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ARANSAS COUNTY

Salamanders

Notophthalmus meridionalis (Black-spotted Newt)
Siren intermedia (Lesser Siren)

Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Bufo speciosus (Texas Toad)
Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast Toad)
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrowmouth Toad)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's Gray Treefrog)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Hyla squirella (Squirrel Treefrog)
Pseudacris clarki (Spotted Chorus Frog)
Pseudacris streckeri (Strecker's Chorus Frog)
Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande Leopard Frog)
Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog)
Rana sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)
Scaphiopus holbrooki/hurteri (Eastern [Hurter's] Spadefoot)

Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

Turtles

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead)
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback)
Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill)
Gopherus berlandieri (Texas Tortoise)
Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow Mud Turtle)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
Lepidochelys kempi (Atlantic Ridley)
Malaclemys terrapin (Diamondback Terrapin)
Terrapene carolina (Eastern Box Turtle)
Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
Trachemys scripta (Slider)

Lizards

Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Six-lined Racerunner)
Cophosaurus texanus (Greater Earless Lizard)
Eumeces septentionalis (Northern Prairie 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)
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)

Snakes

Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead)
Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth
Arizona elegans (Eastern Glossy Snake)
Cemophora coccinea (Scarlet Snake)
Coluber constrictor (Eastern Racer)
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)
Masticophis taeniatus (Striped Whipsnake)
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 melanoleucus (Bullsnake)
Regina grahami (Graham's Crayfish Snake)
Rhinocheilus lecontei (Longnose Snake)
Salvadora grahamiae (Mountain Patchnose Snake)
Sistrurus catenatus (Massasauga)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake)
Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake)
Thamnophis marcianus (Checkered Garter Snake)
Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)
Virginia striatula (Rough Earth Snake)

Date of Last Revision: 15 June 1998

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