Science: Reptiles and Amphibians

• Endangered and Threatened Animals List (PDF)
• Special Animals List (PDF)
• Life History Notes and Range Maps

(list not comprehensive)

• Implications of importing American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus = Rana catesbeiana) into California. (PDF) California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fisheries Branch; October 27, 2014.
• Bonham, C. and M. Lockhart. A status review of the mountain yellow-legged frog -- report to the Fish and Game Commission (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game; 11/28/2011.
• Evaluation of Petition from the Center for Biological Diversity to List All Populations of the Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana muscosa and Rana sierrae) as Endangered (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game; 2010.
• Bolster, B. C. Report to the Fish and Game Commission: A status review of the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game; 2010.
• Pope, K. L., S. P. Lawler and H. H. Welsh, Jr. Responses of a declining amphibian and other wildlife to changes in fisheries management in a California wilderness (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game; 2007.
• Hovey, T. E. Summary report for Little Rock Creek trout removal project (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game; 2007.
• Garwood, J. M. and Welsh, H. H. Jr. Ecology of the Cascades frog (Rana cascadae) and interactions with garter snakes and nonnative trout in the Trinity Alps Wilderness, California (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game; 2007.
• Wheeler, C. A., Welsh, H. H. Jr. and T. Roelofs. Oviposition site selection, movement, and spatial ecology of the foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game; 2006.
• Vredenburg V. , T. Tunstal, R. Bingham, J. Yeh, S. Schoville, C. Briggs and C. Moritz. Patterns of habitat use and movement of Rana muscosa in the northern Sierra Nevada with comparisons to populations in the southern Sierra Nevada, with additional information on the biogeography of the species (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game; 2004.

• California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB)
• Biogeographic Information and Observation System (BIOS)
• California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR)
• Survey Standards and Guidelines