Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota

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Minnesota County MapForeword Carrol L. HendersonPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChecklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota

Class AmphibiaFamily Bufonidae-True ToadsAmerican Toad, Anaxyrus americanusGreat Plains Toad, Anaxyrus cognatusCanadian Toad, Anaxyrus hemiophrys

Family Hylidae-TreefrogsBlanchard's Cricket Frog, Acris blanchardiCope's Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelisGray Treefrog, Hyla versicolorSpring Peeper, Pseudacris cruciferBoreal Chorus Frog, Pseudacris maculata

Family Ranidae-True FrogsAmerican Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianusGreen Frog, Lithobates clamitansPickerel Frog, Lithobates palustrisNorthern Leopard Frog, Lithobates pipiensMink Frog, Lithobates septentrionalisWood Frog, Lithobates sylvaticus

Family Ambystomatidae-Mole SalamandersBlue-Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma lateraleSpotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatumWestern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma mavortiumEastern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum

Family Plethodontidae-Lungless SalamandersFour-Toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatumEastern Red-Backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus

Family Proteidae-Waterdogs and MudpuppiesMudpuppy, Necturus maculosus

Family Salamandridae-NewtsEastern Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens

Class ReptiliaFamily Scincidae-SkinksCommon Five-Lined Skink, Plestiodon fasciatusPrairie Skink, Plestiodon septentrionalis

Family Teiidae-Racerunners and WhiptailsSix-Lined Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Family Colubridae-Colubrid SnakesNorth American Racer, Coluber constrictorRing-Necked Snake, Diadophis punctatusPlains Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon nasicusEastern Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon platirhinosMilksnake, Lampropeltis triangulumCommon Watersnake, Nerodia sipedonSmooth Greensnake, Opheodrys vernalisWestern Ratsnake, Pantherophis obsoletusWestern Foxsnake, Pantherophis ramspottiGophersnake, Pituophis cateniferDekay's Brownsnake, Storeria dekayiRed-Bellied Snake, Storeria occipitomaculataPlains Gartersnake, Thamnophis radixCommon Gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalisLined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum

Family Viperidae-Pit VipersTimber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridusMassasauga, Sistrurus catenatus

Family Chelydridae-Snapping TurtlesSnapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina

Family Emydidae-Pond and River TurtlesPainted Turtle, Chrysemys pictaBlanding's Turtle, Emydoidea blandingiiWood Turtle, Glyptemys insculptaNorthern Map Turtle, Graptemys geographicaSouthern Map Turtle, Graptemys ouachitensisFalse Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographicaPond Slider, Trachemys scripta

Family Kinosternidate-Musk TurtlesEastern Musk Turtle, Sternotherus odoratus

Family Trionychidae-SoftshellsSmooth Softshell, Apalone muticaSpiny Softshell, Apalone spinifera

Species of Possible OccurrenceWoodhouse's Toad, Anaxyrus woodhousiiPlains Leopard Frog, Lithobates blairiPlains Spad