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CLASS: AMPHIBIA ANNIELLIDAE (Legless & Allies) CLASS: AMPHIBIA AMPHIBIANS Anniella (Legless Lizards) ORDER: ANURA AND ___Silvery Legless ...... DS,RI,UR – uD ORDER: ANURA FROGS AND TOADS BUFONIDAE (True ) BUFONIDAE ( Family) ___Southern Alligator Lizard ...... RI,DE – fD (True Toads) Suborder: SERPENTES Bufo (True Toads) ___California (Western) Toad...... AQ,DS,RI,UR – cN ___California (Western) Toad ...... AQ,DS,RI,UR – cN ANNIELLIDAE (Legless Lizards & Allies) Anniella ___Red-spotted Toad ...... AQ,DS - cN (Boas & Pythons) ___Red-spotted Toad ...... AQ,DS - cN (Legless Lizards) (Rosy & Rubber Boas) ___Silvery ...... DS,RI,UR – uD (Chorus and Treefrog Family) ___Rosy ...... DS,CH,RO – fN HYLIDAE (Chorus Frog and Treefrog Family) Pseudacris (Chorus Frogs) Pseudacris (Chorus Frogs) Suborder: SERPENTES SNAKES ___California Chorus Frog ...... AQ,DS,RI,DE,RO – cN (Colubrid Snakes) ___California Chorus Frog ...... AQ,DS,RI,DE,RO – cN ___Pacific Chorus Frog ...... AQ,DS,RI,DE – cN (Glossy Snakes) ___Pacific Chorus Frog ...... AQ,DS,RI,DE – cN BOIDAE (Boas & Pythons) ___Glossy ...... DS,SA – cN Charina (Rosy & Rubber Boas) RANIDAE ( Family) RANIDAE (True Frog Family) ___Rosy Boa ...... DS,CH,RO – fN (Pond Frogs) Chionactis (Shovelnose Snakes) Rana (Pond Frogs) ___California Red-legged Frog ...... AQ,RI – rN ___Western Shovelnose Snake ...... DS,SA – fN ___California Red-legged Frog ...... AQ,RI – rN COLUBRIDAE (Colubrid Snakes) Arizona (Glossy Snakes) CLASS: REPTILIA (Night Snakes) CLASS: REPTILIA REPTILES ___Glossy Snake ...... DS,SA – cN ___Night Snake ...... DS,RO,SA – fN ORDER: TESTUDINES TURTLES ORDER: TESTUDINES TURTLES Chionactis (Shovelnose Snakes) TESTUDINIDAE (Tortoise Family) Lampropeltis () TESTUDINIDAE (Tortoise Family) ___Western Shovelnose Snake ...... DS,SA – fN Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises) ___California ...... DS,CH,RO,SA – cN,C Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises) ___Desert Tortoise ...... DS – uD ___Desert Tortoise…………………………... Hypsiglena (Night Snakes) Leptotyphlops (Blind Snakes) .…….DS – uD ___Night Snake ...... DS,RO,SA – fN ORDER: LIZARDS & SNAKES ___Western Blind Snake...... DS,RI,RO,SA – uN ORDER: SQUAMATA __ LIZARDS & SNAKES Lampropeltis (Kingsnakes) Suborder LACERTILLA LIZARDS (Racers and Whipsnakes) ___California Kingsnake ...... DS,CH,RO,SA – cN,C ( Family) ___Coachwhip ...... DS,CH,RO,SA – cD Suborder LACERTILLA LIZARDS (Banded ) ___Striped Racer ...... CH,RO,SA – fD GEKKONIDAE (Gecko Family) Leptotyphlops (Blind Snakes) ___Western Banded Gecko……………….DS,RO,SA – cN Coleonyx (Banded Geckos) ___Western Blind Snake ...... DS,RI,RO,SA – uN (Leaf-nose Snakes) ___Western Banded Gecko……………….DS,RO,SA – cN (Iguanid Family) ___Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake ...... DS,SA – fN Masticophis (Racers and Whipsnakes) Dipsosaurus ( Iguana) IGUANIDAE (Iguanid Family) ___Coachwhip ...... DS,CH,RO,SA – cD ___Desert Iguana...... DS,SA – cD (Gopher Snakes) Dipsosaurus (Desert Iguana) ___Striped Racer ...... CH,RO,SA – fD ___Gopher Snake ...... DS,CH,RO,SA – c,N,C,D ___Desert Iguana ...... DS,SA – cD (Spiny Lizards & Relatives) Phyllorhynchus (Leaf-nose Snakes) Callisaurus (Legless Lizards) (Longnose snakes) PHRYNOSOMATIDAE (Spiny Lizards & Relatives) ___Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake ...... DS,SA – fN ___Zebra-tailed Lizard ...... DS,SA – cD ___Western Long-nosed Snake ...... DS,RO,SA – cN Callisaurus (Legless Lizards) ___Zebra-tailed Lizard ...... DS,SA – cD Pituophis (Gopher Snakes) Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards) (Patchnose Snakes) ___Gopher Snake ...... DS,CH,RO,SA – c,N,C,D ___Coast ...... CH – uD ___Western Patch-nosed Snake ...... DS,RO,SA – fD Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards) ___Desert Horned Lizard ...... DS,SA – uD ___Coast Horned Lizard ...... CH – uD Rhinocheilus (Longnose snakes) (Blackhead Snakes) ___Desert Horned Lizard ...... DS,SA – uD ___Western Long-nosed Snake ...... DS,RO,SA – cN Sceloporus (Spiny Lizards) ___Western Black-headed Snake .... DS,CH,RO,SA – uN ___Western Fence Lizard ...... RI,CH,DE – cD Sceloporus (Spiny Lizards) Salvadora (Patchnose Snakes) ___Desert ...... DS,RO – cD Thamnophis (Garter Snakes) ___Western Fence Lizard ...... RI,CH,DE – cD ___Western Patch-nosed Snake...... DS,RO,SA – fD ___Two-striped ...... RI,AQ – fD ___Desert Spiny Lizard ...... DS,RO – cD Uta (Side-blotched Lizards) Tantilla (Blackhead Snakes) ___Side-blotched Lizard ...... DS,SA,CH,DE – cD (Lyre Snake) Uta (Side-blotched Lizards) ___Western Black-headed Snake .... DS,CH,RO,SA – uN ___Lyre Snake ...... DS,CH,RO – uN ___Side-blotched Lizard ...... DS,SA,CH,DE – cD (Tree Lizards) Thamnophis (Garter Snakes) ___Brush Lizard ...... DS,SA – uD (Viper Family) Urosaurus (Tree Lizards) ___Two-striped Garter Snake ...... RI,AQ – fD () ___Brush Lizard ...... DS,SA – cD Trimorphodon (Lyre Snake) XANTUSIIDAE (Night Lizards) ___Red Diamond ...... DS,RO – cN,C,D ___Lyre Snake ...... DS,CH,RO – uN (Night Lizards) ___Sidewinder ...... DS,SA – uN XANTUSIIDAE (Night Lizards) ___Desert ...... DS – fD,C,N ___Southern Pacific Rattlesnake ...... CH,RO – uN,C Xantusia (Night Lizards) VIPERIDAE (Viper Family) ___Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake .. DS,RO – uN,C ___Desert Night Lizard ...... DS, CH – fD,C,N Crotalus (Rattlesnakes) (Whiptails & Relatives) ___Red Diamond Rattlesnake ...... DS,RO – cN,C,D (Whiptails) TEIIDAE (Whiptails & Relatives) ___Sidewinder ...... DS,SA – uN ___Western Whiptail ...... DS,CH – cD (Whiptails) ___Southern Pacific Rattlesnake ...... CH,RO – uN,C ___Western Whiptail ...... DS, CH – cD ___Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake .. DS,RO – uN,C (Alligator Lizards & Allies) (Alligator Lizards) ANGUIDAE (Alligator Lizards & Allies) ___Southern Alligator Lizard ...... RI,DE – fD Elgaria (Alligator Lizards)

CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF WHITEWATER CANYON, Please help to keep this list up-to-date by reporting any not appearing on the list, to RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA

Preserve employees or the author. Thanks to Michael D. Wilcox Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. Inc. and the Wildlands Conservancy for their support in producing this list. Early drafts were January 2020 reviewed by Kent R. Beaman, Stephen J. Myers, Nathan Moorhatch and Ted Rado. DATE______TIME______

For information on the Whitewater Preserve OBSERVERS______contact: WEATHER______

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Welcome to the Wildlands Conservancy Whitewater Preserve. This list includes 38 species of amphibians and reptiles which have been recorded in the preserve and adjacent habitats within Whitewater Canyon. and nomenclature generally follows Stebbins (2003).

Habitat, abundance, and seasonality codes are defined as follows:

HABITATS: AQ = Aquatic (species found in, or in close proximity to water) RO = Rocky Areas (species associated with rocky The Wildlands Conservancy habitats) Whitewater Preserve SA = Sandy Areas (species associated with sandy areas) 9160 Whitewater Canyon Road DS = Desert Scrub Whitewater, CA 92282 RI = Riparian (forest and woodland) (760) 325-7222 CH = DE = Developed (areas around dwellings and structures)

NOTES:______ABUNDANCE: ______c = common; nearly always encountered in appropriate ______habitat, usually in high numbers f = fairly common; usually encountered in appropriate ______habitat, usually in moderate numbers ______u = uncommon; occasionally encountered in appropriate ______habitat, usually in low numbers ______r = rare; rarely encountered, due to scarcity and/or difficulty of detection ______(I) = Introduced species ______Activity: ______D = Diurnal (primarily active during the day) N = Nocturnal (primarily active at night) ______C = Crepuscular (usually active in the morning and/or at ______dusk) ______