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This Draft Big Creek Mammal, Reptile and Amphibian List is taken is taken from:
(TV) Carothers, John, Rebecca Cull, Laurie Daniel, David Melchert and Roland White 1980. Terrestrial Vertebrates of the Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Monterey County, California, Environmental Field Program, University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz CA
(AM) Bickle, A. 1985. Amphibians of the Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Monterey County, California Environmental Field Program, University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA.
(O) Other collections and observations
| family | latin name | common name | status |
| Didelphidae | Didelphis marsupialis | Virginia Opossum | |
| Soricidae | Sorex trowbridgei | Trowbridge Shrew | |
| Soricidae | Sorex vagrans | Vagrant Shrew | Expected but not yet found |
| Soricidae | Sorex ornatus | Ornate Shrew | Expected but not yet found |
| Talpidae | Scapanus latimanus | Broad-handed Mole | |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis californicus | California Myotis | |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis lucifagus | Little Brown Bat | |
| Vespertilionidae | Lasiurus cinereus | Hoary Bat | |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis yumanensis | Yuma Myotis | Expected but not yet found |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis evotis | Long-eared Myotis | Expected but not yet found |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis thysanodes | Fringe-eared Myotis | Expected but not yet found |
| Vespertilionidae | Myotis volans | Hairy-winged Myotis | Expected but not yet found |
| Vespertilionidae | Pipistrellus hesperus | Western Pipistrel | Expected but not yet found |
| Vespertilionidae | Eptesicus fuscus | Big Brown Bat | Expected but not yet found |
| Vespertilionidae | Lasiurus borealis | Red Bat | Expected but not yet found |
| Vespertilionidae | Plecotus townsendi | Western Big-eared Bat | Expected but not yet found |
| Molossidae | Tadarida brasiliensis | Mexican Free-tailed Bat | Expected but not yet found |
| Leporidae | Sylvilagus bachmani | Brush Rabbit | |
| Leporidae | Sylvilagus auduboni | Desert Cottontail | |
| Leporidae | Lepus californicus | Black-tailed Jackrabbit | |
| Sciuridae | Eutamias merriami | Merriam Chipmunk | |
| Sciuridae | Sciurus griseus | Western Gray Squirrel | |
| Sciuridae | Spermophilus beecheyi | California Ground Squirrel | |
| Geomyidae | Thomomys bottae | Pocket Gopher | |
| Heteromyidae | Perognathus californicus | California Pocket Mouse | |
| Heteromyidae | Dipodomys heermani | Heerman Kangaroo Rat | Expected but not yet found |
| Heteromyidae | Dipodomys venustus | Graceful Kangaroo Rat | Expected but not yet found |
| Cricetidae | Reithrodontomys megalotis | Western Harvest Mouse | |
| Cricetidae | Peromyscus californicus | California Mouse | |
| Cricetidae | Peromyscus maniculatus | Deer Mouse | |
| Cricetidae | Peromyscus boylei | Brush Mouse | |
| Cricetidae | Peromyscus truei | Pinyon Mouse | |
| Cricetidae | Neotoma fuscipes | Dusky-footed Woodrat | |
| Cricetidae | Microtus californicus | California Meadow Mouse | |
| Muridae | Rattus norvegicus | Norway Rat | Expected but not yet found |
| Muridae | Rattus rattus | Black Rat | Expected but not yet found |
| Muridae | Mus musculus | House Mouse | Expected but not yet found |
| Canidae | Canis latrans | Coyote | |
| Canidae | Urocyon cinereoargenteus | Gray Fox | |
| Procyonidae | Bassariscus astutus | Ringtail | |
| Procyonidae | Procyon lotor | Raccoon | |
| Mustelidae | Mephitis mephitis | Striped skunk | |
| Mustelidae | Mustela freneta | Long-tailed Weasel | |
| Mustelidae | Spilogale putorius | Spotted skunk | |
| Mustelidae | Taxidea taxis | Badger | |
| Felidae | Felis concolor | Mountain Lion | |
| Felidae | Lynx rufus | Bobcat | |
| Suidae | Sus scrofa | Wild Boar | |
| Cervidae | Odocoileus hemionus | Black-tailed Deer | |
| Iguanidae | Sceloporus occidentalis | Western Fence Lizard | |
| Iguanidae | Uta stansburiana | California Side-blotched Lizard | |
| Iguanidae | Phrynosoma coronatum frontale | California Horned Lizard | |
| Telidae | Cnemidophorus tigris mundus | California Whiptail | |
| Scincidae | Eumeces skiltonianus skiltonianus | Western Skink | |
| Anguidae | Gerrhonotus coeruleus coeruleus | San Francisco Alligator Lizard | |
| Anguidae | Gerrhonotus multicarinatus multicarinatus | California Alligator Lizard | |
| Colubridae | Coluber constrictor mormon | Western Yellow-bellied Racer | |
| Colubridae | Pituophis melanoleucus catenifer | Pacific Gopher Snake | |
| Colubridae | Diadophis punctatus vandenburghi | Monterey Ringneck Snake | |
| Colubridae | Thamnophis elegans terrestris | Coast Garter Snake | |
| Colubridae | Thamnophis couchii | Western Aquatic Garter Snake | |
| Colubridae | Lampropeltis zonata multifaciata | Coast Mountain Kingsnake | |
| Colubridae | Lampropeltis getulus | Common Kingsnake | |
| Colubridae | Masticophis lateralis lateralis | California Striped racer | |
| Colubridae | Hypsiglena torquata | Night Snake | |
| Viperidae | Crotalus viridis | Western Rattlesnake | |
| Boidae | Charina bottae bottae | Rubber Boa | |
| Anniellidae | Anneilla pulchra | California Legless Lizard | |
| Hylidae | Hyla regilla | Pacific Treefrog | |
| Salamandridae | Taricha torosa torosa | Coast Range Newt | |
| Plethodontidae | Ensatina eschscholtzii | Ensatina | |
| Plethodontidae | Aneides lugibris | Arboreal Salamander | |
| Plethodontidae | Batrachoceps pacificus | Slender Salamander |
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