Colorado Herpetological Society's

Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Colorado

About this Guide

Naming Conflicts,
Documenting,
& References

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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Documented Amphibians and Reptiles of

Las Animas County

Last Updated on January 20, 2000

Amphibians
Common Name	Scientific Name	Reference
Northern cricket frog	Acris crepitans
Tiger salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum	H
Western toad	Bufo boreas
Great Plains toad	Bufo cognatus	*
Green toad	Bufo debilis	H
Red-spotted toad	Bufo punctatus	H
Woodhouse's toad	Bufo woodhousii	H
Great Plains narrowmouth toad	Gastrophryne olivacea	SB4
Canyon treefrog	Hyla arenicolor	H
Western chorus frog	Pseudacris triseriata	LJL3,LJL7
Plains leopoard frog	Rana blairi	H
Bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana	H
Northern leopard frog	Rana pipiens	H
Wood frog	Rana sylvatica
Couch's spadefoot	Scaphiopus couchii	*
Plains spadefoot	Spea bombifrons	H
Great Basin spadefoot	Spea intermontana
New Mexico spadefoot	Spea multiplicata	H

Turtles
Common Name	Scientific Name	Reference
Spiny softshell	Apalone spinifera	H
Snapping turtle	Chelydra serpentina	H
Painted turtle	Chrysemys picta	SB1
Yellow mud turtle	Kinosternon flavescens	*
Ornate box turtle	Terrapene ornata	H

Lizards
Common Name	Scientific Name	Reference
Triploid Colorado checkered whiptail	Cnemidophorus neotesselatus	JMW1
Six-lined racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus	H
Diploid Colorado checkered whiptail	Cnemidophorus tesselatus	JMW1
Western whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris
Plateau striped whiptail	Cnemidophorus velox
Collared lizard	Crotaphytus collaris	H
Variable skink	Eumeces gaigeae	UC1
Many-lined skink	Eumeces multivirgatus
Great Plains skink	Eumeces obsoletus	H
Longnose leopard lizard	Gambelia wislizenii
Lesser earless lizard	Holbrookia maculata	H
Texas horned lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum	H
Short-horned lizard	Phrynosoma hernandesi	H
Round-tail horned lizard	Phrynosoma modestum
Sagebrush lizard	Sceloporus graciosus
Desert spiny lizard	Sceloporus magister
Prairie lizard / Plateau lizard	Sceloporus undulatus	H
Tree lizard	Urosaurus ornatus
Side-blotched lizard	Uta stansburiana

Snakes
Common Name	Scientific Name	Reference
Glossy snake	Arizona elegans	H
Racer	Coluber constrictor	H
Western rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis	H
Ringneck snake	Diadophis punctatus	H
Corn snake	Elaphe guttata	H
Western hognose snake	Heterodon nasicus	H
Night snake	Hypsiglena torquata	LJL1,JTC1
Common kingsnake	Lampropeltis getula	SB2
Milk snake	Lampropeltis triangulum	JW1,CM7
Texas blind snake	Leptotyphlops dulcis	GAH11
Smooth green snake	Liochlorophis vernalis	H
Coachwhip	Masticophis flagellum	H
Striped whipsnake	Masticophis taeniatus
Northern water snake	Nerodia sipedon	*
Gopher snake	Pituophis catenifer	H
Longnose snake	Rhinocheilus lecontei	H
Massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus	GAH8
Ground snake	Sonora semiannulata	H
Southwestern blackhead snake	Tantilla hobartsmithi
Plains blackhead snake	Tantilla nigriceps	H
Blackneck garter snake	Thamnophis cyrtopsis	H
Western terrestrial garter snake	Thamnophis elegans	H
Plains garter snake	Thamnophis radix	H
Common garter snake	Thamnophis sirtalis
Lined snake	Tropidoclonoin lineatum	H

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