COLORADO COUNTY

COLORADO COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamander)
Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt)
Siren intermedia (Lesser Siren)

Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Bufo houstonensis (Houston Toad)
Bufo speciosus (Texas Toad)
Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast Toad)
Bufo woodhousii (Woodhouse's Toad)
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrowmouth Toad)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Hyla squirella (Squirrel Treefrog)
Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog)
Pseudacris streckeri (Strecker's Chorus Frog)
Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog)
Rana areolata (Crawfish Frog)
Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog)
Rana clamitans (Green Frog)
Rana palustris (Pickerel Frog)
Rana sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)
Scaphiopus holbrooki/hurteri (Eastern [Hurter's] Spadefoot)
Syrrhopus cystignathoides (Rio Grande Chirping Frog)

Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

Turtles

Apalone (Trionyx) mutica (Smooth Softshell)
Apalone (Trionyx) spinifera (Spiny Softshell)
Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle)
Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
Graptemys versa (Texas Map Turtle)
Kinosternon odoratum (Stinkpot)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
Terrapene carolina (Eastern Box Turtle)
Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
Trachemys scripta (Slider)

Lizards

Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)
Cnemidophorus gularis (Texas Spotted Whiptail)
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Six-lined Racerunner)
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)
Eumeces septentionalis (Northern Prairie Skink)
Hemidactylus turcicus* (Mediterranean Gecko)
Ophisaurus attenuatus (Slender Glass Lizard)
Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas Spiny Lizard)
Sceloporus undulatus (Fence Lizard)
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)

Snakes

Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead)
Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth
Coluber constrictor (Eastern Racer)
Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake)
Diadophis punctatus (Ringneck Snake)
Elaphe obsoleta (Eastern Rat Snake)
Farancia abacura (Mud Snake)
Heterodon nasicus (Western Hognose Snake)
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis getula (Common Kingsnake)
Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip)
Micrurus fulvius (Eastern Coral Snake)
Nerodia cyclopion (Mississippi Green Water Snake)
Nerodia erythrogaster (Plainbelly Water Snake)
Nerodia fasciata (Southern Water Snake)
Nerodia rhombifer (Diamondback Water Snake)
Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Green Snake)
Regina grahami (Graham's Crayfish Snake)
Sistrurus catenatus (Massasauga)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Thamnophis marcianus (Checkered Garter Snake)
Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)
Virginia striatula (Rough Earth Snake)

Date of Last Revision: 15 June 1998

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