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Special-status Wildlife Species Evaluated For Jul 30, 2012
<br /> The Forward Landfill Expansion Project
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<br /> SORTED BY CLASS
<br /> Scientific Name Habitat Affinities And Potential For
<br /> Common Name Status Reported Distribution Occurrence On Site
<br /> Spea hammondii Federal none Occurs primarily in grassland situations, but occasional populations also None:
<br /> occur in valley-foothill hardwood woodlands. Some populations persist for a flow regime and water
<br /> State none
<br /> western spadefoot toad few years in orchard-vineyard habitats.Vernal pools are essential for temperatures within
<br /> Other BLM: S breeding and egg-laying. Elevations of occurrence extend from sea level to Littlejohn's Creek not
<br /> DFG: SSC 1363 m(4500 ft)in the southern Sierra foothills. suitable for this species.
<br /> Recorded from Alameda, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Los
<br /> Angeles, Madera, Merced, Monterey, Orange, Placer, Riverside,
<br /> Sacramento, San Benito, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa
<br /> Barbara,Stanislaus,Tehama,Tulare,Ventura,Yolo counties.Additional
<br /> distribution:distributed from throughout the Central Valley and adjacent
<br /> foothills. In the Coast Ranges it is found from Point Conception, Santa
<br /> Barbara Co., south to the Mexican border.
<br /> Reptilia- Reptiles
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<br /> Actinemys Reptiles Federal none A thoroughly aquatic turtle inhabiting ponds, marshes, rivers, streams and Not expected:
<br /> irrigation ditches with aquatic vegetation. Needs basking sites and sandy
<br /> Pacific pond turtle State none banks or grassy open fields in upland areas for egg-laying.
<br /> Other DFG: SSC Recorded from Alameda,Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa,
<br /> Del Norte, EI Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, „eater depths in Littlejohn's
<br /> Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino,Merced, Modoc, Creek within and adjacent
<br /> Monterey, Napa, Nevada,Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, to the study area are too
<br /> San Benito, San Bernardino,San Diego, San Francisco,San Joaquin, San shallow to support this
<br /> Mateo, Santa Barbara,Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, species.
<br /> Stanislaus,Tehama,Trinity,Tulare,Tuolumne,Ventura,Yolo,Yuba
<br /> counties.
<br /> Thamnophis gigas Federal FT Prefers freshwater marsh and low gradient streams. Has adapted to drainage Not expected:
<br /> State ST canals and irrigation ditches.This is the most aquatic of the garter snakes in water depths in Littlejohn's
<br /> giant gartersnake California. Creek within and adjacent
<br /> Other DFG: SA Recorded from Butte, Colusa,Contra Costa, Fresno,Great Basin Floristic to the study area are too
<br /> Province, Kern, Merced, Sacramento,San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter,Yolo shallow to support this
<br /> counties. species.
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