The Sierra Nevada and Around California

I spent the summer of 2008 surveying amphibans in the Sierra Nevada for the US Forest Service. Below are photographs of some of the herps I encountered. Contact me at devin@amphibiancare.com before using any of these photographs. Yosemite Toad (Bufo canorus) Yosemite Toad (Bufo canorus) Yosemite Toad (Bufo canorus) Yosemite Toad (Bufo canorus) Yosemite Toad metamorph (Bufo canorus) Yosemite Toad Tadpole (Bufo canorus) Western Toad (Bufo boreas) Western Toad (Bufo boreas) Black Toad (Bufo exsul) Black Toad (Bufo exsul) Black Toad (Bufo exsul) Black Toad tadpole (Bufo exsul) Black Toad tadpole (Bufo exsul) Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla) Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla) Pacific Chorus Frog eggs (Pseudacris regilla) Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae) Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae) Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae) Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae) Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae) Dead Yellow-legged Frog (R. sierrae) - likely chytrid victim Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae) eggs Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierra) tadpole Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae) tadpoles Long-toed Salamander (Ambstoma macrodactylum) Long-toed Salamander (Ambstoma macrodactylum) Long-toed Salamander (A. macrodactylum) larvae Juvenile Alligator Lizard (Elgaria spp.) Juvenile Alligator Lizard (Elgaria spp. ) Western Skink (Eumences skiltonianus) Western Skink (Eumences skiltonianus) Western Skink (Eumences skiltonianus) Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) Mountain Gartersnake (Thamnophis elegans) Mountain Gartersnake (Thamnophis elegans) Rubber Boa (Charina bottae) Rubber Boa (Charina bottae)