DENTON COUNTY

DENTON COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamander) PLUS FOSSIL
Siren intermedia (Lesser Siren)

Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Bufo debilis (Green Toad)
Bufo speciosus (Texas Toad)
Bufo woodhousii (Woodhouse's Toad)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog)
Pseudacris clarki (Spotted Chorus Frog)
Pseudacris streckeri (Strecker's Chorus Frog)
Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog)
Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande Leopard Frog)
Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog)
Rana sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)
Scaphiopus couchi (Couch's Spadefoot)
Scaphiopus holbrooki/hurteri (Eastern [Hurter's] Spadefoot)

Crocodilians

None

Turtles

Apalone (Trionyx) mutica (Smooth Softshell)
Apalone (Trionyx) spinifera (Spiny Softshell)
Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle)
Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
Kinosternon carinatum (Razorback Musk Turtle)
Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow Mud Turtle)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
Pseudemys concinna (River Cooter)
Terrapene carolina (Eastern Box Turtle)
Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
Trachemys scripta (Slider)

Lizards

Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)
Cnemidophorus gularis (Texas Spotted Whiptail)
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Six-lined Racerunner)
Crotaphytus collaris (Eastern Collared Lizard)
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)
Eumeces laticeps (Broadhead Skink)
Eumeces septentionalis (Northern Prairie Skink)
Hemidactylus turcicus* (Mediterranean Gecko)
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) FOSSIL ONLY
Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake)
Diadophis punctatus (Ringneck Snake)
Elaphe guttata (Corn Snake)
Elaphe obsoleta (Eastern Rat Snake)
Farancia abacura (Mud Snake)
Heterodon nasicus (Western Hognose Snake) FOSSIL ONLY
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
Hypsiglena torquata (Night Snake)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis getula (Common Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis triangulum (Milk Snake)
Leptotyphlops dulcis (Texas Blind Snake)
Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip)
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)
Sonora semiannulata (Ground Snake)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake)
Tantilla hobartsmithi (Southwestern Blackhead Snake)
Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake)
Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)
Tropidoclonion lineatum (Lined Snake)
Virginia striatula (Rough Earth Snake)

Date of Last Revision: 15 June 1998

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