State of Illinois
Endangered and Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles


ENDANGERED

THREATENED

Ambystoma platineum

Silvery Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Jefferson Salamander

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Hellbender

Hemidactylium scutatum

Four-toed Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

Dusky Salamander

Hyla avivoca

Bird-voiced Treefrog

Clemmys guttata

Spotted Turtle

Pseudacris streckeri

Illinois Chorus Frog

Kinosternon flavescens

Illinois Mud Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding's Turtle

Macroclemys temmincki

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Clonophis kirtlandii

Kirtland's Snake

Pseudemys concina

River Cooter

Crotalus horridus

Timber Rattlesnake

Nerodia fasciata

Broad-banded Water Snake

Elaphe guttata emoryi

Great Plains Rat Snake

Sistrurus catenatus

Eastern Massasauga

Heterodon nasicus

Western Hognose Snake

Thamnophis sauritus

Eastern Ribbon Snake

Masticophis flagellum

Coachwhip

 

Nerodia cyclopion

Mississippi Green Water Snake

Tantilla gracilis

Flathead Snake

Protected under Conservation Agreement with US Fish & Wildlife Service

 

Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta

Copperbelly Water Snake


As identified by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board in their 1999 publication,
"Checklist of Endangered and Threatened Animals and Plants of Illinois"

NOTE: This list may be modified from its original content by more up-to-date knowledge of threatened and endangered species.


INHS Amphibian & Reptile Collection Page.

12 April 2000