Index of Species by Scientific Names

Colorado Herpetological Society's

Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Colorado

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Naming Conflicts,
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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 Scientific Name

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

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