Quail Ridge Herp Board Guide

• Salamanders & Newts– California slender salamander, California Newt,

Ensatina, Arboreal salamander• Lizards

– Fence, southern alligator, western skink• Frogs & Toads

– Pacific Treefrog, Western Toad, Bullfrog• Snakes

– Ringneck, sharp-tailed, gopher, king• Other

– Scorpions, mice

Salamanders and NewtsSlender SalamanderBatrachoseps attenuatus(3.2 - 4.7 cm)

California Newt, Taricha toroso(7 - 8.9 cm)

Arboreal Salamander,Aneides lugubris

(5.7 - 10 cm, 2.3 – 4 inches)

Ensatina,Ensatina eschscholtzi

(3.8 – 8.1 cm, 1.5 – 3.2 inches)

Salamanders Continued

Lizards

Southern alligator lizardElgaria multicarinatusLonger, slender head than fence lizard, larger(7 - 18 cm, 3 - 7 inches)

Western fence lizardSceloporus occidaentalisMales have blue belly markings(5.7 – 8.9 cm, 2.25 – 3.25 inches)

Lizards Continued

Western SkinkEumeces skiltonianus-Yellow stripes- Blue tail(5.4 – 8.6 cm, 2.2 – 3.4 inches)

California whiptail lizards Cnemidophorus tigris (6 - 11 cm, 2 - 4.5 inches)

Snakes(small)

Ringneck snakeDiadophis punctatus(20 - 75 cm; 8 - 30 inches )

Sharptailed snakeContius tenuis(20 to 45 cm; 8 - 18 inches),

Night snakeHypsiglena torquata (30 - 65 cm; 12 - 26 inches)

Snakes (larger)

Common KingsnakeLampropeltus getula(75 - 208 cm; 30 - 82 inches)

Gopher snakePituophis melanoleucus(90 - 275 cm; 36 - 110 inches)

Common Garter snakeThamnophis sirtalis(46 - 130 cm; 18 - 52 inches)

California WhipsnakeMasticophis lateralis(75 to 152 cm; 30 to 60 inches)

But also,

Western RattlesnakeCrotalus viridis(37 - 162 cm; 15 - 64 inches)

Other:

ScorpionDeer MousePeromyscus manicalatusTail is smaller than body+tail length

Brush MousePeromyscus boyliiTail is equal to or longer than body+tail length