DFW HERPS

SPECIES ACCOUNTS

AMPHIBIANS

 

CAUDATA - SALAMANDERS

Ambystoma mavortium (Barred Tiger Salamander)

Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander)

Ambystoma texanum (Small-mouthed Salamander)

Notophthalmus viridescens (Eastern Newt)

Siren intermedia (Lesser Siren)

 

ANURA - FR0GS AND TOADS

Acris crepitans (Northern Cricket Frog)

Anaxyrus (Bufo) debilis (Green Toad)

Anaxyrus (Bufo) punctatus (Red-spotted Toad)

Anaxyrus (Bufo) speciosus (Texas Toad)

Anaxyrus (Bufo) woodhouseii (Woodhouse's Toad)

Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides (Rio Grande Chirping Frog)

Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad)

Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad)

Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's Gray Treefrog)

Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)

Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog)

Lithobates (Rana) areolata (Crawfish Frog)

Lithobates (Rana) berlandieri (Rio Grande Leopard Frog)

Lithobates (Rana) blairi (Plains Leopard Frog)

Lithobates (Rana) catesbeiana (Bull Frog)

Lithobates (Rana) clamitans (Bronze Frog)

Lithobates (Rana) sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)

Ollotis (Bufo) nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad)

Pseudacris clarkii (Spotted Chorus Frog)

Pseudacris feriarum (Upland Chorus Frog)

Pseudacris streckeri (Strecker's Chorus Frog)

Scaphiopus couchii (Couch's Spadefoot)

Scaphiopus hurterii (Hurter's Spadefoot)

REPTILES

 

TESTUDINES - TURTLES

Apalone mutica (Smooth Softshell)

Apalone spinifera (Spiny Softshell)

Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)

Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)

Graptemys pseudogeographica (False Map Turtle)

Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow Mud Turtle)

Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)

Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle)

Pseudemys concinna (River Cooter)

Pseudemys texana (Texas Cooter)

Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-backed Musk Turtle)

Sternotherus odoratus (Eastern Musk Turtle)

Terrapene carolina (Eastern Box Turtle)

Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)

Trachemys scripta (Pond Slider)

 

CROCODILIA - ALLIGATORS

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

 

LACERTILIA – LIZARDS

Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)

Aspidoscelis (Cnemidophorus) gularis (Texas Spotted Whiptail)

Aspidoscelis (Cnemidophorus) sexlineatus (Six-lined Racerunner)

Cophosaurus texanus (Greater Earless Lizard)

Crotaphytus collaris (Eastern Collared Lizard)

Hemidactylus turicus (Mediterranean Gecko)

Holbrookia maculata (Lesser Earless Lizard)

Ophisaurus attenuatus (Slender Glass Lizard)

Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard)

Plestiodon (Eumeces) fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)

Plestiodon (Eumeces) laticeps (Broad-headed Skink)

Plestiodon (Eumeces) obsoletus (Great Plains Skink)

Plestiodon (Eumeces) septentrionalis (Southern Prairie Skink)

Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas Spiny Lizard)

Sceloporus consobrinus (Prairie Lizard)

Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)

 

SERPENTES - SNAKES

Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead) Venomous

Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth) Venomous

Coluber constrictor (Yellow-bellied Racer)

Coluber (Masticophis) flagellum (Coachwhip)

Crotalus atrox (Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake) Venomous

Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake) Venomous

Diadophis punctatus (Ring-necked Snake)

Farancia abacura (Mudsnake)

Heterodon gloydi (Dusky Hog-nosed Snake)

Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hog-nosed Snake)

Hypsiglena jani (Chihuahuan Nightsnake)

Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)

Lampropeltis getula (Common Kingsnake)

Lampropeltis triangulum (Milk Snake)

Leptotyphlops dulcis (Texas Threadsnake)

Micrurus tener (Texas Coralsnake) Venomous

Nerodia erythrogaster (Plain-bellied Watersnake)

Nerodia fasciata (Southern Watersnake)

Nerodia harteri (Brazos Watersnake)

Nerodia rhombifer (Diamond-backed Watersnake)

Nerodia sipedon (Northern Watersnake)

Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Greensnake)

Pantherophis (Elaphe) emoryi (Great Plains Ratsnake)

Pantherophis (Elaphe) obsoletus (Texas Ratsnake)

Pituophis catenifer (Bullsnake)

Regina grahamii (Graham's Crayfish Snake)

Rhinocheilus lecontei (Long-nosed Snake)

Salvadora grahamiae (Patch-nosed Snake)

Sistrurus catenatus (Massasauga) Venomous

Sistrurus miliarius (Pigmy Rattlesnake) Venomous

Sonora semiannulata (Groundsnake)

Storeria dekayi (Brownsnake)

Tantilla gracilis (Flat-headed Snake)

Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake)

Thamnophis marcianus (Checkered Gartersnake)

Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbonsnake)

Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Gartersnake)

Tropidoclonion lineatum (Lined Snake)

Virginia striatula (Rough Earth Snake)

Virginia valeriae (Smooth Earth Snake)