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For my herpetology life list, I only count the animals that I have seen, caught, and identified in the wild. The only group of reptiles or amphibians that I have the potential to not have caught would be the lizards. A good portion of the lizard species on this list I have not handled but could identify them in the field, so I counted them. I however did not count turtle species that I had not personally caught even though I could identify them, like painted and map turtles. I also do not count animals that I have found dead. Almost all of these reptiles and amphibians listed I caught as an undergrad.

There are still a few things I may be missing but this is most of it and all that I have written down.

Class: Amphibia

Order: Caudata

Rough-skinned Newt – Taricha granulosa

Sierra California Newt – Taricha torosa sierrae

Central Newt – Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Small-mouth Salamander – Ambystoma texanum

Ringed Salamander – Ambystoma annulatum

Spotted Salamander – Ambystoma maculatum

Barred Tiger Salamander – Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium

Jefferson's Salamander – Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Sierra Nevada Ensatina – Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis

Oklahoma Salamander – Eurycea tynerensis

Many-ribbed Salamander – Eurycea m. multiplicata

Graybelly Salamander – Eurycea multiplicata griseogaster

Cave Salamander – Eurycea lucifuga

Dark-sided Salamander – Eurycea longicauda melanopleura

Southern Two-lined Salamander – Eurycea cirrigera

Southern Redback Salamander – Plethodon serratus

Redback Salamander – Plethodon cinereus

Ozark Zigzag Salamander – Plethodon dorsalis angusticlavius

Rich Mountain Salamander – Plethodon ouachitae

Fourche Mountain Salamander – Plethodon fourchensis

Western Slimy Salamander – Plethodon albagula

Kiamichi Slimy Salamander – Plethodon kiamichi

Sequoyah Slimy Salamander – Plethodon sequoyah

Ouachita Dusky Salamander – Desmognathus brimleyorum

Seal Salamander – Desmognathus monticola

Two-toed Amphiuma – Amphiuma means

Order: Anura

Couch’s Spadefoot – Scaphiopus couchii

Hurter’s Spadefoot – Scaphiopus hurterii

Plains Spadefoot – Spea bombifrons

Mexican Spadefoot – Spea multiplicatus

Sonoran Desert/Colorado River Toad – Bufo alvarius

Southern Toad – Bufo terrestris

Dwarf American Toad – Bufo americanus charlesmithi

Red-spotted Toad – Bufo punctatus

Great Plains Toad – Bufo cognatus

Fowler’s Toad – Bufo fowleri

Eastern Green Toad – Bufo d. debilis

Woodhouse Toad – Bufo w. woodhousii

Southwestern Woodhouse Toad – Bufo woodhousii australis

East Texas Toad – Bufo velatus

Texas Toad – Bufo speciosus

Costal Plain Toad – Bufo nebulifer

Boreal Toad – Bufo b. boreas

California Toad – Bufo b. halophilus

Oak Toad – Bufo quercicus

Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad – Gastrophryne o. olivacea

