Arkansas Living Herp Collection

A maximum of 100 points may be earned by submitting living Arkansas specimens or positively identified photographs with appropriate data (collection date and locality/GPS coordinates). A maximum of seven points may be obtained from the collecting efforts of others. Species marked with asterisks should not be collected (they may be photographed) because either individuals are venomous (*) or populations have special state or federal status (**). Taxonomy follows CNAH’s Standard Common and Current Scientific Names. Class Amphibia - Order Caudata Points Fam. Cryptobranchidae Cryptobranchus alleganiensis – Hellbender ** Fam. Ambystomatidae Ambystoma annulatum - Ringed Salamander ** Ambystoma maculatum - Spotted Salamander 2 Ambystoma opacum - Marbled Salamander 2 Ambystoma talpoideum - Mole Salamander 5 Ambystoma texanum - Smallmouth Salamander 3 Ambystoma tigrinum - Eastern Tiger Salamander 5 Fam. Amphiumidae Amphiuma tridactylum - Three-toed Amphiuma 5 Fam. Plethodontidae Desmognathus brimleyorum - Ouachita Dusky Salamander 3 Desmognathus conanti - Spotted Dusky Salamander ** Eurycea longicauda - Dark-sided Salamander 3 Eurycea lucifuga - Cave Salamander 3 Eurycea multiplicata - Many-ribbed/Gray-bellied Salamander 3 Eurycea quadridigitata - Dwarf Salamander 5 Eurycea spelaea - Grotto Salamander ** Eurycea tynerensis - Oklahoma Salamander 4 Hemidactylium scutatum - Four-toed Salamander 5 Plethodon albagula - Western Slimy Salamander 3 Plethodon angusticlavius - Ozark Zigzag Salamander ** Plethodon caddoensis - Caddo Mountain Salamander ** Plethodon fourchensis - Fourche Mountain Salamander ** Plethodon kiamichi - Kiamichi Slimy Salamander ** Plethodon kisatchie - Lousiana Slimy Salamander ** Plethodon ouachitae - Rich Mountain Salamander ** Plethodon sequoyah - Sequoyah Slimy Salamander ** Plethodon serratus - Southern Redback Salamander ** Fam. Proteidae Necturus maculosus - Common Mudpuppy 4 Fam. Salamandridae Notophthalmus viridescens - Central Newt 3 Fam. Sirenidae Siren intermedia - Western Lesser Siren 4 Class Amphibia - Order Anura Fam. Bufonidae Anaxyrus americanus - Dwarf American Toad 4 Anaxyrus fowleri/woodhousei - Fowler’s/Woodhouse’s Toad 2 Incilius nebulifer - Coastal Plain Toad 10 Fam. Hylidae Acris crepitans - Northern/Blanchard's Cricket Frog 2 Hyla avivoca - Bird-voiced Treefrog 10 Hyla chrysocelis/versicolor – Cope’s/Eastern Gray Treefrog 4 Hyla cinerea - Green Treefrog 2 Pseudacris crucifer - Spring Peeper 2 Pseudacris streckeri - Strecker's Chorus Frog ** Pseudacris triseriata - Midland Chorus Frog 2 Fam. Microhylidae Gastrophryne carolinensis - Eastern Narrowmouth Toad 4 Gastrophryne olivacea - Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad 4 Fam. Scaphiodontidae Spea bombifrons - Plains Spadefoot 6 Scaphiopus holbrookii - Eastern/Hurter's spadefoot 4 Fam. Ranidae Lithobates areolata - Northern/Southern Crawfish Frog 5 Lithobates catesbeiana - Bullfrog 2 Lithobates clamitans - Green/Bronze Frog 3 Lithobates palustris - Pickerel Frog 3 Lithobates sphenocephalus - Southern Leopard Frog 2 Lithobates sylvaticus - Wood Frog ** Class Reptilia - Order Crocodylia Fam. Alligatoridae Alligator mississippiensis - American Alligator ** Class Reptilia - Order Testudines Fam. Chelydridae Chelydra serpentina - Common Snapping Turtle 2 Macrochelys temminckii - Alligator