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Established Extant Amphibians and Reptiles of Maryland

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 brachyphona (Cope, 1889) — Mountain Chorus Frog
Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) — Spring Peeper
Pseudacris feriarum (Baird, 1854) — Upland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris kalmi Harper, 1955 — New Jersey Chorus Frog
Microhylidae Gunther, 1843 — Micohylid Frogs and Toads
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook, 1836) — Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
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 pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard 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 jeffersonianum (Green, 1827) — Jefferson Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) — Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) — Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) — Eastern Tiger Salamander
Cryptobranchidae Fitzinger, 1825 — Giant Salamanders
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — Hellbender
Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 — Lungless Salamanders
Aneides aeneus (Cope and Packard, 1881) — Green Salamander
Desmognathus fuscus (Green, 1818) — Northern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916 — Northern Seal Salamander
Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859 — Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) — Northern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831) — Southern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) — Long-tailed Salamander
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green, 1827) — Spring Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838) — Four-toed Salamander
Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) — Eastern Red-backed Salamander
Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) — Northern Slimy Salamander
Plethodon hoffmani Highton, 1972 — Valley and Ridge Salamander
Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn, 1917 — Wehrle's Salamander
Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850 — Mud Salamander
Pseudotriton ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — Red Salamander
Proteidae Gray, 1825 — Mudpuppys and Olms
Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) — Mudpuppy
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 rhombomaculata (Holbrook, 1840) — Northern Mole Kingsnake
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) — Eastern Milksnake
Opheodrys aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Northern Rough Greensnake
Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827) — Smooth Greensnake
Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Red Cornsnake
Pantherophis quadrivittatus (Holbrook, 1836) — Yellow Ratsnake
Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803) — Eastern Pinesnake
Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 — Pit Vipers
Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766) — Eastern Copperhead
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758 — Timber Rattlesnake
Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes
Carphophis amoenus (Say, 1825) — Common Wormsnake
Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Ring-necked Snake
Farancia erytrogramma (Palisot de Beauvois in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — Rainbow 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
Gekkonidae Gray, 1825 — Geckos
Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Mediterranean Gecko   
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 anthracinus (Baird, 1849) — Coal Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon inexpectatus (Taylor, 1932) — Southeastern Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801) — Broad-headed Skink
Scincella lateralis (Say, in James, 1822 “1823”) — Little Brown Skink
Teiidae Gray, 1827 — Whiptails, Racerunners, and Ameivas
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Six-lined Racerunner
Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles
Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811 — Sea Turtles
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) — Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) — Green 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 insculpta (LeConte, 1830) — Wood Turtle
Glyptemys muhlenbergii (Schoepff, 1801) — Bog Turtle
Graptemys geographica (LeSueur, 1817) — Northern Map Turtle
Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff, 1793) — Diamondback Terrapin
Pseudemys concinna (LeConte, 1830) — River Cooter
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
Trionychidae Bell, 1828 — Softshells
Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827) — Spiny Softshell

