Local Wildlife

I live about 10 miles west of Portland, Oregon, USA. Among the local herps are garter snakes (Thamnophis ssp.), rubber boas (Charina bottae), bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana), Pacific treefrogs (Hyla regilla), rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa), and Western long-toed salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum).

The salamanders are a small (up to about 6" long) burrowing species, but I sometimes see them when I'm working in the yard.