Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

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Species

ANURA — Frogs

ESTABLISHED TAXA

True Toads — BUFONIDAE
American Toad Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)
Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus (Say in James, 1822)
Chihuahuan Green Toad Anaxyrus debilis (Girard, 1854)
Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882)
Red-spotted Toad Anaxyrus punctatus (Baird and Girard, 1852)
Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854)

Treefrogs and Allies — HYLIDAE
Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi Harper, 1947
Cope's Gray Treefrog Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880)
Gray Treefrog Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825)
Spotted Chorus Frog Pseudacris clarkii (Baird, 1854)
Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)
Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850)
Strecker's Chorus Frog Pseudacris streckeri Wright and Wright, 1933

Micohylid Frogs and Toads — MICROHYLIDAE
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook, 1836)
Western Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1857 “1856”)

True Frogs — RANIDAE
Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus (Baird and Girard, 1852)
Plains Leopard Frog Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, and Brown, 1973)
North American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
North American Green Frog Lithobates clamitans (Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801)
Pickerel Frog Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825)
Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886)

North American Spadefoots — SCAPHIOPODIDAE
Plains Spadefoot Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863)

CAUDATA — Salamanders

ESTABLISHED TAXA

Mole Salamanders — AMBYSTOMATIDAE
Small-mouthed Salamander Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855)
Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)

Lungless Salamanders — PLETHODONTIDAE
Long-tailed Salamander Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818)
Cave Salamander Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822
Western Grotto Salamander Eurycea spelaea (Stejneger, 1892)
Oklahoma Salamander Eurycea tynerensis Moore and Hughes, 1939

Mudpuppys and Olms — PROTEIDAE
Red River Mudpuppy Necturus louisianensis Viosca, 1938
Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)

Newts — SALAMANDRIDAE
Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)

SQUAMATA (PART-OTHER LIZARDS) — Other Lizards

ESTABLISHED TAXA

Anguid Lizards — ANGUIDAE
Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus Baird in Cope, 1880

Collared and Leopard Lizards — CROTAPHYTIDAE
Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris (Say in James, 1822 “1823”)

Geckos — GEKKONIDAE
Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lacertas and Wall Lizards — LACERTIDAE
Western Green Lacerta Lacerta bilineata (Daudin, 1802)
Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Sand and Spiny Lizards — PHRYNOSOMATIDAE
Common Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata Girard, 1851
Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum (Harlan, 1825)
Prairie Lizard Sceloporus consobrinus Baird and Girard, 1853

Skinks — SCINCIDAE
Coal Skink Plestiodon anthracinus (Baird, 1849)
Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Broad-headed Skink Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801)
Great Plains Skink Plestiodon obsoletus Baird and Girard, 1852
Prairie Skink Plestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1859
Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis (Say, in James, 1822 “1823”)

Whiptails, Racerunners, and Ameivas — TEIIDAE
Six-lined Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

SQUAMATA (PART-SNAKES) — Snakes

ESTABLISHED TAXA

Harmless Egg-laying Snakes — COLUBRIDAE
Common Glossy Snake Arizona elegans Kennicott, in Baird, 1859
North American Racer Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827)
Western Milksnake Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902
Eastern Milksnake Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789)
Common Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum (Shaw, 1802)
Northern Rough Greensnake Opheodrys aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827)
Great Plains Ratsnake Pantherophis emoryi (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Western Ratsnake Pantherophis obsoletus (Say in James, 1822)
Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835)
Long-nosed Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird and Girard, 1853
Great Plains Groundsnake Sonora episcopa (Kennicott in Baird, 1859)
Flat-headed Snake Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard, 1853
Plains Black-headed Snake Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860

Pit Vipers — CROTALIDAE
Eastern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
Broad-banded Copperhead Agkistrodon laticinctus Gloyd and Conant, 1934
Northern Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacépède, 1789)
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard, 1853
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758
Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque, 1818)
Western Massasauga Sistrurus tergeminus (Say, in James, 1822)

Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes — DIPSADIDAE
Western Wormsnake Carphophis vermis (Kennicott, 1859)
Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Western Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard, 1852
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos Palisot de Beauvois in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801
Chihuahuan Nightsnake Hypsiglena jani (Dugès, 1865)

Threadsnakes — LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE
Texas Threadsnake Rena dulcis Baird and Girard, 1853

Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes — NATRICIDAE
Plain-bellied Watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771)
Diamond-backed Watersnake Nerodia rhombifer (Hallowell, 1852)
Common Watersnake Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Graham's Crawfish Snake Regina grahamii Baird and Girard, 1853
Dekay’s Brownsnake Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)
Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839)
Checkered Gartersnake Thamnophis marcianus (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Western Ribbonsnake Thamnophis proximus (Say in James, 1822)
Plains Gartersnake Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Common Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)
Rough Earthsnake Virginia striatula (Linnaeus, 1766)
Smooth Earthsnake Virginia valeriae Baird and Girard, 1853

TESTUDINES — Turtles

ESTABLISHED TAXA

Snapping Turtles — CHELYDRIDAE
North American Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Western Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii (Harlan, 1835)

Box and Basking Turtles — EMYDIDAE
Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)
Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica (LeSueur, 1817)
Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle, 1953
False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831)
River Cooter Pseudemys concinna (LeConte, 1830)
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857)
Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene triunguis (Agassiz, 1857)
Pond Slider Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792)

Mud and Musk Turtles — KINOSTERNIDAE
Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857)
Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802)

Softshells — TRIONYCHIDAE
Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica (LeSueur, 1827)
Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827)