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Sonoran desert toad * Anaxyrus boreas halophilus: Western toad Anaxyrus californicus: Arroyo toad Anaxyrus canorus: Yosemite toad: Anaxyrus cognatus: Great Plains toad Anaxyrus exsul: Black toad Anaxyrus microscaphus: Arizona toad * Anaxyrus punctatus: Red-spotted toad Anaxyrus woodhousii: Woodhouse's toad
The California whipsnake, M. lateralis, has a range from Trinity County, California, west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to northwestern Baja California, at altitudes between 0–2,250 metres (0–7,382 ft) and is known to use a wide variety of habitat types including the California coast and in the foothills, the chaparral of northern Baja, mixed deciduous and pine forests of the Sierra de ...
The forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.
This is a list of amphibians found in the United States. A total of 306 amphibian species have been recorded in the United States , [ 1 ] 2 of which are now extinct. [ 2 ] This list is derived from the database listing of Amphibian Species of the World .
Two new wolf packs have been spotted in Northern California, which shows a continued resurgence of the species a century after they disappeared from the Golden State. ... Two new wolf packs found ...
The desert tortoise is the official state reptile in California and Nevada. [6] The desert tortoise lives about 50 to 80 years; [7] it grows slowly and generally has a low reproductive rate. It spends most of its time in burrows, rock shelters, and pallets to regulate body temperature and reduce water loss.
Golden mussels, an invasive species that officials across the country have been worried about for years, invaded North America for the first time through the Port of Stockton.
There are three main deserts in California: the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Desert, and the Great Basin Desert. [5]: 408 The Mojave Desert is bounded by the Tehachapi Mountains on the northwest, the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains on the south, and extends eastward to California's borders with Arizona and Nevada; it also forms portions of northwest Arizona.