Section 2: Amphibians) Catalog of California

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: AMPHIBIA : CAUDATA (Salamanders) : AMBYSTOMA (Mole Salamanders) : Ambystoma californiense, California Tiger Salamander : Ambystoma gracile, Northwestern Salamander : Crother (2000) and Collins (1997) agree that recognition of any subspecies is not warranted. : Ambystoma macrodactylum, Long-toed Salamander : A. m. croceum, Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander : A. m. sigillatum, Southern Long-toed Salamander : DICAMPTODON (Pacific Giant Salamanders) : Dicamptodon ensatus, California Giant Salamander : Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Coastal Giant Salamander : Conflict of standard name recognition. Crother (2000) advises Coastal Giant Salamander, while Collins (1997) Pacific Giant Salamander. Historically, Dicamptodon ensatus standard name was Pacific Giant Salamander. However, Dicamptodon ensatus is now titled California Giant Salamander. Therefore, Dicamptodon tenebrosus is a new species hence assigned a new standard name. : RHYACOTRITON (Torrent Salamander) : Rhyacotriton variegatus, Southern Torrent Salamander : TARICHA (Pacific Newts) : Taricha granulosa, Rough-skinned Newt : Conflict of standard name recognition. Crother (2000) advises Rough-skinned Newt, while Collins (1997) advises Roughskin Newt. Collins (1997) references to countless species in verb past tense (e.g. Long-toed Salamander, Large-blotched Ensatina, Mountain Yellow-legged Frog) but curiously shifts. : T. g. granulosa, Rough-skinned Newt : Conflict of standard name recognition. Crother (2000) advises subspecies as Rough-skinned Newt, while Collins (1997) advises Northern Roughskin Newt. However, this subspecies encompasses both north and south limits of its distribution rendering the “North” of its title insignificant. In addition, see comments regarding verb past tense: Taricha granulosa, Rough-skinned Newt. : Taricha torosa, California Newt : T. t. sierrae, Sierra Newt : T. t. torosa, Coast Range Newt : Taricha rivularis, Red-bellied Newt : PLETHODON (Woodland Salamanders) : Plethodon dunni, Dunn’s Salamander : Plethodon elongatus, Del Norte Salamander : Plethodon stormi, Siskiyou Mountains Salamander : ENSATINA (Ensatina) : Ensatina eschscholtzii, Ensatina : E. e. croceater, Yellow-blotched Ensatina : E. e. eschscholtzii, Monterey Ensatina : E. e. klauberi, Large-blotched Ensatina : E. e. oregonensis, Oregon Ensatina : E. e. picta, Painted Ensatina : E. e. platensis, Sierra Nevada Ensatina : E. e. xanthoptica, Yellow-eyed Ensatina : ANEIDES (Climbing Salamanders) : Aneides ferreus, Clouded Salamander : Aneides flavipunctatus, Black Salamander : A. f. flavipunctatus, Speckled Black Salamander : A. f. niger, Santa Cruz Black Salamander : Aneides lugubris, Arboreal Salamander : Aneides vagrans, Wandering Salamander : BATRACHOSEPS (Slender Salamanders) : Batrachoseps campi, Inyo Mountains Salamander : Batrachoseps diabolicus, Hell Hollow Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps gabrieli, San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander : Conflict of standard name recognition. Crother (2000) advises San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander, while Collins (1997) advises San Gabriel Slender Salamander. : Batrachoseps gavilanensis, Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps gregarious, Gregarious Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps incognitus, San Simeon Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps kawia, Sequoia Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps luciae, Santa Lucia Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps major, Garden Slender Salamander : B. m. aridus, Desert Slender Salamander : Crother (2000) sites recent revisions by Wake and Jockusch (2000, Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers) recognizing this salamander as a subspecies of Batrachoseps major. : B. m. major, Garden Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps minor, Lesser Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps nigriventris, Black-bellied Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps pacificus, Channel Islands Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps regius, Kings River Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps relictus, Relictual Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps simatus, Kern Canyon Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps stebbinsi, Tehachapi Slender Salamander : Batrachoseps attenuatus, California Slender Salamander : HYDROMANTES (Web-toed Salamanders) : Hydromantes brunus, Limestone Salamander : Hydromantes platycephalus, Mount Lyell Salamander : Hydromantes shastae, Shasta Salamander : : ANURA (Frogs) : ASCAPHUS (Tailed Frog) : Ascaphus truei, Tailed Frog : SCAPHIOPUS (Southern Spadefoot) : Scaphiopus couchii, Couch’s Spadefoot : SPEA (Western Spadefoots) : Spea hammondii, Western Spadefoot : Spea intermontana, Great Basin Spadefoot : BUFO (Toads) : Bufo alvarius, Colorado River Toad : Bufo boreas, Western Toad : B. b. boreas, Boreal Toad : B. b. halophilus, California Toad : Bufo exsul, Black Toad : Bufo canorus, Yosemite Toad : Bufo woodhousii, Woodhouse’s Toad : B. w. woodhousii, Woodhouse’s Toad : Conflict of standard name recognition. Crother (2000) advises subspecies as Rocky Mountain Toad, while Collins (1997), Stebbins (1985), and Behler (1979) advise Woodhouse’s Toad. The subspecies in question possess the majority of Bufo woodhousii distribution and changing this subspecies name may promote changing the name of the species. : Bufo microscaphus, Arizona Toad : Bufo californicus, Arroyo Toad : Bufo punctatus, Red-spotted Toad : Bufo cognatus, Great Plains Toad : PSEUDACRIS (Chorus Frogs) : Pseudacris regilla, Pacific Chorus Frog : Conflict of scientific and standard name recognition. Crother (2000) advises Pseudacris regilla, Pacific Treefrog, while Collins (1997) advises Hyla regilla, Pacific Treefrog. Many authorities and the majority of new writings regarding this species appear to reference it as Pseudacris regilla, Pacific Chorus Frog. : Several subspecies are acknowledged by Crother, however the status of these subspecies is not clear. Therefore, P. r. cascadae (Cascade Treefrog), P. r. curta (California Treefrog), P. r. desertcola (Desert Treefrog), P. r. sierra (Sierran Treefrog) have been withheld from this list. : Pseudacris cadaverina, California Chorus Frog : Conflict of scientific and standard name recognition. Crother (2000) advises Pseudacris cadaverina, California Treefrog, while Collins (1997) advises Hyla cadaverina, California Treefrog. See comments regarding Pseudacris regilla, Pacific Chorus Frog. : RANA (True Frogs) : Rana aurora, Red-legged Frog : R. a. aurora, Northern Red-legged Frog : R. a. draytonii, California Red-legged Frog : Rana pretiosa, Oregon Spotted Frog : Rana cascadae, Cascades Frog : Rana boylii, Foothill Yellow-legged Frog : Rana muscosa, Mountain Yellow-legged Frog : Rana pipiens, Northern Leopard Frog : Rana yavapaiensis, Lowland Leopard Frog : Rana berlandieri, Rio Grande Leopard Frog : Rana catesbeiana, American Bullfrog : Conflict of standard name recognition. Crother (2000) advises American Bullfrog, while Collins (1997), Stebbins (1985), and Behler (1979) advise Bullfrog. : XENOPUS (Clawed Frog) : Xenopus laevis, African Clawed Frog

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