CHECKLIST OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES ponds (woodland and open-land, permanent and temporary) numbers) OF LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES® provide homes and/or breeding sites for many kinds of L - Locally abundant (restricted distribution but occurring in frogs and salamanders and a few varieties of snakes and moderate to large numbers where found) turtles. Outside LBL in its bordering lakes (Kentucky Lake R - Rare (restricted distribution, occurring in low numbers) A. Floyd Scott, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN on the west and Lake Barkley on the north and east), many Ed Zimmerer, Murray State University, Murray, KY Class AMPHIBIA - AMPHIBIANS Dave Frymire, 1607 Locust St., Murray, KY other species, especially riverine turtles, water snakes and a Order: CAUDATA - SALAMANDERS few impoundment-adapted amphibians, abound. A far less Family: SIRENIDAE - Sirens Illustrated by Anne Daugherty, Henderson, KY available aquatic habitat (due to the nature of its bedrock Siren intermedia nettingi - Western Lesser Siren (U) Family: SALAMANDRIDAE - True Salamanders and soils) in LBL is the freshwater stream. Here can be Notophthalmus v. viridescens x N. v. louisianensis - DATE TIME START END_________ found a limited array of brookside salamanders and stream- Red-spotted x Central Newt (C) OBSERVER(S) adapted frogs. Among LBL’s terrestrial habitats, second- Family: PROTEIDAE - Mudpuppies COUNTY LOCALITY growth, oak-hickory forest dominates. Approximately Necturus maculosus - Common Mudpuppy (R) Family: AMBYSTOMATIDAE - Mole Salamanders 153,000 of the total 170,000 acres are covered by this type WEATHER Ambystoma maculatum - Spotted Salamander (C) of woodland, which supports many species of salamanders, Ambystoma opacum - Marbled Salamander (C) snakes, lizards and the ubiquitous Eastern Box Turtle. The Ambystoma talpoideum - Mole Salamander (L) remaining land area is occupied by fields in one or another Ambystoma texanum - Small-mouthed Salamander (R) Area of Coverage Ambystoma tigrinum - Eastern Tiger Salamander (U) stage of succession. These areas harbor a number of species of snakes and lizards. The area covered by this checklist includes Land Between The Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area and adjacent Key to Abundance Categories waters (Kentucky and Barkley lakes and the canal connecting them). Following each animal’s scientific and common name1 (in parentheses) is a letter indicating its relative abundance in Habitat Diversity LBL and/or adjacent impoundments. These assignments are based on voucher specimens in several natural history As is true of all living things, the place where an museums (primarily those at Austin Peay State University, amphibian or reptile resides is determined by an array of Murray State University and the University of Louisville) and environmental conditions, each of which varies on a daily Family: PLETHODONTIDAE - Lungless Salamanders the personal observations made by the authors. All are and seasonal basis. Some species are adapted to life in Desmognathus conanti - Spotted Dusky Salamander (C) subject to change as more data are accumulated. Eurycea cirrigera - Southern Two-lined Salamander (C) water, whereas others do best on land. And within these Eurycea longicauda longicauda - Long-tailed Salamander (C) two realms, subtypes of aquatic and terrestrial situations Eurycea lucifuga - Cave Salamander (U) C - Common (widespread, occurring in moderate to large are favored. Two aquatic habitats dominate in LBL and Plethodon dorsalis - Northern Zigzag Salamander (C) numbers) adjacent waters. Within LBL proper, over 500 small Plethodon glutinosus complex- Slimy Salamander s (C) U - Uncommon (widespread, but always occurring in low Pseudotriton ruber ruber - Northern Red Salamander (L) Sternotherus odoratus - Eastern Musk Turtle (C) Plestiodon fasciatus - Common Five-lined Skink (C) Family: CHELYDRIDAE - Snapping Turtles Plestiodon inexpectatus - Southeastern Five-lined Skink (R) Chelydra serpentina serpentina - Eastern Snapping Turtle (C) Plestiodon laticeps - Broad-headed Skink (U) Macrochelys temminckii - Alligator Snapping Turtle (R) Scincella lateralis - Little Brown Skink (C) Family: EMYDIDAE - Emydid Turtles Chrysemys picta marginata - Midland Painted Turtle (U) Graptemys geographica - Northern Map Turtle (U) Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis - Ouachita