Herpetofauna: One Life's List

Crocodilians

Order Crocodylia
Family Alligatoridae

American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis

Turtles

Order Testudines
Family Testudinae

Gopher Tortoise  Gopherus polyphemus

Desert Tortoise  Gopherus agassizii

Family Chelydridae

Common Snapping Turtle  Chelydra serpentina serpentina

Family Kinosternidae

Common Musk Turtle  Sternotherus odoratus

Eastern Mud Turtle  Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum

Mississippi Mud Turtle  Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis

Yellow Mud Turtle  Kinosternon flavescens flavescens

Sonoran Mud Turtle  Kinosternon sonoriense

Family Trionychidae

Western Spiny Softshell  Apalone spinifera hartwegi

Texas Spiny Softshell  Apalone spinifera emoryi

Guadalupe Spiny Softshell  Apalone spiniferus guadalupensis

Family Emydidae

Eastern Box Turtle  Terrapene carolina carolina

Florida Box Turtle  Terrapene carolina bauri

Three Toed Box Turtle  Terrapene carolina triunguis

Ornate Box Turtle  Terrapene ornata ornata

Mississippi Map Turtle  Graptemys  pseudogeographica kohnii

Ouachita Map Turtle  Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis

Common Map Turtle  Graptemys geographica

Yellowbellied Slider  Trachemys scripta scripta

Red Eared Slider  Trachemys scripta elegans

Southern Painted Turtle  Chrysemys picta doralis

Western Painted Turtle  Chrysemys picta belli

Midland Painted Turtle  Chrysemys picta marginata

Florida Redbelly Turtle  Pseudemys nelsoni

Florida Cooter  Pseudemys floridana floridana

Texas River Cooter  Pseudemys texana

Salamanders

Family Salamandridae

Red Spotted Newt  Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens

Central Newt  Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Family Plethodontidae,
Subfamily Plethodontinae

Tribe Plethodontini

Green Salamander  Aneides aeneus

Oregon Ensatina   Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis

Western Redback Salamander  Plethodon vehiculum

Shenandoah Salamander  Plethodon shenandoah

Yonahlossee Salamander  Plethodon yonahlossee

Weller's Salamander  Plethodon welleri

Big Levels Salamander  Plethodon sherando

Peaks of Otter Salamander  Plethodon hubrichti

Northern Graycheeked Salamander  Plethodon montanus

Redcheeked Salamander  Plethodon jordani

Redback Salamander  Plethodon cinereus

Southern Redback Salamander  Plethodon serratus

Eastern Zigzag Salamander  Plethodon dorsalis dorsalis

Western Slimy Salamander  Plethodon albagula

Northern Slimy Salamander  Plethodon glutinosus

South Carolina Slimy Salamander  Plethodon variolatus

Southeastern Slimy Salamander  Plethodon grobmani

White Spotted Slimy Salamander  Plethodon cylindraecus

Ravine Salamander  Plethodon richmondi

Tribe Hemidactyliini

Northern Spring Salamander  Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus

Blue Ridge Spring Salamander  Gryinophilus porphyriticus danielsi

Midland Mud Salamander  Pseudotriton montanus diastictus

Longtail Salamander  Eurycea longicauda longicauda

Darksided Salamander  Eurycea longicauda melanopleura

Cave Salamander  Eurycea lucifuga

Northern Twolined Salamander  Eurycea bislineata

Southern Twolined Salamander  Eurycea cirrigera

Blue Ridge Twolined Salamander Eurycea wilderae

Dwarf Twolined Salamander  Eurycea quadridigitata

Family Plethodontidae,
Subfamily Desmognathinae

Blackbelly Salamander  Desmognathus quadramaculatus

Imitator Salamander  Desmognathus imitator

Ocoee Salamander  Desmognathus ocoee

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander  Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander  Desmognathus carolinensis

