U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reptiles and Amphibians of Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge

Established in 1994, the 18,000-acre Trinity This list follows the standard listings in Chicken Turtles River National Wildlife Refuge is a Standard Common and Current Chicken Turtle remnant of what was once a much larger, Scientific Names for North American Deirochelys reticalaria frequently flooded, bottomland hardwood Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles and Softshells forest. You are still able to view vast Crocodilians (5th Edition) by Joseph T. Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle expanses of ridge and swale floodplain Collins and Travis W. Taggart. Trionyx spiniferus emoryi features, numerous bayous, oxbow lakes, and cypress/tupelo swamps along the Contact the Refuge staff if you should find Lizards Trinity River. It is one of only 14 priority- an unlisted or rare species during your Introduced Geckos one bottomland sites identified for visit and provide a description. Mediterranean Gecko protection in the Texas Bottomland Hemidactylus turcicusAnoles Protection Plan. This type of habitat is Alligators Green Anole used during migration or nesting by American Alligator Anolis carolinensis carolinensis nearly 50 percent of the migratory bird Alligator mississippiens Skinks species listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ground Skink Service. Over 275 species of birds occur in Turtles Scincella lateralis the hardwood forest and associated Snapping Turtles Five-lined Skink wetlands in eastern Texas; while over 100 Common Snapping Turtle Eumeces fasciatus bird species are known to breed there. Chelydra serpentina serpentina Broadhead Skink These forests also support a wide diversity Alligator Snapping Turtles Eumeces laticeps of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish Alligator Snapping Turtle including the federally listed bald eagle Macrochelys temminckii Snakes and alligator. Cooters Water Snakes Eastern River Cooter Diamondback Water Snake For more information, visit our website: Pseudemys concinna Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/ Sliders Yellowbelly Water Snake trinityriver Red-eared Slider Nerodia erythogaster flavigaster Trachemys scripta elegans Broad-banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata confluens Crayfish Snakes Gulf Crayfish Snake Regina rigida sinicola Garter Snakes Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus orarius Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus proximus Earth Snakes Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula Hognose Snakes Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos Mud Snakes Western Mud Snake Farancia abacura reinwardtii Racers Buttermilk Racer Clouber constrictor anthicus Coachwhip Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum flagellum Rough Green Snake Green Anole Photograph by Garry Tucker Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus Rat Snakes Texas Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii Kingsnakes Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula hobrooki Flathead Snakes Flathead Snake Tantilla gracilis Eastern Coral Snakes Texas Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius tener Copperheads and Cottonmouths Southern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix contortix Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Rattlesnakes Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

Salamanders Central Newt Water Moccasin Photograph by Garry Tucker Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Frogs Narrowmouth Toads True Toads Eastern Narrowmouth Toad Gulf Coast Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis Bufo valliceps valliceps Cricket Frogs True Frogs Blanchard’s Cricket Frog Bullfrog Acris crepitans blanchardi Rana catesbeiana Tree Frogs Bronze Frog Northern Spring Peeper Rana clamitans clamitans Pseudacris crucifer crucifer Southern Leopard Frog Green Treefrog Rana utricularia Hyla cinerea Pickerel Frog Gray Treefrog Rana palustris Hyla versicolor Updated February 2008