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California Tiger Salamander | Contra Costa Water District, CA California tiger salamanders are rarely seen except during their nocturnal breeding migrations which begin with the first seasonal rains, usually in November or December Breeding sites are usually vernal ponds that fill during winter and may dry by summer
California Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma californiense Very mature egg close to hatching Some pattern and gills are now visible on the larva and it is wiggling inside the egg, February 7th, Contra Costa County The eggs shown above were all laid underwater in December in a pond in Contra Costa County that did not retain water
California Tiger Salamander - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service California tiger salamander is a large, stocky, terrestrial salamander with a broad, rounded snout Adults males are about 8 inches long, females a little less than 7 inches Coloration consists of a black back and sides with white or pale yellow spots or bars
SPECIES ACCOUNT: Ambystoma californiense (California tiger Salamander . . . Six unique populations consisting of three discrete DPSs have been identified in California; although each DPS is genetically differentiated and geographically isolated; in California, all California tiger salamanders are treated as Ambystoma californiense
CA TIGER SALAMANDER AQUATIC BREEDING HABITAT We conducted opportunistic visual encounter surveys, often while conducting other watershed management activities, and observed A californiense using perennial or nearly perennial sections of three creeks in eastern Contra Costa County, CA
California tiger salamander - Wikipedia It occurs from Sonoma County, especially in the Laguna de Santa Rosa (outside the floodplain), south to Santa Barbara County, in vernal pool complexes and isolated ponds along the Central Valley from Colusa County to Kern County, and in the coastal range
Microsoft Word - 11 California tiger salamander 06-16-05. doc Currently, the California tiger salamander occurs in six populations from the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills, from Yolo County south to Tulare County, and in the coastal valleys and foothills, from Sonoma County south to Santa Barbara County (Zeiner et al 1988)
A California Tiger Salamander Breeding Pond One picture can never tell the whole story, so these are pictures of a small Contra Costa County pond located at approximately 1,400 feet in elevation (427 meters) as it looked throughout the year, showing how the pond and its surroundings change over the seasons and the years
California tiger salamander - Biological Diversity Later that year we secured a court-approved settlement requiring the Service to develop recovery plans for all three populations of California tiger salamanders within the next five years