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Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska


Appendices


Appendix E. Amphibians and reptiles in the Platte River system in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Range data are from Conant (1975). Nomenclature and phylogenetic order follow Banks et al. (1987).

Family Name - Common Name Scientific Name
Ambystomatidae
Tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum
Pelobatidae
Plains spadefoot Scaphiopus hammondii
Bufonidae
Great plains toad Bufo cognatus
Wyoming toad Bufo hemiophrys
Woodhouse's toad Bufo woodhousii
Hylidae
Northern cricket frog Acris crepitans
Striped chorus frog Pseudacris triseriata
Plains leopard frog Rana blairi
Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens
Chelydridae
Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina
Emydidae
Painted turtle Chrysemys picta
Blanding's turtle Emydoidea blandingii
Ornate Box turtle Terrapene ornata
Trionychidae
Smooth softshell turtle Trionyx muticus
Spiny softshell turtle Trionyx spiniferus
Iguanidae
Lesser earless lizard Holbrookia maculata
Short-horned lizard Phrynosoma douglassii
Sagebrush lizard Sceloporus graciosus
Eastern fence lizard Sceloporus undulatus
Telidae
Six-lined racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Scincidae
Many-lined skink Eumeces multivirgatus
Great plains skink Eumeces obsoletus
Prairie skink     Eumeces septentrionalis
Colubridae
Yellow-bellied racer Coluber constrictor
Ring-necked snake Diadophis punctatus
Western hog-nosed snake     Heterodon nasicus
Common kingsnake Lampropeltis getulus
Milksnake     Lampropeltis triangulum
Western coachwhip Masticophis flagellus
Brown water snake Nerodia sipedon
Smooth green snake Opheodrys vernalis
Pine snake     Pituophis melanoleucus
Plains black-headed snake     Tantilla nigriceps
Western terrestrial garter snake Thamnophis elegans
Western ribbon snake     Thamnophis proximus
Plains garter snake     Thamnophis radix
Common garter snake     Thamnophis sirtalis
Viperidae
Western rattlesnake     Crotalus viridis


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