• It can jump quite a distance for a toad
• Nocturnal, so active at night
• Hibernates in the winter months
• Will eat worms, lizards, slugs, snails and many insects

• An insectivore native to California
• Are excellent tree climbers aided by their large toes
• Found in oak woodlands and thick chaparral
• Breathe through their skin and mouth membranes as they have no lungs

• Although Sierra is in its name, it is found throughout most of California
• Its call is the typical “ribbit”
• Primarily terrestrial staying low on the ground
• Eats a wide variety of invertebrates

Reptiles

Reptiles are vertebrates whose skin is made up of scales, bony plates, or a combination of both. They regularly shed their skin. Reptiles are cold blooded, in that they cannot main their body temperature like mammals and birds. They move in and out of the sun to control their temperature and become inactive in cool weather. Most reptiles lay eggs and leave. When the eggs hatch, the young reptiles emerge, they become active within hours. For a more complete list of the species that you could expect to find in the Elfin Forest, click Here

• When threatened, will hiss & shake its tail
• Sometimes mistaken for a rattlesnake
• A constrictor eating mostly small mammals, but also birds, eggs and other reptiles.
• Often about 4 feet long

• Often can be seen baskingon the boardwalk
• To defend territory or attract females, males will do push ups
• Bodies are about 3 inches long
• If they lose their tail, it will grow back

• Short & squat, often called a toad, but it is a lizard
• Can shoot a stream of blood from its eyelid when threatened
• Burrows in the sand with just a bit of head visible
• Eats native ants which are now being displaced by Argentine ants