Red Slough Reptiles and Amphibians (62 species)
ALLIGATOR AND CAIMAN
American Alligator – (Alligator mississippiensis)
SNAPPING TURTLES
Eastern Snapping Turtle – (Chelydra serpentina)
MUSK AND MUD TURTLES
Mississippi Mud Turtle – (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) Razor-backed Musk Turtle – (Sternotherus carinatus) Common Musk Turtle (Stinkpot) – (Sternotherus odoratus)
BOX AND WATER TURTLES
Southern Painted Turtle – (Chrysemys dorsalis) Western Chicken Turtle – (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) Mississippi Map Turtle – (Graptemys kohnii) Eastern River Cooter – (Pseudemys concinna concinna) Three-toed Box Turtle – (Terrapene carolina triunguis) Red-eared Slider – (Trachemys scripta elegans)
SOFTSHELL TURTLES
Midland Smooth Softshell – (Apalone mutica mutica) Pallid Spiny Softshell – (Trionyx spinifera pallida)
IGUANIDS
Northern Green Anole – (Anolis carolinensis carolinensis) Prairie Lizard – (Sceloporus consobrinus)
WHPTAILS
Eastern Six-lined Racerunner – (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus)
SKINKS
Broad-headed Skink – (Eumeces laticeps) Little Brown Skink – (Scincella lateralis)
GLASS LIZARDS
Western Slender Glass Lizard – (Ophisaurus attenuates attenuatus)
COLUBRIDS
Western Wormsnake – (Carphophis vermis) Southern Black Racer – (Coluber constrictor priapus) Western Ratsnake – (Pantherophis obsoletus) Western Mudsnake – (Farancia abacura reinwardtii) Eastern Hog-nosed Snake – (Heterodon platirhinos) Prairie Kingsnake – (Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster) Speckled Kingsnake – (Lampropeltis getula holbrooki) Yellow-bellied Watersnake – (Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster) Broad-banded Watersnake – (Nerodia fasciata confluens) Northern Diamondback Watersnake – (Nerodia rhombifera rhombifera) Midland Watersnake – (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis) Northern Rough Greensnake – (Opheodrys aestivus aestivus) Graham’s Crayfish Snake – (Regina grahamii) Gulf Crayfish Snake – (Regina rigida sinicola) Texas Brown Snake – (Storeria dekayi texana) Orange-striped Ribbon Snake – (Thamnophis proximus proximus) Common Garter Snake – (Thamnophis sirtalis) Rough Earth Snake – (Virginia striatula)
PIT VIPERS
Southern Copperhead – (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) Western Cottonmouth – (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma) Timber Rattlesnake – (Crotalus horridus) Western Pygmy Rattlesnake – (Sistrurus miliarius streckeri)
SIRENS
Western Lesser Siren – (Siren intermedia nettingi)
NEWTS
Central Newt – (Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis)
MOLE SALAMANDERS
Spotted Salamander – (Ambystoma maculatum) Marbled Salamander – (Ambystoma opacum) Mole Salamander – (Ambystoma talpoideum) Smallmouth Salamander – (Ambystoma texanum)
LUNGLESS SALAMANDERS
Slimy Salamander – (Plethodon species)
TOADS
Dwarf American Toad – (Bufo americanus charlesmithi) East Texas Toad – (Bufo woodhousii velatus)
NARROW-MOUTHED TOADS
Eastern Narrowmouth Toad – (Gastrophryne carolinensis)
TREEFROGS AND THEIR ALLIES
Blanchard's Cricket Frog – (Acris blanchardi) Green Treefrog – (Hyla cinerea) Eastern Gray Treefrog – (Hyla versicolor) Cope’s Gray Treefrog – (Hyla chrysoscelis) Spring Peeper – (Pseudacris crucifer) Cajun Chorus Frog – (Pseudacris fouquettei)
TRUE FROGS
Southern Crawfish Frog – (Rana areolata areolata) Bullfrog – (Rana catesbeiana) Bronze Frog – (Rana clamitans clamitans) Pickerel Frog – (Rana palustris) Southern Leopard Frog – (Rana sphenocephala utricularia)