REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN LIFE LIST
Last updated: 01-27-2012
SNAKES
Order SQUAMATA
Suborder OPHIDIA
Superfamily Pythonoidea (Pythons and relatives)
Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Water Python - Liasis fuscus
Olive Python - Liasis olivaceus
Jungle Carpet Python - Morelia spilota mcdowelli
Superfamily Booidea (preliminarily after Vidal & Hedges 2009)
Family Boidae (Boas)
Subfamily Boinae (Boas)
Boa Constrictor - Boa constrictor
Rainbow Boa - Epicrates cenchria
Subfamily Erycinae (Sand Boas)
Northern Rubber Boa - Charina bottae
Desert Rosy Boa - Charina trivirgata gracia
Coastal Rosy Boa - Charina trivirgata roseofusca
Superfamily Colubroidea
Family Colubridae
Subfamily Colubrinae (harmless, egg-laying snakes)
Desert Glossy Snake - Arizona occidentalis eburnata
California Glossy Snake - Arizona occidentalis occidentalis
Arizona Glossy Snake - Arizona occidentalis noctivaga
Brown Tree Snake - Boiga irregularis
Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake - Chionactis occipitalis annulata
Wetern Yellow-bellied Racer - Coluber mormon
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer - Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Everglades Racer - Coluber constrictor paludicola
Common Tree Snake - Dendrelaphis punctulata
South American Forest Racer - Dendrophidion percarinatus
California Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula californiae
Desert Kingsnake – Lampropeltis getula splendida
Speckled Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
Parrot Snake - Leptophis ahaetulla
Red Coachwhip (Racer) - Masticophis flagellum piceus
Western Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum testaceus
California Striped Racer - Masticophis lateralis lateralis
Striped Whipsnake - Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus
Sonoran Whipsnake - Masticophis bilineatus
Rough Green Snake - Opheodrys aestivus
Mexican Vine Snake - Oxybelis aeneus
Spotted Leafnose Snake - Phyllorhynchus decurtatus
Sonoran Gopher Snake - Pituophis catenifer affinis
San Diego Gopher Snake - Pituophis catenifer annectens
Pacific Gopher Snake - Pituophis catenifer catenifer
Great Basin Gopher Snake - Pituophis catenifer deserticola
Central Baja California Gopher Snake - Pituophis vertebralis bimars
Western Longnose Snake - Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei
Desert Patch-nosed Snake - Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis
Baja California Patch-nosed Snake - Salvadora hexalepis klauberi
Coast Patch-nosed Snake - Salvadora hexalepis virgulea
Texas Ratsnake - Scotophis obsoleta lindheimerii
Green Ratsnake – Senticolis triaspis
Ground Snake - Sonora semiannulata
Mexican Black-headed Snake - Tantilla atriceps
Flathead Snake - Tantilla gracilis
Western Black-headed Snake - Tantilla planiceps
Baja California Lyre Snake - Trimorphodon biscutatus lyrophanes
Sonoran Lyre Snake - Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda
Subfamily Dipsadinae (harmless, rear-fanged snakes)
San Bernardino Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus modestus
San Diego Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus similes
Regal Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus regalis
Sonoran Night Snake - Hypsiglena torquata chlorophaea
Desert Night Snake – Hypsiglena torquata deserticola
San Diego Night Snake - Hypsiglena torquata ochrorhyncha
Blunthead Tree Snake - Imantodes cenchoa
Northern Cat-eyed Snake - Leptodeira septentrionalis
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake - Sibon nubulata
Subfamily Natricinae (harmless, live-bearing snakes)
Mississippi Green Water Snake - Nerodia cyclopion
Blotched Water Snake - Nerodia erythrogaster transversa
Broad-banded Water Snake - Nerodia fasciata confluens
Florida Water Snake - Nerodia fasciata pictiventris
Diamondback Water Snake - Nerodia rhombifer
Northern Water Snake - Nerodia sipedon
Florida Green Water Snake - Nerodia floridana
Brown Water Snake - Nerodia taxispilota
Texas Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi texana
Sierra Garter Snake (Western Aquatic) - Thamnophis couchii couchii
Western Black-necked Gartersnake - Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis
Mountain Gartersnake - Thamnophis elegans elegans
Coast Gartersnake - Thamnophis elegans terrestris
Two-striped Gartersnake - Thamnophis hammondii
Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis proximus orarius
Western (red-striped) Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus
Valley Gartersnake - Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi
California Red-sided Gartersnake - Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis
Eastern Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Eastern Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sauritus
Black-necked Gartersnake – Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Keelback Water Snake - Tropidonophis mairii
Family Elapidae
Subfamily Elapinae (Cobras, Coral Snakes, etc.)
