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Established Extant Amphibians and Reptiles of South Dakota

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
Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854) — Woodhouse's 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 maculata (Agassiz, 1850) — Boreal Chorus Frog
Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs
Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, and Brown, 1973) — Plains Leopard Frog
Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) — North American Bullfrog
Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard 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 tigrinum (Green, 1825) — Eastern Tiger Salamander
Proteidae Gray, 1825 — Mudpuppys and Olms
Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) — Mudpuppy
Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles
Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes
Colubridae Oppel, 1811 — Harmless Egg-laying Snakes
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 — North American Racer
Lampropeltis gentilis (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Western Milksnake
Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827) — Smooth Greensnake
Pantherophis ramspotti (Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham and Gardner, 2011) — Western Foxsnake
Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835) — Gophersnake
Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 — Pit Vipers
Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque, 1818) — Prairie 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 elegans (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Terrestrial Gartersnake
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
Phrynosomatidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Sand and Spiny Lizards
Holbrookia maculata Girard, 1851 — Common Lesser Earless Lizard
Phrynosoma hernandesi Girard, 1858 — Greater Short-horned Lizard
Sceloporus consobrinus Baird and Girard, 1853 — Prairie Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus Baird and Girard, 1852 — Common Sagebrush Lizard
Scincidae Gray, 1825 — Skinks
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon multivirgatus Hallowell, 1857 — Many-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
Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831) — False Map Turtle
Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857) — Ornate Box Turtle
Trionychidae Bell, 1828 — Softshells
Apalone mutica (LeSueur, 1827) — Smooth Softshell
Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827) — Spiny Softshell

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South Dakota Online Herpetological References
South Dakota Herpetological Publications
1878 Coues, E. ; Yarrow, H. C. Notes on the Herpetology of Dakota and Montana. Bulletin United State Geological Survey 4():259-291
1907 Reagan, A. B. Säugetiere, Reptilien und Amphibien von Rosebud-Indianer-Reservatgebiet in Süd-Dakota. Zoologischer Anzeiger 32():31-32
1946 Gloyd, H. K. Some rattlesnake dens of South Dakota. Chicago Naturalist 9(4):87-97
1959 Fishbeck, D. W. ; Underhill, J. C. A check list of the amphibians and reptiles of South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Sciences 38():107-113
1963 Smith, Hobart M. New distributional records of amphibians and reptiles from South Dakota and Wyoming. Herpetologica 19():147-148
1966 Smith, Hobart M. ; Mixter, R. ; Spangler, T. The bullfrog and other reptiles and amphibians in western South Dakota. Journal Ohio Herpetological Society 5():106-107
1971 Chace, G. E. The reptiles of Paha Sapa. A herpetologist's report from the Black Hills of South Dakota. Animal Kingdom 74(4):20-28
1977 Malaret, L. The herpetofauna of Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 80(3-4):145-150
1985 Houtcooper, W. C. ; Ode, D. J. ; Pearson, J. A. ; Vandel, G. M. Rare animals and plants of South Dakota. Prairie Naturalist 17(3):143-165
1989 Hop, K. D. ; Higgins, K. F. ; Nomsen, D. E. Vertebrate wildlife use of highway borrow pit wetlands in South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 68():47-54
1992 Finch, D. M. Threatened, endangered, and vulnerable species of terrestrial vertebrates in the Rocky Mountain region. United States Forest Service General Technical Report RM, 215. 1-38pp.
2000 Ballinger, R. E. ; Meeker, J. W. ; Thies, M. A checklist and distribution maps of the amphibians and reptiles of South Dakota. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 26():29-46
2005 Collins, Joseph T. ; Backlund, D. ; Collins, Suzanne L. ; Taggart, Travis W. An herpetofauna survey of Custer State Park, Custer County, South Dakota. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 15():17-30
2005 Platt, S. G. ; Horse, Z. F. ; Williams, L. B. J. ; Miller, S. M. ; Rainwater, T. R. Distribution records of amphibians and reptiles in South Dakota. Herpetological Review 36(2):210-211
2016 Davis, Drew R. ; Ferguson, K. J. ; Koch, A. D. ; Berg, E. A. ; Vlcek, J. R. ; Kerby, J. L. New amphibian and reptile county records from Eastern South Dakota, USA. Herpetological Review 47(2):267-270
2017 Davis, Drew R. ; Farkas, J. K. ; Johannsen, R. E. ; Leonard, K. M. ; Kerby, J. L. Distributional records of amphibians and reptiles from South Dakota, USA. Herpetological Review 48(1):133-137
2017 Davis, Drew R. ; Farkas, J. K. ; Johannsen, R. E. ; Maltaverne, G. A. Historic amphibian and reptile county records from South Dakota, USA. Herpetological Review 48(2):394-406
2017 Austin, S. D. ; Kerby, J. L. ; Davis, Drew R. Distributional records of amphibians and reptiles from Lake Oahe, South Dakota, USA. Herpetological Review 48(4):817-820
2018 Davis, Drew R. ; Farkas, J. K. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from South Dakota, USA from 2017. Herpetological Review 49(2):288-295
2018 Davis, Drew R. Distributional records of amphibians and reptiles from the Lower James River Valley, South Dakota, USA. Herpetological Review 49(4):720-721

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