Other Resources Index
CDoW REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 10 - Nongame Wildlife
CHAPTER 11
Unregulated Wildlife
Subspecies of Herptiles Native to Colorado
Reviews of Frog Call Recordings
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Originally published in the Cold Blooded News Vol.25, No.6, June, 1998.
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Amphibians |
Snakes |
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Turtles |
Lizards |
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Scientific Name
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Common Name
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Subspecies
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Ambystoma tigrinum
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Tiger salamander
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A.t. mavortium
A.t. melanostictum
A.t. nebulosum
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Scaphiopus couchii
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Couch's spadefoot toad
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No ssp. recognized
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Spea bombifrons
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Plains spadefoot toad
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No ssp. recognized
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Spea intermontana
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Great Basin spadefoot toad
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No ssp. recognized
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Spea multiplicata
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New Mexico spadefoot toad
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No ssp. recognized
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Bufo boreas
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Western toad
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B.b. boreas
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Bufo cognatus
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Great Plains toad
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No ssp. recognized
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Bufo debilis
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Green toad
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B.d. insidior
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Bufo punctatus
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Red-spotted toad
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No ssp. recognized
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Bufo woodhousii
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Woodhouse's toad
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B.w. woodhousii
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Acris crepitans
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Northern cricket frog
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A.c. blanchardi
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Hyla arenicolor
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Canyon treefrog
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No ssp. recognized
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Pseudacris triseriata
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Western chorus frog
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No ssp. recognized
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Rana blairi
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Plains leopard frog
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No ssp. recognized
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Rana catesbeiana
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Bullfrog
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No ssp. recognized
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Rana pipiens
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Northern leopard frog
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No ssp. recognized
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Rana sylvatica
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Wood frog
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No ssp. recognized
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Gastrophryne olivacea
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Great Plains narrowmouth toad
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No ssp. recognized
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| Turtles |
Scientific Name
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Common Name
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Subspecies
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Chelydra serpentina
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Snapping turtle
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C.s. serpentina
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Kinosternon flavescens
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Yellow mud turtle
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K.f. flavescens
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Chrysemys picta
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Painted turtle
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C.p. bellii
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Terrapene ornata
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Ornate Box turtle
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T.o. ornata
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Apalone spinifera
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Spiny softshell
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A.s. hartwegi
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| Lizards |
Scientific Name
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Common Name
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Subspecies
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Crotaphytus collaris
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Collared lizard
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C.c. collaris
C.c. auriceps
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Gambelia wislizenii
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Longnose leopard lizard
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G.w. punctatus
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Holbrookia maculata
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Lesser earless lizard
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H.m. maculata
H.m. approximans
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Phrynosoma cornutum
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Texas horned lizard
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No ssp. recognized
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Phrynosoma hernandesi
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Short-horned lizard
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No ssp. recognized
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Sceloporus graciosus
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Sagebrush lizard
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S.g. graciosus
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Sceloporus magister
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Desert spiny lizard
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S.m. cephaloflavus
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Sceloporus undulatus
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Eastern fence lizard
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S.u. garmani
S.u. erythrocheilus
S.u. elongatus
S.u. tristichus
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Urosaurus ornatus
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Tree lizard
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U.o. wrighti
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Uta stansburiana
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Side-bloched lizard
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U.s. uniformis
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Eumeces multivirgatus
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Many-lined skink
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E.m. multivirgatus
E.m. gaigeae
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Eumeces obsoletus
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Great Plains skink
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No ssp. recognized
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Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
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Six-lined racerunner
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C.s. viridis
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Cnemidophorus tesselatus
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Colorado checkered whiptail
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No ssp. recognized
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Cnemidophorus tigris
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Western whiptail
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C.t. septentrionalis
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Cnemidophorus velox
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Plateau striped whiptail
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No ssp. recognized |
| Snakes |
Scientific Name
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Common Name
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Subspecies
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Leptotyphlops dulcis
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Texas blind snake
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L.d. dissectus
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Arizona elegans
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Glossy snake
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A.e. elegans
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Coluber constrictor
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Racer
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C.c. flaviventris
C.c. mormon
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Diadophis punctatus
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Ringneck snake
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;D.p. arnyi
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Elaphe guttata
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Corn snake
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E.g. emoryi
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Heterodon nasicus
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Western hognose snake
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H.n. nasicus
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Hypsiglena torquata
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Night snake
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H.t. loreala
H.t. janii
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Lampropeltis getula
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Common kingsnake
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L.g. californae
L.g. holbrooki and
L.g. splendida integrades
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Lampropeltis triangulum
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Milk snake
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L.t. taylori
L.t. gentilis
L.t. celaenops integrades
L.t. multistrata integrades
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Liochlorophis vernalis
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Smooth green snake
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L.v. blanchardi
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Masticophis flagellum
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Coachwhip
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M.f. testaceus
M.f. piceus (?)
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Masticophis taeniatus
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Striped whipsnake
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M.t. taeniatus
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Nerodia sipedon
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Northern water snake
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N.s. sipedon
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Pituophis catenifer
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Bull/Gopher snake | |
| Bullsnake |
P.c. sayi |
| Desert gopher snake |
P.c. deserticola |
Rhinocheilus lecontei
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Longnose snake
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R.l. tessellatus
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Sonora semiannulata
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Ground snake
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No ssp. recognized
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Tantilla hobartsmithi
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Southwestern blackhead snake
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No ssp. recognized
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Tantilla nigriceps
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Plains blackhead snake
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T.n. nigriceps
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Thamnophis cyrtopsis
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Blackneck garter snake
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T.c. cyrtopsis
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Thamnophis elegans
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Western Terrestrial Garter snake
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T.e. vagrans
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Thamnophis radix
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Plains garter snake
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T.r. haydenii
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Thamnophis sirtalis
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Common garter snake
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T.s. parietalis
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Tropidoclonion lineatum
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Lined snake
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T.l. lineatum
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Crotalus viridis
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Western Rattlesnake
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| Midget Faded Rattlesnake |
C.v. concolor |
| Prairie Rattlesnake |
C.v. viridis |
Sistrurus catenatus
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Massasauga
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Integrades between S.c. edwardsii and S.c.tergeminus
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List of species from: Livo, L. J. 1995. Colorado amphibian and reptile records by county. Colorado Herpetological Society, Denver. 20pp.
Subspecies names from: Hammerson, G. A. 1986. Amphibians and reptiles in Colorado. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver. 131pp.
Last Updated on October 31, 2004.
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