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c Glossy ( rigida) c Coachwhip () Other resources c Plainbelly watersnake () Conant, Roger and Joseph T. Collins. c Broad -banded watersnake (Nerodia fasciata) A Field Guide to and c Diamond -backed watersnake () of Eastern and Central . 4th Edition, Expanded. c Northern watersnake (Nerodia sipedon) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. c Rough greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus) Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Checklist of c ratsnake ( emoryi) Western Reptiles and Amphibians. c Black ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus) Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Amphibians and Reptiles c Bullsnake ( catenifer) Gh Vitt, Laurie J., and Janalee P. Caldwell. c ( grahamii) Graham’s100 : An Introductory Biology c (Regina septemvittata) of Amphibians and Reptiles. 4th Edition. San Diego: Academic Press, c threadsnake ( dissecta) c New threadsnake () 2013. c Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) Powell, Robert, Joseph T. Collins, and This checklist of the herpetofauna c Groundsnake ( semiannulata) Errol D. Hooper, Jr. Key to the Herpetofauna of the Continental occurring in Oklahoma was compiled c Brownsnake () and . 2nd based on A Field Guide to the Reptiles c Red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) Edition. Lawrence: University Press of and Amphibians of Eastern and Central c Flat-headed snake ( gracilis) , 2012 North America by Conant and Collins, A c Plains black-headed snake (Tantilla nigriceps) Sievert, Greg, and Lynette Sievert. Field Guide to Western Reptiles and c Black-necked gartersnake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) A Field Guide to Oklahoma’s Amphibians by Stebbins, and c Terrestrial gartersnake (Thamnophis elegans) Amphibians and Reptiles. Oklahoma Herpetology by Vitt and Caldwell. These Department of Wildlife Conservation, references and others are included on c Checkered gartersnake (Thamnophis marcianus) 2011. the back cover of this checklist. c Western ribbonsnake () TIGR Database, c Plains gartersnake (Thamnophis radix) http://www.reptile-database.org/ Herpetology c Common gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis) of the World, c Lined snake ( lineatum) http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphib Herpetology is the study of reptiles c Smooth earthsnake ( valeriae) ia/index.php and amphibians, two groups of with fascinating life histories. c Eastern Copperhead () N AmphibiaWeb, Worldwide, approximately 7,900 c Broad-banded Copperhead (Agkistrodon http://amphibiaweb.org/index.html species of amphibians (frogs, lacinctus) N SNOMNH Herpetology , and caecilians) and c Cottonmouth () N 10,800 species of reptiles (turtles, 2401 Chautauqua Ave. c Western diamondback (Crotalus crocodilians, tuataras, , and Norman, OK 73072 atrox) N ) are recognized. www.snomnh.ou.edu/collections- c (Crotalus horridus) N research/herpetology.htm c rattlesnake () N From the Ozark and Ouachita c Pygmy rattlesnake () N Mountains in the east, to the of the west, Oklahoma is home to c Western (Sistrurus tergeminus) N Curator: Dr. Cameron D. Siler many diverse supporting 54 species of amphibians and 85 species Collection Manager: N - venomous of reptiles. Jessa L. Watters correct as of 2/1/19

Salamanders () c treefrog (Hyla squirella) Crocodilians (Crocodylia) c Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) c Ringed (Ambystoma annulatum) c (Alligator mississippiensis) c Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) c Spotted chorus (Pseudacris clarkii) Lizards and Snakes () c Western tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium) c Spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) c (Pseudacris fouquettei) c Marbled salamander (Amybstoma opacum) Cajun chorus frog Lizards c Mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) c Boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) c Glass (Ophisaurus attenuatus) c Eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) c Strecker’s chorus frog (Pseudacris streckeri) c Green anole ( carolinensis) c Smallmouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum) c Eastern narrowmouth (Gastrophryne c Collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) c Three-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum) carolinensis) c Earless lizard ( maculata) c Ouachita dusky salamander (Desmognathus c Great Plains narrowmouth toad (Gastrophryne c (Phrynosoma cornutum) brimleyorum) olivacea) c Round-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) c Longtail salamander (Eurycea longicauda) c Couch’s spadefoot toad ( couchii) c Fence lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) c Cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) c Hurter’s spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus hurterii) c Side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) c Graybelly salamander (Eurycea multiplicata) c ( bombifrons) c Coal ( anthracinus) c Grotto salamander (Eurycea spelaeus) c Great Basin spadefoot toad (Spea multiplicata) c Five-lined skink () c Oklahoma salamander (Eurycea tynerensis) c Crawfish frog (Lithobates areolata) c Broadhead skink () c Four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) c Plains leopard frog (Lithobates blairi) c (Plestiodon obsoletus) c Mudpuppy (Necturus louisianensis) c Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana) c (Plestiodon septentrionalis) c Central (Notophthalmus viridescens) c Green frog (Lithobates clamitans) c Ground skink () c Western slimy salamander ( albagula) c Pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris) c Spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis) c Ozark zig-zag salamander (Plethodon angusticlavius) c Southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephala) c Six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata) c Kiamichi slimy salamander (Plethodon kiamichi) c Wood frog (Lithobates sylvatica) c Checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata) c Rich Mountain salamander (Plethodon ouachitae) Turtles (Testudines) c Slimy salamander (Plethodon sequoyah) Snakes c Southern redback salamander (Plethodon serratus) c (Chelydra serpentina) c ( elegans) c Lesser siren (Siren intermedia) c Alligator snapping turtle ( temminckii) c (Chrysemys picta) c Western worm snake () and (Anura) c (Deirochelys reticularia) c Scarletsnake () c Racer (Coluber constrictor) c ( americanus) c (Graptemys geographica) c Ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus) c Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus) c (Graptemys ouachitensis) c Mudsnake (Farancia abacura) c Green toad () c (Graptemys pseudogeographica) c Rough earthsnake () c Fowler’s toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) c (Pseudemys concinna) c Eastern snake ( platirhinos) c Red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus) c Three-toed box turtle (Terrapene carolina) c (Heterodon nasicus) c (Anaxyrus speciosus) c Ornate box turtle () c Chihuahuan nightsnake ( jani) c Woodhouse’s toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) c Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) c Prairie kingsnake () c frog (Acris blanchardi) c (Kinosternon flavescens) c Central Plains milksnake (Lampropeltis gentilis) c -voiced treefrog (Hyla avivoca) c mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum) c (Lampropeltis holbrooki) c Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) c Razor-backed musk turtle (Sternotherus carinatus) c Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) c Green treefrog (Hyla cinerea) c Stinkpot () c Smooth softshell ( mutica)