Plain and Desert Herp List
April 2000
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Lizards
PhrynosomatidaeSpiny Lizards
Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus
Western Zebra-tailed Lizard
Urosaurus graciosus graciosus
Western Long-tailed Brush Lizard
new species
Uta stansburiana elegans
Western Side-blotched Lizard
TeiidaeWhiptails and Tegus
Aspidoscelis tigris munda
California Whiptail
Snakes
ColubridaeAdvanced Snakes
Pituophis catenifer catenifer
Pacific Gopher Snake
ViperidaeVipers
Crotalus oreganus oreganus
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
new subspecies
Turtles and Tortoises
TestudinidaeTortoises
Gopherus agassizii
Mohave Desert Tortoise
new species
Summary
Lizards:
Snakes:
Turtles and Tortoises:
total:
new species:
new subspecies:
4
2
1
7
2
1