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AND OF ORGAN PIPE NATIONAL MONUMENT Compiled by the Interpretive Staff With Technical Assistance From Dr. J . C. McCoy, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, Pa. and Dr. Robert C. Stebbins, University of , Berkeley

Comm:m Names Scientific Names Amphibians Class Amphibia

Frogs ~ Toads Order Sa.;J.ienta Toads Bufonidae River toad alvaris (s) Great plains toad nuro co~tus (s) - spotted toad Biil'O puncatus (s) green toad Buf'O retiformis Spadefoot Toads Family Pelobatidae Couch's spadefoot couchi (8) Reptiles Class Reptilia Turtles Order Testudinata Mud Turtles and Their Allies Family Chelydridae Sonora mud turtle Kinosternon sonorien8e (s) Land and Their Allies Family Testudinjdae - -.;.;.;.;;;.;;;;;..--- Gopherus agassizi and Order Lizards Suborder Sauria Family Desert banded Coleoqyx ! . variegatus (s) Iguanids Family zebra- tailed Callisaurus draconoides ventralis (s) Western collard lizard Crotaphytus collaris bailer) ( s) Long-nosed leopard lizard Crotaphytus ! . wislizeni (s Desert ~saurus d. dorsalis (s) Southern desert osoma p!atyrhinos calidiarum Regal horned lizard Phrynosoma solara ( s) Arizona Sauromalus obesus tumidus (s) Desert spi~ lizard SceloEorus m. magister (s) tree lizard ornatus symmetricus (s) Desert side-blotched lizard ~ stansburiana stejnegeri (s) Teids Family Teidae Red-backed whiptail Cnemidophorus burti xanthonot us ~) Southern whiptail Cnemidophorus tigris gracilis (6)

Venomous Lizards Family Heloderrr~tidae Reticula.te Gila m:mster ! .. suspectum (6) Snakes Suborder Serpentes Worm Snakes Family Southwestern blind Leptottphlops h. humilis (s) Boas Family

Desert rosy Lichanura trivirgata gracia (s) Colubrids Family

Arizona Arizona elegans noctivaga c. s ) Banded sand snake Chilomeniscus cinctus (6) shovel-nosed snake Chionacti6 occipitalis annulata Organ Pipe shovel- nosed snake Chionactis palarostrjs organica (s) Spotted night snake torquata ochrorhynchacs) Yuma king snake Lampropeltis getUius yumensis Sonora whipsnake bilineatus (s) Red racer & western black racer Masticophis rla~ellll"~Ceus (s) Pima leaf- nosed snake Phyllorhynchus _. bro (6) Spotted leaf-nosed snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus Sonora gopher snake catenifer affinis (s) Western long- nosed snake Rhinocheilus 1. lecontei (s) Desert patch-nosed snake Sa1vadora ~ . hexalepsis (s) Sonora senuannUlata Western blaok-necked Thamnophis c. CfatOPSiS Wester n checkered garter snake Thamnoph!s marc~nu8 nigrolateris Sonora lyre snake Trimorphodon laJl'.bda (s) Elapids Family Arizona COl"al snake ! . eur;rxanthus (s )

~ Vipers Family Crotalidae Hestern diamondback atrox (s) Sidewinder (s) Southwestern speckled rattlesnake Crotalus mitchelli ~rhus Northern black-tailed rattlesnake Crotalus m. molossus Mojave rattlesnake Crotalus s. scutulatus (s) Crotaius ti8ri~ (8)

Revised April, 1965 -< s) Speci~n in Monument collection Names are in accordance with Common Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, reprinted from Copeia, 1956, No . 3, pp. 172-185, where possible. 7' AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT

Compiled by the interpretive Staff With Technical Assistance From Dr. C. J. McCoy, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Dr. Robert C. Stebbins, University of California, Berkeley Common Names Scientific Names

Amphibians Class Amphibia

Frogs and Toads Order Salienta

Toads Family Bufonidae Colorado River toad Bufo alvarius (s) Great Plains toad Bufo cognatus (s) Red-spotted toad Bufo punctatus (s) Sonoran green toad Bufo retiformis (s) Spade foot Toads Family Pelobatidae Couch's spade foot Scaphiopus couchi (s) Reptiles Class Reptilia

Turtles Order Testudinata Mud Turtles Family Chelydridae

Yellow mud turtle Kinosternon flavescens stejnegeri Sonora mud turtle Kinosternon sonoriense (s)

