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Common name Occurence Photo Elgaria coerulia: Northern alligator lizard North of Monterey Bay and in the Sierra Nevada: Elgaria multicarinata: Southern alligator lizard Throughout the state, excluding the deserts and most of the Central Valley: Elgaria panamintina: Panamint alligator lizard Inyo and Mono Counties
California State Parks' first state marine park. Candlestick Point State Recreation Area: State recreation area San Francisco: 204 83 1972 Constitutes California's first urban state recreation area, on the west shore of San Francisco Bay. [41] Cardiff State Beach: State beach San Diego: 507 205 1949 Provides a sandy, warm-water beach outside ...
Common name Pseudacris cadaverina: California chorus frog Pseudacris hypochondriaca: Southern Pacific chorus frog Pseudacris regilla: Northern Pacific chorus frog Pseudacris sierra: Central Pacific chorus frog
Anniella stebbinsi, the Southern California or San Diegan legless lizard, [1] [2] is a small, slender lizard, and, as the name suggests, is legless. [3] Not much is known about the lizard as a unique species, with most observations conducted while it was not recognised as separate from Anniella pulchra, the Californian legless lizard.
The first state reptile: Oklahoma's common collared lizard. Twenty-eight U.S. states have named an official state reptile. As with other state symbols, states compare admirable aspects of the reptile and of the state, within designating statutes. Schoolchildren often start campaigns promoting their favorite reptile to encourage state ...
The genus name means "lizard born from fire" from Tupi ara "born" and atá "fire," and Greek saurus "lizard". The name refers to the National Museum of Brazil fire, which the holotype survived unscathed. The species name also is the Portuguese name of the museum. [23] Aratinga: parakeet: Tupi
For decades, the names of more than 100 of the state’s parks, buildings, streets, bridges and other geographic features and locations have included the term, which is considered racist and ...
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve is a state park of California in the United States established to preserve 805 acres (326 ha) of coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens). The reserve is located in Sonoma County , just north of Guerneville .