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Established Extant Amphibians and Reptiles of Wisconsin

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians
Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs
Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads
Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) — American 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 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 alleghaniensis (Holbrook, 1836) — Central Ratsnake
Pantherophis vulpinus (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Eastern Foxsnake
Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835) — Gophersnake
Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 — Pit Vipers
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758 — Timber Rattlesnake
Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818) — Eastern Massasauga
Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes
Carphophis vermis (Kennicott, 1859) — Western Wormsnake
Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Ring-necked 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
Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825) — Queensnake
Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) — Dekay’s Brownsnake
Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) — Red-bellied Snake
Thamnophis butleri (Cope, 1889) — Butler's Gartersnake
Thamnophis proximus (Say in James, 1822) — Western Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Plains Gartersnake
Thamnophis saurita (Linnaeus, 1766) — Eastern Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake
Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856) — Lined Snake
Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Other Lizards
Anguidae Gray, 1825 — Anguid Lizards
Ophisaurus attenuatus Baird in Cope, 1880 — Slender Glass Lizard
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
Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857) — Ornate Box 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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Wisconsin Online Herpetological References
Wisconsin Herpetological Publications
1911 Graenicher, S. Some records of Wisconsin lizards. Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society 9():78-81
1925 Pope, T. E. B. Hunting Wisconsin rattlesnakes. Yearbook of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 3(1):13-26
1926 Schmidt, F. J. W. List of the amphibians and reptiles of Worden Township, Clark County, Wisconsin. Copeia 1926(154):131-132
1928 Pope, T. E. B. ; Dickinson, W. E. The amphibians and reptiles of Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 8(1):1-138
1929 Cahn, A. R. The herpetology of Waukesha county, Wisconsin. Copeia 1929(170):4-8
1930 Pope, T. E. B. Wisconsin Herpetological notes. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters 25():273-283
1931 Pope, T. E. B. Wisconsin Herpetological notes. Yearbook of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 9():235-243
1932 Pope, T. E. B. Wisconsin Herpetological notes. III. Yearbook of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 10():266-268
1940 Hawkins, A. S. A wildlife history of Faville Grove, Wisconsin. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters 32():29-65
1944 Edgren, R. A. Notes on amphibia and reptiles from Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist 32(2):495-498
1949 Dickinson, W. E. Field guide to the lizards and snakes of Wisconsin. Popular Science Handbook Series no. 2. Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. pp.
1950 Dickinson, W. E. Recent additions to the records of the distribution of the reptiles in Wisconsin. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters 40(1):71-77
1951 Noland, W. E. The hydrography, fish, and turtle population of Lake Wingra. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters 40(2):5-58
1965 Dickinson, W. E. Amphibians and turtles of Wisconsin. (Popular Science Handbook Series no. 10). Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. pp.
1973 Dickinson, W. E. The amphibians and reptiles of Forest, Florence and Marinette Counties with special reference to the Pine, Popple and Pike watersheds. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters 60():303-308
1974 Dancik, T. A survey of the turtles of the Des Plaines river. Bulletin Chicago Herpetological Society 9(3-4):23-33
1976 Long, C. A. ; Long, C. A. Some amphibians and reptiles collected on islands in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. Jack Pine Warbler 54(2):54-58
1976 Briggs, J. ; Young, H. Amphibians and reptiles of the Pigeon Lake region. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters 64():277-280
1981 Vogt, R. C. Natural history of amphibians and reptiles of Wisconsin. Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. pp.
1982 Vogt, R. C. ; Hine, R. L. Evaluation of techniques for assessment of amphibian and reptile populations in Wisconsin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Research Report 13():201-217
1982 Cochran, P. A. A supplemental bibliography of recent publications pertinent to the Wisconsin herpetofauna. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 17(4):105-108
1984 Brewster, K. N. Reptilian ecology on a Wisconsin sand prairie. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 19(4):115-124
1987 Casper, G. S. Herpetological surveys in southeastern Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 22(8):132
1987 Long, C. A. ; Long, J. E. ; Long, C. A. A listing of known amphibians and reptiles from Washington Island, Lake Michigan, with new records of the Milk Snake and red-bellied snake. Jack-Pine Warbler 65(3-4):39
1988 Cochran, P. A. The herpetofaunas of Pheasant Branch and Waunakee Marshes, Dane County, Wisconsin, with a comparison to the intervening agricultural area. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 23(5):69-71
1989 Cochran, P. A. Confirmation of the Five-lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus)in northeastern Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 24(2):30-31
1992 Cochran, P. A. New locality observations for some amphibians and reptiles in Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 27(3):64
1992 Watermolen, D. J. Amphibians and reptiles of the Potawatomi State Park area with notes on other Door County localities. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 27(12):252-254
1995 Olson, R. E. Important Herpetological notes for northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 31(2):96
1997 Casper, G. S. Recent amphibian and reptile distribution records for Wisconsin. Herpetological Review 28(4):214-216
1999 Casper, G. S. New distribution records from the Wisconsin Herpetology Atlas Project, 1998. Herpetological Review 30(3):181-182
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 Evrard, J. O. ; Hoffman, S. R. Amphibians and reptiles captured in drift fences in northwest Wisconsin pine barrens. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 107(3-4):182-186
2001 Watermolen, D. J. ; Murrell, M. D. Checklists of Wisconsin vertebrates. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin. pp.
2004 Tekiela, S. Reptiles & amphibians of Wisconsin 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 Kapfer, J. M. Herpetofauna of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station, (Saukville, Wisconsin): A preliminary report. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 41(3):45-49
2006 Kapfer, J. M. ; Muehlfeld, T. The herpetofauna of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station (Ozaukee County, Wisconsin): An updated report (2006). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 41(11):198-202
2007 Casper, G. S. On the herpetofaunal history of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station (Ozaukee County, Wisconsin). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 42(2):21-30
2008 Casper, G. S. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 43(5):73-79
2015 Casper, G. S. New county distribution records for amphibians and reptiles in Wisconsin. Herpetological Review 46(4):582-586
2015 Kapfer, J. M. ; Lorch, J. M. ; Wild, E. R. ; Brown, D. J. ; Mitchem, L. ; Rudolph, N. ; Rutzen, K. ; Vogt, R. C. Distributional records for amphibians and reptiles from Wisconsin, USA. Herpetological Review 46(4):587-590
2015 Huijser, M. P. ; Begley, J. S. Wildlife mitigation plan State Hwy 49, Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin, USA. Passenger Pigeon 77(3):183-222

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