POLK COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma opacum (Marbled Salamander)
Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamander)
Amphiuma tridactylum (Three-toed Amphiuma)
Desmognathus auriculatus (Ouachita Dusky Salamander)
Eurycea quadridigitata (Dwarf Salamander)
Necturus beyeri (Gulf Coast Waterdog)
Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt)
Siren intermedia (Lesser Siren)


Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast Toad)
Bufo velatus (East Texas Toad)
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrowmouth Toad)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla squirella (Squirrel Treefrog)
Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog)
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)
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)


Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)


Turtles

Kinosternon odoratum (Stinkpot)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
Macroclemys temmincki (Alligator Snapping 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 laticeps (Broadhead Skink)
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)
Elaphe guttata (Corn Snake)
Elaphe obsoleta (Eastern Rat Snake)
Farancia abacura (Mud Snake)
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
Lampropeltis triangulum (Milk Snake)
Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip)
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)
Pituophis ruthveni (Louisiana Pine Snake)
Sistrurus miliarius (Pygmy Rattlesnake)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)

Date of Last Revision: 15 June 1998

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