Northern Dusky Salamander  Desmognathus fuscus fuscus

Santeetlah Dusky Salamander  Desmognathus fuscus santeetlah

Shovelnosed Salamander  Desmognathus marmoratus

Black Mountain Salamander  Desmognathus welterii

Tribe Bolitoglossini

San Lucia Slender Salamander  Batrachoseps luciae

Family Sirenidae

Western Lesser Siren  Siren intermedia nettingii

Family Ambystomidae

Smallmouth Salamander  Ambystoma texanum

Spotted Salamander  Ambystoma maculatum

Eastern Tiger Salamander  Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum

Marbled Salamander  Ambystoma opacum

Mole Salamander  Ambystoma talpoideum

Flatwoods Salamander  Ambystoma cingulatum

Frogs and Toads

Family Bufonidae

American Toad  Bufo americanus americanus

Dwarf American Toad  Bufo americanus charlesmithi

Coastal Plain Toad  Bufo nebulifer

Red Spotted Toad  Bufo punctatus

Texas Toad  Bufo speciosus

Southern Toad  Bufo terrestris

Sonoran Desert Toad  Bufo alvarius

Great Plains Toad  Bufo cognatus

Fowler's Toad  Bufo fowleri

Woodhouse's Toad  Bufo woodhousii woodhousii

Southwestern Woodhouse Toad  Bufo woodhousii australis

Family Pelobatidae

Couch's Spadefoot Toad  Scaphiopus couchii

Mexican Spadefoot Toad  Spea multiplicata

Family Microhylidae

Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad  Gastrophryne olivacea

Eastern Narrowmouth Toad  Gastrophryne carolinensis

Family Ranidae

Bullfrog  Rana catesbiana

Bronze Frog  Rana clamitans clamitans

Green Frog  Rana clamitans melanota

Plains Leopard Frog  Rana blairi

Southern Leopard Frog  Rana sphenocephala

Rio Grande Leopard Frog  Rana berlandieri

Chiricahua Leopard Frog  Rana chiricahuensis

Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog  Rana subaquavocalis

Pickerel Frog  Rana palustris

Wood Frog  Rana sylvatica

Family  Hylidae

Blanchard's Cricket Frog  Acris crepitans blanchardi

Southern Cricket Frog  Acris gryllus gryllus

Florida Cricket Frog  Acris gryllus dorsalis

Canyon Treefrog  Hyla arenicolor

Squirrel Tree Frog  Hyla squirella

Green Treefrog  Hyla cinerea

Birdvoiced Treefrog  Hyla avivoca

Gray Treefrog  Hyla versicolor - Hyla chrysocelis

Pine Woods Treefrog  Hyla femoralis

Northern Spring Peeper  Pseudacris crucifer crucifer

Western Chorus Frog  Pseudacris triseriata triseriata

Upland Chorus Frog  Pseudacris triseriata feriarum

Illinois Chorus Frog  Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis

Southern Chorus Frog  Pseudacris nigrita nigrita

Ornate Chorus Frog  Pseudacris ornata

Little Grass Frog  Pseudacris ocularis

Cuban Treefrog  Osteopilus septentrionalis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lizards

Order Squamata
Family Anguidae

Western Slender Glass Lizard  Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus

