HARRIS COUNTY

HARRIS COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma opacum (Marbled Salamander)
Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamander)
Amphiuma tridactylum (Three-toed Amphiuma)
Eurycea quadridigitata (Dwarf Salamander)
Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt)
Siren intermedia (Lesser Siren)

Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Bufo houstonensis (Houston Toad)
Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast Toad)
Bufo velatus (East Texas 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 clarki (Spotted Chorus Frog)
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)
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) INTRODUCTION

Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

Turtles

Apalone (Trionyx) spinifera (Spiny Softshell)
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead)
Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle)
Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
Kinosternon carinatum (Razorback Musk Turtle)
Kinosternon odoratum (Stinkpot)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
Malaclemys terrapin (Diamondback Terrapin)
Macroclemys temmincki (Alligator Snapping Turtle)
Pseudemys concinna (River Cooter)
Terrapene carolina (Eastern Box Turtle)
Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
Trachemys scripta (Slider)

Lizards

Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)
Anolis sagrei* (Brown Anole) ACCIDENTAL
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Six-lined Racerunner)
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)
Eumeces laticeps (Broadhead Skink)
Eumeces septentionalis (Northern Prairie Skink)
Hemidactylus turcicus* (Mediterranean Gecko)
Ophisaurus attenuatus (Slender Glass Lizard)
Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard)
Sceloporus undulatus (Fence Lizard)
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)

Snakes

Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead)
Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth
Coluber constrictor (Eastern Racer)
Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake)
Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake)
Diadophis punctatus (Ringneck Snake)
Elaphe guttata (Corn 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)
Lampropeltis triangulum (Milk Snake)
Leptotyphlops dulcis (Texas Blind Snake)
Liochlorophis vernalis (Smooth Green Snake)
Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip)
Micrurus fulvius (Eastern Coral Snake)
Nerodia clarki (Salt Marsh 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)
Regina rigida (Glossy Crayfish Snake)
Sistrurus miliarius (Pygmy Rattlesnake)
Sonora semiannulata (Ground Snake)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake)
Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)
Tropidoclonion lineatum (Lined Snake)
Virginia striatula (Rough Earth Snake)

Date of Last Revision: 15 June 1998

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