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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

(map source Wikipedia.com)
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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