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PROVINCIAL/STATE SPECIES LISTS AND REFERENCES

ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF ALBERTA (20 SPECIES)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs

Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads

	Anaxyrus boreas (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Western Toad
	Anaxyrus cognatus (Say in James, 1822) — Great Plains Toad
	Anaxyrus hemiophrys (Cope, 1886) — Canadian Toad

Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies

Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) — Boreal Chorus Frog

Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs

	Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard Frog
	Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog
	Rana luteiventris Thompson, 1913 — Columbia Spotted Frog

Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865 — North American Spadefoots

Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863) — Plains Spadefoot

Caudata Scopoli, 1777 — Salamanders

Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 — Mole Salamanders

	Ambystoma macrodactylum Baird, 1850 — Long-toed Salamander
	Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850 — Western Tiger Salamander

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles

Squamata (part-other lizards) Oppel, 1811 — Other Lizards

Phrynosomatidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Sand and Spiny Lizards

Phrynosoma hernandesi Girard, 1858 — Greater Short-horned Lizard

Squamata (part-snakes) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes

Colubridae Oppel, 1811 — Harmless Egg-laying Snakes

	Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 — North American Racer
	Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835) — Gophersnake

Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 — Pit Vipers

Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque, 1818) — Prairie Rattlesnake

Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes

Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard, 1852 — Western Hog-nosed Snake

Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes

	Thamnophis elegans (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Terrestrial Gartersnake
	Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Plains Gartersnake
	Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake

Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles

Chelydridae Gray, 1870 — Snapping Turtles

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) — North American Snapping Turtle

Emydidae Gray, 1825 — Box and Basking Turtles

Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) — Painted Turtle

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ALBERTA ONLINE HERPETOLOGICAL REFERENCES

Alberta Reptile and Amphibian Society

Alberta Volunteer Amphibian Monitoring Program

Edmonton Reptile and Amphibian Society

ALBERTA HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

1956	Ferguson, Denzel E. The distribution of Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis Baird in western Canada and Alaska. Herpetologica 12():132
1963	Lewin, Victor. The herpetofauna of southeastern Alberta. Canadian Field-naturalist 77(4):203-213
1993	Russell, A. P. and A. M. Bauer. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, Canada. pp.
2001	Bauer, Aaron M. and Anthony P. Russell. The first record of reptiles in Alberta: Aemilius Simpson's journal of 1826. Herpetological Review 32(3):174-176

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