Land Tortoises Family Testudinidae Gopherus agassizi

Lizards and Snakes Order Squamata Lizards SuborderSauria Geckos Family Gekkonidae

Desert banded gecko coleonyx~. variegatus (s) Iguanids Family Iguanidae Arizona zebra-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides ventralis (s) Western collared lizard Crotaphytus collaris baileyi (s) Long-nosed leopard lizard Crotaphytus w. wislizeni (s) Diposaurus d~ dorsalis (s) Southern desert horned lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum (s) Rega 1 horned .11zarJ Phrynosoma solare (s) Arizona chuckwalla Sauromalus obesus tumidus (s) Clark's Sceloporus c. clarki (s) Desert spiny lizard Sceloporus m. magister (s) Colorado River tree li~ard · symmetricus (s) Desert side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana stejneKeri (8) Teids Family Te idae

Red-backed whiptail Cnemidophorus burti xanthonotus (s) Southern whiptail Cnemidophorus tigris gracilis( ~ ) Venomous Lizards Family 'Helodermatidae

Reticulate Heloderma l ~' suspectum (8)

Snakes Suborder Serpentes Worm Snakes Family Leptotyphlopidae

Southwestern blind snake ~. humilis (s)

Boas Family Boidae Mexican Lichanura.!. trivirgata (s)

Colubrids Family Colubridae Arizona glossy snake Arizona elegans noctivaga (s) Banded sand snake Chilomeniscus cinctus (s) Colorado Desert shovel-nosed snake Chi onactis occipitalis annulata (s) Organ Pipe shovel-nosed snake Chionactis palarostris organica (s) Spotted night snake Hypsiglena torquata ochrorhyncha (s) Yuma king snake . . Lampropeltis getulus yumensis Ajo Mountain whipsnake Masticophus bilineatus lineolatus (s) Red racer & western black racer Masticophus flagellum piceus (8) Pima leaf-nosed snake Phyllorhynchus b. browni (s) Spotted leaf-nosed snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus (s) Sonora gopher snake affinis (s) Western long-nosed snake Rhinocheilus 1. lecontel (s) Desert patch-nosed snake · h. hexalepis (s) Western ground snake Sonora semIannulata (s) Mexican black-headed snake atriceps (s) Western black-necked garter snake Thamnophis c. cyrtopsis Western checkered garter snake Thamnophis marcianus nigrolaterls Sonora lyre snake Trimorphodon lambda (s) Elapids Family Elapidae

Arizona Micruroides ~. euryxanthus(s)

Pit Vipers Family Crotalidae

Western diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox (8) Sidewinder · Crotalus ceraste~ (8) Southwestern speckled rattlesnake Crotalus mitchelli pyrrhus Northern black;-ta.1 l .erl loat.tlesnake Crotalusm. molossus (s) . Mojave rattlesnake Crotalus s. scutulatus (s) Tiger rattlesnake Crotalus tigris (s) Revised August, 1968 (8) Specimen in Monument collection 68-45 CHECK UST OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTIIES of ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT 1:1 \-Jarren F. Steenbergh, Chief Park Naturalist and Wilton E. Hoy, park Naturalist Checked by Merriif.c$. Keasey, Herpetologist, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Alphabetical Listing by Common Names Amphibians, Turtles, and Tortoises Snakes Spadefoot, Couch's Boa, Desert rosy Toad, Colorado River , Yuma Toad, Great Plains Racer, Black (same as Red) Toad, Red-spotted Racer, Red (same species as Black) Tortoise, Desert Rattlesnake, Mojave Turtle, Sonora mud Rattlesnake, Northern black-tailed Rattlesnake, Tiger Lizards Rattlesnake, Western diamondback Chuckwalla, ;,,'~ ... ~t1!la Sidewinder, Colorado desert Gecko, Desert banded Sidewinder, Sonora Gecko, Tucson banded Snake, Arizona coral Iguana, Desert Snake, Arizona glossy Lizard, Arizona zebra-tailed Snake, Banded sand Lizard, Colorado River tree Snake, Checkered garter Lizard, Desert side-blotched Snake, Clouded leaf-nosed Lizard, Desert spiny Snake, Desert long-nosed Lizard, Long-nosed leopard Snake, Desert patch-nosed Lizard, Regal horned Snake, Maricopa leaf-nosed Lizard, Sonora spiny Snake, Mexican garter Lizard, Western collared Snake, Mojave shovel-nosed Monster, Gila Snake, Organ Pipe shovel-nose Racerunner, Yellow-backed Snake, Pima leaf-nosed Whiptail, Arizona Snake, Sonora gopher Whiptail, Western Snake, Sonora lyre Snake, Southwestern blind Snake, Spotted night Snake, Western leaf-nosed Snake, Western long-nosed Whipsnake, Ajo Mountain Whipsnake, Sonora

