Guide to Mono Lake

The California Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) is a species of salamander in the Dicamptodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. The species name once additionally included individuals now belonging to the species D. aterrimus (Idaho Giant Salamander) and D. tenebrosus (Coastal Giant Salamander), under the common name Pacific Giant Salamander, which now refers to the genus and family. D. ensatus was split into the three species once it was discovered that they formed genetically... less ↑

The California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) is a lungless salamander that is found primarily in coastal mountain areas of Northern California, United States as well as in a limited part of the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, California, in patches of the northern Central Valley of California, and in extreme southwestern Oregon. What makes this amphibian notable is that this species resides primarily in a limited range within California as one of a handful quasi-endemic... less ↑

The Western toad or Boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas) is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm long, of western North America. It has a white or cream dorsal stripe, and is dusky gray or greenish dorsally with skin glands concentrated within the dark blotches. Its parotoid glands are oval, widely separated, and larger than the upper eyelids. It has a mottled venter and horizontal pupils but lacks cranial crests. less ↑