California Giant Salamander

Amphibians > Salamanders

The California Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) is a formidable, prehistoric titan of the Pacific coastal redwood belt, ranking among the largest terrestrial salamanders in the Western Hemisphere. Roaming the damp, mossy ravines beneath towering ancient...

Oregon Slender Salamander

Amphibians > Lungless Salamanders

The Oregon Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps wrighti) is an exquisite, secretive lungless salamander found nowhere else on Earth except within the ancient conifer forests of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Lacking lungs and breathing entirely through its moist skin...

Cassin’s Finch

Birds > Finches & Allies

Cassin’s Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) is an elegant, aristocratic songbird native to the high, sun-drenched conifer forests of the American West. Larger and more crisply marked than its familiar purple finch and house finch cousins, the male Cassin’s Finch...

Cascades Frog

Amphibians > True Frogs

The Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae) is a handsome, high-altitude ranid frog endemic to the alpine meadows and glacier-fed tarns of the Pacific Northwest’s Cascade Mountains. Characterized by its golden-brown dorsal skin marked with crisp, inky-black spots and a...

Kirtland’s Snake

Reptiles > Non-venomous Snakes

Kirtland’s Snake (Clonophis kirtlandii) is one of the rarest, most secretive, and most vulnerable colubrid snakes in North America. Endemic to the historic prairie wetland belt of the Midwest, this shy, docile serpent features a modest, keeled grey-brown dorsal...