U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reptiles and Amphibians of Little River National Wildlife Refuge The low, swampy, forested, bottomland Family Ambystomatidae Family Ranidae habitat that typifies Little River National Marbled salamander S. Crawfish Frog Wildlife Refuge is conducive to a Ambystoma opacum Rana areolata tremendous abundance and diversity of Mole Salamander Bullfrog amphibians and reptiles. Ambystoma talpoideum Rana catesbeiana Small-mouthed Salamander Bronze frog The Refuge is located at the northern Ambystoma texanum Rana clamitans clamitans extent of the range for several species Barred Tiger Salamander Pickerel frog such as the American alligator, mud Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium Rana palustris snake, and three-toed amphiuma. Of Southern leopard frog particular interest is the large population Family Plethodontidae Rana shenocephala utricularia of bird-voiced treefrogs occurring on Ouachita Dusky Salamander the Refuge. The normal range of this Desmognathus brimleyorum Class Reptilia (Reptiles) species does not extend west of central Four-toed salamander Louisiana. This separated population is Hemidactylium scutatum Order Testudines (Turtles and tortoises) referred to as a “disjunct population”. Western Slimy Salamander Family Kinosternidae Another disjunct population found on the Plethodon g. glutinosus Mississippi Mud Turtle Refuge is the mole salamander. Southern Red-backed Salamander Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis Plethodon serratus Razor-backed Musk Turtle This list indicated the species that occur Sternotherus carinatus or possibly occur on the Refuge and the Order Anura (Toads, frogs, and treefrogs) Common Musk Turtle habitat where each species is likely to be Family Scaphiopodidae Sternotherus odoratus found. It also indicates how likely you may Hurters Spadefoot be to seeing the species when you visit. Scaphiopus holbrookii hurteri Family Chelydridae (Snapping turtles) The information is based primarily Family Bufonidae (Toads) Common snapping turtle on data furnished by Dr. Stanley Fox, Dwarf American Toad Chelydra serpentina Oklahoma State University, and Dr. Bufo americanus charlesmith Alligator snapping turtle Laurie Vitt, University of Oklahoma. Woodhouse’s toad Macrochelys temminckii Bufo woodhousii woodhousii Class Amphibia (Amphibians) Family Emydidae Family Hylidae (Basking and box turtles) Order Caudata (Cricket, tree, and chorus frogs) Slider (Salamanders, newts, and sirens) Blanchard’s cricket frogs Chrysemys concinna hieroglyphica Family Sirenidae Acris crepitans blanchardi Southern Painted Turtle Western Lesser Siren Bird-voiced Treefrog Chrysemys picta dorsalis Siren intermedia nettingi Hyla avivoca Western chicken turtle Cope’s Gray Treefrog Deirochelys reticularia miaria Family Salamandridae Hyla chrysoscelis Mississippi Map Turtle Central newt Green treefrog Graptemys kohnii Notophthalmus viridescens Hyla cinerea Ouachita Map Turtle louisianensis Spring Peeper Graptemys ouachitensis Hyla crucifer Missouri Cooter Family Proteidae Eastern Gray treefrog Pseudemys floridana hoyi Red River Mudpuppy Hyla versicolor Red-eared Turtle Necturus maculosus louisianensis Upland Chorus Frog Trachemys scripta elegans Pseudacris feriarum feriarum Three-toed Box Turtle Family Amphiumaidae Terrapene carolina triunguis Three-toed amphiuma Family Microhylidae Amphiuma tridactylum (Narrowmouth toads and sheep frogs) Family Trionychidae Eastern narrowmouth toad (Softshell turtles) Family Ambystomidae Gastrophryne carolinensis Midland Smooth Softshell Spotted salamander Apalone m. muticus Ambystoma maculatum Pallid Spiny Softshell Apalone spiniferus pallidus Order Squamata (Snakes and Lizards) Midland Brown Snake Family Phrynosomatidae Family Colubridae Storeria dekayi wrightorum (North American spiny lizards and allies) (Colubrid Snakes—Advanced) N. Red-bellied Snake Fence Lizard Western Worm Snake Storeria o. occipitomaculata Sceloporus undulates Carphophis amoenus vermis Flat-headed Snake Mississippi Ring-necked Snake Tantilla gracilis Family Teiidae (Tegus) Diadophis punctatus strictogenys Western Ribbon Snake Six-lined Racerunner Black Rat Snake Thamnophis p. proximus Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Elaphe o. obsoleta Central Lined Snake Western Mud Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum annectens Family Scincidae (Skinks) Farancia abacura reinwardtii Western Earth Snake Southern Coal Skink Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Virginia valeriae elegans Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis Heterodon platirhinos Red-sided Garter Snake Five-lined skink Speckled Kingsnake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Eumeces fasciatus Lampropeltis getulua holbrooki Broad-headed skink Louisiana Milk Snake Family Viperidae (Pitviper Snakes) E. laticeps Lampropeltis triangulum amaura Southern Copperhead Ground skink Eastern Coachwhip Agkistrodon c. contortrix Scincella lateralis Masticophis f. flagellum Western Cottonmouth Rough Green Snake Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Family Anguidae (Lateral Fold Lizards) Opheodrys aestivus Canebrake Rattlesnake W. Slender Glass Lizard Texas Brown Snake Crotalus horridus atricaudatus Ophisaurus attenuatus Storeria dekayi texana Western Pigmy Rattlesnake Yellow-bellied Water Snake Sistrurus miliarius streckeri May 2012 Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster Broad-banded Water Snake Order Crocodylia (Alligators, caimans, Nerodia fasciata confluens lizards, and iguanian lizards) Diamond-backed Water Snake Family Alligatoridae Nerodia rhombifer (Alligators) Midland Water Snake American alligator Nerodia sipedon pleuralis Alligator mississippiensis Graham’s Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii Family Iguanidae Gulf Crawfish Snake (American arboreal lizards) Regina rigida sinicola Green Anole Anolis carolinensis