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Amphibians and Reptiles of Hastings Natural History Reserve

A guide to the herpetofauna of the Hastings Natural History Reserve, located in Carmel Valley, CA.
Set in the open foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains, Hastings NHR protects excellent examples of habitats characteristic of the interior central Coast Range: annual and perennial ...more ↓

Western Toad 1
Anaxyrus boreas
Northern Pacific Treefrog 2
Pseudacris regilla
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog 3
Rana boylii
California Red-legged Frog 4
Rana draytonii
American Bullfrog 5
Lithobates catesbeianus
California Tiger Salamander 6
Ambystoma californiense
Yellow-eyed Ensatina 7
Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica
Arboreal Salamander 6
Aneides lugubris
Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander 8
Batrachoseps gavilanensis
Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander 9
Batrachoseps luciae
California Newt 10
Taricha torosa
Southern Alligator Lizard 11
Elgaria multicarinata
Northern Legless Lizard 12
Anniella pulchra
Common Side-blotched Lizard 1
Uta stansburiana
Western Fence Lizard 13
Sceloporus occidentalis
Coast Horned Lizard 14
Phrynosoma blainvillii
Western Skink 10
Plestiodon skiltonianus
Western Whiptail 15
Aspidoscelis tigris
Ringneck Snake 16
Diadophis punctatus
Sharp-tailed Snake 17
Contia tenuis
California Striped Racer 18
Coluber lateralis lateralis
Western Yellow-bellied Racer 19
Coluber constrictor mormon
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 1
Thamnophis elegans
Coast Gartersnake 20
Thamnophis elegans terrestris
California Red-sided Garter Snake 21
Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis
Long-nosed Snake 22
Rhinocheilus lecontei
Gopher Snake 1
Pituophis catenifer
California King Snake 23
Lampropeltis californiae
Night Snake 14
Hypsiglena torquata
Western Rattlesnake 24
Crotalus oreganus
Northern Rubber Boa 25
Charina bottae
Western Pond Turtle 26
Actinemys marmorata

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