtz, 1833) — California Giant Salamander
Dicamptodon tenebrosus (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Coastal Giant Salamander
Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 — Lungless Salamanders
Aneides ferreus Cope, 1869 — Clouded Salamander
Aneides flavipunctatus (Strauch, 1870) — Speckled Black Salamander
Aneides iecanus (Cope, 1883) — Shasta Black Salamander
Aneides klamathensis Reilly and Wake, 2019 — Klamath Black Salamander
Aneides lugubris (Hallowell, 1849) — Arboreal Salamander
Aneides niger Myers and Maslin, 1948 — Santa Cruz Black Salamander
Aneides vagrans (Wake and Jackman, 1999) — Wandering Salamander
Batrachoseps altasierrae Jockush, Martinez-Solano, Hansen, and Wake, 2012 — Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz, 1833) — California Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps bramei Jockush, Martinez-Solano, Hansen, and Wake, 2012 — Fairview Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode, and Wake, 1979 — Inyo Mountains Salamander
Batrachoseps diabolicus Jockusch, Wake, and Yanev, 1998 — Hell Hollow Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps gabrieli Wake, 1996 — San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps gavilanensis Jockusch, Yanev, and Wake, 2001 — Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps gregarius Jockusch, Wake, and Yanev, 1998 — Gregarious Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps incognitus Jockusch, Yanev, and Wake, 2001 — San Simeon Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps kawia Jockusch, Wake, and Yanev, 1998 — Sequoia Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps luciae Jockusch, Yanev, and Wake, 2001 — Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps major Camp, 1915 — Southern California Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps minor Jockusch, Yanev, and Wake, 2001 — Lesser Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope, 1869 — Black-bellied Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865) — Channel Islands Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps regius Jockusch, Wake, and Yanev, 1998 — Kings River Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps relictus Brame and Murray, 1968 — Relictual Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps robustus Wake, Yanev, and Hansen, 2002 — Kern Plateau Salamander
Batrachoseps simatus Brame and Murray, 1968 — Kern Canyon Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps stebbinsi Brame and Murray, 1968 — Tehachapi Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps wakei Sweet and Jockusch, 2021 — Arguello Slender Salamander
Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850 — Ensatina
Hydromantes brunus Gorman, 1954 — Limestone Salamander
Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916) — Mount Lyell Salamander
Hydromantes samweli Bingham, Papenfuss, Lindstrand, and Wake, 2018 — Samwel Shasta Salamander
Hydromantes shastae Gorman and Camp, 1953 — Shasta Salamander
Hydromantes wintu Bingham, Papenfuss, Lindstrand, and Wake, 2018 — Wintu Shasta Salamander
Plethodon asupak Mead, Clayton, Nauman, Olson, and Pfrender, 2005 — Scott Bar Salamander
Plethodon dunni Bishop, 1934 — Dunn's Salamander
Plethodon elongatus Van Denburgh, 1916 — Del Norte Salamander
Plethodon stormi Highton and Brame, 1965 — Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
Rhyacotritonidae Tihen, 1958 — Torrent Salamanders
Rhyacotriton variegatus Stebbins and Lowe, 1951 — Southern Torrent Salamander
Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 — Newts
Taricha granulosa (Skilton, 1849) — Rough-skinned Newt
Taricha rivularis (Twitty, 1935) — Red-bellied Newt
Taricha sierrae (Twitty, 1942) — Sierra Newt
Taricha torosa (Rathke in Eschscholtz, 1833) — California Newt
Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles
Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes
Boidae Gray, 1842 — Boas
Charina bottae (Blainville, 1835) — Rubber Boa
Lichanura orcutti Stejneger, 1889 — Northern Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861 — Three-lined Boa
Colubridae Oppel, 1811 — Harmless Egg-laying Snakes
Arizona elegans Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 — Common Glossy Snake
Bogertophis rosaliae (Mocquard, 1899) — Baja California Ratsnake
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 — North American Racer
Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville, 1835) — California Kingsnake
Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington ex Blainville, 1876) — California Mountain Kingsnake
Masticophis flagellum (Shaw, 1802) — Common Coachwhip
Masticophis fuliginosus (Cope, 1895) — Baja California Coachwhip
Masticophis lateralis (Hallowell, 1853) — Striped Racer
Masticophis taeniatus (Hallowell, 1852) — Striped Whipsnake
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus (Cope, 1868) — Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake
Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835) — Gophersnake
Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird and Girard, 1853 — Long-nosed Snake
Salvadora hexalepis (Cope, 1866) — Western Patch-nosed Snake
Sonora annulata (Baird, 1859) — Tricolor Shovel-nosed Snake
Sonora occipitalis (Hallowell, 1854) — Mohave Shovel-nosed Snake
