Reptile and Amphibian Species List Salt Plains NWR
Group Common Name Scientific Name Occurrence Turtles Eastern Snapping Chelydra serpentina Confirmed Turtle Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon Confirmed flavescens Western Painted Chrysemys picta belli Confirmed Turtle Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina Confirmed triunguis Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata Confirmed ornata Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta Confirmed elegans Midland Smooth Apalone mutica Confirmed Softshell mutica Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera Confirmed Lizards Eastern Collared Crotaphytus collaris Unconfirmed Lizard Common Lesser Holbrookia maculata Confirmed Earless Lizard Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma Confirmed cornutum Northern Prairie Sceloporus undulatus Confirmed Lizard (Fence Lizard) garmani Prairie Racerunner Cnemidophorus Confirmed sexlineatus viridis Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus Confirmed Southern Prairie Eumeces Unconfirmed Skink septentrionalis obtusirostris Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis Confirmed Western Slender Ophisaurus Confirmed Glass Lizard attenuatus attenuatus Snakes Plains Threadsnake Leptotyphlops dulcis Unconfirmed Kansas Glossy Snake Arizona elegans Confirmed elegans Eastern Yellow- Coluber constrictor Confirmed bellied Racer flaviventris
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Prairie Ring-necked Diadophis punctatus Confirmed Snake arnyi Black Ratsnake Elaphe obsoleta Confirmed obsoleta Great Plains Ratsnake Elaphe guttata emoryi Confirmed Western Hog-nosed Heterodon nasicus Confirmed Snake Eastern Hog-nosed Heterodon platirhinos Confirmed Snake Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis Confirmed calligaster calligaster Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula Confirmed holbrooki Western Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum Confirmed testaceus Blotched Watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster Confirmed transversa Northern Diamond- Nerodia rhombifer Confirmed backed Watersnake rhombifer Northern Watersnake Nerodia sipedon Confirmed sipedon Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer Confirmed sayi Texas Long-nosed Rhinocheilus lecontei Confirmed Snake tessellatus Groundsnake Sonora semiannulata Unconfirmed Texas Brownsnake Storeria dekayi Confirmed taxana Plains Black-headed Tantilla nigriceps Unconfirmed Snake Marcy’s Checkered Thamnophis Unconfirmed Gartersnake marcianus marcianus Orange-striped Thamnophis proximus Confirmed Ribbonsnake proximus Common Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis Confirmed Plains Gartersnake Thamnophis radix Unconfirmed Western Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus Confirmed tergeminus
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Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis Confirmed viridis Salamanders Barred Tiger Ambystoma tigrinum Confirmed Salamander mavortium Small-mouthed Ambystoma texanum Unconfirmed Salamander Frogs and Toads Great Plains Toad Bufo cognatus Confirmed Woodhouse’s Toad Bufo woodhousii Confirmed Plains Spadefoot Spea bombifrons Unconfirmed Great Plains Narrow- Gastrophryne Confirmed mouthed Toad olivacea Blanchard’s Cricket Acris crepitans Confirmed Frog blanchardi Spotted Chorus Frog Pseudacris clarkii Unconfirmed Strecker’s Chorus Pseudacris streckeri Confirmed Frog streckeri Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi Confirmed Northern Leopard Rana pipiens Confirmed Frog American Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Confirmed
Occurrence: Records of species presence were obtained either by inventory efforts of Refuge personnel or Oklahoma Biological Survey records. Species distribution was taken from “A Field Guide to Oklahoma’s Amphibians and Reptiles” by Greg Sievert and Lynnette Sievert. Confirmed - Species has been found on Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge or within the surrounding county, Alfalfa. Unconfirmed - Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge and/or Alfalfa County are within the species’ distribution, but the species has not been found
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