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PROVINCIAL/STATE SPECIES LISTS AND REFERENCES

Canada: Alberta (20) British Columbia (41) Manitoba (24) New Brunswick (24) Newfoundland (7) Northwest Territories (6) Nova Scotia (24) Nunavut (3) Ontario (53) Prince Edward Island (14) Quebec (38) Saskatchewan (22) Yukon (4)

United States: Alabama (177) Alaska (10) Arizona (155) Arkansas (126) California (206) Colorado (74) Connecticut (50) Delaware (67) District of Columbia (59) Florida (195) Georgia (184) Hawaii (33) Idaho (40) Illinois (106) Indiana (97) Iowa (70) Kansas (102) Kentucky (114) Louisiana (150) Maine (39) Maryland (94) Massachusetts (53) Michigan (55) Minnesota (51) Mississippi (153) Missouri (120) Montana (34) Nebraska (64) Nevada (79) New Hampshire (42) New Jersey (79) New Mexico (136) New York (73) North Carolina (168) North Dakota (28) Ohio (83) Oklahoma (143) Oregon (72) Pennsylvania (81) Rhode Island (44) South Carolina (142) South Dakota (46) Tennessee (143) Texas (240) Utah (76) Vermont (40) Virginia (150) Washington (51) West Virginia (90) Wisconsin (55) Wyoming (40)


ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF VERMONT (40 SPECIES)

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
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 jeffersonianum (Green, 1827) — Jefferson Salamander
Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856 — Blue-spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) — Spotted Salamander
Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 — Lungless Salamanders
Desmognathus fuscus (Green, 1818) — Northern Dusky Salamander
Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) — Northern Two-lined Salamander
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green, 1827) — Spring Salamander
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-other lizards) Oppel, 1811 — Other Lizards
Scincidae Gray, 1825 — Skinks
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Five-lined Skink
Squamata (part-snakes) 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 quadrivittatus (Holbrook, 1836) — Yellow Ratsnake
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
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 saurita (Linnaeus, 1766) — Eastern Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake
Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles
Chelydridae Gray, 1870 — Snapping Turtles
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) — North American Snapping 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
Graptemys geographica (LeSueur, 1817) — Northern Map Turtle
Kinosternidae Agassiz, 1857 — Mud and Musk Turtles
Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802) — Eastern Musk Turtle
Trionychidae Bell, 1828 — Softshells
Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827) — Spiny Softshell

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VERMONT HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS
1896 Knobel, Edward. The Turtles, Snakes, Frogs and Other Reptiles and Amphibians of New England and the North. Bradlee Whidden, Boston, Massachusetts. pp.
1904 Henshaw, Samuel. Fauna of New England 1. List of the Batrachia. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 7():1-10
1904 Henshaw, Samuel. Fauna of New England 1. List of the Reptilia. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 7():1-13
1931 Loveridge, A. Some Herpetological records from Vermont. Boll. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 61():15-16
1931 Loveridge, Arthur. Some herpetological records from Vermont. Bulletin of the Boston Society of Natural History 61():15-16
1938 Fowler, J. A. and Cole, H. J. Notes on some reptiles and amphibians from central Vermont. Copeia 1938():93
1938 Fowler, J. A. and H. J Cole. Notes on some reptiles and amphibians from central Vermont. Copeia 1938():93
1983 DeGraaf, R. M. and D. D Rudis. Amphibians and reptiles of New England: Habitats and natural history. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Massachusetts. pp.
1983 DeGraaf, R. M. and Rudis, D. D. Amphibians and reptiles of New England: Habitats and natural history. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Massachusetts. pp.
1989 Graham, T. Map and softshell turtles from Vermont. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 25(2):35-39
1989 Graham, T. Map and softshell turtles from Vermont. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 25(2):35-39
2002 Andrews, J. S. The atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of Vermont. James S. Andrews Biology Department Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. pp.
2002 Andrews, J. S. The atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of Vermont. James S. Andrews Biology Department Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. pp.

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