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Maryland Herpetological Publications
1921 Gilmore, C. W. The Fauna of the Arundel Formation of Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59():581-594
1925 Fowler, Henry W. Records of amphibians and reptiles for Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Copeia 1925(145-146):57-67
1937 Kelly, H. A. Snakes of Maryland. The Natural history society of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland. pp.
1937 Brady, M. K. Natural history of Plummer's Island, Maryland. VI. Reptiles and amphibians. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 50():137-139
1939 Robertson, H. C. A preliminary report on the reptiles and amphibians of Catoctin National Park, Maryland. Bulletin of the Natural History Society of Maryland 9(10):89-93
1939 McCauley, R. H. Notes on the food habits of certain Maryland lizards. American Midland Naturalist 22(1):150-153
1940 McCauley, R. H. ; East, C. S. Amphibians and reptiles from Garrett County, Maryland. Copeia 1940():120-123
1941 Mansueti, R. A descriptive catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles found in and around Baltimore City, Maryland, within a radius of twenty miles. Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Maryland 7():1-53
1942 Mansueti, R. Notes on the herpetology of Calvert County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Natural History Society of Maryland 12(3):33-43
1943 McClellan, W. H. ; Mansueti, R. ; Groves, F. The lizards of central and southern Maryland. Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Maryland 8():1-42
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.
1945 McCauley, R. H. The reptiles of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Privately published, Hagerstown, Maryland. pp.
1945 Mansueti, R. Notes on Maryland herpetology. Maryland, Baltimore 15(1):18-20
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
1953 Cooper, J. E. Notes on the amphibians and reptiles of southern Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 23(3-4):90-100
1954 Bierly, E. J. Turtles in Maryland and Virginia. Atlantic Naturalist 9(5):244-249
1955 Prince, E. C. ; Duppstadt, R. ; Lyons, D. J. An annotated list of amphibians and reptiles from the Broad Creek-Deep Run area, Harford County, Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 25():9-12
1956 Cooper, J. E. An annotated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 26(1-4):16-23
1956 Reed, C. F. The herpetofauna of Harford County, Maryland. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):58-60
1957 Reed, C. F. Contributions to the herpetology of Maryland and Delmarva. 15. The herpetofauna of Somerset County, Md. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 47():127-128
1957 Reed, C. F. Contributions to the herpetology of Maryland and Delmarva. 12. The herpetofauna of Anne Arundel County, Md. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 47():64-66
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
1961 Cooper, J. E. Further notes on non-indigenous turtles in Maryland. Herpetologica 17():209-210
1962 Cooper, J. E. New Maryland distributional records. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 10(1):14
1972 Lee, D. S. List of amphibians and reptiles of Assateague Island. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 8(4):90-95
1972 Hardy, J. D. Reptiles of the Chesapeake Bay region. Chesapeake Science 13(Suppl):128-134
1973 Anonymous. Endangered amphibians and reptiles of Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 9(3):42-95
1973 Grogan, W. L. ; Bystrak, P. G. The amphibians and reptiles of Kent Island, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 9(4):115-118
1974 Lee, D. S. Additional reptiles and amphibians from Assateague Island. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 9(4):110-111
1975 Anonymous. Maryland amends endangered species list. Newsletter Philadelphia Herpetological Society 6():1
1975 Harris, H. S. Distributional survey (Amphibia/ Reptilia): Maryland and the District of Columbia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 11(3):73-167
1979 Miller, R. Miscellaneous distributional records for Maryland amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 15(2):56-58
1980 Deusen, M. van; Johnson, R. H. Herpetological survey of the Elms site, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(1):1-8
1980 Johnson, R. H. ; Deusen, M. van Reptiles and amphibians in the vicinity of Vienna, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(2):70-76
1980 Miller, R. Distribution records for Maryland herpetofauna. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(3):99-105
1981 Grogan, W. L. Two new reptile county records for Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 17(3):110
1981 Geddes, T. H. An annotated checklist to the snakes of the Moyaone Reserve, Prince George's County and Charles County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 17(3):93-101
1982 White, C. P. Endangered & threatened wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay region: Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Tidewater, Centreville, Maryland. pp.
1982 Miller, R. W. Distributional records for Maryland herpetofauna, II. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 18(3):161-164
1985 Grogan, W. L. New distribution records for Maryland reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 21(2):74-75
1987 Smith, J. 'Horsehead revisted!'. Wildfowl World 97():22-23
1993 Conant, Roger The Delmarva Peninsula. Maryland Naturalist 37(1-2):7-21
1994 Mitchell, Joseph C. ; Anderson, J. M. Amphibians and reptiles of Assateague and Chincoteague Islands. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 2():1-120
1994 Grogan, W. L. New Herpetological distribution records from Maryland's eastern shore. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 30(1):27-32
1994 Smithberger, S. ; Swarth, C. W. Reptiles and amphibians of the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. Maryland Naturalist 37(3-4):28-46
1995 Martin, P. Reptiles in Hartford County Maryland: Distribution and behavior of reptiles at Camp Moshava. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 31(2):102-105
1997 Southerland, M. T. ; Kazyak, P. ; Chaillou, J. C. Monitoring amphibians and reptiles in the Maryland Biological Stream Survey. In: Anonymous. NAAMP III. The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program Third Annual Meeting. US Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, Patuxent, Maryland. pp.
1997 Evans, J. ; Norden, A. ; Cresswell, F. ; Insley, K. ; Knowles, S. Sea Turtle strandings in Maryland, 1991 through 1995. Maryland Naturalist 41(1-2):23-34
1997 Perry, M. C. ; Osenton, P. C. ; Fallon, F. W. ; Fallon, J. E. Optimal management strategies for biodiversity within a powerline right-of-way. Pages in Elsevier Science,, Oxford New York & Tokyo. pp.
1998 Norden, A. W. ; Schofield, T. D. ; Evans, J. J. Sea Turtle strandings from Maryland waters reported to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, 1990 through 1997. Maryland Naturalist 42(1-2):20-23
1998 McLeod, R. F. ; Gates, J. E. Response of herpetofaunal communities to forest cutting and burning at Chesapeake Farms, Maryland. American Midland Naturalist 139(1):164-177
2002 White, J. F. ; White, A. W. Amphibians and reptiles of Delmarva. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland. pp.
2002 Toure, T. A. ; Middendorf, G. A. Colonization of herpetofauna to a created wetland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(4):99-117
2002 Kubel, J. E. ; Derge, K. L. ; Williams, J. ; Yahner, R. H. Amphibian and reptile inventory at Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 45(2):59-74
2005 Norden, A. W. The reptiles and amphibians of Cove Point, Calvert County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 41(1):1-30
2006 Harris, H. S. Periodic species abundance in snakes. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42(1):25-29
2006 Harris, H. S. Pseudemys and Trachemys, indigenous and feral, in Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42(4):184-187
2007 White, J. F. ; White, A. W. Amphibians and reptiles of Delmarva. 2nd rev. ed. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland. pp.
2007 Martin, W. H. Some noteworthy lizard observations from Virginia and nearby areas. Catesbeiana 27(2):81-83
2007 Harris, H. S. The father of Delmarva herpetology and the pine snake. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 43(1):4-7
2009 Harris, H. S. The past history of documenting the distributions of amphibians and reptiles of Maryland and the district of Columbia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 45(1):14-16
2009 Gray, Brian S. An illustrated key to the shed skins of the snakes of Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 45(3):61-72
2009 Miller, R. W. The reptiles of Maryland and the district of Columbia: missing specimen lists. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 140():1-2, 1-10
2012 Cunningham, H. R. ; Davis, C. A. ; Swarth, C. W. ; Therres, G. D. The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas: A volunteer-based distributional survey. International Journal of Zoology (Article 348653)():1-11
2015 Harris, H. S. Preliminary note on the amphibians and reptiles of the Severn Run Natural Environmental Area, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 51(1-4):9-12
2018 Cunningham, H. R. ; Nazdrowicz, N. H. The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas. Johns Hopkins University Press., Baltimore, Maryland. pp.

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