Common or Eastern Brown Snake - Pseudonaja textilis
Subfamily Hydrophiinae (Sea Snakes & Australian Elapids)
Red-bellied Black Snake - Pseudechis porphyricacus
Desert Banded Sand Snake - Simoselaps bertholdi
Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake - Simoselaps fasciolatus
Family Viperidae (Vipers and Pit Vipers)
Subfamily Crotalinae
Southern Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
Broad-banded Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus
Western Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus
Florida Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
Fer-de-lance - Bothrops asper
Eyelash Viper - Bothriechis schlegelii
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox
Mojave Desert Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes cerastes
Sonoran Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes cercobombus
Colorado Desert Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes laterorepens
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake - Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus
Black-Tailed Rattlesnake - Crotalus molossus molossus
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake - Crotalus oreganus helleri
Red Diamond Rattlesnake - Crotalus ruber ruber
Lucan Red Diamond Rattlesnake - Crotalus ruber lucasensis
Mojave Rattlesnake - Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus
Tiger Rattlesnake - Crotalus tigris
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake - Sistrurus miliarius barbouri
Superfamily Typhlopoidea
Family Typhlopidae (Blind Snakes)
Brahminy Blind Snake - Rhamphotyphlops braminus
LIZARDS
Order SQUAMATA
Suborder Sauria
Infraorder Iguania
Family Agamidae (Agamas)
Gilbert's Dragon - Amphibolurus gilberti
Long-nosed Dragon - Amphibolurus longirostris
Northern Water Dragon - Amphibolurus temporalis
Frilled Lizard - Chlamydosaurus kingii
Central Netted Dragon - Ctenophorus nuchalis
Eastern Two Lined Dragon - Diporiphora australis
Arnhem Dragon - Diporiphora arnhemica
Two-lined Dragon - Diporiphora bilineata
Common Flying Dragon - Draco sumatranus
Thorny Devil – Moloch horridus
Eastern Water Dragon - Physignathus lesuerii
Bearded Dragon - Pogona barbata
Family Iguanidae ("Iguanas")
Subfamily Corytophaninae (Casquehead Lizards)
Common Basilisk - Basiliscus basiliscus
Green (Plumed) Basilisk - Basiliscus plumifrons
Subfamily Crotaphytinae (Collared and Leopard Lizards)
Sonoran Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus nebrius
Eastern Collard Lizard - Crotaphytus collaris
Great Basin Collard Lizard - Crotaphytus bicinctores
Baja California Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus vestigium
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard - Gambelia wislizenii
Subfamily Iguaninae (Iguanas and Spinytail Iguanas) W
Peninsular Spinytail Iguana - Ctenosaura hemilopha
Black Spinytail Iguana - Ctenosaura similus
Desert Iguana - Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Green Iguana - Iguana iguana
Chuckwalla - Sauromalus ater
Subfamily Phrynosomatinae (Earless, Spiny, Tree, Side-blotched and Horned Lizards)
Viscano Zebra-tailed Lizard - Callisaurus draconoides crinitus
Mojave Zebra-tailed Lizard - Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus
Arizona Zebra-tailed Lizard - Callisaurus draconoides ventralis
Navada Zebra-tailed Lizard - Callisaurus draconoides myurus
Southwestern Earless Lizard (Greater) - Cophosaurus texanus scitulus
Texas Earless Lizard (Greater) - Cophosaurus texanus texanus
Western Earless Lizard (Elegant) - Holbrookia elegans thermophila
Huachuca Earless Lizard (Lesser) - Holbrookia maculata pulchra
Banded Rock Lizard - Petrosaurus mearnsi
Short-nosed Rock Lizard - Petrosaurus repens
Coast Horned Lizard - Phrynosoma coronatum
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard - Phrynosoma Mcallii
Southern Desert Horned Lizard - Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum
Clark's Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus clarkii
Western Sagebrush Lizard - Sceloporus graciosus gracilis
Northern Sagebrush Lizard - Sceloporus graciosus graciosus
Hunsaker's Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus hunsakeri
