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PROVINCIAL/STATE SPECIES LISTS AND REFERENCES

ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MANITOBA (24 SPECIES)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs

Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads

	Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) — American Toad
	Anaxyrus cognatus (Say in James, 1822) — Great Plains Toad
	Anaxyrus hemiophrys (Cope, 1886) — Canadian Toad

Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies

	Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880) — Cope's Gray Treefrog
	Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825) — Gray Treefrog
	Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) — Spring Peeper
	Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) — Boreal Chorus Frog

Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs

	Lithobates clamitans (Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — North American Green Frog
	Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard Frog
	Lithobates septentrionalis (Baird, 1854) — Mink Frog
	Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog

Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865 — North American Spadefoots

Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863) — Plains Spadefoot

Caudata Scopoli, 1777 — Salamanders

Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 — Mole Salamanders

	Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856 — Blue-spotted Salamander
	Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850 — Western Tiger Salamander
	Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) — Eastern Tiger Salamander

Proteidae Gray, 1825 — Mudpuppys and Olms

Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) — Mudpuppy

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles

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

Scincidae Gray, 1825 — Skinks

Plestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1859 — Prairie Skink

Squamata (part-snakes) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes

Colubridae Oppel, 1811 — Harmless Egg-laying Snakes

Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827) — Smooth Greensnake

Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes

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

Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes

	Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) — Red-bellied Snake
	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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MANITOBA ONLINE HERPETOLOGICAL REFERENCES

Manitoba Herps Atlas

MANITOBA HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

1918	Seton, E. T. A list of the turtles, snakes, and batrachians of Manitoba. Ottawa Naturalist 32():79-83
1956	Ferguson, Denzel E. The distribution of Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis Baird in western Canada and Alaska. Herpetologica 12():132
1963	Harper, F. Amphibians and reptiles of Keewatin and northern Manitoba. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76():159-168
1982	Preston, W. B. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Manitoba. Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. pp.
1987	Preston, W. B. Amphibians and reptiles in Manitoba. Provincial Museum of Alberta Natural History Occasional Paper (9):143-144
2008	Wiens, Jonathan P. Habitat use and abundance of the Common Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, at the northern limit of its range in Manitoba. Thesis. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 132pp.

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