{"id":243534,"date":"2017-01-13T17:31:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T17:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/la-vida-en-nuestros-humedales\/reptiles-y-anfibios\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T18:55:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T18:55:03","slug":"reptiles-y-anfibios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/la-vida-en-nuestros-humedales\/reptiles-y-anfibios\/","title":{"rendered":"Reptiles y anfibios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=\u00bb1&#8243; admin_label=\u00bbsection\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00bbfila\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4&#8243;][et_pb_cta admin_label=\u00bbReptiles and Amphibians\u00bb url_new_window=\u00bboff\u00bb use_background_color=\u00bboff\u00bb background_color=\u00bb#fcbf00&#8243; background_layout=\u00bblight\u00bb text_orientation=\u00bbcenter\u00bb header_font=\u00bbOpen Sans|||on|\u00bb header_font_size=\u00bb44&#8243; header_font_size_tablet=\u00bb40&#8243; header_font_size_phone=\u00bb30&#8243; header_font_size_last_edited=\u00bbon|desktop\u00bb header_text_color=\u00bb#494949&#8243; header_line_height=\u00bb1.4em\u00bb body_font=\u00bbOpen Sans||||\u00bb body_font_size=\u00bb16&#8243; body_line_height=\u00bb1.5em\u00bb use_border_color=\u00bboff\u00bb border_color=\u00bb#ffffff\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb custom_margin=\u00bb||0px|\u00bb custom_padding=\u00bb||0px|\u00bb custom_button=\u00bboff\u00bb button_border_radius=\u00bb0&#8243; button_letter_spacing=\u00bb0&#8243; button_use_icon=\u00bbdefault\u00bb button_icon_placement=\u00bbright\u00bb button_on_hover=\u00bbon\u00bb button_letter_spacing_hover=\u00bb0&#8243; custom_css_promo_title=\u00bbfont-weight: 800;\u00bb disabled=\u00bboff\u00bb saved_tabs=\u00bball\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2>Reptiles y <span style=\"color: #af7d58;\">anfibios<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_cta][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00bbPhotography courtesy of\u00bb background_layout=\u00bblight\u00bb text_orientation=\u00bbcenter\u00bb text_font=\u00bbPT Serif||on||\u00bb text_font_size=\u00bb18&#8243; use_border_color=\u00bboff\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb custom_css_main_element=\u00bbcolor: rgba(26,26,26,.7);\u00bb disabled=\u00bboff\u00bb border_color=\u00bb#ffffff\u00bb saved_tabs=\u00bball\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p>Fotograf\u00eda cortes\u00eda de Bob Dyer, Urszula Dziri<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00bbText\u00bb background_layout=\u00bblight\u00bb text_orientation=\u00bbleft\u00bb use_border_color=\u00bboff\u00bb border_color=\u00bb#ffffff\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb] <div id=\"jig1\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-1e6d529d012fc4bd8a5333fc333a3cb0 jig-preset-global jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig1-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2027.JPG\" title=\"Trachemys scripta elegans. The red-eared slider turtle is the most popular pet turtle and can live over 20 years in captivity, so many have been released by owners all over the world, creating stress to the local native species, particularly our native, the Western pond turtle.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2027.JPG&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.JPG\" alt=\"Red-eared Slider\" width=\"358\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Red-eared Slider<br\/>Trachemys scripta elegans. The red-eared slider turtle is the most popular pet turtle and can live over 20 years in captivity, so many have been released by owners all over the world, creating stress to the local native species, particularly our native, the Western pond turtle.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2031.jpg\" title=\"Lampropeltis californiae. The California king snake is a nonvenomous, powerful constrictor, immune to rattlesnake venom, and eats small animals and other snakes, including rattlers. 2) When you see 2 kingsnakes in vigorous embrace, it could be 2 males fighting for dominance or male-female courtship.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2031.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"California Kingsnake\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">California Kingsnake<br\/>Lampropeltis californiae. The California king snake is a nonvenomous, powerful constrictor, immune to rattlesnake venom, and eats small animals and other snakes, including rattlers. 2) When you see 2 kingsnakes in vigorous embrace, it could be 2 males fighting for dominance or male-female courtship.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2029.jpg\" title=\"Lithobates catesbeianus. The American bullfrog was imported from east coast to the west coast as a food source (frog legs) and escaped captivity in the early 1900s and is now found in many places around the world creating havoc with the local native frogs and turtles. This nonnative American bullfrog eats the young of the native pond turtle, a major reason that species is in decline.