Mountain Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus jarrovii
Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus magister bimaculosus
Sonoran Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus magister magister
Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus magister uniformis
San Joaquin Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis biseriatus
Great Basin Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis longipes
Northwestern Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis
Sierra Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis taylori
Texas Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus olivaceus
Granite Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus orcutti
Bunch Grass Lizard - Sceloporus slevini
Northern Fence Lizard - Sceloporus udulatus hyacinthinus
Southern Prairie Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus consobrinus
Southern Plateau Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus tristichus
Southern Fence Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus undulatus
Southern Sagebrush Lizard - Sceloporus vandenburgianus
Florida Scrub Lizard - Sceloporus woodi
Sothern Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus zosteromus monserratensis
Red-striped Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus zosteromus rudidorsum
San Lucan Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus zosteromus zosteromus
Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard - Uma notata
Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard - Uma scoparia
Brush Lizard - Urosaurus graciosus
Arizona Longtail Brush Lizard - Urosaurus graciosus shannoni
Baja California Brush Lizard - Urosaurus lahtelai
Small-scaled Lizard - Urosaurus microscutatus
Black-tailed Brush Lizard - Urosaurus nigricaudus
Ornate Tree Lizard - Urosaurus ornatus
California Side-blotched Lizard - Uta stansburiana elegans
Nevada Side-blotched Lizard - Uta stansburiana nevadensis
Northern Side-blotched Lizard - Uta stansburiana stansburiana
Desert Side-blotched Lizard - Uta stansburiana stejnegeri
Subfamily Polychrotinae (Anoles)
Green Anole - Anolis carolinensis
Cuban Brown Anole - Anolis sagrei
Neotropical Green Anole - Norops biporcatus
Blue-spot Anole - Norops sericeus
Slender Anole - Norops limifrons
Carpenter’s Anole - Norops carpenteri
Pug-nosed Anole - Norops capito
Swift Anole - Norops tropidolepis
Infraorder Gekkota
Family Gekkonidae (Geckoes)
Dtella House Gecko - Gehyra dubia
Purplish Dtella - Gehyra purpurascens
Tree Dtella - Gehyra variegata
Indo-Pacific Gecko - Hemidactylus garnotii
Asian House Gecko - Hemidactylus frenatus
Mediterranean Gecko - Hemidactylus turcicus
Bynoe's Gecko - Heteronotia bineoi
Mourning Gecko - Lepidodactylus lugubris
Family Diplodactylidae
Eastern Stone Gecko - Diplodactylus vittata
Fat-tailed Gecko - Diplodactylus conspicillatus
Crowned Gecko - Diplodactylus stenodactylus
Robust Velvet Gecko - Oedura robusta
Beaked Gecko - Rhynchoedura ornata
Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko - Strophurus ciliaris
Family Eublepharidae
San Diego Banded Gecko - Coleonyx veriegatus abbotti
Tucson Banded Gecko - Coleonyx veriegatus bogerti
Desert Banded Gecko - Coleonyx veriegatus verigatus
Family Phyllodactylidae
Peninsula Leaf-toed Gecko - Phyllodactylus nocticolus nocticolus
Family Sphaerodactylidae
Yellow-headed Gecko - Gonatodes albogularis
Family Pygopodidae (Legless Lizards)
Burton's Snake Lizard - Lialis burtonis
Western Hooded Scaly-foot - Pygopus nigriceps
Infraorder Scincomorpha
Family Teiidae (Whiptails and Tegus)
Delicate Ameiva - Ameiva leptophrys
Four-lined Ameiva - Ameiva quadralineata
Central American Ameiva – Ameiva festiva
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail - Aspidoscelis exsanguis
Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail - Aspidoscelis hyperythrus beldingi
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail - Aspidoscelis sonorae
Texas Spotted Whiptail - Aspidoscelis gularis
Baja California Whiptail - Aspidoscelis labialis
Sonoran Whiptail - Aspidoscelis tigris punctilinealis
