The Center for North American Herpetology

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PROVINCIAL/STATE SPECIES LISTS AND REFERENCES

ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (6 SPECIES)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs

Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads

	Anaxyrus boreas (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Western Toad
	Anaxyrus hemiophrys (Cope, 1886) — Canadian Toad

Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies

Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) — Boreal Chorus Frog

Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs

	Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard Frog
	Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles

Squamata (part-snakes) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes

Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes

Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake

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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

1931	Harper, F. Amphibians and reptiles of the Athabaska and Great Slave Lakes region. Canadian Field Naturalist 45(3):68-70
1956	Ferguson, Denzel E. The distribution of Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis Baird in western Canada and Alaska. Herpetologica 12():132
1967	Weintraub, Joel D. Herpetological observations in Saskatchewan and the Mackenzie district. Canadian Field-naturalist 81():106-109
1971	Hodge, R. P. Herpetology north of 60°. The Beaver 1971():36-38
1976	Hodge, R. P. Amphibians and reptiles in Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, Anchorage, Alaska. 89pp.
1988	Larsen, K. W. and Gregory, P. T. Amphibians and reptiles in the Northwest Territories. Occasional Papers of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre 3():31–51
2021	Carrière, S., P. Lacroix, J. Stewart, and J. Wilson. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of the Northwest Territories. Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. 58pp.

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