RUSK COUNTY

RUSK COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander)
Ambystoma opacum (Marbled Salamander)
Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth 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 velatus (East Texas Toad)
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog)
Pseudacris streckeri (Strecker's Chorus Frog)
Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog)
Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog)
Rana clamitans (Green Frog)
Rana sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)
Scaphiopus holbrooki/hurteri (Eastern [Hurter's] Spadefoot)

Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

Turtles

Apalone (Trionyx) spinifera (Spiny Softshell)
Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle)
Kinosternon carinatum (Razorback Musk Turtle)
Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow Mud Turtle) QUESTIONABLE
Kinosternon odoratum (Stinkpot)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
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)
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Six-lined Racerunner)
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)
Eumeces laticeps (Broadhead Skink)
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)
Elaphe obsoleta (Eastern Rat Snake)
Heterodon nasicus (Western Hognose Snake)
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis getula (Common Kingsnake)
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)
Regina rigida (Glossy Crayfish Snake)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake)
Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)
Virginia striatula (Rough Earth Snake)

Date of Last Revision: 15 June 1998

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