Coastal Whiptail - Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri
Great Basin Whiptail - Aspidoscelis tigris tigris
Desert Grassland Whiptail - Aspidoscelis uniparens
Redback Whiptail - Aspidoscelis xanthonota
Family Lacertidae (Lacertids, Wall Lizards)
Viviparous Lizard (Common Lizard) - Zootoca vivipara
Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Two-spined Rainbow Skink - Carlia amax
Closed-litter Rainbow Skink - Carlia longipes
Shade-Litter Rainbow Skink - Carlia munda
Open-Litter Rainbow Skink - Carlia pectoralis
Hooded Rainbow Skink - Carlia rostralis
Red-sided Rainbow Skink - Carlia rufilatus
Red-throated Skink - Carlia rubrigularis
Shinning-palmed Skake-eyed Skink - Cryptoblepharus carnabyi
Callose-palmed Shinning-skink - Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus
Common Tree Skink - Cryptoblepharus virgatus
Eastern Striped Skink - Ctenotus robustus
Copper-tailed Skink - Ctenotus taeniolatus
Orange-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus - Ctenotus leae
Leonhardi's Ctenotus - Ctenotus leonhardii
Pink-tongued Skink - Cyclodomorphus gerrardii
Major Skink - Egernia frerei
Dark Bar-sided Skink - Eulamprus martini
Water Skink – Eulamprus quoyii
Barred-sided Skink - Eulamprus tenuis
Northern Sun Skink - Lampropholis coggeri
Garden Skink - Lampropholis delicate
Mountain Skink – Plestiodon callicephalus
Western Red-tailed Skink - Plestiodon gilberti rubricaudatus
Five-lined Skink - Plestiodon fasciatus
Great Plains Skink - Plestiodon obsoletus
Coronado Island Skink - Plestiodon skiltonianus interparietalis
Western Skink - Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus
Orange-tailed shade-skink - Saproscincus rosei
Ground Skink - Scincella lateralis
Family Xantusiidae (Night Lizards)
Granite Night Lizard - Xantusia henshawi
Desert Night Lizard - Xantusia vigilis vigilis
Infraorder Diploglossa
Family Anguidae (Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards; Lateral Fold Lizards)
Northern Alligator Lizard - Elgaria coerulea principis
Arizona Alligator Lizard - Elgaria kingii nobilis
California Alligator Lizard - Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata
San Diego Alligator Lizard - Elgaria multicarinata webbii
Paniment Alligator Lizard - Elgaria panamintina
Western Slender Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus
Family Anniellidae (American Legless lizards)
Silvery Legless Lizard - Anniella pulchra pulchra
Infraorder Platynota (Varanoidea)
Family Helodermatidae (Gila Monsters)
Reticulate Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum suspectum
Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Lace Monitor - Varanus varius
Yellow-spotted Monitor - Varanus panoptes
Sand (Gould's) Goanna - Varanus gouldii
CROCODILES
Order Crocodylia – Crocodiles, Alligators, etc.
Suborder Eusuchia
Family Alligatoridae – (Alligators and Caimans)
American Alligator - Alligator mississippiensis
Spectacled Caiman - Caiman crocodilus
Family Crocodylidae (Crocodylians)
American Crocodile - Crocodylus acutus
Estuarine or Salt-Water Crocodile - Crocodylus porosus
TURTLES
Order Testudines - Turtles
Suborder Cryptodira
Family Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)
Common Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina
Superfamily Testudinoidea
Family Emydidae (Pond, Box and Water Turtles)
Southwestern Pond Turtle - Actinemys marmorata pallida
Eastern Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta picta
Western Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta bellii
Spotted Turtle - Clemmys guttata
Florida Cooter - Pseudemys floridana
Florida Redbelly Turtle - Pseudemys nelsoni
Peninsula Cooter - Pseudemys peninsularis
Texas River Cooter - Pseudemys texana
Eastern Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina Carolina
Three-toed Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina triunguis
Red-eared Slider - Trachemys scripta elegans
Yellowbelly Slider - Trachemys scripta scripta
Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Gopher Tortoise - Gopherus polyphemus
Desert Tortoise - Gopherus agassizii
Superfamily Trionychoidea
Family Trionychidae - (Softshell Turtles)