Technical names of all listed species are available at the Visitor Center, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, or may be found in any good key to amphibians and reptiles...... --...~... m~HIBIANS AND REPTILES 1912. ORGAf\J PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONill1ENT

Compiled by the interpretive Staff With Technical Assistance From Dr. C. J. McCoy, Carnegie Huseurn, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Dr. Robert C. Stebbins, University of California, Berkeley

Common Names Scientific Names ,--,------_ . ._---- Amphibians Class Amphibia Frogs and Toads Order Salienta Toads Family Bufonidae Coloraqo River toad Bufo alvarius (s) Gr eat' Piains toad Bufo cognatu$ (s) Red~~p 6i ted t9ad " Bufo pphctatlls (s) So~oran gre~ntbad Bufo retiformis (s) ~ , ~' ''~' - -' '

Spade foot _To .ads Family Pe~obq~id~¢ Couch's spadefoot SC<;i.phiopu$ 9Qtt9hi (s)

R'~ptiles Class Reptili~ j, ~- . \trtles Order Testudinata M).l.d Turtles: Family Chelydridae Yellow mud turtle Kinosternon flavescens stejnegeri Sonora mud turtle Kinosternon sonoriense \s)

Land Tortoises Family T~ s t u9inidae Desert tortQise Gopherus agassizi

Lizards and Snakes Order Squamata Lizards Sub-order Sauria Geckos Family Gekkonidae

Deser~ banded geckQ Coleonyx !. variegatus (s) I guanids Family Iguanidae

Arizona zebra-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides ventralis(s) ~'lest e rn collared ' lizard Crotaphytus collaris baileyi (s) Long~nosed leopard lizard Crotaphytus w. wislizeni (s) Des ert iguana Dipsosaurus ~. dOrSa~(s) Southern desert horBed li!7.ani Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum(s ) . Regal horned li7.ard Phrynosoma solare ' (s) Arizona chucln"alla Sauromalus obesus tumidus (s) Clark I s spiny lizard Soeloporus c. clarki (i) Desert spiny lizard Sceloporus §:. magister (s) Colorado River tree lizard Urosaurus ornatus symme~ricus (8) Desert side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana stejnegeri (s)

Teids Family Teidae

Red~backed whiptail Cnemidophorus burti xanthonotus (~) Southern whiptail Cnemidop:h'O'rUS tigris gracilis'Ts)

Venomous Lizards Family Helodermatidae

Reticulate Gila monster Heloderma ~. suspectum (s)

Snakes Suborder Serpentes 110rm Snakes Family Le,Etotyphlopidae

Southwestern blind snake Leptotyp~lops ~. humilis (s)

Boas Family Boidae Mexican rosy boa Lichanura !. trivirgata (s) Colubrids Family Colubridae

Arizona glossy snake Arizona elegans noctivaga . (s) Banded sand snake Chilomeniscus cinctus (s) Colorado Desert shovel-nosed snake ChionactisocciPit.alis annulata (s, Organ Pipe shovel-nosed snake Chionactis ~~larostris organica (s, Spotted night snake Hxpsiglena torquata ochrorhYncha (s) Yuma king snake Lampropeltis getulus yumensis Ajo Hountain whipsnake Masticophus bilineatus lineolatus (s) Red racer & western black racer Masticophus flagellum EiC(Uj (sJ Pima leaf-nosed snake Phyllorhynchus b. browni s Spotted leaf-nosed snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus (s) Sonora gopher snake Pituophis melanoleucus affinis (s) Western long-nosed snake Rhinocheilus 1. lecontei (s) Desert patch-nosed snake Salvadora h. hexalepis (s) Western ground snake Sonora semiannulata (s) Mexican black-headed snake Tantilla atriceps (s) Western black-necked garter snake Thamnophis c. cyrtopsis Western checkered garter snake Thamnophis marcianus nigrolateris Sonora lyre snake Trimorphodon lambda (Sj

Elapids Family Elapidae

Arizona coral snake Yucruroides ~. euryxanthus (s)

