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Amphibians and Reptiles
Photos of the amphibians and reptiles at Hastings can
be found below, in the table, or here.
Hastings has eleven species of Amphbians. For more information on each, the links will bring you to the appropriate part of AmbphiaWeb, an amazing resource on the web that presents authoritative, accurate and timely information on our amphibians. Amphibians have suffered enormous losses acros continents. Their need to exchange oxygen through their skin makes them particularly sensitive to environmental contaminants and new, exotic disease organisms.
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Ambystoma tigrinum californiense | California Tiger salamander (click on # for local photos: 1) |
| Aneides lugubris | Arboreal salamander |
| Batrachoseps luciae | Santa Lucia Mtns. Slender Salamander (local photos 1 2 3) |
| Batrachoseps gavilanensis | Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander |
| Ensatina eschscholtzi | Ensatina (local photos: 1) |
| Taricha torosa | California Newt (local photos: 1) |
| Bufo boreas | Western Toad (local photos: 1) |
| Pseudacris (Hyla) regilla | Tree Frog (local photos: 1) |
| Rana aurora | Red-legged Frog (local photos: 1) |
| Rana boylie | Yellow-legged Frog |
| Rana catesbeiana | Bullfrog |
Hastings is home to 19 species of Reptiles. Hastings has had over 500 people working over the last 60 years outdoors all day and no one has been bitten by rattlesnakes. Burrow systems of the California ground squirrel are important habitat for many reptiles (and amphibians). As our native ants are displaced by the exotic, non-native Argentine Ant, our coast horned lizards are becoing rarer.(For Information on each species, copy the scientific name into the NatureServe search page) Some other links are provided below.
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Clemmys marmorata | Western Pond Turtle (local photo1, 2) |
| Coluber constrictor | Racer (local photos 1, 2) |
| Contia tenuis | Sharp-tailed Snake (local photo) |
| Crotalus viridis | Western Rattlesnake (local photo) |
| Diadophis punctatus | Ringneck Snake |
| Hypsiglena torquata | Night Snake (local photo) |
| Lampropeltis getulus | California King Snake (local photo) |
| Masticophis lateralis | Striped Racer |
| Pituophis catenifer | Gopher Snake |
| Rhinocheilus lecontei | Long-nosed Snake |
| Thamnophis elegans | Mountain Garter Snake |
| Thamnophis sirtalis | Red-Sided Garter Snake |
| Anniella pulchra nigra | California Legless Lizard |
| Cnemidophorus tigris mundus | Western Whiptail (local photo) |
| Eumeces skiltonianus | Western Skink (local photo) |
| Elgaria multicarinata | Southern Alligator Lizard |
| Phrynosoma coronatum | Coast horned Lizard (local photos: 1, 2) |
| Sceloporus occidentalis | Western Fence Lizard (local photos: 1, 2 ) |
| Uta stansburiana | Side-Blotched Lizard |
