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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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  Map showing Pitkin county

Documented Amphibians and Reptiles of

Pitkin County

Last Updated on January 20, 2000


| Amphibians | Turtles | Lizards | Snakes |


Amphibians
Common Name Scientific Name Reference
Northern cricket frogAcris crepitans 
Tiger salamanderAmbystoma tigrinumH
Western toadBufo boreasH
Great Plains toadBufo cognatus 
Green toadBufo debilis 
Red-spotted toadBufo punctatus 
Woodhouse's toadBufo woodhousii 
Great Plains narrowmouth toadGastrophryne olivacea 
Canyon treefrogHyla arenicolor 
Western chorus frogPseudacris triseriataGPH3
Plains leopoard frogRana blairi 
BullfrogRana catesbeiana 
Northern leopard frogRana pipiensH
Wood frogRana sylvatica 
Couch's spadefootScaphiopus couchii 
Plains spadefootSpea bombifrons 
Great Basin spadefootSpea intermontana 
New Mexico spadefootSpea multiplicata 

Turtles
Common Name Scientific Name Reference
Spiny softshellApalone spinifera 
Snapping turtleChelydra serpentina 
Painted turtleChrysemys picta 
Yellow mud turtleKinosternon flavescens 
Ornate box turtleTerrapene ornata 

Lizards
Common Name Scientific Name Reference
Triploid Colorado checkered whiptailCnemidophorus neotesselatus 
Six-lined racerunnerCnemidophorus sexlineatus 
Diploid Colorado checkered whiptailCnemidophorus tesselatus 
Western whiptailCnemidophorus tigris 
Plateau striped whiptailCnemidophorus velox 
Collared lizardCrotaphytus collaris 
Variable skinkEumeces gaigeae 
Many-lined skinkEumeces multivirgatus 
Great Plains skinkEumeces obsoletus 
Longnose leopard lizardGambelia wislizenii 
Lesser earless lizardHolbrookia maculata 
Texas horned lizardPhrynosoma cornutum 
Short-horned lizardPhrynosoma hernandesi 
Round-tail horned lizardPhrynosoma modestum 
Sagebrush lizardSceloporus graciosusH
Desert spiny lizardSceloporus magister 
Prairie lizard / Plateau lizardSceloporus undulatus * 
Tree lizardUrosaurus ornatus 
Side-blotched lizardUta stansburiana 

Snakes
Common Name Scientific Name Reference
Glossy snakeArizona elegans 
RacerColuber constrictor 
Western rattlesnakeCrotalus viridis 
Ringneck snakeDiadophis punctatus 
Corn snakeElaphe guttata 
Western hognose snakeHeterodon nasicus 
Night snakeHypsiglena torquata 
Common kingsnakeLampropeltis getula 
Milk snakeLampropeltis triangulum 
Texas blind snakeLeptotyphlops dulcis 
Smooth green snakeLiochlorophis vernalisH
CoachwhipMasticophis flagellum 
Striped whipsnakeMasticophis taeniatus 
Northern water snakeNerodia sipedon 
Gopher snakePituophis cateniferH
Longnose snakeRhinocheilus lecontei 
MassasaugaSistrurus catenatus 
Ground snakeSonora semiannulata 
Southwestern blackhead snakeTantilla hobartsmithi 
Plains blackhead snakeTantilla nigriceps 
Blackneck garter snakeThamnophis cyrtopsis 
Western terrestrial garter snakeThamnophis elegansH
Plains garter snakeThamnophis radix 
Common garter snakeThamnophis sirtalis 
Lined snakeTropidoclonoin lineatum 


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