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    Mojave

    National Preserve California

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  • Kelso Depot Visitor Center will be closed two days per week

    Effective May 8, 2013, Kelso Depot Visitor Center in Mojave National Preserve will be closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Visitor Center will remain open Fridays through Tuesdays from 9 am to 5 pm. More »

  • Rabies Alert

    San Bernardino County Public Health Officials are trying to find a man who may have been exposed to Rabies. The bat landed on the man's neck outside Kelso Depot Visitor Center on Tuesday April 30, 2013. More »

Amphibians

photo of red spotted toad

Red spotted toad

Liz Gallegos

Red-spotted toad
The red-spotted toad (Bufo punctatus) is the only naturally occuring amphibian in Mojave National Preserve. They are abundant at Piute Creek and Cornfield Spring, and have been found at many other springs.

Pacific treefrog
The pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla) is native to the Mojave River System. At Mojave National Preserve, it is found only in and around the large pond at the Desert Studies Center at ZzyZx and was probably introduced following the construction of the ponds.

California Treefrog
The California Treefrog (Hyla cadaverina) lives in the Peninsular Ranges of California including the little San Bernardino Mountains at at some desert oasis such as Indian Cove at Joshua Tree National Park. Although scientists have reported hearing them in the 1960s and the 1990s in springs in the Granite Mopuntains, there have neen no confirmed sightings.

  • Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles at Mojave National Preserve Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles at Mojave National Preserve

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Did You Know?

photo of detail on Kelso Depot.

The railroad town of Kelso in Mojave National Preserve was named in 1905 by railroad construction workers. Two men placed their names in a hat, along with that of a third who had just moved away. The name drawn from the hat was that of John H. Kelso, the man absent from the drawing. More...