Cook County Amphibians and Reptiles

Scientific Name

Common Name

Ambystoma laterale
Blue-spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum
Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum
Tiger Salamander

Plethodon cinereus
Redback Salamander

Plethodon glutinosus
Northern Slimy Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum
Four-toed Salamander

Necturus maculosus
Mudpuppy

Notophthalmus viridescens
Eastern Newt

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 catesbeiana
Bullfrog

Rana clamitans
Green Frog

Rana palustris
Pickerel Frog

Rana pipiens
Northern Leopard Frog

Rana sylvatica
Wood Frog

Chelydra serpentina
Snapping Turtle

Chrysemys picta
Painted Turtle

Clemmys guttata
Spotted Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii
Blanding’s Turtle

Graptemys geographica
Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica
False Map Turtle

Terrapene carolina
Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata
Ornate Box Turtle

Trachemys scripta
Slider

Sternotherus odoratus
Common Musk Turtle

Apalone spinifera
Spiny Softshell Turtle

Ophisaurus attenuatus
Slender Glass Lizard

Eumeces fasciatus
Five-lined Skink

Scincella lateralis
Ground Skink

Clonophis kirtlandii
Kirtland’s Snake

Coluber constrictor
Racer

Elaphe obsoleta
Rat Snake

Elaphe vulpina
Fox Snake

Lampropeltis triangulum
Milk Snake

Nerodia sipedon
Northern Water Snake

Opheodrys aestivus
Rough Greensnake

Opheodrys vernalis
Smooth Greensnake

Regina grahamii
Graham’s Crawfish Snake

Regina septemvittata
Queen Snake

Storeria dekayi
Brown Snake

Storeria occipitomaculata
Red-bellied Snake

Thamnophis proximus
Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis radix
Plains Gartersnake

Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Gartersnake

Sistrurus catenatus
Massasauga

INHS Herpetology Collection
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