Sonora semiannulata Baird and Girard, 1853 — Western Groundsnake
Tantilla hobartsmithi Taylor, 1937 — Southwestern Black-headed Snake
Tantilla planiceps (Blainville, 1835) — California Black-headed Snake
Trimorphodon lambda Cope, 1886 — Sonoran Lyresnake
Trimorphodon lyrophanes (Cope, 1860) — California Lyresnake
Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 — Pit Vipers
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard, 1853 — Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake
Crotalus cerastes Hallowell, 1854 — Sidewinder
Crotalus oreganus Holbrook, 1840 — Western Rattlesnake
Crotalus pyrrhus (Cope, 1867) — Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Crotalus ruber Cope, 1892 — Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Crotalus scutulatus (Kennicott, 1861) — Mohave Rattlesnake
Crotalus stephensi Klauber, 1930 — Panamint Rattlesnake
Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes
Contia longicauda Feldman and Hoyer, 2010 — Forest Sharp-tailed Snake
Contia tenuis (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Common Sharp-tailed Snake
Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Ring-necked Snake
Hypsiglena chlorophaea Cope, 1860 — Desert Nightsnake
Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha Cope, 1860 — Coast Nightsnake
Hydrophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Sea Snakes and Allies
Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Yellow-bellied Seasnake
Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1891 — Threadsnakes
Rena humilis Baird and Girard, 1853 — Western Threadsnake
Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes
Nerodia fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766) — Southern Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Watersnake
Thamnophis atratus (Kennicott, in Cooper, 1860) — Aquatic Gartersnake
Thamnophis couchii (Kennicott, 1859) — Sierra Gartersnake
Thamnophis elegans (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Terrestrial Gartersnake
Thamnophis gigas Fitch, 1940 — Giant Gartersnake
Thamnophis hammondii (Kennicott, 1860) — Two-striped Gartersnake
Thamnophis marcianus (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Checkered Gartersnake
Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Northwestern Gartersnake
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake
Typhlopidae Jan, 1863 — Blindsnakes
Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) — Brahminy Blindsnake   
Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Other Lizards
Anguidae Gray, 1825 — Anguid Lizards
Elgaria coerulea (Wiegmann, 1828) — Northern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835) — Southern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria panamintina (Stebbins, 1958) — Panamint Alligator Lizard
Anniellidae Boulenger 1885 — American Legless Lizards
Anniella alexanderae Papenfuss and Parham, 2013 — Temblor Legless Lizard
Anniella campi Papenfuss and Parham, 2013 — Big Spring Legless Lizard
Anniella grinnelli Papenfuss and Parham, 2013 — Bakersfield Legless Lizard
Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852 — Northern Legless Lizard
Anniella stebbinsi Papenfuss and Parham, 2013 — San Diegan Legless Lizard
Anolidae Cocteau 1836 — Anoles
Anolis carolinensis (Voigt, 1832) — Green Anole
Anolis sagrei Dumeril and Bibron, 1837 — Brown Anole   
Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825 — Chameleons
Trioceros jacksonii Boulenger, 1896 — Jackson's Chameleon   
Crotaphytidae Smith and Brodie, 1982 — Collared and Leopard Lizards
Crotaphytus bicinctores Smith and Tanner, 1972 — Great Basin Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus vestigium Smith and Tanner, 1972 — Baja California Collared Lizard
Gambelia copeii (Yarrow, 1882) — Baja California Leopard Lizard
Gambelia sila (Stejneger, 1890) — Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard
Gambelia wislizenii (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
Eublepharidae Boulenger, 1883 — Eyelid Geckos
Coleonyx switaki (Murphy, 1974) — Switak’s Banded Gecko
Coleonyx variegatus (Baird, 1859 “1858”) — Western Banded Gecko
Gekkonidae Gray, 1825 — Geckos
Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden in RĂĽppell, 1827) — Rough-tailed Gecko   
Hemidactylus garnotii DumĂ©ril and Bibron, 1836 — Indo-Pacific House Gecko   
Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) — Tropical House Gecko   
Hemidactylus platyurus (Schneider, 1792) — Asian Flat-tailed House Gecko   
Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Mediterranean Gecko   
Helodermatidae Gray, 1837 — Gila Monsters
Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869 — Gila Monster
Iguanidae Oppel, 1811 — Iguanas
Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Desert Iguana
Sauromalus ater DumĂ©ril, 1856 — Common Chuckwalla
Lacertidae Cope, 1864 — Lacertas and Wall Lizards
Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802) — Bosc's Fringe-toed Lizard   
Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810) — Italian Wall Lizard   
Phrynosomatidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Sand and Spiny Lizards
Callisaurus draconoides Blainville, 1835 — Zebra-tailed Lizard
Petrosaurus mearnsi (Stejneger, 1894) — Mearns’s Rock Lizard
