Biodiversity

Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it.

E.O. Wilson
The Diversity of Life, 1992



Amphibian and Reptile Atlas of Peninsular California...

The Atlas region, which includes San Diego, Orange, Riverside, and Imperial Counties in the United States and the Baja California peninsula and its associated islands in Mexico, has a rich herpetological diversity. Much of this region is arid and reptiles outnumber amphibians by a margin of seven to one.

21

Frogs

Anura

Amphibia

91

Lizards

Lacertilla

Reptilia

6

Salamanders

Caudata

Amphibia

56

Snakes

Serpentes

Reptilia

15

Turtles

Testudines

Reptilia


Native Amphibian and Reptile Species in the Atlas Region...




Amphibians & Reptiles
(169)

Frogs Lizards Salamanders Snakes Turtles

Amphibians
(19)

Frogs Salamanders

Reptiles
(150)

Lizards Snakes Turtles