Index of Species by Common Names

Colorado Herpetological Society's

Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Colorado

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Naming Conflicts,
Documenting,
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INDEX OF SPECIES
By Common Name
By Scientific Name
Grouped By Family

Index of Counties
Map of Counties

IDENTIFICATION KEYS
Amphibians
Turtles
Lizards
Snakes

List of Subspecies

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Index of Species by Common Names

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Each section of the table lists the herps in alphabetical order according to their common names. You can get more detailed information by clicking on the scientific name.

Common Name	Scientific Name
A, B
Blackneck garter snake	Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana
Bull snake	Pituophis catenifer
C
Canyon treefrog	Hyla arenicolor
Coachwhip snake	Masticophis flagellum
Collared lizard	Crotaphytus collaris
Colorado checkered whiptail (Diploid)	Cnemidophorus tesselatus
Colorado checkered whiptail (Triploid)	Cnemidophorus neotesselatus
Common garter snake	Thamnophis sirtalis
Common kingsnake	Lampropeltis getula
Corn snake	Elaphe guttata
Couch's spadefoot toad	Scaphiopus couchii
D
Desert spiny lizard	Sceloporus magister
Diploid Colorado checkered whiptail	Cnemidophorus tesselatus
E
Eastern fence lizard	Sceloporus undulatus
Eastern ringneck snake	Diadophis punctatus
F, G
Glossy snake	Arizona elegans
Gopher snake	Pituophis catenifer
Great Basin spadefoot toad	Spea intermontana
Great Plains ground snake [see Ground snake]	Sonora semiannulata
Great Plains narrowmouth toad	Gastrophryne olivacea
Great Plains skink	Eumeces obsoletus
Great Plains toad	Bufo cognatus
Green toad	Bufo debilis
Ground snake	Sonora semiannulata
H, I, J, K, L
Lesser earless lizard	Holbrookia maculata
Lined snake	Tropidoclonion lineatum
Longnose leopard lizard	Gambelia wislizenii
Longnose snake	Rhinocheilus lecontei
M
Many-lined skink	Eumeces multivirgatus
Massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus
Midget faded rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis
Milk snake	Lampropeltis triangulum
N
New Mexico spadefoot toad	Spea multiplicata
Night snake	Hypsiglena torquata
Northern cricket frog	Acris crepitans
Northern leopard frog	Rana pipiens
Northern water snake	Nerodia sipedon
O
Ornate Box turtle	Terrapene ornata
P
Painted turtle	Chrysemys picta
Plains blackhead snake	Tantilla nigriceps
Plains garter snake	Thamnophis radix
Plains leopard frog	Rana blairi
Plains spadefoot toad	Spea bombifrons
Plateau lizard	Sceloporus undulatus
Plateau striped whiptail	Cnemidophorus velox
Prairie lizard	Sceloporus undulatus
Prairie rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis
Q, R
Racer	Coluber constrictor
Red-spotted toad	Bufo punctatus
Ringneck snake	Diadophis punctatus
Round-tail horned lizard	Phrynosoma modestum
S
Sagebrush lizard	Sceloporus graciosus
Short-horned lizard	Phrynosoma hernandesi
Side-bloched lizard	Uta stansburiana
Six-lined racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Smooth green snake	Liochlorophis vernalis
Snapping turtle	Chelydra serpentina
Sonoran skink [see Great Plains skink]	Eumeces obsoletus
Southwestern blackhead snake	Tantilla hobartsmithi
Spiny softshell turtle	Apalone spinifera
Spotted night snake	Hypsiglena torquata
Striped whipsnake	Masticophis taeniatus
T
Texas blind snake	Leptotyphlops dulcis
Texas horned lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum
Tiger salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum
Tree lizard	Urosaurus ornatus
Triploid Colorado checkered whiptail	Cnemidophorus neotesselatus
U, V
Variable skink	Eumeces gaigeae
W
Western blackhead snake [see Southwestern blackhead snake]	Tantilla hobartsmithi
Western box turtle	Terrapene ornata
Western chorus frog	Pseudacris triseriata
Western hognose snake	Heterodon nasicus
Western rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis
Western Terrestrial garter snake	Thamnophis elegans
Western toad	Bufo boreas
Western whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris
Wood frog	Rana sylvatica
Woodhouse's toad	Bufo woodhousii
X, Y
Yellow mud turtle	Kinosternon flavescens
Z

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