HIDALGO COUNTY

HIDALGO COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma tigrinum (Tiger Salamander)
Notophthalmus meridionalis (Black-spotted Newt)
Siren texana/lacertina (Greater Siren)

Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Bufo debilis (Green Toad)
Bufo marinus (Giant Toad)
Bufo speciosus (Texas Toad)
Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast Toad)
Bufo woodhousii (Woodhouse's Toad)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Hypopachus variolosus (Sheep Frog)
Leptodactylus labialis (White-lipped Frog)
Pseudacris clarki (Spotted Chorus Frog)
Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande Leopard Frog)
Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog)
Scaphiopus couchi (Couch's Spadefoot)
Scaphiopus holbrooki/hurteri (Eastern [Hurter's] Spadefoot)
Smilisca baudinii (Mexican Treefrog)
Spea bombifrons (Plains Spadefoot)
Syrrhopus cystignathoides (Rio Grande Chirping Frog)

Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

Turtles

Apalone (Trionyx) spinifera (Spiny Softshell)
Gopherus berlandieri (Texas Tortoise)
Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow Mud Turtle)
Pseudemys gorzugi (Western River Cooter)
Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
Trachemys scripta (Slider)

Lizards

Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)
Cnemidophorus gularis (Texas Spotted Whiptail)
Cnemidophorus laredoensis (Laredo Striped Whiptail)
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Six-lined Racerunner)
Coleonyx brevis (Texas Banded Gecko)
Cophosaurus texanus (Greater Earless Lizard)
Crotaphytus reticulatus (Reticulate Collared Lizard)
Eumeces obsoletus (Great Plains Skink)
Eumeces tetragrammus (Four-lined Skink)
Hemidactylus turcicus* (Mediterranean Gecko)
Holbrookia propinqua (Keeled Earless Lizard)
Ophisaurus attenuatus (Slender Glass Lizard)
Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard)
Sceloporus cyanogenys (Blue Spiny Lizard)
Sceloporus grammicus (Mesquite Lizard)
Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas Spiny Lizard)
Sceloporus undulatus (Fence Lizard)
Sceloporus variabilis (Rosebelly Lizard)
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)

Snakes

Arizona elegans (Eastern Glossy Snake)
Coluber constrictor (Eastern Racer)
Coniophanes imperialis (Black-striped Snake)
Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake)
Drymarchon corais (Western Indigo Snake)
Drymobius margaritiferus (Speckled Racer)
Elaphe guttata (Corn Snake)
Elaphe obsoleta (Eastern Rat Snake)
Ficimia streckeri (Mexican Hooknose Snake)
Heterodon nasicus (Western Hognose Snake)
Hypsiglena torquata (Night Snake)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis triangulum (Milk Snake)
Leptodeira septentrionalis (Northern Cat-eyed Snake)
Leptotyphlops dulcis (Texas Blind Snake)
Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip)
Masticophis schotti (Schott's Whipsnake)
Micrurus fulvius (Eastern Coral Snake)
Nerodia rhombifer (Diamondback Water Snake)
Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Green Snake)
Pituophis melanoleucus (Bullsnake)
Rhinocheilus lecontei (Longnose Snake)
Salvadora grahamiae (Mountain Patchnose Snake)
Sonora semiannulata (Ground Snake)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake)
Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake)
Thamnophis marcianus (Checkered Garter Snake)
Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)

Date of Last Revision: 15 June 1998

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