Eastern Glass Lizard  Ophisaurus ventralis

Family Polychridae

Green Anole  Anolis carolinensis

Brown Anole  Anolis sagrei

Family Gekkonidae

Mediterranean Gecko  Hemidactylus turcicus

Family Eublepharidae

Texas Banded Gecko  Coleonyx brevis

Family Crotaphytidae

Eastern Collared Lizard  Crotaphytus collaris collaris

Western Collared Lizard  Crotaphytus collaris baileyi

Family Iguanidae

Sonoran Spinytailed Iguana  Ctenosaura macrolopha

Family Teiidae

Sixlined Racerunner  Aspidoscelis sexlineatus sexlineatus

Prairie Racerunner  Aspidoscelis sexlineatus viridus

Laredo Striped Whiptail  Aspidoscelis laredoensis

Texas Spotted Whiptail  Aspidoscelis gularis gularis

Trans Pecos Spotted Whiptail  Aspidoscelis inornatus heptagrammus

Desert Grassland Whiptail  Aspidoscelis uniparens

Sonoran Spotted Whiptail  Aspidoscelis sonorae

Tiger Whiptail  Aspidoscelis tigris

Family Scincidae

Ground Skink  Scincella lateralis

Five-Lined Skink  Eumeces fasciatus

Southeastern Five-Lined Skink  Eumeces inexpectatus

Broadhead Skink  Eumeces laticeps

Four-Lined Skink  Eumeces tetragrammus tetragrammus

Western Skink  Eumeces skiltonianus skiltonianus

Great Plains Skink  Eumeces obsoletus

Northern Prairie Skink  Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis

Family Phrynosomatidae

Regal Horned Lizard  Phrynosoma solare

Texas Horned Lizard  Phrynosoma cornutum

Banded Rock Lizard  Petrosaurus mearnsi

Western Fence Lizard  Sceloporus occidentalis

Southern Fence Lizard  Sceloporus undulatus undulatus

Northern Fence Lizard  Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

Northern Prairie Lizard  Sceloporus undulatus garmani

Rosebelly Lizard  Sceloporus variabilis marmoratus

Merriam's Canyon Lizard  Sceloporus merriami merriami

Red-Lipped Plateau Lizard  Sceloporus undulatus erythrocheilus

Clark's Spiny Lizard  Sceloporus clarkii

Mountain Spiny Lizard  Sceloporus jarrovii

Crevice Spiny Lizard  Sceloporus poinsetti poinsetti

Texas Spiny Lizard  Sceloporus olivaceus

Keeled Earless Lizard  Cophosaurus propinqua propinqua

Texas Earless Lizard  Cophosaurus texanus texanus

Southwestern Earless Lizard  Cophosaurus texanus scitulus

Elegant Earless Lizard  Holbrookia elegans

Speckled Earless Lizard  Holbrookia maculata approximans

Zebra-Tailed Lizard  Callisaurus draconoides

Desert Side-Blotched Lizard  Uta stansburiana stejnegeri

Western Side-Blotched Lizard  Uta stansburiana elegans

Eastern Tree Lizard  Urosaurus ornatus ornatus

Big Bend Tree Lizard  Urosaurus ornatus schmidti

Schott's Tree Lizard  Urosaurus ornatus schottii

Snakes

Family Leptotyphlopidae

Plains Blind Snake  Leptotyphlops dulcis dulcis

Family Colubridae

Queen Snake  Regina septemvittata

Mississippi Green Water Snake  Nerodia cyclopion

Florida Green Water Snake  Nerodia cyclopion floridana

Brown Water Snake  Nerodia taxispilota

Diamondback Water Snake  Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer

Redbelly Water Snake  Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster

Yellowbelly Water Snake  Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster

Blotched Water Snake  Nerodia erythrogaster transversa

Northern Water Snake  Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Midland Water Snake  Nerodia sipedon pleuralis

Banded Water Snake  Nerodia fasciatus fasciatus

Broadbanded Water Snake  Nerodia fasciatus confluens

Eastern Mud Snake  Farancia abacura abacura

Western Mud Snake  Farancia abacura reinwardtii

Rainbow Snake  Farancia erytrogramma

Texas Brown Snake  Storeria dekayi texana

Midland Brown Snake  Storeria dekayi wrightorum

Northern Redbelly Snake  Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

Eastern Garter Snake  Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Redsided Garter Snake  Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Oregon Redspotted Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus

Valley Garter Snake  Thamnophis sirtalis fitchii

Checkered Garter Snake  Thamnophis marcianus marcianus

Western Blackneck Garter Snake  Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis

Eastern Plains Garter Snake  Thamnophis radix radix

Western Plains Garter Snake  Thamnophis radix haydenii

Eastern Ribbon Snake  Thamnophis sauritus sauritus

Northern Ribbon Snake  Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis

Peninsula Ribbon Snake  Thamnophis sauritus sackenii

Western Ribbon Snake  Thamnophis proximus proximus

Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake  Thamnophis proximus orarius

Northwestern Garter Snake  Thamnophis ordinoides

Lined Snake  Tropidoclonion lineatum

Ground Snake  Sonora semiannulata

Rough Earth Snake  Virginia striatula

Western Smooth Earth Snake  Virginia valeriae elegans

Eastern Hognose Snake  Heterodon platirhinos

Mexican Hognose Snake  Heterodon kennerlyi

Southern Ringneck Snake  Diadophis punctatus punctatus

Prairie Ringneck Snake  Diadophis punctatus arnyi

Mississippi Ringneck Snake  Diadophis punctatus stictogenys

Northern Ringneck Snake  Diadophis punctatus edwardsi

Northwestern Ringneck Snake  Diadophis punctatus occidentalis

Western Worm Snake  Carphophis vermis

Eastern Worm Snake  Carphophis amoenus amoenus

Midwest Worm Snake  Carphophis amoenus helenae

Mountain Patchnose Snake  Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae

Western Coachwhip  Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Northern Black Racer  Coluber constrictor constrictor

Southern Black Racer  Coluber constrictor priapus

Eastern Yellowbelly Racer  Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Blue Racer  Coluber constrictor foxii

Brownchin Racer  Coluber constrictor helvigularis

Western Yellowbelly Racer  Coluber constrictor mormon

Speckled Racer  Drymobius margaritiferus margaritiferus

Rough Green Snake  Opheodrys aestivus

Black Rat Snake  Elaphe [Pantherophis] obsoleta obsoleta

Yellow Rat Snake  Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata

Gray Rat Snake  Elaphe obsoleta spiloides

Baird's Rat Snake  Elaphe bairdi

Great Plains Rat Snake  Elaphe emoryi emoryi

Western Fox Snake  Elaphe vulpina vulpina

Trans Pecos Rat Snake  Bogertophis subocularis

Speckled Kingsnake  Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

Speckled - Black King Intergrade  L. getula holbrooki X nigra

Speckled - Desert King Intergrade  L. getula holbrooki X splendida

Black Kingsnake  Lampropeltis getula nigra

Prairie Kingsnake  Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

Eastern Milk Snake  Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

Red Milk Snake  Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Central Plains Milk Snake  Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis

Scarlet Kingsnake  Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides

Kansas Glossy Snake  Arizona elegans elegans

Bullsnake  Pituophis catenifer sayi

Pacific Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer catenifer

Sonoran Gopher Snake  Pituophis catenifer affinis

Florida Pine Snake  Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus

Western Longnose Snake  Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei

Texas Longnose Snake  Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus

Flathead Snake  Tantilla gracilis

Southwestern Blackhead Snake  Tantilla hobartsmithi

Plains Blackhead Snake  Tantilla nigriceps

Spotted Night Snake  Hypsiglena torquata torquata

Texas Night Snake  Hypsiglena torquata jani

Family Viperidae;
Subfamily Crotalinae

Southern Copperhead  Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

Northern Copperhead  Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

Osage Copperhead  Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster

Eastern Cottonmouth  Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus

Western Cottonmouth  Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Florida Cottonmouth  Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

Eastern Massasauga  Sistrurus catenatus catenatus

Western Massasauga  Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus

Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake  Sistrurus miliarius barbouri

Timber Rattlesnake  Crotalus horridus

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake  Crotalus adamanteus

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake  Crotalus atrox

Northern Blacktailed Rattlesnake  Crotalus molossus molossus

Arizona Ridgenose Rattlesnake  Crotalus willardi willardi

Mojave Rattlesnake  Crotalus scutellatus

Sonoran Sidewinder  Crotalus cerastes cercobombus

Banded Rock Rattlesnake  Crotalus lepidus klauberi

Prairie Rattlesnake  Crotalus viridis viridis

 

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