Herping in Southern California

[Snakebytes4324]

Hi, I've been looking around for years, and its a pretty dead area for amphibians. Does anyone know any good spots for amphibian herping in southern California like the Long Beach area? Not even the pet stores have anything, I'm aware some laws a while ago changed the trade drastically. All I can find now is dart frogs at reptile expos and on the rare occasion, I do see a fire belly newt it would be 60$ for a juvenile, as well as fire belly toads used to be 5$. Anyways I've been missing the hobby and have been wanting to find some local species. Does anyone know any good spots?

 

[Aj323]

I looked into this, as a SoCal resident. This is a helpful website

CaliforniaHerps.com, Reptiles and Amphibians of California

www.californiaherps.com

There are various herping forums with more info, but I decided wild helping isn’t for me and got a pair of ribbed newts from a seller on this site. But I might sometime drive to the San Diego mountains to see if I can find a yellow blotched ensatina, I hear after a rainstorm they are found along the roads and on the roads. With a fishing permit of course. Most ensatinas are in Northern California. Hope this helps.