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Established Extant Amphibians and Reptiles of Minnesota

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
Acris blanchardi Harper, 1947 — Blanchard's Cricket Frog
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 catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) — North American Bullfrog
Lithobates clamitans (Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — North American Green Frog
Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825) — Pickerel Frog
Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates septentrionalis (Baird, 1854) — Mink Frog
Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog
Caudata Scopoli, 1777 — Salamanders
Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 — Mole Salamanders
Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856 — Blue-spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) — Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850 — Western Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) — Eastern Tiger Salamander
Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 — Lungless Salamanders
Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838) — Four-toed Salamander
Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) — Eastern Red-backed 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
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 — North American Racer
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) — Eastern Milksnake
Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827) — Smooth Greensnake
Pantherophis obsoletus (Say in James, 1822) — Western Ratsnake
Pantherophis ramspotti (Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham and Gardner, 2011) — Western Foxsnake
Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835) — Gophersnake
Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 — Pit Vipers
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758 — Timber Rattlesnake
Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes
Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Ring-necked Snake
Heterodon nasicus Edgren, 1952 — Dusty Hog-nosed 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 sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Watersnake
Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) — Dekay’s Brownsnake
Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) — Red-bellied Snake
Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Plains Gartersnake
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake
Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856) — Lined Snake
Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Other Lizards
Scincidae Gray, 1825 — Skinks
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1859 — Prairie Skink
Teiidae Gray, 1827 — Whiptails, Racerunners, and Ameivas
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Six-lined Racerunner
Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles
Chelydridae Gray, 1870 — Snapping Turtles
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Snapping Turtle
Emydidae Gray, 1825 — Box and Basking Turtles
Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) — Painted Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook, 1838) — Blanding's Turtle
Glyptemys insculpta (LeConte, 1830) — Wood Turtle
Graptemys geographica (LeSueur, 1817) — Northern Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle, 1953 — Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831) — False Map Turtle
Kinosternidae Agassiz, 1857 — Mud and Musk Turtles
Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802) — Eastern Musk Turtle
Trionychidae Bell, 1828 — Softshells
Apalone mutica (LeSueur, 1827) — Smooth Softshell
Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827) — Spiny Softshell

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Minnesota Herpetological Publications
1938 Breckenridge, Walter J. Additions to the herpetology of Minnesota. Copeia 1938():47
1944 Breckenridge, Walter J. Reptiles and Amphibians of Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. 202pp.
1950 Jacobs, D. L. Status of garter snakes in a forest-prairie ecotone in southern Minnesota. Copeia 1950():233-234
1954 Breckenridge, Walter J. Minnesota turtles. Conservation Volunteer 2(7):11-16
1956 Hedrick, R. M. ; Holmes, J. C. Additional Minnesota Herpetological notes. Flicker, Minnesota 28():123-126
1958 Brattstrom, B. H. Additions to the herpetofauna of Cass County, Minnesota. Herpetologica 13():278
1973 Ernst, C. H. The distribution of the turtles of Minnesota. Journal of Herpetology 7(1):42-47
1975 Kirby, R. E. Wildlife utilization of beaver flowages on the Chippewa National Forest, north central Minnesota. Loon 47(4):180-185
1983 Cochran, P. A. Recent developments in the herpetology of Minnesota. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 18(3-4):82-85
1986 Karns, D. R. Field herpetology. Methods for the study of amphibians and reptiles in Minnesota. James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 18():1-88
1986 Pfannmuller, L. Status of amphibians and reptiles in Minnesota. Legal status. James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 18():71-72
1986 Lang, J. Minnesota's herpetofauna. James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 18():73-78
1987 Cochran, P. A. The herpetofauna of the St. Mary's College Campus, Winona, Minnesota. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 22(2):25-31
1991 Palmer, J. G. The reptiles and amphibians of Voyageurs National Park. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 26(11):241-243
1994 Oldfield, B. ; Moriarty, J. J. Amphibians and Reptiles Native to Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. pp.
1998 Levell, J. P. ; Delles, C. H. A preliminary report on the herpetology of Fillmore County, Minnesota. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 33(7):141-150
1999 DonnerWright, D. M. ; Bozek, M. A. ; Probst, J. R. ; Anderson, E. M. Responses of turtle assemblage to environmental gradients in the St. Croix River in Minnesota and Wisconsin, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77(6):989-1000
2000 Harding, J. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan. pp.
2000 Yaunches, G. ; Winterstein, S. R. ; Campa, H. ; Kernohan, B. J. ; Haufler, J. B. Herpetofaunal abundance and distribution in northern Minnesota: Contributions of ecological land units and assessment of sampling methodology. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 107(3-4):206-208
2003 Tekiela, S. Reptiles & amphibians of Minnesota field guide. Adventure Publishing, Cambridge, Massachusets. pp.
2006 Sheldon, A. B. Amphibians & Reptiles of the North Woods - A field guide to all 46 northern herps. Kollath + Stensaas Pub., Duluth, Minnesota. pp.
2006 Gamble, T. ; Moriarty, J. J. New county records for amphibians and reptiles in Minnesota. Herpetological Review 37(1):114-116
2012 LeClere, Jeffrey B. New and updated county records for amphibians and reptiles in Minnesota. Herpetological Review 43(2):312-313
2013 Hoaglund, E. P. ; Smith, C. E. New and updated records of amphibians and reptiles from Minnesota, USA. Herpetological Review 44(3):482-483
2014 Moriarty, J. J. ; Hall, C. D. Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. pp.
2015 Schneider, G. E. Book review: Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota. Copeia 103(1):215-217

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