Sinoloan Narrowmouth Toad – Gastrophryne olivacea mazatlanensis

Eastern Narrowmouth Toad – Gastrophryne carolinensis

Little Grass Frog – Pseudacris ocularis

Spring Peeper – Pseudacris crucifer

Strecker’s Chorus Frog – Pseudacris streckeri

Spotted Chorus Frog – Pseudacris clarkii

Upland Chorus Frog – Pseudacris feriarum

Cajun Chorus Frog – Pseudacris fouquettei

Boreal Chorus Frog – Pseudacris maculata

Western Chorus Frog – Pseudacris t. triseriata

Blanchard’s Cricket Frog – Acris crepitans blanchardi

Florida Cricket Frog – Acris gryllus dorsalis

Squirrel Treefrog – Hyla squirella

Green Treefrog – Hyla cinerea

Gray Treefrog – Hyla versicolor

Cope’s Gray Treefrog – Hyla chrysoscelis

Pinewoods Treefrog – Hyla femoralis

Pacific Treefrog – Hyla regilla

Canyon Treefrog – Hyla arenicolor

Bird-voiced Treefrog – Hyla avivoca

Northern Leopard Frog – Rana pipiens

Southern Leopard Frog – Rana sphenocephala utricularia

Florida Leopard Frog – Rana s. sphenocephala

Rio Grande Leopard Frog – Rana berlandieri

Plains Leopard Frog – Rana blairi

Lowland Leopard Frog – Rana yavapaiensis

Pickerel Frog – Rana palustris

Green Frog – Rana clamitans melanota

River Frog – Rana heckscheri

Pig Frog – Rana grylio

Bull Frog – Rana catesbeiana

Northern Crawfish Frog – Rana areolata circulosa

Wood Frog – Rana sylvatica

Chiricahuan Leopard Frog – Rana chiricahuensis

Rio Grande Chirping frogs – Syrrhophus cystignathoides campi

Sheep Frog – Hypopachus variolosus

Class: Reptilia

Order: Crocodylia – Suborder: Eusuchia

Family: Crocodylidae

American Alligator – Alligator mississippiensis

Order: Squamates – Suborder: Serpentes

Superfamily Typhlopoidea (Scolecophidia)

Leptotyphlopidae

New Mexico Blind Snake – Leptotyphlops dissectus

Plains Blind Snake – Leptotyphlops d. dulcis

Superfamily Henophidia (Biodea)

Boidae

- Erycinae

Rocky Mountain Rubber Boa – Charina bottae utahensis (often there are only two subspecies recognized ‘northern and southern’ which would make this Charina b. bottae. Sometimes the two subspecies are considered separate species leaving this with no subspecies.)

Superfamily Xenophidia (Colubroidea)

Colubridae

- Dipsadinae

Sonoran Night Snake – Hypsiglena torquata chlorophaea

- Colubrinae

Desert Glossy Snake – Arizona elegans eburnata

Arizona Glossy Snake – Arizona e. noctivaga

Northern Scarlet Snake – Cemophora coccinea copei

Florida Scarlet Snake – Cemophora c. coccinea

Yellow-bellied Racer – Coluber constrictor flaviventri

Southern Black Racer – Coluber constrictor priapus

Everglades Racer – Coluber constrictor paludicola

Western Racer – Coluber mormon (previously considered a subspecies of constrictor)

Texas Indigo – Drymarchon corais erebennus

Speckled Racer – Drymobius m. margaritiferus

Prairie Kingsnake – Lampropeltis c. calligaster

Speckled Kingsnake – Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

Desert / California Kingsnake (intergrade) – Lampropeltis getula splendida x californiae

Arizona Mountain Kingsnake – Lampropeltis p. pyromelana

Eastern Milksnake – Lampropeltis t. triangulum

Scarlet Kingsnake – Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides

Red Milksnake – Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Sonoran Mountain Whipsnake – Masticophis b. bilineatus

Red Coachwhip – Masticophis flagellum piceus

Western Coachwhip – Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Ruthven’s Whipsnake – Masticophis ruthveni

Schott’s Whipsnake – Masticophis schotti

Desert Striped Whipsnake – Masticophis t. taeniatus

Rough Green Snake – Opheodrys aestivus

Eastern Rat Snake – Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Western Great Plains Rat Snake – Pantherophis e. emoryi

Southern Plains Rat Snake – Pantherophis emoryi meahllmorum

Eastern Corn Snake – Pantherophis guttata (recently separated from Elaphe and w/o subspecies)

Western Rat Snake – Pantherophis obsoleta

Western Fox Snake – Pantherophis vulpina

Sonoran Gophersnake – Pituophis catenifer affinis

Great Basin Gophersnake – Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Bullsnake – Pituophis catenifer sayi

Western Leaf-nose Snake - Phyllorhyncus decurtatus perkinsi

Western Long-nose Snake - Rhinocheilus l. lecontei

Big Bend Patchnose – Salvadora deserticola

Texas Patchnose – Salvadora grahamiae lineata

Great Plains Ground Snake – Sonora s. semiannulata

Lined Snake – Tropidoclonian lineatum

Flathead Snake – Tantilla gracilis

Plains Blackheaded Snake – Tantilla nigriceps

- Natricinae

Yellow-bellied water Snake – Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster

Blotched Water Snake – Nerodia erythrogaster transversa

Florida Water Snake – Nerodia fasciata pictiventris

Broad banded Water Snake – Nerodia fasciata confluens

Florida Green Water Snake – Nerodia floridana

Diamond-backed water Snake – Nerodia r. rhombifer

Northern Water Snake – Nerodia s. sipedon

Midland Water Snake – Nerodia s. pleuralis

Brown Water Snake – Nerodia taxispilota

Striped Crayfish Snake – Regina alleni

Gulf Coast Crayfish Snake – Regina rigida sinicola

Texas Brown Snake – Storeria dekayi texana

Florida Brown Snake – Storeria dekayi victa

Midland Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi wrightorum

Northern Red-bellied Snake – Storeria o. occipitomaculata

Butler's Garter Snake – Thamnophis butleri

Western Black-necked Garter Snake – Thamnophis c. cyrtopsis

Mountain Garter Snake – Thamnophis e. elegans

Wandering Garter Snake – Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Checkered Garter Snake – Thamnophis m. marcianus

