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Rubber Boa (Charina bottae):
Plumas County, CA. Sept. 2005

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Aquatic Garter Snake (Oregon Race)
(Thamnophis atratus hydrophilus):
Smith River Tributary, Del Norte County, CA

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Western Fence Lizard
(Sceloporus occidentalis);
Underside view

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California Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis getulus californiae)

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Northern Alligator Lizard
(Elgaria coerulea):
Ventral View

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Yellow-legged Frog 
(Rana boylii) Egg Mass

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Rubber Boa- Underside

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Rubber Boa tail -
The Two -Headed Snake.

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Northwestern Fence Lizard
(Sceloporus occidentalis):
Roxbury Road, Siskiyou Co., CA.

Aquatic Resource Specialists Consulting Group specializes in Herpetological studies along the Pacific Coast of North America, especially the Californian Fauna, their Taxonomy and Habitat Ecology. 
 

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PACIFIC GIANT SALAMANDER (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) - Trinity County, California 2002.

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CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG (Rana draytonii) - Southern California ca. 2001.

Links to Websites for
Herpetology Organizations:

Recent News regarding RED-LEGGED FROG at the Pacific Rivers Council WebSite

HERP NET (Ultimate Herpetology Collections Database)

The CENTER for NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGY (CNAH)(Publisher of international web-based Journal 'Contemporary Herpetology'.

Chicago Herpetological Society (CHS)

Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles (SSAR)

American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists ASIH (Publishers of Copeia)

AmphibiaWeb (Berkeley Amphibian Lab Site)

Kansas Herpetological Society (KHS)

Salamander Genome Project

Wake Amphibian Lab - Berkeley , CA

Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Arcata, CA : Herpetology Lab

Herpetologist's League

Partners in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (PARC)

Declining Amphibian Population Task Force (DAPTF)- also has web listing for International Newsletter: FROGLOG

 

California Species (Gallery 1):
Photos by Carl Page.

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Bullfrog Larva (Rana catesbeiana)

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 Bullfrog Tadpole

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Juvenile Western Toad (Bufo boreas)

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California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii); adult

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Frontal View

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Bullfrog tadpole

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California Whipsnake

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California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata)

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Lampropeltis zonata

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California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus californiae), a subspecies of the Common Kingsnake

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Kingsnake Habitat

Vouchers of Scott Bar Salamander (Plethodon asupak) Roxbury Road Locality, Siskiyou County, CA. March 2006:
Photos by Bradford Norman.

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Adult Plethodon asupak, Lateral head

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Adult; Lateral View

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Adult; Dorsal View

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Same Adult; Ventral View

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Juvenile; Roxbury Road Site

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Same Juvenile Plethodon asupak

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Same Adult; Ventral View

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Sub-adult; Spilt dorsal stripe; Roxbury Road

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Plethodon asupak Habitat off
Roxbury Road, Scott Bar,
Siskiyou County, CA.

WESTERN POND TURTLE SYMPOSIUM,
 
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA: April 2005. Photos by Bradford Norman.

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WESTERN POND TURTLE ADULT - SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

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Painted Turtle - a non-native species in California; Sonoma State University Pond

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Turtle Trap touted by experts at the Symposium:
Collase, light weight mesh, large enough for adult turtles to enter.

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Adult Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata). Dorsal View.

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Adult Ventral View: Growth rings on Scutes indicate age.

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Western Pond Turtle eggshell specimen

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Dr. R. Bruce Bury holding younger adult western pond turtle at Outdoor Symposium Session

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Young Adult Western Pond Turtle

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Examining differing Turtle Traps, Outdoor Session Turtle Symposium

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Occupied Turtle Pond, Sonoma State University

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Occupied Turtle Habitat, Sonoma State University Campus Pond

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Close-up of Ventral plates

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Jamie Bettaso, USFWS, Arcata Field Office:
Diving for Turtles

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ADULT, LATERAL-VENTRAL VIEW.

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DON ASHTON OF REDWOOD SCIENCES LAB:
DIVING FOR TURTLES

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SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER DR. R. BRUCE BURY, TURTLE RESEARCHER/HERPETOLOGIST WITH DOZENS OF PUBLICATIONS (1970's to Present)

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Western Pond Turtle Habitat, Fader Pond, Sonoma County, CA.

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Turtle Habitat, Fader Pond

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Habitat.

California Species (Gallery 2):
Photos by Bradford Norman.

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Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
(Rana boylii);
Del Norte County, CA

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Adult Pacific Tree Frog (Hyla regilla); some put in Pseudacris regilla and call it Pacific Chorus Frog; Manila Dunes, Humboldt County, CA ; 2001

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Breeding Pacific Tree Frogs, Pea-Vine Lake, Del Norte County, CA ; 2001

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Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus); Mount Madonna County Park, Old Miller House Ruins; Santa Clara County, CA.

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Western Skink bites

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Shasta Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea shastensis); a subspecies of the Northern Alligator Lizard; this specimen Humboldt County, CA; 2002. Note bluish head and contrasting dorsal body hue.

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Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) adult; South Fork Trinity Area, Humboldt /Trinity County Line; CA.

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Black Salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus); adult. Humboldt County, CA 2001.

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Inland Del Norte Salamander Complex (Plethodon asupak-stormi-elongatus)? Siskiyou County, CA. 2001.

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Northern California Inland Plethodon complex: P. elongatus? Siskiyou County, CA. 2002

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Wandering Salamander
 (Aneides vagrans):
Climbing Salamanders;
Humboldt County, CA; 2002

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Pacific Giant Salamander
(Dicamptodon tenebrosus);
Tish Tang , Humboldt County,
CA 2002

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Pacific Tree Frog eggs;
Pea Vine Lake,
Up Little Jones Road,
Gasquet District

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Pacific Tree Frog Tadpoles;
off Gasquet Toll Road,
Del Norte County, CA. 1997

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Long-toed Salamander
(Ambystoma macrodactylum);
Adult. Photo by Gregory Norman
& B. Norman.

California Species (Gallery 3):
Photos by Bradford Norman.

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Northwestern Ring-neck Snake (Diadophis punctatus occidentalis); Del Norte County, CA: All species in Gallery Same Day!

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Ring-neck Snake

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Southern Alligator Lizard,
 Adult  Face On View
(I bite!)

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Oregon Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata scincicauda). A subspecies of the Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata).  This specimen was in northern Del Norte County, CA.  

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Dorsal View: Note Dark Crossbands

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Western Fence Lizard adult; Ventral View

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Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridus oregonanus);
The Only Pacific Northwest Species & Only Natural Rattlesnake in Northern California

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Western Fence Lizard,
Dorsal View;
Note: Crytpic Coloration

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Ticks on Neck of Western Fence Lizard

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Western Yellow-bellied Racer (Coluber constrictor mormon); adult; Del Norte County, CA; all species this Gallery 3 same day, same place.

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Same Racer

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Racer foraging in micro-habitat.

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Rattlesnake Defensive Posture:
 Coiling Head Under Body.

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Rattlesnake: Dorsal Head Veiw

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Ticks on Southern Alligator Lizard; Del Norte County, CA

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