A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians: Field Marks of All Species in Western North AmericaDescribes more than 200 species of salamanders, frogs, toads, turtles, lizards, and snakes. |
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absent adult ALLIGATOR LIZARD amphibians Arizona Baja California bands belly BLACK-HEADED SNAKE blotches blue body bordered breeding burrows Calif Canyon carapace cent Coast Colorado costal grooves creosote bush crossbands dark brown desert Dorsal scales dorsal stripe dorsolateral dusky eggs enlarged Ensatina eyes female flecks FROG GARTER SNAKE grassland gray greenish ground color habitats head hind HORNED LIZARD Identification keeled KINGSNAKE lateral stripe light limbs Live-bearing Male Map Text markings Mexico NARROW-MOUTHED TOAD neck NEWT occurs orange Pacific parotoid glands patches pattern plain ponds Range RATTLESNAKE reddish River rocks rocky rostral rows at midbody scale rows Sea level side Sierra Nevada Similar species skin SKINK SLENDER SALAMANDER snout Sonora Spadefoot SPINY LIZARD streams Subspecies surface tail Tailed Frog Texas throat TOAD toes TREEFROG TURTLE underside upper labials usually Utah ventral WESTERN WHIPTAIL whitish woodland yellowish Young