Snapping Turtle ** Fam. Emydidae Chrysemys dorsalus - Southern Painted Turtle 4 Deirochelys reticularia - Western Chicken Turtle ** Graptemys geographica - Common Map Turtle 6 Graptemys ouachitensis - Ouachita Map Turtle 3 Graptemys pseudogeographica - Mississippi Map Turtle 3 Pseudemys concinna – Eastern River River Cooter 3 Terrapene carolina - Three-toed Box Turtle ** Terrapene ornata - Ornate Box Turtle ** Trachemys scripta - Red-eared Slider 2 Fam. Kinosternidae Kinosternon subrubrum - Mississippi Mud Turtle 4 Sternotherus carinatus - Razorback Musk Turtle 6 Sternotherus odoratus - Common Musk Turtle 2 Fam. Trionychidae Apalone mutica - Midland Smooth Softshell 3 Apalone spinifera - Western/Eastern/Pallid Spiny Softshell 3 Class Reptilia - Order Squamata - Suborder Sauria Fam. Gekkonidae (exotic, p. 41) Hemidactylus turcicus - Mediterranean Gecko 2 Fam. Anguiidae Ophisaurus attenuatus - Western Slender Glass Lizard 4 Fam. Crotaphytidae Crotaphytus collaris - Eastern Collared Lizard 5 Fam. Phrynosomatidae Phrynosoma cornutum - Texas Horned Lizard 4 Sceloporus undulatus - Northern Fence Lizard 2 Fam. Dactyloidae Anolis carolinensis - Green Anole 4 Fam. Scincidae Plestiodon anthracinus - Southern Coal Skink 4 Plestiodon fasciatus - Five-lined Skink 2 Plestiodon laticeps - Broadhead Skink 4 Plestiodon obsoletus - Great Plains Skink 10 Plestiodon septentrionalis - Northern Prairie Skink 5 Scincella lateralis - Ground Skink 3 Fam. Teiidae Aspidoscelis sexlineata - Prairie/Six-lined Racerunner 3 Class Reptilia - Order Squamata - Suborder Serpentes Fam. Colubridae Subfam. Colubrinae Cemophora coccinea - Northern Scarlet Snake 5 Coluber constrictor - Buttermilk/E. Yellowbelly/Southern Black Racer 3 Lampropeltis calligaster - Prairie Kingsnake 4 Lampropeltis getula - Speckled Kingsnake 4 Lampropeltis triangulum - Red/Louisiana Milk Snake 5 Masticophis flagellum - Eastern Coachwhip 5 Opheodrys aestivus - Rough Green Snake 3 Pantherophis guttatus - Great Plains Rat/Corn Snake 5 Scotophis obsoletus - Black/Gray/Texas Rat Snake 3 Sonora semiannulata - Ground Snake 6 Subfam. Natricinae Nerodia cyclopion - Mississippi Green Water Snake 7 Nerodia erythrogaster - Yellowbelly/Blotched Water Snake 3 Nerodia fasciata - Broad-banded Water Snake 3 Nerodia rhombifer - Diamondback Water Snake 3 Nerodia sipedon - Northern/Midland Water Snake 3 Regina grahamii - Graham's Crayfish Snake 3 Regina rigida - Gulf Crayfish Snake 5 Regina septemvittata - Queen Snake ** Storeria dekayi - Midland/Texas Brown Snake 3 Storeria occipitomaculata - Northern/Florida Redbelly Snake 3 Thamnophis proximus - Western Ribbon Snake 4 Thamnophis sirtalis - Eastern Garter Snake 3 Virginia striatula - Rough Earth Snake 3 Virginia valeriae - Western Smooth Earth Snake 4 Subfam. Xenodontinae Carphophis amoenus - Midwest Worm Snake ** Carphophis vermis - Western Worm Snake 3 Diadophis punctatus - Prairie/Mississippi Ringneck Snake 3 Farancia abacura - Western Mud Snake 4 Heterodon platirhinos - Eastern Hognose Snake 4 Tantilla gracilis - Flathead Snake 3 Fam. Elapidae Micrurus tener - Texas Coral Snake * Fam. Viperidae Agkistrodon contortrix - Southern/Osage Copperhead * Agkistrodon piscivorus - Western Cottonmouth * Crotalus atrox - Western Diamondback Rattlesnake * Crotalus horridus - Timber Rattlesnake * Sistrurus miliarius - Western Pigmy Rattlesnake *