Reptiles and Amphibians of California's Journal

Legislation signed by Gov Newsom allows Highway 156 Castroville Boulevard interchange project to go ahead by addressing threatened salamander habitat near the project site.

https://www.montereyherald.com/2020/10/08/salamander-habitat-legislation-allows-highway-156-interchange-to-go-ahead/amp/

The California Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday granted temporary endangered species status to the Mojave desert tortoise when it agreed to consider the dusty, armored herbivore as a candidate for permanent listing.

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-imperiled-tortoises-california-endangered-listfor.amp

Disappearance of a species forecasts a desert-like future for the Central Coast.

https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2020/10/30/a-salamander-vanishes/