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Common Name Scientific Name <br />Fed/ <br />State/ <br />CNPS <br />Other <br />Status Habitat Micro Habitat Potential <br />to Occur <br />Justification for Potential <br />to Occur <br />Reptiles <br />California <br />legless lizard Anniella pulchra -/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern | <br />USFS_S- <br />Sensitive <br />Chaparral | Coastal dunes | <br />Coastal scrub <br />Sandy or loose loamy soils under <br />sparse vegetation. Soil moisture <br />is essential. They prefer soils <br />with a high moisture content. <br />Low <br />Marginally suitable <br />habitat may be present, <br />the southern portion of <br />the Study Area is within <br />the range, and several of <br />the Impact Areas in <br />Contra Costa County are <br />within 5 miles of <br />recorded occurrences. <br />California <br />glossy snake <br />Arizona elegans <br />occidentalis -/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern <br />Open desert | Grasslands | <br />Shrublands | Chaparral | <br />Woodlands <br />Patchily distributed from the <br />eastern portion of San Francisco <br />Bay, southern San Joaquin <br />Valley, the Coast, Transverse <br />and Peninsular ranges, south to <br />Baja California. Uses a range of <br />scrub and grassland habitats, <br />often with loose or sandy soils. <br />Moderate <br />The Study Area is within <br />the range of the species, <br />there is suitable habitat <br />within the Study Area, <br />and several occurrences <br />nearby West and South <br />of the Study Area. <br />western pond <br />turtle Emys marmorata -/- <br />BLM_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern | <br />IUCN_VU- <br />Vulnerable <br />| USFS_S- <br />Sensitive <br />Aquatic | Artificial flowing <br />waters | Klamath/North coast <br />flowing waters | Klamath/North <br />coast standing waters | Marsh & <br />swamp | Sacramento/San <br />Joaquin flowing waters | <br />Sacramento/San Joaquin <br />standing waters | | Wetland <br />A thoroughly aquatic turtle of <br />ponds, marshes, rivers, streams <br />and irrigation ditches, usually <br />with aquatic vegetation, below <br />6000 ft elevation. Needs basking <br />sites and suitable (sandy banks <br />or grassy open fields) upland <br />habitat up to 0.5 km from water. <br />High <br />There are many known <br />occurrences within the <br />Study Area. <br />San Joaquin <br />coachwhip <br />Masticophis <br />flagellum <br />ruddocki <br />-/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern <br />Chenopod scrub | Valley & <br />foothill grassland <br />Open, dry habitats with little or <br />no tree cover. Found in valley <br />grassland and saltbush scrub in <br />the San Joaquin Valley. Needs <br />mammal burrows for refuge and <br />oviposition sites. <br />Moderate <br />The Study Area is within <br />the range of the species <br />and there is potentially <br />suitable habitat present, <br />however the nearest <br />known occurrences are <br />over 5 miles away. <br />Alameda <br />whipsnake <br />Masticophis <br />lateralis <br />euryxanthus <br />FT/ST <br />Chaparral | Cismontane <br />woodland | Coastal scrub | <br />Valley & foothill grassland <br />Typically found in chaparral and <br />scrub habitats but will also use <br />adjacent grassland, oak savanna <br />and woodland habitats. Mostly <br />south-facing slopes and ravines, <br />None <br />There is no suitable <br />habitat in the Study Area, <br />and the nearest known <br />occurrences are over 3 <br />miles away.