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This
is a list of amphibians and reptiles found in and around the Kern River Valley
in Kern County California. See the Checklist of KRP Reptiles for descriptions
and photos of some of these species.
AMPHIBIANS
Order
CAUDATA
PLETHODINTIDAE
BLACK-BELLIED
SLENDER SALAMANDER Batrachoseps nigriventris
RELICTUAL
SLENDER SALAMANDER Batrachoseps relictus
KERN
CANYON SLENDER SALAMANDER Batrachoseps simatus
BRECKENRIDGE
MOUNTAIN SLENDER SALAMANDER Batrachoseps "Breckenridge"
KERN
PLATEAU SLENDER SALAMANDER Batrachoseps robustus
GREGARIUS
SLENDER SALAMANDER Batrachoseps gregarius
ENSATINA
Ensatina eschscholtzii
E.
e. platensis - Greenhorn Mountains northward
E.
e. croceater - lower Kern River Canyon, Piute
Mountains, and Breckenridge Mountain south through the Tehachapis and into Los
Angeles and Ventura counties
SALMANDRIDAE
CALIFORNIA
NEWT Taricha torosa
Order
Anura
PELOBATIDAE
WESTERN
SPADEFOOT Spea hammondi
HYLIDAE
PACIFIC
CHORUS FROG Pseudacris (Hyla) regilla
RANIDAE
FOOTHILL
YELLOW-LEGGED FROG Rana boylei
BULLFROG
Lithobates (Rana) catesbeiana (introduced)
MOUNTAIN
YELLOW-LEGGED FROG Rana muscosa
BUFONIDAE
WESTERN
TOAD Anaxyrus (Bufo) boreas
REPTILES
Order
TESTUDINES
EMYDIDAE
POND
SLIDER Trachemys scripta (introduced)
WESTERN
POND TURTLE Actinemys marmorata
TESTUDINIDAE
DESERT
TORTOISE Gopherus agassizii
Order
SQUAMATA
Suborder
LACERTILIA
GEKKONIDAE
BANDED
GECKO Coleonyx variegatus
IGUANIDAE
MOJAVE BLACK
COLLARED LIZARD Crotaphytus bicinctores
LONG-NOSED
LEOPARD
LIZARD Gambelia wislizenii wislizenii
COAST
HORNED LIZARD Phrynosoma coronatum
DESERT
HORNED LIZARD Phrynosoma platyrhinos
SAGEBRUSH
LIZARD Sceloporus graciosus
DESERT
SPINY LIZARD Sceloporus magister
WESTERN
FENCE LIZARD Sceloporus occidentalis
SIDE-BLOTCHED
LIZARD Uta stansburiana
ANGUIDAE
NORTHERN
ALLIGATOR LIZARD
Elgaria coerulea
SOUTHERN
ALLIGATOR LIZARD
Elgaria multicarinatus
ANNEIELLIDAE
CALIFORNIA
LEGLESS LIZARD Anniella pulchra
XANTUSIDAE
DESERT
NIGHT LIZARD Xantusia vigilis
TEIIDAE
WESTERN
WHIPTAIL Aspidoscelis tigris
SCINCIDAE
GILBERT'S
SKINK Plestiodon (Eumeces) gilberti
Suborder
SERPENTES
BOIDAE
NORTHERN
RUBBER
BOA Charina bottae
ROSY
BOA Charina trivirgata
COLUBRIDAE
GLOSSY
SNAKE Arizona occidentalis
WESTERN
SHOVEL-NOSED SNAKE Chionactis occipitalis
WESTERN
RACER
Coluber mormon
CALIFORNIA
KINGSNAKE Lampropeltis getula californiae
CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN KINGSNAKE
Lampropeltis
zonata
RED RACER Masticophis flagellum piceus
STRIPED
RACER Masticophis lateralis
GOPHER
SNAKE Pituophis melanoleucus
LONG-NOSED
SNAKE Rhinocheilus lecontei
WESTERN
PATCH-NOSED SNAKE Salvadora hexalepis
SMITH'S
BLACK-HEADED SNAKE Tantilla hobartsmithi
LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE
WESTERN
BLIND SNAKE Leptotyphlops humilis
Natricidae
WESTERN AQUATIC
GARTER SNAKE Thamnophis
couchi
COMMON
GARTER SNAKE Thamnophis sirtalis
Dipsadidae
RINGNECKED
SNAKE Diadophis punctatus
NIGHT
SNAKE Hypsiglena torquata
LYRE
SNAKE Trimorphodon biscutatus
Crotalidae
SIDEWINDER
Crotalus cerastes
(may have been introduced only one specimen found along Kelso Valley Rd.)
MOJAVE
RATTLESNAKE Crotalus
scutulatus
WESTERN
RATTLESNAKE Crotalus viridis
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