Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Lake County Amphibians and Reptiles

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Scientific Name Common Name
Ambystoma laterale Blue-Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum Tiger Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum Four-Toed Salamander
Necturus maculosus Mudpuppy
Notophthalmus viridescens Eastern Newt
Bufo americanus American Toad
Bufo fowleri Fowler's Toad
Acris crepitans Cricket Frog
Hyla versicolor- chrysoscelis Grey Treefrog Complex
Pseudacris crucifer Spring Peeper
Pseudacris triseriata Western Chrous Frog
Rana catesbeiana Bullfrog
Rana clamitans Green Frog
Rana pipiens Northern Leopard Frog
Rana sylvatica Wood Frog
Chelydra serpentina Snapping Turtle
Chrysemys picta Painted Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle
Graptemys geographica Map Turtle
Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens Yellow Mud Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus Common Musk Turtle
Apalone spinifera Spiny Shoftshell
Eumeces fasciatus Five-Lined Skink
Clonophis kirtlandii Kirtland's Snake
Elaphe vulpina Fox Snake
Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hognose Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum Milk Snake
Nerodia sipedon Northern Water Snake
Opheodrys aestivus Rough Green Snake
Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Green Snake
Regina septemvittata Queen Snake
Storeria dekayi Brown Snake
Storeria occipitomaculata Redbelly Snake
Thamnophis radix Plains Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis Common Garter Snake
Sistrurus catenatus Massasauga