Reptiles & Amphibians

Unidentified

Order Caudata – Salamanders

Family Plethodonitidae – Lungless Salamanders

Order Anura – Frogs & Toads

Family Bufonidae – True Toads

Family Hylidae – Treefrogs

Family Leptodactylidae

Family Pelobatidae – Spadefoots

Family Ranidae – True Frogs

Class Reptilia – Reptiles

Order Testudines – Tortoises & Turtles

Family Emydidae – Box & Water Turtles

Family Testudinidae – Gopher Tortoises

Order Squamata – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, & Snakes

Suborder Lacertilia – Lizards

Family Polychridae – Anoles

Family Phrynosomatidae – Spiny, Tree, Side-blotched, & Horned Lizards

Family Teiidae – Tegus & Whiptails

Suborder Serpentes – Snakes

Family Viperidae – Vipers

Family Colubridae – Colubrids

Taxonomy on this page is based on:

Conant, R., and J. T. Collins. 1998. Reptiles and Amphibians, Eastern/Central North America. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts.

Crother, B. I. (ed.). 2001. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. SSAR Herpetological Circular 29. iii + 82 pp. Online Version

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