List of Vertebrate Animals of the UCSC Campus (not including birds)

Source: The Natural History of the UC
Santa Cruz Campus, Published by the
Environmental Field Program University
of California, Santa Cruz 1982.

Reptiles and Amphibians

boa, rubber, Charina bottae
frog, red-legged, Rana aurora
kingsnake, common, Lampropeltis getulus
kingsnake, mountain, Lampropeltis zonata
lizard, northern alligator, Gerrhonotus coeruleus
lizard, southern alligator, Gerrhonotus multicarinatus
lizard, western fence, Sceloprus occidentalis
newt, California, Taricha torosa
newt, rough-skinned, Taricha granulosa racer, Coluber constrictor
rattlesnake, northern Pacific, Crotalus viridis oreganus
salamander, California slender, Batrachoseps attenuatus
salamander, Santa Cruz black, Aneides flavipunctatus niger
salamander, arboreal, Aneidus lugubris
salamander, Pacific giant, Dicamptodon ensatus
salamander, yellow-eyed, or ensatina, Ensatina eschscholtzi
snake, garter, Thamnophis couchi, T. elegans, and T. sirtalis
snake, gopher, Pituophis melanoleucus
snake, pacific ringneck, Daidophis punctatus amabilis
snake, sharp-tailed, Contia tenuis
skink, western, Eumeces skiltonianus
treefrog, Pacific, Hyla regilla

Mammals

bat, big brown, Epitesicus fucus
bat, hoary, Lasiurus borealis
bat, red, Lasiurus rufus
bobcat, lynx rufus
chipmunk, Merriam, Eutamias merriami
cottontail, Audubon, Sylvilagus auduboni
coyote, Canis latrans
deer, black-tailed, Odocoileus hemionus ssp. columbianus
fox, gray, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
gopher, pocket, Thomomys bottae
ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi
jackrabbit, black-tailed, Lepus californicus
mole, broad-handed, Scapanus latimanus
mountain lion, Felis concolor
mouse, California meadow, Microtus californicus
mouse, California, Peromycus californicus
mouse, brush, Peromycus boylei
mouse, deer, Peromycus maniculatus
mouse, pinyon, Peromysus truei
myotis, California, Myotis californicus
myotis, yuma, Myotis yumanesis
opossum, Didelphis marsupialis
rabbit, brush, Sylvilagus bachmani
raccoon, Procyon lotor
shrew, Trowbridge, Sorex trowbridgei
shrew-mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii
skunk, striped, Mephitis mephitis
squirrel, eastern gray, Sciurus carolinensis
squirrel, western gray, Sciurus griseus
weasel, long-tailed, Mustela frenata
woodrat, dusky-footed, Neotoma fusipes