Total Orders 2, Families 7, Species 19, subspecies 20

(E) = endangered species (T) = threatened species (SC) = species of concern (I) = introduced

	ORDER Anura	Family Bufonidae - True Toads
	California Toad	Bufo boreas halophilus
		Family Hylidae - Treefrogs
	Pacific Tree Frog	Pseudacris regilla
		Family Ranidae - True Frogs
	California Red-legged Frog (T)	Rana aurora draytonii
	Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (SC)	Rana boylii
	Bullfrog (I)	Rana catesbeiana
	Mountain Yellow-legged Frog (E)	Rana muscosa
	Northern Leopard Frog  (SC) (I)	Rana pipiens
		Family Scaphiopodidae - Spadefoots
	Western Spadefoot (SC)	Spea hammondii (Scaphiopus h.)
	ORDER Caudata	Ambystomatidae - Mole Salamanders
	California Tiger Salamander (E)	Ambystoma californiense
	Tiger Salamander [I]	Ambystoma tigrinum
		Family Plethodontidae - Lungless Salamanders
	Gregarious Slender Salamander	Batrachoseps gregarius
	Blackbelly Slender Salamander	Batrachoseps nigriventris
	Relictual Slender Salamander (SC)	Batrachoseps relictus
	Kern Canyon Slender Salamander (T)	Batrachoseps simatus
	Tehachapi Slender Salamander  (T)	Batrachoseps stebbinsi
	Breckenridge Mountain Slender Salamander (SC)	Batrachoseps sp. "Breckenridge"
	Kern Plateau Slender Salamander	Batrachoseps robustus
	Yellow-blotched Salamander (SC)	Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater
	Sierra Nevada Salamander	Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis
		Salamandridae - Newts
	Sierra Newt	Taricha torosa sierrae

Recommended Reading / LISTENING

Frog and Toad Calls of the Pacific Coast (CD) -- Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A Natural History of Amphibians -- by Robert C. Stebbins & Nathan W. Cohen, Princeton University Press

Handbook of Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada, Third Edition -- by Albert Hazen Wright & Anna Allen Wright, Cornell University Press

Salamanders of the United States and Canada -- by James W. Petranka

A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians -- by Robert C. Stebbins (Author), Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)

The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians -- by John L. Behler, F. Wayne King

A Key to Amphibians & Reptiles of the Continental United States and Canada  -- by Robert Powell, Joseph T. Collins, Errol D., Jr. Hooper

Reptiles and Amphibians, Peterson First Guides -- Houghton Mifflin Co.

Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Coloring Book -- by Roger Tory Peterson, Robert C. Stebbins, Roger Conant

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