List of California amphibians and reptiles
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Family Ascaphidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Ascaphus truei | Coastal Tailed Frog |
Family Bufonidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bufo alvarius | Sonoran Desert Toad * |
| Bufo boreas | Western Toad |
| Bufo californicus | Arroyo Toad |
| Bufo canorus | Yosemite Toad |
| Bufo cognatus Bufo cognatus The Great Plains Toad is a relatively large species of toad. It ranges from southern Alberta, throughout the midwest United States and the inland western United States into northern Mexico.... |
Great Plains Toad |
| Bufo exsul | Black Toad |
| Bufo microscaphus | Arizona Toad |
| Bufo punctatus Bufo punctatus The Red-spotted toad is a small toad species growing to 3.7 to 7.5 centimeters in length. It has a flattened head and body, and a light grey, olive or reddish brown dorsum with reddish or orange skin glands. It has a whitish or buff venter with or without faint dark spotting, and round parotoid... |
Red-spotted Toad |
| Bufo woodhousii Bufo woodhousii The Woodhouse's Toad, is a medium-sized true toad, which is native to the United States and Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies. The epithet woodhousii is in honor of the American physician and naturalist Samuel Washington Woodhouse. B... |
Woodhouse's Toad |
Family Hylidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Pseudacris cadaverina | California Tree Frog |
| Pseudacris regilla | Pacific Tree Frog |
Family Scaphiopodidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Scaphiopus couchii Scaphiopus couchii Couch's Spadefoot Toad is a species of North American spadefoot toad. The epithet couchii is in honor of American naturalist Darius Nash Couch, who collected the first specimen while on a personal expedition to northern Mexico to collect plant, mineral and animal specimens for the Smithsonian... |
Couch's Spadefoot |
| Spea hammondii Spea hammondii The Western Spadefoot Toad is a relatively smooth-skinned species of spadefoot toad. Its eyes are pale gold with vertical pupils. It has a green or grey dorsum often with skin tubercles tipped in orange, and it is a whitish color on the ventrum. It has a wedge-shaped black spade on each hind foot... |
Western Spadefoot |
| Spea intermontana | Great Basin Spadefoot |
Family Ranidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Rana aurora | Northern Red-legged Frog |
| Rana berlandieri | Rio Grande Leopard Frog * |
| Rana boylii | Foothill Yellow-legged Frog |
| Rana cascadae | Cascades Frog * |
| Rana catesbeiana | American Bullfrog |
| Rana draytonii | California Red-legged Frog |
| Rana muscosa | Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog |
| Rana pipiens | Northern Leopard Frog |
| Rana pretiosa | Oregon Spotted Frog * |
| Rana sierrae Rana sierrae Rana sierrae is a true frog endemic to the Sierra Nevada mountains .-Physical description:This species is very similar in appearance to the Mountain yellow-legged frog.-Conservation status:... |
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog |
| Rana sphenocephala | Southern Leopard Frog |
| Rana yavapaiensis | Lowland Leopard Frog |
Family Pipidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Xenopus laevis | African Clawed Frog |
Family Ambystomatidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Ambystoma californiense | California Tiger Salamander |
| Amybstoma gracile | Northwestern Salamander |
| Ambystoma macrodactylum | Long-toed Salamander |
| Ambystoma mavortium Ambystoma mavortium Ambystoma mavortium, commonly known as the Barred Tiger Salamander, is a species of salamander found from southwestern Canada in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, south through the western United States to Texas and northern Mexico.- Description :The tiger salamander is the... |
Barred Tiger Salamander |
Family Dicamptodontidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dicamptodon ensatus | California Giant Salamander |
| Dicamptodon tenebrosus | Coastal Giant Salamander |
Family Plethodontidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Aneides ferreus Aneides ferreus The Clouded Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests and it is probable that many nest in trees.... |
Clouded Salamander |
| Aneides flavipunctatus | Black Salamander |
| Aneides lugubris Aneides lugubris Aneides lugubris, the Arboreal salamander, is a species of climbing salamander. It is native to California and Baja California, where it is primarily associated with oak and sycamore woodlands, and thick chaparral.-Description:... |
Arboreal Salamander |
| Aneides vagrans | Wandering Salamander |
| Batrachoseps attenuatus | California Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps campi | Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps diabolicus | Hell Hollow Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps gabrieli | San Gabriel Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps gavilanensis | Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps gregarius | Gregarious Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps incognitus | San Simeon Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps kawia | Sequoia Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps luciae | Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps major | Garden Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps minor | Lesser Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps nigriventris | Black-bellied Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps pacificus | Channel Islands Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps regius | Kings River Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps relictus | Relictual Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps robustus | Kern Plateau Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps simatus | Kern Canyon Slender Salamander |
| Batrachoseps stebbinsi | Tehachapi Slender Salamander |
| Ensatina eschscholtzii | Ensatina |
| Hydromantes brunus | Limestone Salamander |
| Hydromantes platycephalus | Mount Lyell Salamander |
| Hydromantes shastae | Shasta Salamander |
| Plethodon asupak Plethodon asupak Plethodon asupak is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.... |
Scott Bar Salamander |
| Plethodon dunni | Dunn's Salamander |
| Plethodon elongatus | Del Norte Salamander |
| Plethodon stormi | Siskiyou Salamander |
Family Rhyacotritonidae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Rhyacotriton variegatus | Southern Torrent Salamander |
Family Salamandridae
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Taricha granulosa | Rough-skinned Newt |
| Taricha rivularis | Red-bellied Newt |
| Taricha torosa | California Newt |
| Taricha torosa sierrae | Sierra newt |
| Taricha torosa torosa | Coastal Range newt |