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Worm snakes (Typhlopidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Typhlops monastus: Montserrat worm snake: Regional endemic; found on both main islands and some of the offshore islands. Colubrids Species Common name(s) Notes Image Alsophis antiguae: Antiguan racer: Critically endangered. Endemic; found only on Great Bird Island off the coast of ...
Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri) VU; Cagle's map turtle (Graptemys caglei) EN; Yellow-blotched map turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata) VU; Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) EN. Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) EN, [2] species not recognized by SSAR [3] Ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera) VU
Baja California rat snake Chionactis occipitalis: Western shovelnose snake Coluber constrictor: North American Racer Contia longicaudae: Forest sharp-tailed snake Contia tenuis: Sharp-tailed snake Diadophis punctatus: Ringneck snake Hypsiglena chlorophaea: Desert nightsnake Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus: Coast night snake Lampropeltis californiae ...
The California condor is a critically endangered species, with only 350 left “and a significant piece of that population lives in ground zero of where these fires have happened,” Corwin noted.
From mountain lions to feral cats and palm trees to live-forevers, Craig Stanford's "Unnatural Habitat" considers Southern California's native and exotic flora and fauna.
The forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.
The coast of California north of San Francisco contains the Northern California coastal forests (as defined by the WWF) and the southern section of the Coast Range ecoregion (as defined by the EPA). This ecoregion is dominated by redwood forest , containing the tallest and some of the oldest trees in the world.
California's Wildlife Conservation Board voted last week to grant more than $10 million to protect a 27,000-acre cattle ranch on the the Central Coast.