Reptiles and Amphibians of California

Oak woodland and chaparral where newts walk to breeding ponds in the winter rains.

Farm country and river corridors where fence lizards and chorus frogs hang on.

Chaparral and pine mountains where lizards bask and rattlesnakes hunt.

Coastal sage scrub and cities with fence lizards and a lot of introduced species.

Granite mountains where fence lizards, newts and garter snakes follow the snowmelt.

Rugged, mixed forest where fence lizards, ensatinas and rattlesnakes overlap.

Creosote desert where chuckwallas, horned lizards and several rattlesnakes live.

Saguaro desert with the longest lizard list and the most rattlesnakes.

Rainforest coast where salamanders and chorus frogs are active through the wet winter.

Cool mountain forests and lakes, best for frogs, newts and garter snakes.

Pine forest and sagebrush where fence lizards and gopher snakes like the heat.

Sagebrush desert where lizards rule and rattlesnakes den in the rocks.