Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

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Species

ANURA — Frogs

ESTABLISHED TAXA

True Toads — BUFONIDAE
American Toad Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)
Chihuahuan Green Toad Anaxyrus debilis (Girard, 1854)
Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882)
Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus (Say in James, 1822)
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
Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850)
Gray Treefrogs Dryophytes chrysoscelis / Dryophytes versicolor — Kansas records and literature for these species are treated together because most records are not reliably assignable to either species without call analysis, chromosome count, or cell-size evidence.
Spotted Chorus Frog Pseudacris clarkii (Baird, 1854)
Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)
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)
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)
Plains Leopard Frog Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, and Brown, 1973)
Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886)

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

CAUDATA — Salamanders

ESTABLISHED TAXA

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

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

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

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
Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Western Green Lacerta Lacerta bilineata (Daudin, 1802)

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

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

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

SQUAMATA (PART-SNAKES) — Snakes

ESTABLISHED TAXA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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