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Established Extant Amphibians and Reptiles of Delaware

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians
Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs
Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads
Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) — American Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882) — Fowler's Toad
Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies
Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 — Eastern Cricket Frog
Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880) — Cope's Gray Treefrog
Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799) — Green Treefrog
Dryophytes gratiosus (LeConte, 1856) — Barking Treefrog
Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825) — Gray Treefrog
Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) — Spring Peeper
Pseudacris kalmi Harper, 1955 — New Jersey Chorus Frog
Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs
Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) — North American Bullfrog
Lithobates clamitans (Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — North American Green Frog
Lithobates kauffeldi (Feinberg, Newman, Watkins-Colwell, Schlesinger, Zarate, Curry, Shaffer, and Burger, 2014) — Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog
Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825) — Pickerel Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886) — Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog
Lithobates virgatipes (Cope, 1891) — Carpenter Frog
Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865 — North American Spadefoots
Scaphiopus holbrookii (Harlan, 1835) — Eastern Spadefoot
Caudata Scopoli, 1777 — Salamanders
Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 — Mole Salamanders
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) — Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) — Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) — Eastern Tiger Salamander
Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 — Lungless Salamanders
Desmognathus fuscus (Green, 1818) — Northern Dusky Salamander
Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) — Northern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) — Long-tailed Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838) — Four-toed Salamander
Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) — Eastern Red-backed Salamander
Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850 — Mud Salamander
Pseudotriton ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — Red Salamander
Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 — Newts
Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) — Eastern Newt
Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles
Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes
Colubridae Oppel, 1811 — Harmless Egg-laying Snakes
Cemophora coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788) — Common Scarletsnake
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 — North American Racer
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766) — Eastern Kingsnake
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) — Eastern Milksnake
Opheodrys aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Northern Rough Greensnake
Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Red Cornsnake
Pantherophis quadrivittatus (Holbrook, 1836) — Yellow Ratsnake
Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 — Pit Vipers
Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766) — Eastern Copperhead
Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes
Carphophis amoenus (Say, 1825) — Common Wormsnake
Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Ring-necked Snake
Heterodon platirhinos Palisot de Beauvois in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801 — Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes
Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771) — Plain-bellied Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Watersnake
Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825) — Queensnake
Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) — Dekay’s Brownsnake
Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) — Red-bellied Snake
Thamnophis saurita (Linnaeus, 1766) — Eastern Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake
Virginia valeriae Baird and Girard, 1853 — Smooth Earthsnake
Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Other Lizards
Phrynosomatidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Sand and Spiny Lizards
Sceloporus undulatus (Bosc and Daudin in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — Eastern Fence Lizard
Scincidae Gray, 1825 — Skinks
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801) — Broad-headed Skink
Scincella lateralis (Say, in James, 1822 “1823”) — Little Brown Skink
Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles
Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811 — Sea Turtles
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) — Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) — Green Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) — Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii (Garman, 1880) — Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Chelydridae Gray, 1870 — Snapping Turtles
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Snapping Turtle
Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Leatherback Sea Turtles
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) — Leatherback Sea Turtle
Emydidae Gray, 1825 — Box and Basking Turtles
Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) — Painted Turtle
Clemmys guttata (Schneider, 1792) — Spotted Turtle
Glyptemys muhlenbergii (Schoepff, 1801) — Bog Turtle
Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff, 1793) — Diamondback Terrapin
Pseudemys rubriventris (LeConte, 1830) — Northern Red-bellied Cooter
Terrapene carolina Taylor, 1895 — Florida Box Turtle
Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) — Pond Slider
Kinosternidae Agassiz, 1857 — Mud and Musk Turtles
Kinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891) — Striped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum (Bonnaterre, 1789) — Eastern Mud Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802) — Eastern Musk Turtle

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Delaware Herpetological Publications
1906 Stone, W. Notes on reptiles and batrachians of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. American Naturalist 40():159-170
1925 Fowler, Henry W. Records of amphibians and reptiles for Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Copeia 1925(145-146):57-67
1945 Conant, Roger An annotated check list of the amphibians and reptiles of the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula. Society of Natural History of Delaware, Wilmington Delaware. pp.
1946 Conant, Roger Integredation among ring-necked snakes from southern New Jersey and the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 7(10):473-482
1947 Conant, Roger Reptiles and amphibians in Delaware. Pages in Unknown Publisher, Unknown Place Published. pp.
1958 Reed, C. F. Contributions to the herpetology of Maryland and Delmarva. 13: Piedmont herpetofauna on coastal Delmarva. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 48():95-99
1958 Reed, C. F. Contributions to the herpetology of Maryland and Delmarva. 13: Piedmont herpetofauna on coastal Delmarva. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 48():95-99
1958 Conant, Roger Notes on the herpetology of the Delmarva Peninsula. Copeia 1958(1):50-52
1972 Hardy, J. D. Reptiles of the Chesapeake Bay region. Chesapeake Science 13(Suppl):128-134
1982 White, C. P. Endangered & threatened wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay region: Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Tidewater, Centreville, Maryland. pp.
1985 Arndt, R. G. Distributional notes on some Delaware snakes, with two first records for the state. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 21(2):67-73
1993 Conant, Roger The Delmarva Peninsula. Maryland Naturalist 37(1-2):7-21
2002 White, J. F. ; White, A. W. Amphibians and reptiles of Delmarva. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland. pp.
2007 White, J. F. ; White, A. W. Amphibians and reptiles of Delmarva. 2nd rev. ed. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland. pp.
2007 Harris, H. S. The father of Delmarva herpetology and the pine snake. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 43(1):4-7

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