Pallid Spiny Softshell - Apalone spinifera pallida
Texas Spiny Softshell - Apalone spinifera emoryi
Superfamily Kinosternoidea
Family Kinosternidae (Mud and Musk Turtles)
White-throated Mud Turtle – Kinosternon scorpioides albogulare
Mississippi Mud Turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis
Florida Mud Turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri
Sonoran Mud Turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense
Superfamily Chelonioidea
Family Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Green Sea Turtle - Chelonia mydas
Loggerhead – Caretta caretta
Family Dermochelydae (Leatherback Turtles)
Leatherback - Dermochelys coriacea
Suborder Pleurodira
Family Chelidae
Saw-Shelled Turtle - Elseya latisternum
Krefft's River Turtle - Emydura krefftii
FROGS & TOADS
Order Anura – Frogs and Toads
Family Bufonidae (Toads)
California Toad - Anaxyrus boreas halophilus
Arroyo Toad - Anaxyrus californicus
Great Plains Toad - Anaxyrus cognatus
Western Green Toad - Anaxyrus debilis insidior
Fowler’s Toad - Anaxyrus fowleri
Cane Toad - Rhinella marina
Red Spotted Toad - Anaxyrus punctatus
Southern Toad - Anaxyrus terrestris
Southwest Woodhouse's Toad - Anaxyrus woodhousii australis
Sonoran Desert Toad (Colorado River Toad) - Incilius alvarius
Gulf Coast Toad - Incilius valliceps
Yellow Toad – Bufo luetkenii
Litter Toad - Bufo haematiticus
Family Leptodactylidae
Subfamily Eleutherodactylinae
Rain Frog - Eleutherodactylus ranoides
Family Limnodynastidae (Australian Ground Frogs)
Ornate Burrowing-Frog - Limnodynastes ornatus
Family Pelobatidae (Spadefoot Toads)
Couch's Spadefoot - Scaphiopus couchii
Plains Spadefoot - Spea bombifrons
Western Spadefoot - Spea hammondii
Great Basin Spadefoot - Spea intermontana
Mexican Spadefoot - Spea multiplicata
Family Hylidae (Tree Frogs)
Subfamily Hylinae
Blanchard's Cricket Frog - Acris crepitans blanchardi
Southern Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus gryllus
Canyon Tree Frog - Hyla arenicolor
Green Treefrog - Hyla cinerea
Squirrel Treefrog - Hyla squirella
California Chorus Frog - Pseudacris cadaverina
Pacific Chorus Frog - Pseudacris regilla
Subfamily Pelodryadinae
Striped Burrowing Frog - Cyclorana alboguttata
Giant Frog - Cyclorana australis
Long-footed Frog - Cyclorana longipes
Northern Dwarf Treefrog - Litoria bicolor
Green (White's) Treefrog - Litoria caerulea
Broad-palmed Rocketfrog - Litoria latopalmata
Stony-creek Frog - Litoria lesueuri
Striped Rocketfrog - Litoria nasuta
Tawny Rocketfrog - Litoria nigrofrenata
Emerald-spotted Treefrog - Litoria peronii
Northern Laughing Treefrog - Litoria rothi
Subfamily Phyllomedusinae
Red-eyed Leaf Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
Grey-eyed Leaf Frog - Agalychnis calcarifer
Family Dentrobatidae (Poison Dart Frogs)
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog - Dendrobates auratus
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog - Dendrobates pumilio
Family Ranidae (True Frogs)
Bullfrog - Lithobates catesbeiana
Green Frog - Lithobates clamitans melanota
Pickerel Frog - Lithobates palustris
Forrer’s Grass Frog - Lithobates forreri
Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog - Lithobates subaquavocalis
Southern Leopard Frog - Lithobates sphenocephala utricularius
Lowland Leopard Frog - Lithobates yavapaiensis
Family Pipidae (Toungless Frogs)
African Clawed Frog - Xenopis laevis
SALAMANDERS
Order Caudata - Salamanders and Newts
Family Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
California Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps attenuatus
Garden Slender Salamander - Batrachoseps major major
Yellow-blotched Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii croceater
Monterrey Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii
Large-blotched Ensatina - Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi
Sierra Nevada Salamander - Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis
Mississippi Slimy Salamander - Plethodon mississippi
Family Salamandridae (Newts)
Coast Range Newt - Taricha torosa torosa
TOTAL HERPS: 347
Snakes : 101
Lizards : 158
Turtles: 26
Frogs & Toads: 50
Salamanders: 8
Crocodiles and Alligators: 4
