Champaign County Amphibians and Reptiles

Scientific Name

Common Name

Ambystoma texanum
Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum
Tiger Salamander

Plethodon cinereus
Redback Salamander

Plethodon glutinosus
Northern Slimy Salamander

Necturus maculosus
Mudpuppy

Bufo americanus
American Toad

Bufo fowleri
Fowler’s Toad

Acris crepitans
Cricket Frog

Hyla versicolor- chrysoscelis
Gray Treefrog Complex

Pseudacris crucifer
Spring Peeper

Pseudacris triseriata
Western Chorus Frog

Rana blairi
Plains Leopard Frog

Rana catesbeiana
American Bullfrog

Rana clamitans
Green Frog

Rana palustris
Pickerel Frog

Rana sphenocephala
Southern Leopard Frog

Rana sylvatica
Wood Frog

Chelydra serpentina
Snapping Turtle

Chrysemys picta
Painted Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii
Blanding’s Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica
False Map Turtle

Terrapene carolina
Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata
Ornate Box Turtle

Trachemys scripta
Slider

Apalone spinifera
Spiny Softshell Turtle

Ophisaurus attenuatus
Slender Glass Lizard

Clonophis kirtlandii
Kirtland’s Snake

Coluber constrictor
North American Racer

Elaphe obsoleta
Rat Snake

Elaphe vulpina
Fox Snake

Heterodon platirhinos
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Lampropeltis calligaster
Prairie Kingsnake

Lampropeltis triangulum
Milk Snake

Nerodia sipedon
Northern Water Snake

Opheodrys vernalis
Smooth Green Snake

Regina grahamii
Graham’s Crawfish Snake

Storeria dekayi
Brown Snake

Thamnophis radix
Plains Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Garter Snake

Tropidoclonion lineatum
Lined Snake

Sistrurus catenatus
Massasauga

INHS Herpetology Collection
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