Guide to photos of salamanders of the
world
Below is the same list from the lab manual with links to photos of
the genera or species you are responsible for in lab. Please take
some time to explore the AmphibiaWeb site and other web sites to look
at other members of these families, especially the diverse families
Plethodontidae and Salamandridae.
- Order Caudata
(Urodela)
- Suborder
Cryptobranchoidea
- Family Cryptobranchidae
(Giant Salamanders)
- Family Hynobiidae
(Asiatic Salamanders)
- Suborder
Salamandroidea
- Family Ambystomatidae (Mole
Salamanders)
- Family Amphiumidae
(Amphiumas)
- Family Dicamptodontidae
(Pacific Mole Salamanders)
- Dicamptodon - Giant
Salamander
- Rhyacotriton -
Olympic Salamander
- AmphibiaWeb
Photos (notice that
Rhyacatriton is sometimes treated as a separate
family, the Rhyacotritonidae)
- Family Plethodontidae
(Lungless Salamanders)
- Family Proteidae (Olms and
Mudpuppies)
- Family Salamandridae (Newts
and "True" Salamanders)
- Suborder
Sirenoidea
- Family Sirenidae
(Sirens)
- Order Anura
- Family Ascaphidae (Tailed
Frogs)
- Family Brachycephalidae
(Three-toed Toadlets)
- Family Bufonidae (True
Toads)
- Bufo americanus -
American Toad
- Bufo fowleri -
Fowlers Toad
- Family Centrolenidae (Glass
Frogs)
- Family Dendrobatidae
(Poison Arrow Frogs)
- Family Discoglossidae
(Midwife Toads and Painted Frogs)
- Family Heleophrynidae
(Ghost Frogs)
- Family Hylidae (Treefrogs
and Allies)
- Acris crepitans -
Cricket Frog
- Pseudacris crucifer
- Spring Peeper
- Pseudacris feriarum
- Upland Chorus Frog
- Pseudacris streckeri
- Strecker's Chorus Frog (Illinois Chorus
Frog)
- Pseudacris
triseriata - Western Chorus Frog
- Hyla cinerea - Green
Treefrog
- Hyla
versicolor-chrysoscelis - Gray
Treefrog
- Family Leptodactylidae
(Southern Frogs)
- Family Microhylidae
(Narrow-mouthed Toads)
- Gastrophryne
carolinensis - Eastern Narrowmouth
Toad
- Family Myobatrachidae
(Terrestrial Australian Frogs)
- Family Pelobatidae
(Spadefoot Toads)
- Scaphiopus holbrooki
- Eastern Spadefoot
- Family Pipidae (Pipas &
Clawed Frogs)
- Family Ranidae ( True
Frogs)
- Rana areolata -
Crayfish 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
- Family Rhinophrynidae
(Mexican Burrowing Frog)
- Order Testudines
-
- Suborder Pleurodira- side
necks
-
- Family Pelomedusidae
(Side-Necked Turtles)
- Family Chelidae
(Snake-Necked Turtles)
- Suborder Cryptodira- hidden
necks
-
- Family "Bataguridae" (Old
World Pond Turtles)
- Family Cheloniidae (Sea
Turtles)
-
- Caretta &emdash;
Loggerhead Sea Turtles
- Chelonia &emdash;
Green Sea Turtles
- Eretmochelys
&emdash; Atlantic Hawksbill Turtles
- Lepidochelys
&emdash; Ridley Turtles
- Family Chelydridae
(Snapping Turtles)
-
- Chelydra serpentina
- Common Snapping Turtle
- Macroclemys
temminckii - Alligator Snapping
Turtle
- Family Dermatemydidae
(Central American River Turtle)
- Family Dermochelyidae
(Leatherback Sea Turtles)
- Family Emydidae (New World
Pond Turtles)
-
- Chrysemys picta -
Painted Turtle
- Clemmys guttata -
Spotted Turtle
- Deirochelys -
Chicken Turtles
- Emydoidea blandingii
- Blanding's Turtle
- Graptemys
geographica - Common Map Turtle
- Graptemys
ouachitensis &emdash; Ouachita Map
turtle
- Graptemys
pseudogeographica - False Map Turtle
- Malaclemys -
Diamondback Terrapins
- Pseudemys concinna -
River Cooter
- Trachemys scripta -
Red-eared Slider
- Terrapene carolina -
Eastern Box Turtle
- Terrapene ornata -
Ornate Box Turtle
- Family Kinosternidae (Mud
and Musk Turtles)
-
- Kinosternon
flavescens - Yellow Mud Turtle
- Kinosternon
subrubrum - Eastern Mud Turtle
- Sternotherus
odoratus &emdash;Musk Turtle or
Stinkpot
- Family Testudinidae
(Tortoises)
-
- Gopherus &emdash;
Gopher Tortoises
- Family Trionychidae
(Soft-Shelled Turtles)
-
- Apalone mutica -
Smooth Softshell
