Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California and adjacent Nevada. The species spends most of its time directly at the water-land interface and is rarely found more than one meter away from water. On cold
Mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) occur as two Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) in California: Northern California DPS and Southern California DPS (see Home Range and Critical Habitat below). The species spends most of its time directly at the water-land interface and
Arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) is found in low gradient, medium-to-large streams and rivers with intermittent and perennial flow in coastal and desert drainages in central and southern California, and Baja California, Mexico. Arroyo toads occupy aquatic, riparian, and upland habitats
The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) inhabits temporary ponds for breeding and adjacent upland scrub and woodland areas during the non-breeding season. These ponds and adjacent scrub and woodland habitats naturally occur in relatively few areas along the central coast of
The California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) is endemic to California and occurs in three Distinct Population Segments (DPSs): one smaller DPS in Santa Barbara County and one in Sonoma County, and a larger DPS throughout central California (see Home Range