NUECES 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 speciosus (Texas Toad)
Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast Toad)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Hyla squirella (Squirrel Treefrog)
Hypopachus variolosus (Sheep Frog)
Pseudacris clarki (Spotted Chorus Frog)
Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande Leopard Frog)
Rana sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)
Scaphiopus couchi (Couch's Spadefoot)
Scaphiopus holbrooki/hurteri (Eastern [Hurter's] Spadefoot)
Syrrhopus cystignathoides (Rio Grande Chirping Frog)


Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)


Turtles

Apalone (Trionyx) spinifera (Spiny Softshell)
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead)
Chelonia mydas (Green Turtle)
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback)
Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill)
Gopherus berlandieri (Texas Tortoise)
Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow Mud Turtle)
Lepidochelys kempi (Atlantic Ridley)
Malaclemys terrapin (Diamondback Terrapin)
Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
Trachemys scripta (Slider)


Lizards

Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)
Anolis sagrei* (Brown Anole)
Cnemidophorus gularis (Texas Spotted Whiptail)
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Six-lined Racerunner)
Cophosaurus texanus (Greater Earless Lizard)
Eumeces obsoletus (Great Plains Skink)
Eumeces tetragrammus (Four-lined Skink)
Hemidactylus turcicus* (Mediterranean Gecko)
Holbrookia lacerata (Spot-tailed Earless Lizard)
Holbrookia propinqua (Keeled Earless Lizard)
Ophisaurus attenuatus (Slender Glass Lizard)
Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard)
Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas Spiny Lizard)
Sceloporus undulatus (Fence Lizard)
Sceloporus variabilis (Rosebelly Lizard)
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)


Snakes

Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth
Arizona elegans (Eastern Glossy Snake)
Cemophora coccinea (Scarlet Snake)
Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake)
Drymarchon corais (Western Indigo Snake)
Elaphe guttata (Corn Snake)
Elaphe obsoleta (Eastern Rat Snake)
Farancia abacura (Mud Snake)
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis getula (Common Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis triangulum (Milk Snake)
Leptotyphlops dulcis (Texas Blind Snake)
Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip)
Micrurus fulvius (Eastern Coral Snake)
Nerodia erythrogaster (Plainbelly Water Snake)
Nerodia rhombifer (Diamondback Water Snake)
Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Green Snake)
Pituophis melanoleucus (Bullsnake)
Rhinocheilus lecontei (Longnose Snake)
Salvadora grahamiae (Mountain Patchnose Snake)
Sistrurus catenatus (Massasauga)
Sonora semiannulata (Ground 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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