I probably had found ringneck snakes before that gopher - they (and slender salamanders) could be found in my backyard - but if I did, they didn't leave any impression on me.

I do know that we had western toads breeding in our vegetable garden. We had a "poor mans" irregation system - open ditches. When we would turn on the water and they ditches filled - the tadpoles would surface into the ditches, and then bury into the ground as the water went down.

I also grew up in SFBA - though not near any state parks.
I only found a few California Red Sided garter snakes - most garter snakes where I found them were Western Terrestrial.
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3.0 WC; 0.1 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 CB L. pyromelana pyromelana
0.1 WC Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata (gravid)

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