Southern California Herp List
June 2012
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Lizards
CrotaphytidaeCollared and Leopard Lizards
Gambelia copeii
Cope’s Leopard Lizard
new species
Gambelia sila
Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard
EublepharidaeEyelid Geckos
PhrynosomatidaeSpiny Lizards
Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus
Western Zebra-tailed Lizard
Petrosaurus mearnsi
Mearns’s Rock Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
Desert Horned Lizard
Uma notata
Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma scoparia
Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard
Uta stansburiana elegans
Western Side-blotched Lizard
TeiidaeWhiptails and Tegus
Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi
Belding’s Orange-throated Whiptail
new species
Snakes
ColubridaeAdvanced Snakes
Arizona elegans candida
Mohave Glossy Snake
new subspecies
Arizona elegans eburnata
Desert Glossy Snake
Lampropeltis californiae
California Kingsnake
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus
Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake
Pituophis catenifer annectens
San Diego Gopher Snake
new subspecies
Sonora annulata annulata
Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake
Trimorphodon lyrophanes
California Lyresnake
ViperidaeVipers
Crotalus cerastes laterorepens
Colorado Desert Sidewinder
Crotalus ruber
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Frogs and Toads
BufonidaeTrue Toads
Anaxyrus boreas
Western Toad
Summary
Lizards:
Snakes:
Frogs and Toads:
total:
new species:
new subspecies:
10
9
1
20
2
2