Illinois Species

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Frogs & Toads

Scientific Name (Anura)Common Name
Anaxyrus americanusAmerican Toad
Anaxyrus fowleriFowler’s Toad
Acris blanchardiBlanchard’s Cricket Frog
Gastrophryne carolinensisEastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
Hyla avivocaBird-voiced Treefrog
Hyla cinereaGreen Treefrog
Hyla versicolor-chrysoscelisGray Treefrog Complex
Pseudacris cruciferSpring Peeper
Pseudacris feriarumUpland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris illinoensisIllinois Chorus Frog
Pseudacris maculataBoreal Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriataWestern Chorus Frog
Rana areolataCrawfish Frog
Rana blairiPlains Leopard Frog
Rana catesbeianaAmerican Bullfrog
Rana clamitansGreen Frog
Rana palustrisPickerel Frog
Rana pipiensNorthern Leopard Frog
Rana sphenocephalaSouthern Leopard Frog
Rana sylvaticaWood Frog
Scaphiopus holbrookiiEastern Spadefoot

Salamanders

Scientific Name: CaudataCommon Name
Ambystoma jeffersonianumJefferson Salamander
Ambystoma lateraleBlue-spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatumSpotted Salamander
Ambystoma opacumMarbled Salamander
Ambystoma platineumSilvery Salamander
Ambystoma talpoideumMole Salamander
Ambystoma texanumSmall-mouthed Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinumEastern Tiger Salamander
Cryptobranchus alleganiensisHellbender
Desmognathus conantiSpotted Dusky Salamander
Eurycea cirrigeraSouthern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea longicaudaLong-tailed Salamander
Eurycea lucifugaCave Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatumFour-toed Salamander
Plethodon cinereusEastern Red-backed Salamander
Plethodon dorsalisNorthern Zigzag Salamander
Plethodon glutinosusNorthern Slimy Salamander
Necturus maculosusMudpuppy
Notophthalmus viridescensEastern Newt
Siren intermediaLesser Siren

Turtles

Scientific Name: TestudinesCommon Name
Apalone muticaSmooth Softshell
Apalone spiniferaSpiny Softshell
Chelydra serpentinaSnapping Turtle
Chrysemys pictaPainted Turtle
Clemmys guttataSpotted Turtle
Emydoidea blandingiiBlanding’s Turtle
Graptemys geographicaNorthern Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensisOuachita Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographicaFalse Map Turtle
Kinosternon flavescensYellow Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrumEastern Mud Turtle
Macrochelys temminckiiAlligator Snapping Turtle
Pseudemys concinnaRiver Cooter
Terrapene carolinaEastern Box Turtle
Terrapene ornataOrnate Box Turtle
Trachemys scriptaPond Slider
Sternotherus odoratusEastern Musk Turtle

Lizards

Scientific Name: SquamataCommon Name
Apsidoscelis sexlineataSix-lined Racerunner
Ophisaurus attenuatusSlender Glass Lizard
Plestiodon fasciatusCommon Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon laticepsBroad-headed Skink
Sceloporus undulatusEastern Fence Lizard
Scincella lateralisLittle Brown Skink

Snakes

Scientific Name: SquamataCommon Name
Carphophis amoenusCommon Wormsnake
Cemophora coccineaScarletsnake
Clonophis kirtlandiiKirtland’s Snake
Coluber constrictorNorth American Racer
Coluber flagellumCoachwhip
Diadophis punctatusRing-necked Snake
Farancia abacuraRed-bellied Mudsnake
Heterodon nasicusPlains Hog-nosed Snake
Heterodon platirhinosEastern Hog-nosed Snake
Lampropeltis calligasterPrairie Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getulaEastern Kingsnake
Lampropeltis triangulumEastern Milksnake
Nerodia cyclopionMississippi Green Watersnake
Nerodia erythrogasterPlain-bellied Watersnake
Nerodia fasciataSouthern Watersnake
Nerodia rhombiferDiamond-backed Watersnake
Nerodia sipedonCommon Watersnake
Opheodrys aestivusRough Greensnake
Opheodrys vernalisSmooth Greensnake
Pantherophis emoryiGreat Plains Ratsnake
Pantherophis spiloidesGray Ratsnake
Pantherophis vulpinusEastern Foxsnake
Pituophis cateniferGophersnake
Regina grahamiiGraham’s Crayfish Snake
Regina septemvittataQueensnake
Storeria dekayiDekay’s Brownsnake
Storeria occipitomaculataRed-bellied Snake
Tantilla gracilisFlat-headed Snake
Thamnophis proximusWestern Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis radixPlains Gartersnake
Thamnophis sauritaEastern Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sirtalisCommon Gartersnake
Tropidoclonion lineatumLined Snake
Virginia valeriaeSmooth Earthsnake
Agkistrodon contortrixEastern Copperhead—venomous
Agkistrodon piscivorusNorthern Cottonmouth—venomous
Crotalus horridusTimber Rattlesnake—venomous
Sistrurus catenatusEastern Massasauga—venomous
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