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Reptiles

Find content specifically related to reptiles of the Puget Sound and Salish Sea ecosystems. For checklists and descriptive accounts of individual species, visit our species library. 

Additional resources:

Washington Herp Atlas

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Tim Essington1, Terrie Klinger2, Tish Conway-Cranos1,2, Joe Buchanan3, Andy James4, Jessi Kershner1, Ilon Logan2, and Jim West3

 

1School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science, University of Washington
2School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington
3Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
4Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, University of Washington
Plants, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fishes, Invertebrates, Fungi / Lichens , Ecosystem-Based Management

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Figure 1. Adult female western pond turtle with an attached radio transmitter and identifying number for population monitoring. Photo by Melissa Reitz.

This article originally appeared in Threatened and Endangered Species, State of Washington Annual Report 2011. Further information on these species and others in the Puget Sound basin is available at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife site and the Fish and Wildlife Service page on endangered species.

Species and Food Webs , Reptiles
Northern Sea Otter. Photo: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound species library now includes a list of species of concern in the Salish Sea watershed. The list was created by Joe Gaydos and Nicholas Brown of the SeaDoc Society, and was released as a paper presented as part of the Proceedings of the 2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in Vancouver, BC.

Species and Food Webs , Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fishes, Invertebrates , Ecosystem-Based Management, Regulatory Strategies, Protection Strategies , Strait of Georgia Watershed, Puget Sound Main Basin, Georgia Basin
Interesection of NW GAP Hydrological Units and Puget Sound WRIAs

The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, in cooperation with the USGS, has developed a list of terrestrial vertebrates occurring within the Puget Sound basin.

Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians , Terrestrial Habitat , Puget Sound Main Basin, Watersheds