ELLIS COUNTY

Salamanders

Ambystoma texanum (Smallmouth Salamander)


Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans (Cricket Frog)
Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast 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 areolata (Crawfish Frog)
Rana berlandieri (Rio Grande Leopard Frog)
Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog)
Rana sphenocephala (Southern Leopard Frog)
Scaphiopus couchi (Couch's Spadefoot)


Crocodilians

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)


Turtles

Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle)
Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow Mud Turtle)
Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern Mud Turtle)
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)
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)
Eumeces laticeps (Broadhead Skink)
Eumeces septentionalis (Northern Prairie Skink)
Holbrookia maculata (Lesser Earless Lizard)
Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard)
Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas Spiny 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)
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis getula (Common Kingsnake)
Lampropeltis triangulum (Milk Snake)
Leptotyphlops dulcis (Texas Blind Snake)
Micrurus fulvius (Eastern Coral Snake)
Nerodia erythrogaster (Plainbelly Water Snake)
Nerodia rhombifer (Diamondback Water Snake)
Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Green Snake)
Pituophis melanoleucus (Bullsnake)
Storeria dekayi (Brown Snake)
Tantilla gracilis (Flathead 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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