lawildlife.org · Free, offline-capable field guide to 252 species of reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and freshwater fish in Los Angeles County, California.
Part of the LA County field guide suite: la-flora.org · lafungi.org · labugs.org · lawildlife.org
- 252 species across 9 taxa groups (245 full + 7 subspecies rendered inside parents)
- iNaturalist integration — observation heatmaps, personal life list with pagination
- Offline PWA — three-tier fallback: network → CacheStorage → IndexedDB
- Cross-guide ecosystem — 34 cross-link terms to la-flora.org and lafungi.org
- Venomous species warnings — 5 rattlesnakes with per-species emergency protocols
- Conservation badges — ESA/CESA/SSC listings for 30 species
- Frog call audio — 14 species with descriptions + CaliforniaHerps recording links
- Establishment filter — native (178) · introduced (71) · invasive (3)
- Deep links —
?species=(detail sheet) ·?search=(filtered grid) - Subspecies folding — ssp entries render inside parent detail sheets, not as cards
| Tab | Species | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🦎 Lizards | 36+3 ssp | Includes 7 introduced (Green Anole, Five-lined Skink, geckos) |
| 🐍 Snakes | 35 | Mojave Rattlesnake (neurotoxic), Brahminy Blindsnake |
| 🐢 Turtles | 16 | 2 native + 14 pet-release species |
| 🐸 Frogs & Toads | 15 | Rana muscosa (FE), Coquí, Cuban Tree Frog |
| 🔥 Salamanders | 7 | All native, California Newt SSC |
| 🐾 Mammals | 55+2 ssp | 19 families merged; Pronghorn, Kit Fox, Mohave GS (ST) |
| 🦇 Bats | 20 | All native, 6 SSC species |
| 🦭 Marine Mammals | 19 | Whales, dolphins, pinnipeds, Southern Sea Otter (FT) |
| 🐟 Fish | 42+2 ssp | Freshwater + estuarine; Grunion, Killifish, 3 tilapia species |
index.html 72 KB App shell
species-data.json 289 KB Species data (252 entries)
sw.js 1 KB Network-first service worker
manifest.json 586 B PWA manifest
_headers 237 B Netlify headers (cache, security)
_redirects 20 B Netlify redirects
favicon.ico 2.2 KB Classic favicon (16+32px)
icon-16.png 624 B Browser tab
icon-32.png 1.5 KB Browser tab @2x
icon-180.png 17 KB iOS home screen
icon-192.png 18 KB Android PWA
icon-512.png 55 KB PWA install / splash
apple-touch-icon 17 KB iOS Safari
| Feature | Build Lesson |
|---|---|
| Subspecies folding | Plants pattern |
| Badge-col card layout | #19 |
| iOS notch fix | #22 |
| Cross-group search preserves query | #23 |
| est field (no INTRO_SET) | #26 |
| IDB offline three-tier fallback | #30 |
| fetchLL pagination + quality_grade | #32 |
| linkText() placeholder cross-links | #33 |
| NAME_ALIASES in isO() | #32 |
| ?search= grid / ?species= detail | #18 |
Netlify: Drag-and-drop the deployment zip. Set custom domain lawildlife.org. HTTPS auto-enabled.
Manual: Upload all files to web root. Ensure sw.js is served from root with Cache-Control: no-cache.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| fm.vs (look-alike notes) | 252/252 (100%) |
| fm.Habitat | 252/252 (100%) |
| fm.Size + fm.Color | 252/252 (100%) |
| fm.Urban (LA-specific locations) | 127/252 (50%) |
| Unique hp ecological notes | 252/252 (100%) |
| Description length | min 123, mean 199 chars |
| hp length | min 83 chars |
| Missing required fields | 0 |
| Duplicate hp notes | 0 |
| Species without id | 0 |
CaliforniaHerps.com (Gary Nafis) · Stebbins & McGinnis Western Reptiles & Amphibians · Hansen & Shedd California Amphibians and Reptiles (Princeton) · Jameson & Peeters Mammals of California · Moyle Inland Fishes of California · CDFW SSC Lists · NHM RASCals · NPS Santa Monica Mountains · iNaturalist · USFWS Recovery Plans · Bat Conservation International
| Guide | URL | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Plants, Mosses & Lichens | la-flora.org | 1,476 |
| Fungi | lafungi.org | 567 |
| Invertebrates | labugs.org | 3,439 |
| Wildlife | lawildlife.org | 252 |
gap-finder-fauna.html — Standalone iNaturalist audit tool with 245 embedded binomials. Queries four taxon classes against place_id=962. Upload species-data.json for freshness.
| Version | Species | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| v2.004 | 206 | Single-file, 11 taxa groups |
| v3.001 | 203 | Two-file split, cross-links, est field, deep links |
| v3.002 | 203 | Content enrichment (52 Urban notes), gap finder |
| v3.003 | 252 | +49 species, 9 synonym updates, frog calls, 14 NAME_ALIASES |
| v3.004 | 252 | Subspecies folding, dynamic venomous warnings, chaparral fix |
| v3.007 | 252 | Backport: badge-col, IDB offline, fetchLL pagination, ?search= |
GPL v3. iNaturalist photos CC-licensed, attributed per-image. For informational purposes only — always maintain safe distance from wildlife. | v3.007 | 252 | Build Lesson audit: fixed misplaced salamander, dead cross-links, hp/desc overlaps, st-pip badge fix | | v3.006 | 252 | Build Lesson audit: misplaced salamander, dead links, hp/desc overlap, st-pip fix | | v3.007 | 252 | Cross-links: +25 BUG_LINKS → labugs.org, +5 BIRD_LINKS → allaboutbirds.org. Coverage 19%→44% |
