Baja California and San Diego area Herp List
May 2013
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Lizards
Crotaphytidae — Collared and Leopard Lizards

Gambelia copeii
Cope’s Leopard Lizard
Eublepharidae — Eyelid Geckos

Coleonyx variegatus variegatus
Desert Banded Gecko
Iguanidae — Iguanas

Sauromalus ater
Common Chuckwalla
Phrynosomatidae — Spiny Lizards

Petrosaurus mearnsi
Mearns’s Rock Lizard

Phrynosoma blainvillii
Blainville’s Horned Lizard

Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus
Southern Sagebrush Lizard

Sceloporus occidentalis longipes
Great Basin Fence Lizard

Sceloporus orcutti
Granite Spiny Lizard

Urosaurus nigricauda
Black-tailed Brush Lizard

Uta stansburiana elegans
Western Side-blotched Lizard
Scincidae — Skinks
Teiidae — Whiptails and Tegus

Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi
Belding’s Orange-throated Whiptail
Snakes
Boidae — Boas
Colubridae — Advanced Snakes

Arizona elegans eburnata
Desert Glossy Snake

Lampropeltis californiae
California Kingsnake

Pituophis catenifer annectens
San Diego Gopher Snake

Sonora annulata annulata
Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake

Trimorphodon lyrophanes
California Lyresnake
Dipsadidae — Rear-fanged Snakes
Viperidae — Vipers

Crotalus oreganus helleri
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake

Crotalus ruber
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Frogs and Toads
Bufonidae — True Toads
Hylidae — Treefrogs

Pseudacris cadaverina
California Treefrog
Summary
Lizards:
Snakes:
Frogs and Toads:
total:
new species:
new subspecies:
14
9
2
25
5
1