CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

OVERVIEW

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Counties and Islands of California Map

Frogs and Toads

COASTAL TAILED FROG

Ascaphus truei Stejneger 1899

SONORAN DESERT TOAD

Bufo alvarius Girard 1859

ARROYO TOAD

Bufo californicus Camp 1915

YOSEMITE TOAD

Bufo canorus Camp 1916a

NORTHERN RED-LEGGED FROG

Rana aurora Baird and Girard 1852

FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROG

Rana boylii Baird 1854

CASCADES FROG

Rana cascadae Slater 1939

CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG

Rana draytonii Baird and Girard 1852

NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG

Rana pipiens Schreber 1782

OREGON SPOTTED FROG

Rana pretiosa Baird and Girard 1853b

LOWLAND LEOPARD FROG

Rana yavapaiensis Platz and Frost 1984

COUCH’S SPADEFOOT

Scaphiopus couchii Baird 1854

WESTERN SPADEFOOT

Spea hammondii (Baird 1859)

Salamanders

SOUTHERN LONG-TOED SALAMANDER

Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum Ferguson 1961

SANTA CRUZ BLACK SALAMANDER

Aneides flavipunctatus niger Myers and Maslin 1948

INYO MOUNTAINS SALAMANDER

Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode, and Wake 1979

LESSER SLENDER SALAMANDER

Batrachoseps minor Jockusch, Yanev and Wake 2001

RELICTUAL SLENDER SALAMANDER

Batrachoseps relictus Brame and Murray 1968

CALIFORNIA GIANT SALAMANDER

Dicamptodon ensatus (Eschscholtz 1833)

SOUTHERN TORRENT SALAMANDER

Rhyacotriton variegatus Stebbins and Lowe 1951

RED-BELLIED NEWT

Taricha rivularis (Twitty 1935)

COAST RANGE NEWT, SOUTHERN POPULATIONS

Taricha torosa (Rathke 1833)

Lizards

CALIFORNIA LEGLESS LIZARD

Anniella pulchra Gray 1852

COASTAL WHIPTAIL

Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri (Van Denburgh 1894)

SAN DIEGO BANDED GECKO

Coleonyx variegatus abbotti Klauber 1945

PANAMINT ALLIGATOR LIZARD

Elgaria panamintina (Stebbins 1958)

COPE’S LEOPARD LIZARD

Gambelia copeii (Yarrow 1882)

GILA MONSTER

Heloderma suspectum Cope 1869

COAST HORNED LIZARD

Phrynosoma blainvillii Gray 1839

FLAT-TAILED HORNED LIZARD

Phrynosoma mcallii (Hallowell 1852)

COLORADO DESERT FRINGE-TOED LIZARD

Uma notata Baird 1858

MOJAVE FRINGE-TOED LIZARD

Uma scoparia Cope 1894

SANDSTONE NIGHT LIZARD

Xantusia gracilis Grismer and Galvan 1986

SIERRA NIGHT LIZARD

Xantusia vigilis sierrae Bezy 1967

Snakes

CALIFORNIA GLOSSY SNAKE

Arizona elegans occidentalis Blanchard 1924

RED DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE

Crotalus ruber Cope 1892

REGAL RING-NECKED SNAKE

Diadophis punctatus regalis Baird and Girard 1853a

SAN JOAQUIN COACHWHIP

Masticophis flagellum ruddocki Brattstrom and Warren 1953

BAJA CALIFORNIA COACHWHIP

Masticophis fuliginosus (Cope 1895a)

COAST PATCH-NOSED SNAKE

Salvadora hexalepis virgultea Bogert 1935

TWO-STRIPED GARTER SNAKE

Thamnophis hammondii (Kennicott 1860)

COMMON GARTER SNAKE, SOUTHERN POPULATIONS

Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus 1758)

Turtles

WESTERN POND TURTLE

Emys [=Actinemys] marmorata Baird and Girard 1852

SONORA MUD TURTLE

Kinosternon sonoriense Le Conte 1854

Literature Cited

Appendix 1: List of Native Amphibian and Reptile Taxa Occurring in California

Appendix 2: Public Comment Announcement

Appendix 3: Watch List

Appendix 4: Additional Taxa in Need of Research and Monitoring

Glossary

Index