Wisconsin’s : (21 ) Reptiles: LIZARDS (4 species)

Amphibians and Reptiles  Western Wormsnake (SC/H)  Six-lined Racerunner (SC/H) (Carphophis vermis) (Aspidoscelis sexlineata) Amphibians: (12 species)  North American (Blue) Racer (SC/P)  Slender Glass Lizard (END) (Coluber constrictor) (Ophisaurus attenuatus)  Blanchard’s Cricket (END)  Timber (SC/P)  Common Five-lined Skink (Acris blanchardi) (Crotalus horridus) (Plestiodon fasciatus)  American Toad  Ring-necked Skink (SC/H) (Anaxyrus americanus) Prairie Ring-necked Snake (Plestiodon septentrionalis)  Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Diadophis punctatus arnyi) (SC/H) (Hyla chrysoscelis) Northern Ring-necked Snake Reptiles: TURTLES (11 species)  Gray Treefrog (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii) (Hyla versicolor) Smooth Softshell (SC/H)  Eastern Hog-nosed Snake   American Bullfrog (Apalone mutica) (Heterodon platirhinos) (Lithobates catesbeianus) Spiny Softshell  Eastern Milksnake   Green Frog (Apalone spinifera) (Lampropeltis triangulum) (Lithobates clamitans) Snapping Turtle  Common (Northern) Watersnake   Pickerel Frog (SC/H) (Chelydra serpentina) (Nerodia sipedon) (Lithobates palustris) Painted Turtle  Smooth Greensnake   Northern Leopard Frog (SOC) (Chrysemys picta) (Opheodrys vernalis) (Lithobates pipiens) Blanding's Turtle (SC/P, SOC)  Gray (Black) Ratsnake (SC/P)   Mink Frog (SC/H) (Emydoidea blandingii) ( spiloides) (Lithobates septentrionalis) Wood Turtle (THR, SOC)  Eastern Foxsnake   Wood Frog (Glyptemys insculpta) (Pantherophis vulpinus) (Lithobates sylvaticus) Northern Map Turtle  Gophersnake (Bullsnake) (SC/P)   Spring Peeper (Graptemys geographica) (Pituophis catenifer) (Pseudacris crucifer)  Queensnake (END)  Ouachita (Southern) Map Turtle  Boreal Chorus Frog (Regina septemvittata) (Graptemys ouachitensis) (Pseudacris maculata)  Eastern Massasauga (LT, END)  False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica) Amphibians: SALAMANDERS (7 species) (Sistrurus catenatus)  Dekay's Brownsnake  Eastern Musk Turtle

 Blue-spotted Salamander (Storeria dekayi) (Sternotherus odoratus) (Ambystoma laterale)  Red-bellied Snake  Ornate Box Turtle (END)  Spotted Salamander (Storeria occipitomaculata) (Terrapene ornata)

(Ambystoma maculatum)  Butler’s Gartersnake (SC/H)  Eastern Tiger Salamander (Thamnophis butleri) LT: Federally Threatened Species (Ambystoma tigrinum)  Western Ribbonsnake (END) END: State Endangered Species (Thamnophis proximus)  Four-toed Salamander (SC/H) THR: State Threatened Species (Hemidactylium scutatum)  Plains Gartersnake (SC/H) (Thamnophis radix) SC/P: State Species of Special Concern  Mudpuppy Eastern (Northern) Ribbonsnake (END) (fully protected) (Necturus maculosus)  (Thamnophis saurita) SC/H: State Species of Special Concern  Eastern Newt  Common Gartersnake (open/closed seasons) (Notophthalmus viridescens) (Thamnophis sirtalis) SOC: Federal Species of Concern  Eastern Red-backed Salamander  Lined Snake (SC/H) (Plethodon cinereus) ( lineatum) Last Updated April 2, 2018

Wisconsin is home to 55 native amphibian and species, often collectively referred to as “herps” or “herptiles.”

Amphibians include frogs and salamanders in Wisconsin and are defined as cold- blooded vertebrate that typically have a gill-breathing larval stage followed by a lung-breathing adult stage.

Reptiles include reptiles include snakes, lizards and turtles in Wisconsin and are defined as cold-blooded vertebrate animals with dry, scaly that typically lay soft shelled on land.

For additional information, please visit the Department of Natural Resources herp page: PUB ER-110 2018 Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation dnr.wi.gov/topic/WildlifeHabitat/Herps.asp Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources