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    Death Valley

    National Park CA,NV

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  • Furnace Creek Campground Temporary Closure

    Furnace Creek Campground will be CLOSED for construction starting April 16, 2013. Texas Springs Campground will remain open for summer camping in the Furnace Creek Area. More »

Amphibians

western toad
Its pale dorsal stripe helps to identify the western toad.
 
  • Inyo Mountains slender salamander
    Batrachoseps campi
    Rare; found in riparian areas in the Inyo Mountains
  • red spotted toad
    Bufo punctatus
    Common at Furnace Creek; also found in water areas in Johnson, Hanaupah, and Emigrant Canyons
  • western toad
    Bufo boreas
    (an introduced species)
    Introduced in the middle portion of this century to the Furnace Creek area, where it is locally abundant.
  • pacific treefrog
    Hyla regilla
    Water areas throughout Death Valley: Scotty's Castle, Furnace Creek, Saratoga Springs,and at springs in Johnson and Hanaupah Canyons.
  • bullfrog
    Rana catesbeiana
    (an introduced species)
    Introduced around 1920 at Furnace Creek.

Did You Know?

Death Valley is a land of little rain

Rainfall in Death Valley averages less than 2 inches a year. There have been some years of no recorded rainfall at all! More...