Indigenous and Established Herpetofauna of Northwest Louisiana

Non-venomous Snakes (25 Species) For more info: Buttermilk Racer Coluber constrictor anthicus 318-773-9393 Eastern Coachwhip Coluber flagellum flagellum www.learnaboutcritters.org Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster [email protected] Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis holbrooki www.facebook.com/learnaboutcritters Western Milksnake Lampropeltis gentilis Northern Rough Greensnake Opheodrys aestivus aestivus Alligator (1 species) Western Ratsnake Pantherophis obsoletus American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis Slowinski’s Cornsnake † Pantherophis slowinskii Flat-headed Snake † Tantilla gracilis Western Wormsnake † Carphophis vermis Lizards (10 Species) Mississippi Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus stictogenys Western Mudsnake Farancia abacura reinwardtii Northern Green Anole Anolis carolinensis Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos Prairie Lizard Sceloporus consobrinus Mississippi Green Watersnake Nerodia cyclopion Southern Coal Skink † Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis Plain-bellied Watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus Broad-banded Watersnake Nerodia fasciata confluens Broad-headed Skink Plestiodon laticeps Graham's Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii Southern Prairie Skink † Plestiodon septentrionalis obtusirostris Gulf Swampsnake Liodytes rigida sinicola Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis Dekay’s Brownsnake Storeria dekayi Eastern Six-lined Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuates Orange-striped Ribbonsnake Thamnophis proximus proximus Mediterranean Gecko* Hemidactylus turcicus Rough Earthsnake Haldea striatula Western Smooth Earthsnake Virginia valeriae elegans Northern Scarletsnake Cemophora coccinea copei Turtles (14 Species) Northern Diamond-backed Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer Watersnake Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentine Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Southern Painted Turtle Chrysemys dorsalis Venomous Snakes (5 Species) Western Chicken Turtle † Deirochelys reticularia miaria Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis Eastern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii Northern Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus Eastern River Cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna Western Pygmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius streckeri Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans Texas Gulf-Coast Coralsnake Micrurus tener tener Mississippi Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus Razor-backed Musk Turtle Sternotherus carinatus Salamanders (8 Species) Midland Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica mutica Pallid Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera pallida Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum Marbled Salamander Ambystoma opacum Mole Salamander Ambystoma talpoideum Frogs (17 Species) Small-mouthed Salamander Ambystoma texanum Three-toed Amphiuma Amphiuma tridactylum Fowler’s Toad Anaxyrus fowleri Western Dwarf Salamander Eurycea paludicola Rio Grande Chirping Frog* Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides campi Central Newt Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis Greenhouse Frog* Eleutherodactylus planirostris Western Lesser Siren Siren intermedia nettingi Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi Bird-voiced Treefrog Hyla avivoca Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea Other species that may be in Caddo or surrounding parishes Cope’s Gray Treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum Cajun Chorus Frog Pseudacris fouquettei Spotted Dusky Salamander Desmognathus conanti Strecker’s Chorus Frog † Pseudacris streckeri Eastern Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis Gulf Coast Toad Incilius nebulifer Southern Crawfish Frog † Lithobates areolatus areolatus Dwarf American Toad Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus Green Frog Lithobates clamitans Pickerel Frog Lithobates palustris Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius Hurter’s Spadefoot Scaphiopus hurterii * Introduced †Rare - please call if spotted