The Center for North American Herpetology

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Provincial/State Species Lists and References

Established Extant Amphibians and Reptiles of Newfoundland

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs

Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads

Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) — American Toad

Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs

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

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles

Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes

Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes

	Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) — Red-bellied Snake
	Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake

Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles

Emydidae Gray, 1825 — Box and Basking Turtles

Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) — Painted Turtle

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Newfoundland Herpetological Publications

1954	Squires, H. J. Records of marine turtles in the Newfoundland area. Copeia 1954(1):8
1983	Moore, K. Newfoundland's alien herptiles. A legal problem? Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Society Bulletin 20(4):1-3
2007	Ledwell, W. Live Loggerhead observed in Newfoundland, Canada in late autumn. Marine Turtle Newsletter (115):17

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