Alligator Lizards Anguidae Madrean Alligator Lizard Elgaria kingii Notes Venomous Lizards Helodermatidae Reticulate Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum ______Slender Blind Snakes Leptotyphlopidae ______Western Blind Snake Leptotyphlops humilis ______Reptiles Colubrids Colubridae ______Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus ______and Red Racer Masticophis flagellum ______Striped Whipsnake Masticophis taeniatus ______Sonoran Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus ______Amphibians Western Patch-nosed Snake Salvadora hexalepis ______Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer ______Glossy Snake Arizona elegans ______Common Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula ______Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake Lampropeltis pyromelana PLEASE Long-nosed Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei LEAVE REPTILES AND Black-necked Garter Snake Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Narrow-headed Garter Snake Thamnophis rufipunctatus AMPHIBIANS IN THE WILD

Mexican Garter Snake Thamnophis eques FOR OTHERS TO ENJOY.

Wandering Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans vagrans ***** Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata THE COLLECTION OF HERPS CAN Southwestern Black-headed Snake Tantilla hobartsmithi RESULT IN REDUCTION OF LOCAL Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata

POPULATIONS, TRANSMITTAL OF RIMIROCK AREAS Of the CAMPVERDE, AND Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus DISEASES, AND INTRODUCTION OF Coral Snakes Elapidae Verde Valley SEDONA, COTTONWOOD, NON-ENDEMIC SPECIES. Arizona Coral Snake Micruroides euryxanthus Vipers Viperidae

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox

Mohave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus PRODUCED IN COOPERATION BY Erika Nowak, USGS Arizona Black Rattlesnake Crotalus viridus cerberus Janie Agyagos, USFS Blacktailed Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus Friends of the Forest Last Edit 8/06

CHECKLIST INTRODUCTION Common Name Scientific Name Salamanders Ambysotmatidae Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum

Spadefoot Toads Pelobatidae Southern Spadefoot Scaphiopus multiplicatus True Toads Bufonidae Geckos Gekkonidae Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus micrscaphus Western Banded Gecko Coleonyx variegates Woodhouse Toad Bufo woodhousei Mediterranean House Gecko* Hemidactylus turcicus Red-spotted Toad Bufo punctatus Iguanids Iguanidae Great Plains Toad Bufo cognatus Greater Earless Lizard Cophosaurus texanus Treefrogs Hylidae Common Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris Canyon Treefrog Hyla arenicolor Desert Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata Clark Spiny Lizard Sceloporus clarkii Mountain Treefrog Hyla eximia True Frogs Ranidae Southern Plateau Lizard Sceloporus undulatus tristichus Bullfrog* Rana catesbeiana Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana

Chiricahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis The Verde Valley is defined geographically as the low-lying Skinks Scincidae area surrounded by Mingus Mountain on the west, the Mud Turtles Kinosternidae Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus Mogollon Rim on the north and east, and Squaw Peak and Pine Sonoran Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense Mountain on the South. The Verde Valley is comprised of the Many-lined Skink Eumeces multibirgatus towns of Cottonwood, Cornville, Sedona, Lake Montezuma/ Softshell Turtles Trionychidae Whiptails Teiidae Rimrock/McGuireville, and Camp Verde. Texas Spiny Turtle* Trionyx spiniferus emoryi Western Whiptail Cnemidophorus tigris The Verde Valley contains a variety of habitats including Pond Turtles Emydidae mixed conifer, ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper woodlands, Desert Grassland Whiptail Cnemidophorus uniparens Painted Turtle* Chrysemys picta chaparral, Sonoran desert scrub, semi-desert grassland, and Gila Spotted Whiptail Cnemidophorus flagellicaudus riparian. This variety of habitats support complex Pond Slider * Trachemys scripta assemblages of wildlife and plants. Plateau Striped Whiptail Cnemidophorus velox Land Tortoises Testudinidae

This checklist contains sixty species of reptiles and Desert Tortoise# Gopherus agassizii Species that are native to Arizona, but not endemic to the area amphibians (collectively known as “herps”) found within the and are present in the Verde Valley only because they have Verde Valley. Please report sightings of additional species to been released, are indicated by a pound sign (#). Non-native Janie Agyagos (928-203-7507). species that have been introduced into the area are indicated by an asterisk (*).