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Southern California Reptiles and Amphibians

Southern California is a very diverse place. Because of this many reptile and amphibian species live and depend on the various habitats. This is a list of all native and invasive species found in Southern California.

California Tiger Salamander 1
Ambystoma californiense
Arboreal Salamander 1
Aneides lugubris
Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander 2
Batrachoseps altasierrae
Fairview Slender Salamander 3
Batrachoseps bramei
Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander 4
Batrachoseps gavilanensis
San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander 5
Batrachoseps gabrieli
Gregarious Slender Salamander 6
Batrachoseps gregarius
San Simeon Slender Salamander 2
Batrachoseps incognitus
Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander 7
Batrachoseps luciae
Desert Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps major aridus
Garden Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps major
Lesser Slender Salamander 3
Batrachoseps minor
Black-bellied Slender Salamander 1
Batrachoseps nigriventris
Channel Islands Slender Salamander 8
Batrachoseps pacificus
Relictual Slender Salamander 9
Batrachoseps relictus
Kern Plateau Slender Salamander 10
Batrachoseps robustus
Kern Canyon Slender Salamander 11
Batrachoseps simatus
Tehachapi Slender Salamander 12
Batrachoseps stebbinsi
Monterey Ensatina 13
Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii
Sierra Nevada Ensatina 14
Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis
Yellow-blotched Ensatina 2
Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater
Yellow-eyed Ensatina
Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica
Large-blotched Ensatina 15
Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi
California Newt 16
Taricha torosa
Sierra Newt 13
Taricha sierrae
Western Tiger Salamander 17
Ambystoma mavortium

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  • 1. (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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  • 8. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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