Reptiles & Amphibians of the Central Valley, Bay Area, and Sierras

This archive contains lists, photos, and descriptions of reptiles and amphibians you may find in our area of Northern California. Area covered includes species found as far north as Sonoma County--east through Placer county, and south into Monterey and Fresno counties.

This information gallery is currently under construction, and new material will be added, regularly. Please, check back often to see what's new.

Click on one of the sections to begin your search through our native herps information pages.

SNAKES
LIZARDS (coming soon)
TURTLES (coming soon)
FROGS (coming soon)
SALAMANDERS (coming soon)

Contributing photographers: Chad Lane, Edgar Ortega, Carla Boehmer, Devlin Espeleta, Natalie McNear

All photographs used by permission.