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This list of reptiles of California includes the snakes, ... Southern California legless lizard Family Crotaphytidae. Species Common name Crotaphytus bicinctores:
Crotalus helleri or Crotalus oreganus helleri, also known commonly as the Southern Pacific rattlesnake, [3] the black diamond rattlesnake, [4] and by several other common names, is a pit viper species [5] or subspecies [3] found in southwestern California and south into Baja California, Mexico, that is known for its regional variety of dangerous venom types.
University of California. 2021 "California Terrestrial and Vernal Pool Invertebrates of Conservation Priority". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 12 June 2017 "Giant Isopod". Aquarium of the Pacific. 2023; Gordon Ramel. "The Invertebrate Phyla". "Intertidal Field Guide".
The southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) is a common species of lizard in the family Anguidae.The species is native to the Pacific coast of North America. [1] [2] It ranges from Baja California to the state of Washington and lives in a variety of habitats including grasslands, chaparral, forests, and even urban areas.
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.
G. agassizii is distributed in western Arizona, southeastern California, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah. [4] The specific name agassizii is in honor of Swiss-American zoologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. [5] The desert tortoise is the official state reptile in California and Nevada. [6]
The southern rubber boa is a small snake with a blunt tail. Due to its secretive nature, it makes it very difficult to collect these snakes for data. However, a five-year study done in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California [10] has been able to provide information on this reptile.
Crotalus ruber is a venomous pit viper species found in southwestern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.