List includes species confirmed or likely to occur in or near the Granite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. Revised by G. R. Stewart & A. K. Lappin (05/2008)
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Class Amphibia – Amphibians
- Order Anura (Salientia) – Toads and Frogs
- Family Bufonidae – True Toads
- Bufo punctatus – Red-spotted Toad
Class Reptilia – Reptiles
- Order Chelonia (Testudines) – Turtles
- Family Testudinidae – Tortoises
- Gopherus agassizii – Desert Tortoise
- Order Squamata – Lizards and Snakes
- Suborder Lacertilia (Sauria) – Lizards
- Family Eublepharidae – Ground Geckos
- Coleonyx variegatus – Western Banded Gecko
- Family Iguanidae – Iguanid Lizards
- Dipsosaurus dorsalis – Desert Iguana
- Sauromalus obesus – Common Chuckwalla
- Family Crotaphytidae – Collared and Leopard Lizards
- Crotaphytus bicinctores– Great Basin Collared Lizard
- Gambelia wislizenii – Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
- Family Phrynosomatidae – Phrynosomatid Lizards
- Phrynosoma platyrhinos – Desert Horned Lizard
- Sceloporus occidentalis – Western Fence Lizard
- Sceloporus magister – Desert Spiny Lizard
- Uta stansburiana – Common Side-blotched Lizard
- Urosaurus graciosus – Long-tailed Brush Lizard
- Callisaurus draconoides – Zebra-tailed Lizard
- Uma scoparia – Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard
- Family Xantusiidae – Night Lizards
- Xantusia vigilis – Desert Night Lizard
- Family Scincidae – Skinks
- Eumeces gilberti – Gilbert’s Skink
- Family Teiidae – Whiptails and Relatives
- Cnemidophorus tigris – Western Whiptail
- Suborder Serpentes (Ophidia) – Snakes
- Family Leptotyphlopidae – Slender Blind Snakes
- Leptotyphlops humilis – Western Blind Snake
- Family Boidae – Boas
- Charina trivirgata – Rosy Boa
- Family Colubridae – Colubrids
- Phyllorhynchus decurtatus – Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake
- Masticophis flagellum – Coachwhip
- Masticophis taeniatus – Striped Whipsnake
- Salvadora hexalepis – Western Patch-nosed Snake
- Arizona elegans – Glossy Snake
- Pituophis catenifer – Gopher Snake
- Lampropeltis getula – Common Kingsnake
- Rhinocheilus lecontei – Long-nosed Snake
- Sonora semiannulata semiannulata –Variable Ground Snake
- Chionactis occipitalis – Western shovel-nosed Snake
- Tantilla hobartsmithi – Southwestern Black-headed Snake
- Trimorphodon biscutatus – Western Lyresnake
- Hypsiglena torquata – Night Snake
- Family Viperidae – Vipers
- Crotalus scutulatus – Mojave Rattlesnake
- Crotalus mitchellii – Speckled Rattlesnake
- Crotalus cerastes – Sidewinder
This checklist is based on (1) Minden, L., 1979. Granite Mountains Resource Survey. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, (2) Stewart, G. R. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Southern California. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, and (3) G. R. Stewart Field Observations. Taxonomy is based on Stebbins, R. C. 2003. A field guide to western reptiles and amphibians. Third edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.