Northwestern Garter Snake – Thamnophis ordinoides

Western Ribbon Snake – Thamnophis p. proximus

Western Plains Garter Snake – Thamnophis radix haydenii

Peninsula Ribbon Snake – Thamnophis sauritus sackenii

Valley Garter Snake – Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi

Puget Sound Garter Snake – Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii

Eastern Garter Snake – Thamnophis s. sirtalis

Rough Earth Snake – Virginia striatula

- Xenodontinae (often considered a separate family Xenodontidae)

(The genera Diadophis and Carphophis are often considered ‘incertae sedis’ being considered in the subfamily Dipsadinae)

Western Worm Snake – Carphophis vermis (Occasionally placed as a subspecies of C. amoenus)

Black-striped Snake – Coniophanes i. imperialis

Southern Ringneck Snake – Diadophis p. punctatus

Prairie Ringneck Snake – Diadophis punctatus arnyi

Regal Ringneck Snake – Diadophis punctatus regalis

Mississippi Ringneck Snake – Diadophis punctatus stictogenys

Western Mudsnake – Farancia abacura reinwardtii

Eastern Hognose Snake – Heterodon platirhinos

Brown Vine Snake – Oxybelis aeneus

Sonoran Lyre Snake – Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda

Elapidae

Arizona Coral Snake – Micruroides e. euryxanthus

Viperidae

- Crotalinae

Southern Copperhead – Agkistrodon c. contortrix

Osage Copperhead – Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster

Florida Cottonmouth – Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

Western Cottonmouth – Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Western Diamondback – Crotalus atrox

Sonoran Desert Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes cercobombus

Colorado Desert Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes laterorepens

Arizona Black Rattlesnake - Crotalus cerberus (previously in the species viridis)

Timber Rattlesnake – Crotalus h. horridus

Banded Rock Rattlesnake - Crotalus lepidus klauberi

Great Basin Rattlesnake – Crotalus lutosus (previously in the species viridis)

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake - Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus

Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnake – Crotalus m. molossus

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake – Crotalus oreganus (previously in the species viridis)

Western Twin-spotted Rattlesnake Crotalus p. pricei

Mojave Rattlesnake – Crotalus s. scutulatus

Tiger Rattlesnake – Crotalus tigris

Prairie Rattlesnake – Crotalus v. viridis

Arizona Ridgenose Rattlesnake - Crotalus w. willardi

Western Massassauga – Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus

Western Pigmy Rattlesnake – Sistrurus miliarius streckeri

Order: Squamates – Suborder: Sauria

Eublepharidae (often just considered a subfamily and combined to the family Gekkonidae)

Tuscon Banded Gecko – Coleonyx variegatus bogerti

Desert Banded Gecko – Coleonyx v. variegatus

Texas Banded Gecko – Coleonyx brevis

Gekkonidae

Florida Reef Gecko – Sphaerodactylus n. notatus

Polychrotidae (often just considered a subfamily and combined to the family Iguanidae)

Green Anole – Anolis carolinensis

Iguanidae

Desert Iguana – Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Common Chuckwalla – Sauromalus ater (previously was S. obesus)

Crotaphytidae (often just considered a subfamily and combined to the family Iguanidae)

Eastern Collared Lizard – Crotaphytus c. collaris

Long-nosed Leopard Lizard – Gambelia wislizenii

Phrynosomatidae (often just considered a subfamily and combined to the family Iguanidae)

Regal Horned Lizard – Phrynosoma solare

Lesser Earless Lizard – Holbrooki m. maculata

Greater Earless Lizard – Cophosaurus texanus

Zebra-tailed Lizard – Callisaurus draconoides

Side-blotched Lizard – Uta stansburiana

Long-tailed Brush Lizard – Urosaurus graciosus

Ornate Tree Lizard – Urosaurus ornatus schotti

Colorado Fringe-toed lizard – Uma notata

Clark ’s Spiny Lizard – Sceloporus clarkii

Sagebrush Lizard – Sceloporus g. graciosus

Mountain Spiny Lizard – Sceloporus jarrovii

Big Bend Canyon Lizard – Sceloporus merriami annulatus

Western Fence Lizard – Sceloporus occidentalis

Texas Spiny Lizard – Sceloporus olivaceous

Northern Fence Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

Northern Prairie Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus garmani

Southern Prairie Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus consobrinus

