LAVACA COUNTY

LAVACA COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamander)

Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Bufo houstonensis (Houston Toad)
Bufo speciosus (Texas Toad)
Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast Toad)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Hyla squirella (Squirrel Treefrog)
Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog)
Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog)
Rana sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)
Scaphiopus holbrooki/hurteri (Eastern [Hurter's] Spadefoot)

Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

Turtles

Apalone (Trionyx) spinifera (Spiny Softshell)
Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
Gopherus berlandieri (Texas Tortoise)
Graptemys caglei (Cagle's Map Turtle)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
Pseudemys concinna (River Cooter)
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)
Hemidactylus turcicus* (Mediterranean Gecko)
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)
Elaphe obsoleta (Eastern Rat Snake)
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)
Micrurus fulvius (Eastern Coral 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)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Tantilla gracilis (Flathead 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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