Map Turtle (C) Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii - Mississippi Map Turtle (U) Pseudemys concinna concinna - Eastern River Cooter (C) Terrapene carolina carolina - Eastern Box Turtle (C) Trachemys scripta elegans - Red-eared Slider (C) Family: TRIONYCHIDAE - Softshell Turtles Apalone mutica mutica - Midland Smooth Softshell (U) Order: ANURA - FROGS AND TOADS Apalone spinifera spinifera - Eastern Spiny Softshell (U) Family: PELOBATIDAE - Spadefoot Toads Scaphiopus holbrookii - Eastern Spadefoot (R) Suborder: SERPENTES - SNAKES Family: BUFONIDAE - True Toads Family: COLUBRIDAE - Colubrid Snakes Anaxyrus americanus americanus - Eastern American Toad Carphophis amoenus helenae - Midwestern Wormsnake (C) (R) Cemophora coccinea copei - Northern Scarletsnake (U) Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi - Dwarf American Toad (C) Coluber constrictor priapus - Southern Black Racer (C) Anaxyrus fowleri - Fowler's Toad (C) Diadophis punctatus stictogenys - Mississippi Ring-necked Family: HYLIDAE - Treefrogs Snake (C) Acris crepitans crepitans- Eastern Cricket Frog (C) Heterodon platirhinos - Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (C) Hyla chrysoscelis - Cope's Gray Treefrog (C) Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster - Prairie Kingsnake (U) Hyla cinerea - Green Treefrog (L) Lampropeltis getula nigra - Eastern Black Kingsnake (C) Pseudacris crucifer - Northern Spring Peeper (C) Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides - Scarlet Kingsnake (L) Pseudacris feriarum - Upland Chorus Frog (C) Lampropeltis triangulum syspila - Red Milksnake (C) Family: MICROHYLIDAE - Narrowmouth Toads Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster x N. e. neglecta - Yellow- Gastrophryne carolinensis - Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad (C) belled Watersnake x Copper-bellied Watersnake (C) Family: RANIDAE - True Frogs Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer – Northern Diamond-backed Lithobates catesbeianus - Bullfrog (C) Watersnake (C) Lithobates clamitans melanota - Green Frog (C) Nerodia sipedon pleuralis - Midland Watersnake (C) Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius - Southern Leopard Order: SQUAMATA - SNAKES AND LIZARDS Opheodrys aestivus aestivus - Northern Rough Greensnake (C) Frog (C) Suborder: SAURIA - LIZARDS Pantherophis spiloides - Gray Ratsnake (C) Family: IGUANIDAE - Iguanid Lizards Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus - Northern Pinesnake (R) Sceloporus undulatus - Eastern Fence Lizard (C) Regina septemvittata - Queensnake (R) Class: REPTILIA - REPTILES Family: TEIIDAE - Racerunners Storeria dekayi wrightorum - Midland Brown Snake (C) Order: TESTUDINES - TURTLES Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata - Eastern Six-lined Racerunner Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata - Northern Red-bellied Family: KINOSTERNIDAE - Mud and Musk Turtles (L) Snake (U) Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum - Eastern Mud Turtle (U) Family: SCINCIDAE - Skinks Tantilla coronata - Southeastern Crowned Snake (U) Thamnophis sauritus sauritus - Common Ribbonsnake (R) Austin Peay State University is an equal opportunity employer Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern Gartersnake (C) committed to Virginia valeriae elegans - Western Smooth Earthsnake (C) the education of a non-racially identifiable student body. Family: VIPERIDAE - Pit Vipers Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen - Northern Copperhead (C) AP-______-___ Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma - Western Cottonmouth (L) Crotalus horridus - Timber Rattlesnake (U) ******** Sistrurus miliarius streckeri - Western Pigmy Rattlesnake (R) Checklist of AMPHIBIANS 1Scientific and common names are those found in: Crother, B. I. (ed.). 2008. Scientific and standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North American North of Mexico. and SSAR Herpetological Circular 37. Taxa names above the genus level are from: Conant, R. and J. T. Collins. 1998. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North REPTILES America. Third Edition Expanded. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. of Collecting wildlife at LBL is not allowed - please leave amphibians and reptiles for all to enjoy. Land Between The Second Edition, September 2009 Lakes Published by The Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044. .