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2029.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"American Bullfrog\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">American Bullfrog<br\/>Lithobates catesbeianus. The American bullfrog was imported from east coast to the west coast as a food source (frog legs) and escaped captivity in the early 1900s and is now found in many places around the world creating havoc with the local native frogs and turtles. This nonnative American bullfrog eats the young of the native pond turtle, a major reason that species is in decline.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2030.JPG\" title=\"Pituophis catenifer catenifer. The Pacific gopher snake helps keep the populations of pocket gophers and lizards in check and are good for the ecosystem. Pacific gopher snakes may look like rattlesnakes to some but do not have triangular heads or vertical eye irises and are nonvenemous.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2030.JPG&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.JPG\" alt=\"Gopher snake\" width=\"115\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Gopher snake<br\/>Pituophis catenifer catenifer. The Pacific gopher snake helps keep the populations of pocket gophers and lizards in check and are good for the ecosystem. Pacific gopher snakes may look like rattlesnakes to some but do not have triangular heads or vertical eye irises and are nonvenemous.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/alligator-lizard-2-cropped.jpg\" title=\"Elgaria multicarinata. Alligator lizards, long and slender, are generally secretive, tending to hide in brush or under rocks, and are common in yards and garages. Moves with a snake-like undulating motion, often tucking the rear legs up against the side of the body and pulling itself along on its belly with the front feet. Good swimmers. Can loose tail to escape from predator and regrow it later. Northern and Southern species occur in this area, differentiated by underside morphology, eye color, and reproduction. Southern has black stripes on scales on underbelly, yellow eyes, and lays eggs in burrows. Northern (E. coerulea) has vertical stripes between scales on underbelly, darker eyes, and young laid in white membrane.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2Falligator-lizard-2-cropped.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"Southern alligator lizard\" width=\"537\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Southern alligator lizard<br\/>Elgaria multicarinata. Alligator lizards, long and slender, are generally secretive, tending to hide in brush or under rocks, and are common in yards and garages. Moves with a snake-like undulating motion, often tucking the rear legs up against the side of the body and pulling itself along on its belly with the front feet. Good swimmers. Can loose tail to escape from predator and regrow it later. Northern and Southern species occur in this area, differentiated by underside morphology, eye color, and reproduction. Southern has black stripes on scales on underbelly, yellow eyes, and lays eggs in burrows. Northern (E. coerulea) has vertical stripes between scales on underbelly, darker eyes, and young laid in white membrane.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2033.jpg\" title=\"Thamnophis elegans terrestris. The coast garter snake eats a wide variety of small animals including fish, mice, worms, and slugs, and has a slightly venomous bite that is poisonous to its prey, but not considered dangerous to humans.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2033.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"Coast Garter Snake\" width=\"373\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Coast Garter Snake<br\/>Thamnophis elegans terrestris. The coast garter snake eats a wide variety of small animals including fish, mice, worms, and slugs, and has a slightly venomous bite that is poisonous to its prey, but not considered dangerous to humans.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2032.jpg\" title=\"Sceloporus occidentalis. Male Western fence lizards (blue bellies) defend their territory by perching and displaying their blue bellies with pushups.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2032.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"Western Fence Lizard, male\" width=\"362\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Western Fence Lizard, male<br\/>Sceloporus occidentalis. Male Western fence lizards (blue bellies) defend their territory by perching and displaying their blue bellies with pushups.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2028.JPG\" title=\"Actinemys marmorata. The Western Pond Turtle is in decline throughout 75 - 80% of its range and is nearly extinct in Washington and British Columbia due to loss of wetland habitat, competition from the nonnative red=eared slider and predation by the nonnative American bullfrog. Western pond turtles are omnivores and can live up to 50 years.