McLean County Amphibians and Reptiles

Scientific Name

Common Name

Ambystoma texanum
Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum
Tiger Salamander

Notophthalmus viridescens
Eastern Newt

Bufo americanus
American Toad

Bufo fowleri
Fowler’s Toad

Acris crepitans
Cricket Frog

Hyla versicolor- chrysoscelis
Gray Treefrog Complex

Pseudacris triseriata
Western Chorus Frog

Rana blairi
Plains Leopard Frog

Rana catesbeiana
Bullfrog

Rana sphenocephala
Southern Leopard Frog

Chelydra serpentina
Snapping Turtle

Chrysemys picta
Painted Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii
Blanding’s Turtle

Trachemys scripta
Slider

Ophisaurus attenuatus
Slender Glass Lizard

Clonophis kirtlandii
Kirtland’s Snake

Coluber constrictor
Racer

Elaphe vulpina
Fox Snake

Lampropeltis calligaster
Prairie Kingsnake

Lampropeltis triangulum
Milk Snake

Nerodia sipedon
Northern Water Snake

Opheodrys vernalis
Smooth Greensnake

Pituophis melanoleucus
Bull Snake

Regina grahamii
Graham’s Crawfish Snake

Storeria dekayi
Brown Snake

Thamnophis proximus
Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis radix
Plains Gartersnake

Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Gartersnake

INHS Herpetology Collection
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