Cass County Amphibians and Reptiles

Scientific Name

Common Name

Ambystoma texanum
Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum
Tiger Salamander

Bufo americanus
American Toad

Bufo fowleri
Fowler’s Toad

Acris crepitans
Cricket Frog

Hyla versicolor- chrysoscelis
Gray Treefrog Complex

Pseudacris crucifer
Spring Peeper

Pseudacris streckeri
Streker’s Chorus Frog

Pseudacris triseriata
Western Chorus Frog

Rana blairi
Plains Leopard Frog

Rana catesbeiana
Bullfrog

Rana clamitans
Green Frog

Rana sphenocephala
Southern Leopard Frog

Chrysemys picta
Painted Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii
Blanding’s Turtle

Graptemys ouachitensis
Ouachita Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica
False Map Turtle

Trachemys scripta
Slider

Kinosternon flavescens
Yellow Mud Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus
Common Musk Turtle

Apalone mutica
Smooth Softshell Turtle

Apalone spinifera
Spiny Shoftshell Turtle

Ophisaurus attenuatus
Slender Glass Lizard

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Six-lined Racerunner

Coluber constrictor
Racer

Elaphe obsoleta
Rat Snake

Elaphe vulpina
Fox Snake

Heterodon nasicus
Western Hog-nosed Snake

Lampropeltis calligaster
Prairie Kingsnake

Nerodia rhombifer
Diamond-backed Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon
Northern Water Snake

Pituophis melanoleucus
Bull Snake

Regina grahamii
Graham’s Crawfish Snake

Storeria dekayi
Brown Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Garter Snake

Agkistrodon contortrix
Copperhead

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