Lee County Amphibians and Reptiles

Scientific Name

Common Name

Ambystoma tigrinum
Tiger Salamander

Notophthalmus viridescens
Eastern Newt

Bufo americanus
American Toad

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

Chelydra serpentina
Snapping Turtle

Chrysemys picta
Painted Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii
Blanding’s Turtle

Terrapene ornata
Ornate Box Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens
Yellow Mud Turtle

Apalone spinifera
Spiny Softshell

Ophisaurus attenuatus
Slender Glass Lizard

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Six-lined Racerunner

Coluber constrictor
Racer

Elaphe vulpina
Fox Snake

Heterodon nasicus
Western Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon platirhinos
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Opheodrys vernalis
Smooth Greensnake

Regina septemvittata
Queen Snake

Storeria dekayi
Brown Snake

Thamnophis proximus
Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis radix
Plains Gartersnake

Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Gartersnake

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