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Brochure. Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carrizo Plain

Brochure. Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carrizo Plain

The Carrizo Plain National Monument is

cooperatively managed by:

Bureau of Land Management

The Nature Conservancy

California Department of Fish and Game Checklist

of blunt-nosed leopard

For more information contact:

Goodwin Education Center

805-475-2131

Seasonally Open December - May

Thursday - Sunday

9:00 am to 4:00 pm Amphibians

Bureau of Land Management

Bakersfield Field Office

3801 Pegasus Drive

Bakersfield, CA 93308

661-391-6000

Monday - Friday and 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

http: //www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield/carrizoplain.html

Literature Cited Carrizo Plain National Monument Holland, R.F. 1986. Preliminary descriptions of terrestrial natural communities of California. State of California, The Resources Agency, California Department of Fish and Game. 156 Pages. San Luis Obispo County, California Laudenslayer, W.F., Jr. and W.E. Grenfell, Jr. 1983. A list of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals of California. Outdoor California 44:5-14. Mayer, K.E., and W.F. Laudenslayer, Jr., editors. 1988. A guide to wildlife habitats of California. State of California, The Resources Agency, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. 166 pages

Cover art provided by Miriam Morril

Habitat Occurrence Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carrizo Plain KEY TO CODE JUN - Juniper MSC-Mixed Scrubland Night - Family Xantusiidae National Monument ASC-Alkali Desert Scrub AGS-Annual Grassland Desert JUN/MSC/ASC C C - Common in appropriate habitat. vigilis

U - Uncommon in appropriate habitat. This checklist includes 26 , which currently occur within - Family Scincidae

R - Rare, observed only a few times. the Carrizo Plain National Monument. Also included are two Western JUN/MSC/AGS C

? - Possibly occurs. species (indicated with a “?”) which may occur in the Carrizo Plain Eumeces skiltonianus

** - Non-native species. National Monument , but have not yet been verified. Gilbert's Skink JUN/MSC/AGS U # - State or federally listed species. Eumeces gilberti This checklist can best be used with a field guide to amphibians and reptiles that provides identification and natural history Amphibians Whiptails and Relatives - Family information. Species common and scientific names generally JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C follow Laudenslayer and Grenfell (1983). tigris Alligator Lizards and Relatives - Family Habitat Occurrence The Carrizo Plain National Monument encompasses a variety of Southern Alligator Lizard MSC/AGS U habitat types. The major habitat types include Juniper, Mixed Salamanders - ORDER Caudata Elgaria multicarinata Scrubland, Alkali Desert Scrub, and Annual Grassland. The Lungless Salamanders - Family Plethodontidae habitat classification used in this checklist is based on A Guide to Black-bellied Slender Salamander C N. American Legless Lizards - Family Anniellidae JUN/MSC Wildlife Habitats of California (Mayer and Laudenslayer 1988) and Batrachoseps nigriventris JUN/MSC Silvery Legless Lizard U Preliminary Descriptions of the Terrestrial Natural Communities of Anniella pulchra pulchra Frogs and Toads - ORDER Sallentia California (Holland 1988). Spadefoot Toads - Family Pelobatidae Colubrids - Family MSC/AGS Western Spadefoot Toad MSC/ASC/AG C Ring-necked R Habitat Types of the Carrizo Plain National Monument Spea (Scaphiopus) hammondii Diadophis punctatus

Racer MSC/ASC/AGS R Juniper (JUN) - Includes Juniper Oak Cismontane Woodland and Coluber constrictor True Toads - Family Bufonidae Cismontane Juniper Woodland and Scrub. San Joaquin Coachwhip MSC/ASC/AGS C Pacific Tree Frog JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C A dense to open woodland characterized by scattered junipers, flagellum ruddocki oaks, low shrubs, and non-native annual grasses. Found in higher Pseudacris (Hyla) regilla JUN/MSC C elevations of the Temblor and Caliente Ranges. Masticophis lateralis Reptiles Western Patch-nosed Snake JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS R

Mixed Scrubland (MSC) - Includes Upper Sonoran Subshrub hexalepis Pictured: Western Scrub. viridis MSC/ASC/AGS U

A low drought tolerant shrub land which includes ephedra, golden elegans Photo taken by Mike Ayers, BLM bush, and others along with native and non-native annuals. Found Gopher Snake JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C on the Elkhorn Plain and lower elevations of the Caliente Range. catenifer Common JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS U

Alkali Desert Scrub (ASC) - Includes Valley Sink Scrub, Valley Lizards & - ORDER

Saltbush Scrub and Interior Coast Range Saltbush Scrub. Iguanids - Family Long-nosed Snake JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS R

MSC/ASC/AGS A low shrub land dominated by iodine bush or saltbush, native Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard # C lecontei and non-native annual grasses. From the margins of Soda Lake Gambelia sila Common JUN/MS/AGS R JUN/MSC to the foothills of the Temblor and Caliente Ranges. C Thamnophis sirtalis

Annual Grassland (AGS) - Includes non-native grassland. Sceloporus occidentalis California (western) Black-headed Snake

Side-blotched Lizard JUN/MSC/ASC/A C Tantila planiceps JUN/MS/AGS ?

GS Non-native annual grassland dominated by bromes, filaree, and Uta stansburiana Southwestern (Smith’s) Black-headed Snake schismus. Found mainly in the central portion of the Carrizo Plain Tantila hobartsmithi ASC ?

National Monument. JUN/MSC C torquata Vipers - Family Western Rattlesnake JUN/MSC/ASC/AGS C

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