Pit Vipers Family Crotalidae

Western diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox (s) Sidewinder Crotalus cerastes (s) .$.putbwestern sp<;l..p_kJ-Sld rattle~nake Crotalus mitchelli Eyrrhus Northern black-tailed rattlesnake Crotalus m. molossus (s) ' Mojave rattlesnake Crotalus s. scutulatus (s) Tiger rattlesnake Crotalus tigris, (s)

Rev. 6/72 (s) Specimen in Monllll.te.nt. collection ,"

CHECKLlST OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT

Compiled by Warren F. Steenbergh Chief Park Naturalist

and

Wil ton E. Hoy Park Naturalist

,J ~ II, "J\-\l"-t V ( Checked by Merrit S. Keasey, Herpetologist Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

March 28, 1963 elass Amphibia Amphibians Order Salienta Frogs and Toads Family Bufonidae Toads

Bufo alvarius (1) Colorado River Toad Bufo cognatus (1) Great Plains Toad Bufo punctatus (1) Red-spotted Toad Family Pelobatidae Spade foot Toads Scaphiopus couchi (1) Couch's Spadefoot Class Reptilia Reptiles / Order Testudinata Turtles ! , Subfamily Kinosterninae Mud Turtles ;" Kinosternon sonoriense (7) Sonora Mud Turtle Subfamily Testudlninae ,{ *" Land Tortoises l!, Gopherus agassizi (1) ~~esert Tortoise Order Squamata Lizards and Snakes

Suborder Sauria Lizards Family Gekkonidae Geckos

~H'Y"~atu50get't'1----I·S· tlC'30l'l-Ba~ Coleonyx variegatus variegatus (l)(s) Desert Banded Gecko F'amily Iguanidae Iguanids Callisaurus draGonoides ventralis (l)(s) Arizona Zebra-tailed Lizard Crotaphytus collaris baileyi (7) (s) \'lestern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus wislizeni wislizeni (l)(s) Long-nosed Leopard Lizard ~ip s osaurus dorsalis dorsalis (l)(s) Desert Iguana Sauroma1us obesus tumidus (l)(s) Arizona Chuckwalla Sceloporus magister magister (l)(s) Desert Spiny Lizard- Sceloporus .c1arki clarki (1) Sonora Spiny Lizard uta ornata. symmetrica (l)(s) Colorado River Tree Lizard- Uta stansbUrlana stejnegerl (l)(s) Desert Side-blotched Lizard~ Phrynosoma solare (l)(s) Regal Horned Lizard

i ~, \1 Family Teidae b"lyt, ,/IIQ;/ f Teids ~~-7 ~m:h!i-01liWrus ~tt~u.og~S i8-H1l~r100na-Wh-~11 , Cnemidophorus b~rti xanthQ~otus *{5)(6)(E) Yellow-backed Racerunner 'ijcJ\l:~ )0I4H,{>11'l (Ajo Mts.) Cnemidophorus tigris / ' ~. (1) (9) (s) We-a-tem Whiptail Family Helodermatidae Venomous Lizards

Heloderma suspectum (s)(1) Gila Monster - Suborder Serpentes Snakes

Family Leptotyphlopidae -,,> 1c; Worm Smkes / :; /' Leptotyphlops humil~ s humily s (3) Southwestern Blind Snake Family Boidae Boas Lichanura roseofusca gracia (3)(E)*(s) Desert Rosy Boa Family Colubridae Colubrids Arizona elegans noctivaga (3) Arizona Glossy Snake Chilomeniscus cinctus (3) Banded Sand Snake i~~ctis occipitalis og,ct-pU aJ. i'S (2) Mo'ja-v.e--ShGlJel-ne-s-ed Snake <7""""\\ "t" Chionactus palarostris organica (3) (E) Organ Pipe Shovel-nose Snake ____~ H~~si~glena /Torquata ochrorhyncha (3) Spotted Night Snake Lampropelfis getulus yumensis (2)(8) Yuma Kingsnake ~I WI ; t - ·-Ma.s#e-ef)l'iis b ;t.JA.~l4ne&t.1::l£ -onora-wirlps...m!rl>---- Masticophis bilineatus lineolatus (3)(E) ~ AJo Mountain Whipsnake Masticophis flagellum piceus (1) (2) Red Racer, Western Black Racer (two color phases) Phyllorhynchus browni browni (1) Pima Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus (2)( 9) Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake Phyllorhynochus decurtatus nubi lus (3) Clouded Loaf-nosed Snake i<' Ph ~l)o!'t!~c~eS:EE t~tu~ perkinsi (9) \'lestern Leaf-nosed Snake - -::r- affinus (1) Sonora Gopher Snake , .A l?(' ( ~' ,-I V,,', f1 -R&~e~i-lus-3:eC'Ont-e"1: Clal"U3 ( ~_De.se.I!t-Long-nosed- Snake- - C.;«I".,I'A' f, ' '/ t Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei (8) Western Long-nosed Snake (;. l~_ei O~~ Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis (4) Desert Patch-nosed Snake - ,.~ 'PJ.qarJll1Qphi.s....89-lt~m.~.QP..s_-·-<-).)-<-9-}- -Me.x:ican Gartep--Snake------' --, .-.. --, -', ~ C'lifHI? ______. )Thamnophls /nlgrolater~~rcianJ:!.s /(8)(9) ~ Checker~d Garter Snake ___vJe\.1e(:, i C'l .te-,t Trimorphodon lambda s.sP. - -f3r (E) IlfM Sono~ S~ "Ief.. Family Elapidae Elapids Micruroides euryxanthus Arizona Coral Snake

