Amphibian and Reptile Checklists of the United States

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

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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