BRAZORIA COUNTY

BRAZORIA COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamander)
Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt)

Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrowmouth Toad)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Hyla squirella (Squirrel Treefrog)
Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog)
Pseudacris clarki (Spotted Chorus Frog)
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)
Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog)
Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog)
Rana clamitans (Green Frog)
Rana sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)

Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

Turtles

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead)
Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle)
Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback)
Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow Mud Turtle)
Kinosternon odoratum (Stinkpot)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
Lepidochelys kempi (Atlantic Ridley)
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 septentionalis (Northern Prairie Skink)
Hemidactylus turcicus* (Mediterranean Gecko)
Ophisaurus attenuatus (Slender Glass Lizard)
Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard)
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)

Snakes

Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead)
Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth
Arizona elegans (Eastern Glossy Snake)
Coluber constrictor (Eastern Racer)
Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake)
Elaphe obsoleta (Eastern Rat Snake)
Farancia abacura (Mud Snake)
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
Hypsiglena torquata (Night Snake)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis getula (Common Kingsnake)
Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip)
Micrurus fulvius (Eastern Coral Snake)
Nerodia cyclopion (Mississippi Green Water 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)
Sistrurus miliarius (Pygmy Rattlesnake)
Storeria dekayi (Brown 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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