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– 31 Total Natives
– *rare or difficult to find
– + listed, protected, or endangered
Californiaherps.com
http://mvz.berkeley.edu
http://research.calacademy.org/herp
Graptemys pseudographica False Map Turtle Chysemys pica Western Painted Turtle
Lizards
Phrynosomatidae
• Representatives include Zebra-tailed
Lizards, Horned lizards, Spiny Lizards,
Side-blotched Lizards, Brush Lizards, Tree
Lizards and Earless Lizards.
• Small limbs
• Forked tongue
• Some have window in the lower eyelid so they
can see when eyes are closed, but not ours.
• Both egg laying and live-bearing species.
• Color pattern changes with age in our species.
• Name means: “skink”.
Variegated Skink*
Eumeces (Plestiodon) gilberti cancellosis
Varigated Skink
Eumeces (Plestiodon) gilberti cancellosis
Briones, Lime Ridge