Whiteside County Amphibians and Reptiles

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acris crepitans
Cricket Frog
Hyla versicolor- chrysoscelis
Gray Treefrog Complex
Rana clamitans
Green Frog
Rana pipiens
Northern Leopard Frog
Emydoidea blandingii
Blanding’s Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis
Ouachita Map Turtle
Terrapene ornata
Ornate Box Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens
Yellow Mud Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
Common Musk Turtle
Apalone mutica
Smooth Softshell
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Six-lined Racerunner
Coluber constrictor
Racer
Elaphe vulpina
Fox Snake
Heterodon nasicus
Western Hog-nosed Snake
Nerodia sipedon
Northern Water Snake
Pituophis melanoleucus
Bull Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Gartersnake