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Scientific Name

Common Name(s)


Caudata


Salamanders

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma laterale

Blue-spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma opacum

Marbled Salamander

Ambystoma platineum

Silvery Salamander

Ambystoma talpoideum

Mole Salamander

Ambystoma texanum

Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

Tiger Salamander

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Hellbender

Desmognathus conanti

Spotted Dusky Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea longicauda

Long-tailed Salamander

Eurycea lucifuga

Cave Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Four-toed Salamander

Plethodon cinereus

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Plethodon dorsalis

Northern Zigzag Salamander

Plethodon glutinosus

Northern Slimy Salamander

Necturus maculosus

Mudpuppy

Notophthalmus viridescens

Eastern Newt

Siren intermedia

Lesser Siren


Anura


Toads and Frogs

Bufo americanus

American Toad

Bufo fowleri

Fowler's Toad

Acris crepitans

Northern Cricket Frog

Hyla avivoca

Bird-voiced Treefrog

Hyla cinerea

Green Treefrog

Hyla chrysoscelis

Cope's Grey Treefrog

Hyla versicolor-chrysoscelis

Grey Treefrog Complex

Hyla versicolor

Eastern Grey Treefrog

Pseudacris crucifer

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris feriarum

Southeastern Chorus Frog

Pseudacris streckeri

Strecker's Chorus Frog

Pseudacris triseriata

Western Chorus Frog

Gastrophryne carolinensis

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad

Scaphiopus holbrookii

Eastern Spadefoot

Rana areolata

Crawfish Frog

Rana blairi

Plains Leopard Frog

Rana catesbeiana

Bullfrog

Rana clamitans

Green Frog

Rana palustris

Pickerel Frog

Rana pipiens

Northern Leopard Frog

Rana sphenocephala

Southern Leopard Frog

Rana sylvatica

Wood Frog


Testudines


Turtles

Chelydra serpentina

Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Painted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

Spotted Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding's Turtle

Graptemys geographica

Map Turtle

Graptemys ouachitensis

Ouachita Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica

False Map Turtle

Pseudemys concinna

River Cooter

Terrapene carolina

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

Ornate Box Turtle

Trachemys scripta

Pond Slider

Kinosternon flavescens

Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

Eastern Mud Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

Stinkpot

Apalone mutica

Smooth Softshell

Apalone spinifera

Spiny Softshell


Squamata

  Suborder: Sauria

Lizards

Ophisaurus attenuatus

Slender Glass Lizard

Crotaphytus collaris*

Collared Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

Eastern Fence Lizard

Eumeces fasciatus

Common Five-lined Skink

Eumeces laticeps

Broad-headed Skink

Scincella lateralis

Ground Skink

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

Six-lined Racerunner


Squamata

  Suborder: Serpentes

Snakes

Carphophis amoenus

Eastern Wormsnake

Cemophora coccinea

Scarletsnake

Clonophis kirtlandii

Kirtland's Snake

Coluber constrictor

Eastern Racer

Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Elaphe emoryi

Great Plains Ratsnake

Elaphe spiloides

Gray Ratsnake

Elaphe vulpina

Western Foxsnake

Farancia abacura

Mudsnake

Heterodon nasicus

Western Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Lampropeltis calligaster

Prairie Kingsnake

Lampropeltis getula

Common Kingsnake

Lampropeltis triangulum

Milk Snake

Masticophis flagellum

Coachwhip

Nerodia cyclopion

Mississippi Green Watersnake

Nerodia erythrogaster

Plain-bellied Watersnake

Nerodia fasciata

Southern Watersnake

Nerodia rhombifer

Diamondback Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon

Northern Watersnake

Opheodrys aestivus

Rough Greensnake

Opheodrys vernalis

Smooth Greensnake

Pituophis catenifer

Gophersnake

Regina grahamii

Graham's Crayfish Snake

Regina septemvittata

Queen Snake

Storeria dekayi

Dekay's Brownsnake

Storeria occipitomaculata

Red-bellied Snake

Tantilla gracilis

Flat-headed Snake

Thamnophis proximus

Western Ribbonsnake

Thamnophis radix

Plains Gartersnake

Thamnophis sauritus

Eastern Ribbonsnake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Gartersnake

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Lined Snake

Virginia valeriae

Eastern Smooth Earthsnake

Agkistrodon contortrix

Copperhead

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Cottonmouth

Crotalus horridus

Timber Rattlesnake

Sistrurus catenatus

Massasauga

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Last updated 05/08/2003