Amphibians > True Frogs
The Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris) is a tough, cold-adapted true frog native to the crystal-clear alpine lakes and rushing mountain streams of the northern Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest. Renowned for its gorgeous salmon-pink to reddish-orange belly...
Reptiles > Colubrids
The Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata) is a small, enchanting nocturnal reptile celebrated for its vertical, cat-like pupils and glossy, spotted desert camouflage. Roaming the rocky canyons and sagebrush steppes of western North America, this gentle rear-fanged...
Reptiles > Colubrids
The Common Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis) is a diminutive, highly secretive woodland reptile native to the moist coastal forests and oak woodlands of the Pacific Northwest. Named for the conspicuous, sharp thorn-like spine at the very tip of its tail, this...
Fish > Minnows & Carps
The Northern Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis), formerly known as the Columbia River Squawfish, is a massive, voracious predatory minnow native to the sprawling river basins of the Pacific Northwest. While most people think of minnows as tiny baitfish, this...
Fish > Salmonids
The Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) is an ecologically vital and historically iconic salmonid native to the icy, deep freshwater lakes of North America. Recognized for centuries as the premier commercial food fish of the Laurentian Great Lakes, this silvery,...