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Family Crotalidae Pit Vipers Crotalus atrox (1) (s) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus cerastes cercobombus ~ ( ~ ) Sonora Sidewinder (A(.c.~ 'V0 c: c;..,CI1 ____)~ ICrotaaus cerastes laterorepens {l)(s) Colorado Desert Sidewinder TO ~~I<' $l,.IrG, Crotalus molossus molossus (1)(7) Northern Black-tailed Rattle- snake scutulatus (l)(s) Mojave Rattlesnake Crotalus tigris {3}(s} Tiger Rattlesnake

KEY TO SYMBOLS USED (I) Huey, Lawrence M., Curator of and , San Diego Natural History 1939. (2) Hensley, M. Max '"l- (3) Supernaugh, William R., Superintendent ORP! /~ (4) Bronson, Otis, Herpetologist Associated with Arisona-Sonora Desert __~ __ Museum{ 11 • 1.- 0 ~'f (5) LOve,~ Charles }(., ~, Zoology Department, University of Arizona (6) Beargie, Kathleen, University of Colorado (7) Steenbergh, Warren F. Chief Park Naturalist ORP! (8) Keasey, Merritt S., Herpetologist, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 1963. (9) Status uncertain (further study required) (E) /"'7~~DtJUl~ oeo(y,s.e-~~ng~etlS'i.on- fro S<>n6r il ---- / ~e x!£~o....Mo~ rt t) FVlt{ ('»if (''I. ~ oss1b1y endemic ~-4i;::::::--...:::::.~ . (s) Specimen in Monument collection

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... 3 ) . CHECK LIST OF LIZARDS FOUND ON ORGAN PIFE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT Latin, -Name ' . Conunon Name ~all1saurus ventral1s ventralis Gridiron=t~

Cnemidophorus tesselatus Common tesselated racerunner

Cnamidophorus gularis octolineatus western spotted racerunner .

Coleonyx variegatus Gecko

Crotaphytus collaris baileyi western collared lizard

Dipsosaarus dorsalis dorsalis Crested lizard

eam~~~a wislizenii wizli~nii Leopard lizard Crotaphytua Heloderma suspectum Gil a monster

Fhrynosoma solare Regal horned lizard

Fhrynosoma Platyrhinos Desert horned lizard

Sauromalus obesus Chuckawalla

Sceloporus clarkii clarkii Cla rk' s spiny lizard Sceloporus magister magister Desert spiny lizard

Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus Symmetrical uta

Uta ornata Tree uta uta stansburiana stejnegri Striped ground uta

OUr lizard list is incomplete and ihere are doubtless othe,r species to be oollected and identified.

TURTLE Gopherus agassizii Desert tortoise HyE.

( Possible Spe ci es in Organ Pipe Cac~us National Monument )

(I) Hyla arenicolor ( Canyon Tree ) -

(2) Oxybelis aenus auratus ( Mexican Vine Snake) -

(3) shannoni ( Arizona Brush Lizard) -

(4) Buf'o woodhousei ( Woodhouse's Toad) -

(5) Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi (Sonoran Tiger ) r

(6) triaspis ( Green Snake ) (7) Coleonyx variegatus bogerti ( Tuscon Banded Gecko)

(8) Cnemidophorus burti stictogrammus ( Giant Spotted Whiptail ) r