- Apalone spinifera -
Spiny Softshell
- Order
Rhynchocephalia
-
- Family Sphenodontidae
(Tuatara)
- Order Squamata
-
- Suborder "Lacertilia" &emdash;
lizards
-
- Infraorder
Diploglossa
- Family Anguidae (Glass
Lizards and Alligator Lizards)
-
- Ophisaurus
attenuatus - Western Slender Glass
Lizard
- Family Xenosauridae
(Knobbed-scaled Lizards)
- Infraorder Gekkota
- Family Eublepharidae
(Nocturnal Gekkos)
- Family Gekkonidae
(Gekkos)
- Family Pygopodidae (Legless
Lizards)
- Infraorder Iguania
- Family Agamidae
(Angleheads, Calotes, and Dragon Lizards)
- Family Chamaeleonidae
(Chamaeleons)
- Family Corytophanidae
(Casque Head Lizards)
- Family Crotaphytidae
(Collared and Leopard Lizards)
-
- Crotaphytus
collaris- Collared Lizard
- Family Iguanidae
(Iguanas)
-
- Dipsosaurus -
Desert Iguana
- Family Phrynosomatidae
(Earless, Spiny, Tree, Side-blotched and Horned
Lizards)
-
- Phrynosoma -
Horned Lizard
- Sceloporus
undulatus - Northern Fence
Lizard
- Family Polychrotidae
(Anoles)
- Infraorder Platynota
- Family Helodermatidae (Gila
Monster and Beaded Lizard)
-
- Heloderma -
Gila Monster and Beaded Lizard
- Family Varanidae (Monitors
and Goannas)
- Infraorder -
Scincomorpha
- Family Scincidae
(Skinks)
-
- Scincella lateralis
- Ground Skink
- Eumeces fasciatus
- Five-lined Skink
- Eumeces laticeps
- Broad-headed Skink
- Family Teiidae (Whip-tailed
Lizards and Tegus)
-
- Cnemidophorus
sexlineatus - Six-lined
Racerunner
- Family Xantusiidae (Night
Lizards)
- Sub-Order
"Amphisbaeneia"
-
- Family Amphisbaenidae (True
Worm Lizards)
- Family Bipedidae (Mexican
Worm Lizard)
- Family Rhineuridae (Florida
Worm Lizard)
-
- Rhineura
- Florida Worm Lizard
- Suborder "Serpentes"
-
- Superfamily Scolecophidia
(Blind Snakes)
- Family Leptotyphlopidae
(Slender Blind Snakes)
-
- Leptotyphlops
- Slender Blind Snakes
- Superfamily
Henophidia
- Family Aniliidae (False
Coral Snakes)
- Family Boidae (Boas and
Pythons)
- Superfamily Xenophidia -
"all other snakes"
- Family Colubridae
-
- Carphophis amoenus -
Midwest Worm Snake
- Clonophis
kirtlandi - Kirtland's Water Snake
- Coluber
constrictor - Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
or Blue Racer
- Diadophis
punctatus - Ringneck Snake
- Elaphe guttata -
Great Plains Rat Snake
- Elaphe obsoleta
- Black Rat Snake
- Elaphe vulpina - Fox
Snake
- Farancia abacura
- Mud Snake
- Heterodon nasicus -
Western Hognose
- Heterodon
platirhinos - Eastern Hognose
- Lampropeltis
calligaster - Prairie Kingsnake
- Lampropeltis
getula - Speckled Kingsnake
- Lampropeltis
triangulum - Eastern Milk Snake
- Masticophis
flagellum - Eastern Coachwhip
- Nerodia cyclopion -
Green Water Snake
- Nerodia
erythrogaster - Redbelly Water Snake
- Nerodia fasciata -
Banded Water Snake
- Nerodia rhombifer -
Diamondback Water Snake
- Nerodia sipedon -
Northern Water Snake
- Opheodrys
aestivus - Rough Green Snake
- Opheodrys
vernalis - Western Smooth Green
Snake
- Pituophis
melanoleucus &emdash; Bullsnake
- Regina grahamii
- Crayfish Snake
- Storeria dekayi
- Midland Brown Snake
- Tantilla gracilis -
Northern Flat-headed Snake
- Thamnophis
proximus - Western Ribbon Snake
- Thamnophis radix
- Eastern Plains Garter Snake
- Thamnophis
sirtalis - Eastern Garter Snake
- Virginia valeriae -
Western Earth Snake
- Family Elapidae (Coral
Snakes, Sea Snakes, Cobras and Kraits)
- Family Loxocemidae
(Meso-american Python)
- Family Viperidae (Vipers
and Pit Vipers)
-
- Agkistrodon
piscivorus - Western Cottonmouth, Water
Moccasin
- Agkistrodon
contortrix - Copperhead
- Crotalus horridus -
Timber Rattlesnake
- Sistrurus
catenatus - Eastern Massasauga
- Family Xenopeltidae
(Sunbeam Snakes)
-
- Order Crocodylia
-
- Family Alligatoridae
(Alligators and Caiman)
- Family Crocodylidae
(Crocodiles)
- Family Gavialidae
(Gharials)