Fauna
Species include the endangered California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica), Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae), Coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum), and Rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata). Other animals found here are the endangered Heermann kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni), Santa Cruz kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus), and White-eared pocket mouse (Perognathus alticolus).
Another notable insect resident of this ecoregion is the rain beetle (Plecoma sp.) It spends up to several years living underground in a larval stage and emerges only during wet-season rains to mate.
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