Checklist
Amphibians of Baja California
Reptiles of Baja California | Amphibians
of San Diego County | Herpetology | BRCC | Field
Guide
Introduced species are marked with an asterisk (*).
| FROGS
AND TOADS: (ANURA) |
| True
Toads: Family Bufonidae |
| Colorado River Toad |
Bufo alvarius |
| Western Toad |
Bufo boreas |
| Arroyo
Toad |
Bufo californicus |
| Great Plains Toad |
Bufo cognatus |
| Red-spotted Toad |
Bufo punctatus |
| Woodhouse's Toad |
Bufo woodhousii |
| Spadefoot
Toads: Family Pelobatidae |
| Couch's Spadefoot |
Scaphiopus couchii |
| Western Spadefoot |
Spea hammondii |
| True
Frogs: Family Ranidae |
| Red-legged Frog |
Rana aurora |
| Rio Grande Leopard Frog |
Rana berlandieri*(probable) |
| Foothill Yellow-legged Frog |
Rana boylii(extirpated) |
| American Bullfrog |
Rana catesbeiana* |
| Mexican Giant Leopard Frog |
Rana forreri* |
| Mountain Yellow-legged Frog |
Rana muscosa (extirpated) |
| Lowland Leopard Frog |
Rana yavapaiensis(extirpated) |
References
1) Crother, Brian I. (Chair). 2000. Scientific and Standard English
Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico,
With Comments Regarding Confidence In Our Understanding. SSAR Herpetological
Circular No. 29.
2) Collins, Joseph T. 1997. Standard Common and Current Scientific
Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, 4th ed, SSAR Herpetological
Circular No. 25.
3) Frank, Norman and Erica Ramus. 1996. A Complete Guide to Scientific
and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. N G Publishing,
Pottsville, Pennsylvania. 377 p.
4) Grismer, L. Lee. 2002. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California,
Its Pacific Islands, and the Islands in the Sea of Cortes. University
of California Press. 409 pp.
5) Liner, Ernest A. 1994. Scientific and Common Names for the Amphibians
and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish. SSAR Herpetological
Circular No. 23.
6) Stebbins, Robert C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and
Amphibians. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 336 p.
7) San Diego Natural History Museum Database |
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