Phrynosoma blainvillii Gray, 1839 — Coast Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma douglasii (Bell, 1829) — Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma mcallii (Hallowell, 1852) — Flat-tailed Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos Girard in Barid and Girard, 1852 — Desert Horned Lizard
Sceloporus becki Van Denburgh, 1905 — Island Fence Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus Baird and Girard, 1852 — Common Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus magister Hallowell, 1854 — Desert Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis Baird and Girard, 1852 — Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus orcutti Stejneger, 1893 — Granite Spiny Lizard
Uma inornata Cope, 1895 — Coachella Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma notata Baird, 1859 “1858” — Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma scoparia Cope, 1894 — Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard
Urosaurus graciosus Hallowell, 1854 — Long-tailed Brush Lizard
Urosaurus microscutatus (Van Denburgh, 1894) — Small-scaled Lizard
Urosaurus ornatus (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Ornate Tree Lizard
Uta stansburiana Baird and Girard, 1852 — Common Side-blotched Lizard
Phyllodactylidae Gamble, Bauer, Greenbaum, and Jackman 2008 — Leaf-toed Geckos
Phyllodactylus nocticolus Dixon, 1964 — Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798) — Yellow Fan-Fingered Gecko   
Tarentola annularis (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) — Ringed Wall Gecko   
Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) — Moorish Gecko   
Scincidae Gray, 1825 — Skinks
Chalcides ocellatus (ForskĂĄl, 1775) — Ocellated Skink   
Plestiodon gilberti (Van Denburgh, 1896) — Gilbert's Skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus Baird and Girard, 1852 — Western Skink
Teiidae Gray, 1827 — Whiptails, Racerunners, and Ameivas
Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (Cope, 1863) — Orange-throated Whiptail
Aspidoscelis sonorae (Lowe and Wright, 1964) — Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tesselatus (Say in James, 1822 "1823") — Common Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Tiger Whiptail
Xantusiidae Baird, 1859 — Night Lizards
Xantusia gracilis Grismer and Galvan, 1986 — Sandstone Night Lizard
Xantusia henshawi Stejneger, 1893 — Granite Night Lizard
Xantusia riversiana Cope, 1883 — Island Night Lizard
Xantusia sierrae Bezy, 1967 — Sierra Night Lizard
Xantusia vigilis Baird, 1859 — Desert Night Lizard
Xantusia wigginsi Savage, 1952 — Wiggins’ Night Lizard
Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles
Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811 — Sea Turtles
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) — Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) — Green Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) — Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) — Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Chelydridae Gray, 1870 — Snapping Turtles
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Snapping Turtle
Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Leatherback Sea Turtles
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) — Leatherback Sea Turtle
Emydidae Gray, 1825 — Box and Basking Turtles
Actinemys marmorata (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys pallida (Seeliger, 1945) — Southwestern Pond Turtle
Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) — Painted Turtle
Pseudemys concinna (LeConte, 1830) — River Cooter
Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) — Pond Slider
Kinosternidae Agassiz, 1857 — Mud and Musk Turtles
Kinosternon sonoriense LeConte, 1854 — Sonora Mud Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802) — Eastern Musk Turtle
Testudinidae Gray, 1825 — Tortoises
Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1861) — Mojave Desert Tortoise
Trionychidae Bell, 1828 — Softshells
Apalone ferox (Schneider, 1783) — Florida Softshell
Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827) — Spiny Softshell

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California Herpetological Publications
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1976 Basey, Harold E. Discovering Sierra Reptiles and Amphibians. Yosemite Association and Sequoia Natural History Association, Three Rivers, California. pp.
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1994 Sanborn, Sherburn R. The Lizard-Watching Guide - The Common Lizards of Southern California's Mojave and Colorado Deserts. Lorraine Press, Salt Lake City, Utah. pp.
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2012 Stebbins, Robert C., McGinnis, Samuel M. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of California: Revised Edition (California Natural History Guides). University of California Press, Berkeley. pp.
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2016 Thomson, Robert C., Amber N. Wright, and H. Bradley Shaffer. California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. University of California Press, Berkeley. pp.
2021 Flaxington, William C. Amphibians and Reptiles of California: Field Observations, Distribution, and Natural History. Fieldnotes Press, Anaheim, California. pp.
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