Red-lipped Prairie Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus erythrocheilus

Blue Spiny Lizard – Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys

Rosebelly Lizard – Sceloporus variabilis marmoratus

Desert Spiny Lizard – Sceloporus magister

Teiidae

(All these species were in the genus Cnemidophorus but have recently switched to Aspidoscelis)

Six-lined Racerunner – Aspidoscelis s. sexlineatus

Prairie Racerunner – Aspidoscelis sexlineatus viridis

Common spotted Whiptail – Aspidoscelis gularis

Sonoran Spotted Whiptail –Aspidoscelis sonorae

Desert Grassland Whiptail – Aspidoscelis uniparens

Great Basin Whiptail – Aspidoscelis t. tigris

Sonoran Whiptail – Aspidoscelis tigris punctilinealis

Scincidae

Mountain Skink – Eumeces callicephalus

Brown Skink – Eumeces lateralis

Five-lined Skink – Eucmeces fasciatus

Southeastern Five-lined Skink – Eumeces inexpectatus

Broadhead Skink – Eumeces laticeps

Southern Prairie Skink – Eumeces obtusirostris

Great Plains Skink – Eumeces obsoletus

Short-lined Skink – Eumeces tetragrammus brevilineatus

Four-lined Skink – Eumeces t. tetragrammus

Skilton's Skink - Eumeces s. skiltonianus

Little Brown Skink (Ground Skink) – Scincella lateralis

Anguidae

Island Glass Lizard – Ophisaurus compressus

Madrean Alligator Lizard – Elgaria kingii

San Diego Alligator Lizard – Elgaria multicarinata webbii

Sierra Alligator Lizard – Elgaria coerulea palmeri

Xantusiidae

Yucca Night Lizard – Xantusia v. vigilis

Order: Testudines – Suborder: Cryptodira

Superfamily Chelonioidea

Loggerhead Sea Turtle – Caretta caretta

Superfamily Testudinoidea

Common Snapping Turtle – Chelydra s. serpentina

Florida Snapping Turtle – Chelydra serpentina osceola

Western Painted Turtle – Chrysemys picta bellii

Southern Painted Turtle – Chrysemys picta dorsalis

Eastern Painted Turtle – Chrysemys p. picta

Western Pond Turtle – Clemmys marmorata

Gopher Tortoise – Gopherus polyphemus

Desert Tortoise – Gopherus agassizii

Missouri River Cooter – Pseudemys concinna metteri

Peninsula Cooter – Pseudemys floridana peninsularis

Florida Red-bellied Turtle – Pseudemys nelsoni

Red-eared Slider – Trachemys scripta elegans

Big Bend Slider – Trachemys gaigeae

Eastern Box Turtle – Terrapene c. carolina

Florida Box Turtle – Terrapene carolina bauri

Three-toed Box Turtle – Terrapene carolina triunguis

Ornate Box Turtle – Terrapene o. ornata

Superfamily Trionychoidea

Florida Softshell Turtle – Apalone ferox

Western Spiny Softshell Turtle – Apalone spinifera hartwegi

Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle – Apalone spinifera emoryi

Superfamily Kinosternoidea

Sonoran Mud Turtle – Kinosternon sonoroniense

Striped Mud Turtle – Kinosternon b. bauri

Stinkpot – Kinosternon odoratus

Introduced Species

Greenhouse Frog – Eleutherodactylus p. planirostris

Cuban Treefrog – Osteopilus septentrionalis

Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana – Ctenosaura pectinata

Black Spiny-tailed Iguana – Ctenosaura similis

Green Iguana – Iguana iguana

Brown Anole – Anolis sagrei

Bark Anole – Anolis cristatellus

Crested Anole – Anolis distichus

Indo-Pacific Gecko – Hemidactylus garnotii

Mediterranean Gecko – Hemidactylus turcicus

Brown Basilisk – Basiliscus vittatus

Herp life list from other countries

Bolivia (Dec. 19th, 2004 – Jan. 15th, 2005)

Costa Rica (Dec. 08–20, 2005)

Mexico (May 25th – June 23rd, 2007)

Peru (Dec. 18th, 2007 – Jan. 10th, 2008)

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