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2028.JPG&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.JPG\" alt=\"Western Pond Turtle\" width=\"359\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Western Pond Turtle<br\/>Actinemys marmorata. The Western Pond Turtle is in decline throughout 75 - 80% of its range and is nearly extinct in Washington and British Columbia due to loss of wetland habitat, competition from the nonnative red=eared slider and predation by the nonnative American bullfrog. Western pond turtles are omnivores and can live up to 50 years.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/westernfencelizard-bobdyer.jpg\" title=\"Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii. Many people call this a blue belly lizard. Fence and alligator lizards are a favorite food of snakes and birds, so they have a detachable tale to distract the preditor.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2Fwesternfencelizard-bobdyer.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"Western Fence Lizard\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Western Fence Lizard<br\/>Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii. Many people call this a blue belly lizard. Fence and alligator lizards are a favorite food of snakes and birds, so they have a detachable tale to distract the preditor.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reptiles y anfibios Fotograf\u00eda cortes\u00eda de Bob Dyer, Urszula Dziri <div id=\"jig2\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-1e6d529d012fc4bd8a5333fc333a3cb0 jig-preset-global jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig2-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/alligator-lizard-2-cropped.jpg\" title=\"Elgaria multicarinata. Alligator lizards, long and slender, are generally secretive, tending to hide in brush or under rocks, and are common in yards and garages. Moves with a snake-like undulating motion, often tucking the rear legs up against the side of the body and pulling itself along on its belly with the front feet. Good swimmers. Can loose tail to escape from predator and regrow it later. Northern and Southern species occur in this area, differentiated by underside morphology, eye color, and reproduction. Southern has black stripes on scales on underbelly, yellow eyes, and lays eggs in burrows. Northern (E. coerulea) has vertical stripes between scales on underbelly, darker eyes, and young laid in white membrane.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2Falligator-lizard-2-cropped.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"Southern alligator lizard\" width=\"537\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Southern alligator lizard<br\/>Elgaria multicarinata. Alligator lizards, long and slender, are generally secretive, tending to hide in brush or under rocks, and are common in yards and garages. Moves with a snake-like undulating motion, often tucking the rear legs up against the side of the body and pulling itself along on its belly with the front feet. Good swimmers. Can loose tail to escape from predator and regrow it later. Northern and Southern species occur in this area, differentiated by underside morphology, eye color, and reproduction. Southern has black stripes on scales on underbelly, yellow eyes, and lays eggs in burrows. Northern (E. coerulea) has vertical stripes between scales on underbelly, darker eyes, and young laid in white membrane.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2033.jpg\" title=\"Thamnophis elegans terrestris. The coast garter snake eats a wide variety of small animals including fish, mice, worms, and slugs, and has a slightly venomous bite that is poisonous to its prey, but not considered dangerous to humans.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2033.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"Coast Garter Snake\" width=\"373\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Coast Garter Snake<br\/>Thamnophis elegans terrestris. The coast garter snake eats a wide variety of small animals including fish, mice, worms, and slugs, and has a slightly venomous bite that is poisonous to its prey, but not considered dangerous to humans.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2032.jpg\" title=\"Sceloporus occidentalis. Male Western fence lizards (blue bellies) defend their territory by perching and displaying their blue bellies with pushups.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2032.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"Western Fence Lizard, male\" width=\"362\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Western Fence Lizard, male<br\/>Sceloporus occidentalis. Male Western fence lizards (blue bellies) defend their territory by perching and displaying their blue bellies with pushups.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2030.JPG\" title=\"Pituophis catenifer catenifer. The Pacific gopher snake helps keep the populations of pocket gophers and lizards in check and are good for the ecosystem. Pacific gopher snakes may look like rattlesnakes to some but do not have triangular heads or vertical eye irises and are nonvenemous.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2030.JPG&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.JPG\" alt=\"Gopher snake\" width=\"115\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Gopher snake<br\/>Pituophis catenifer catenifer. The Pacific gopher snake helps keep the populations of pocket gophers and lizards in check and are good for the ecosystem. Pacific gopher snakes may look like rattlesnakes to some but do not have triangular heads or vertical eye irises and are nonvenemous.