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Amphibian and Reptile Checklists of the United States

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

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Fritch, Texas


REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

SALAMANDERS

___ Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)  

TOADS AND FROGS ___ Plains Spadefoot (Scaphiopus bombifrons) ___ Western Spadefoot (Scaphiopus hammondii) ___ Woodhouse's Toad (Bufo woodhousii) ___ Great Plains Toad (Bufo cognatus) ___ Texas Toad (Bufo speciosus) ___ Green Toad (Bufo debilis) ___ Red-spotted Toad (Bufo punctatus) ___ Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) ___ Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) ___ Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
TURTLES ___ Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) ___ Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens) ___ Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta) ___ Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) ___ Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera) ___ Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica)
LIZARDS ___ Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata) ___ Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texana) ___ Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) ___ Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana) ___ Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) ___ Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus) ___ Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus) ___ Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) ___ Checkered Whiptail (Cnemidophophorus tesselatus)
SNAKES ___ Texas Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis) ___ Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus) ___ Plains Blackhead Snake (Tantilla nigriceps) ___ Lined Snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum) ___ Ground Snake (Sonora semiannulata) ___ Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) ___ Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix) ___ Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus marcianus) ___ Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus) ___ Blotched Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster transversa) ___ Great Plains Rat Snake (Elaphe guttata emoryi) ___ Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) ___ Racer (Coluber constrictor) ___ Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi) ___ Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula holbrooki) ___ Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster) ___ Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans) ___ Longnose Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) ___ Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata) ___ Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) ___ Plains Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus nasicus) ___ Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) ___ Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis)

This list was prepared by John Wesley Phillips. For more information please contact:
                   Superintendent
                   Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
                   PO Box 1460
                   Fritch, Texas 79036
                   Telephone: 807/857-3151

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