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