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2031.jpg\" title=\"Lampropeltis californiae. The California king snake is a nonvenomous, powerful constrictor, immune to rattlesnake venom, and eats small animals and other snakes, including rattlers. 2) When you see 2 kingsnakes in vigorous embrace, it could be 2 males fighting for dominance or male-female courtship.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2031.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"California Kingsnake\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">California Kingsnake<br\/>Lampropeltis californiae. The California king snake is a nonvenomous, powerful constrictor, immune to rattlesnake venom, and eats small animals and other snakes, including rattlers. 2) When you see 2 kingsnakes in vigorous embrace, it could be 2 males fighting for dominance or male-female courtship.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2029.jpg\" title=\"Lithobates catesbeianus. The American bullfrog was imported from east coast to the west coast as a food source (frog legs) and escaped captivity in the early 1900s and is now found in many places around the world creating havoc with the local native frogs and turtles. This nonnative American bullfrog eats the young of the native pond turtle, a major reason that species is in decline.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2029.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"American Bullfrog\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">American Bullfrog<br\/>Lithobates catesbeianus. The American bullfrog was imported from east coast to the west coast as a food source (frog legs) and escaped captivity in the early 1900s and is now found in many places around the world creating havoc with the local native frogs and turtles. This nonnative American bullfrog eats the young of the native pond turtle, a major reason that species is in decline.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2028.JPG\" title=\"Actinemys marmorata. The Western Pond Turtle is in decline throughout 75 - 80% of its range and is nearly extinct in Washington and British Columbia due to loss of wetland habitat, competition from the nonnative red=eared slider and predation by the nonnative American bullfrog. Western pond turtles are omnivores and can live up to 50 years.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2028.JPG&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.JPG\" alt=\"Western Pond Turtle\" width=\"359\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Western Pond Turtle<br\/>Actinemys marmorata. The Western Pond Turtle is in decline throughout 75 - 80% of its range and is nearly extinct in Washington and British Columbia due to loss of wetland habitat, competition from the nonnative red=eared slider and predation by the nonnative American bullfrog. Western pond turtles are omnivores and can live up to 50 years.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/westernfencelizard-bobdyer.jpg\" title=\"Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii. Many people call this a blue belly lizard. Fence and alligator lizards are a favorite food of snakes and birds, so they have a detachable tale to distract the preditor.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2Fwesternfencelizard-bobdyer.jpg&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.jpg\" alt=\"Western Fence Lizard\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Western Fence Lizard<br\/>Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii. Many people call this a blue belly lizard. Fence and alligator lizards are a favorite food of snakes and birds, so they have a detachable tale to distract the preditor.<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reptiles-and-amphibians\/IMG_2027.JPG\" title=\"Trachemys scripta elegans. The red-eared slider turtle is the most popular pet turtle and can live over 20 years in captivity, so many have been released by owners all over the world, creating stress to the local native species, particularly our native, the Western pond turtle.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/justified-image-grid\/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fpetalumawetlands.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Freptiles-and-amphibians%2FIMG_2027.JPG&amp;h=240&amp;q=90&amp;f=.JPG\" alt=\"Red-eared Slider\" width=\"358\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Red-eared Slider<br\/>Trachemys scripta elegans. The red-eared slider turtle is the most popular pet turtle and can live over 20 years in captivity, so many have been released by owners all over the world, creating stress to the local native species, particularly our native, the Western pond turtle.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":243522,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243534\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petalumawetlands.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}