Reptile and Amphibian
Lifetime Species List
Daniel Parker

In this list  I have included all species and subspecies of reptile and amphibian that I have personally seen in the wild, including d.o.r. (dead on road) specimens. I have also included several forms which are no longer recognized as subspecies, but are interesting local variations.

Snakes
Colubridae
Texas Glossy Snake Arizona elegans arenicola

Arizona Glossy Snake Arizona elegans noctivaga

Florida Scarlet Cemphora coccinea coccinea

Northern Scarlet Cemphora coccinea copei

Northern Black Racer Coluber constrictor constrictor

Southern Black Racer Coluber constrictor priapus

Brownchin Racer Coluber constrictor helvigularis

Everglades Racer Coluber constrictor paludicola

Key Racer Coluber constrictor "hastii"
Blue Racer Coluber constrictor foxii
Buttermilk Racer Coluber constrictor anthicus

Tan Racer Coluber constrictor etheridgei

Southern Ringneck Diadophis punctatus punctatus

Northern Ringneck Diadophis punctatus edwardsii

Mississippi Ringneck Diadophis punctatus stictogenys

Eastern Indigo Drymarchon corais couperi

Texas Indigo Drymarchon corais erebennus

Corn Elaphe guttata guttata

Rosy Rat Elaphe guttata "rosacea"
Southwestern Rat Elaphe guttata meahllmorum

Yellow Rat Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata

Everglades Rat Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni

Gulf Hammock Rat Elaphe obsoleta "williamsi"
Gray Rat Elaphe obsoleta spiloides
Black/ Gray Rat intergrade Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta/spiloides

Black Rat Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta

Texas Rat Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri

Key Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta "deckerti"
Eastern Mud Farancia abacura abacura
Western Mud Farancia abacura reinwardtii

Mexican Hooknose Snake Ficimia streckeri

Eastern Hognose Heterodon platirhinos

Mexican Hognose Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi

Texas Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata jani

Sonoran Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata chlorophaea

Eastern King Lampropeltis getula getula

Apalachicola/ Eastern King Intergrade Lampropeltis getula ssp.
Florida King Lampropeltis getula floridana

Brook's King Lampropeltis getula "brooksi"
California King Lampropeltis getula californiae

Black King Lampropeltis getula nigra

Scarlet King Lampropeltis triagulum elapsoides

Red Milk Lampropeltis triagulum syspila

Eastern Milksnake Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum flagellum

Western Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Brown Water Nerodia taxpilota

Banded Water Nerodia fasciata fasciata

Florida Water Nerodia fasciata pictiventris

Broad-banded Water Nerodia fasciata confluens

Mangrove Water Nerodia clarkii compressicauda

Florida Green Water Nerodia floridana

Mississippi Green Water Nerodia cyclopion

Yellowbelly Water Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster

Redbelly Water Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster

Midland Water Nerodia sipedon pleuralis

Carolina Salt Marsh Snake Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi

Diamondback Water Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer

Spotted Leafnose Snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus

Southern Pine Pituophis melanoleucas mugitus

Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer sayi

Sonoran Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer affinis

Striped Crayfish Regina alleni

Pine Woods Snake Rhadinaea floridana

Texas Longnose Snake Rhinochelius lecontei tessellatus

Western Longnose Snake Rhinochelius lecontei lecontei

South Florida Swamp Seminatrix pygaea cyclas

Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata

Florida Brown Storeria dekayi victa

Midland Brown Storeria dekayi wrightorum

Northern Redbelly Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

Florida Redbelly Storeria occipitomaculata obscura

Central Florida Crowned Tantilla relicta neilli

Peninsula Crowned Tantilla relicta relicta

Eastern Garter Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Chicago Garter Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus

Eastern Ribbon Thamnophis sauritus sauritus

Peninsula Ribbon Thamnophis sauritus sackenii

Western Ribbon Thamnophis proximus proximus

Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus orarius

Checkered Garter Thamnophis marcianus marcianus

Rough Earth Virginia striatula

Eastern Smooth Earth Virginia valeriae valeriae

Western Smooth Earth Virginia valeriae elegans

Western Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda

Elapidae
Eastern Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius fulvius

Viperidae
Northern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

Southern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Florida Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox

Canebrake Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus atricaudatus

Arizona Black Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus cereberus

Mojave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchelli pyrrhus

Banded Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus klauberi

Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius barbouri

Carolina Pigmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus milliarius milliarius

Lizards
Phyrnosonatidae
Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum
Greater Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglassii hernandesi

Southern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus undulatus

Northern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

Florida Scrub Lizard Sceloporus woodi

Striped Plateau Lizard Sceloporus virgatus

Mountain Spiny Lizard Sceloporus jarrovii

Crevice Spiny Lizard Sceloporus poinsetti poinsetti

Teiidae
Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus

Prairie Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis

Scincidae
Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus

Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus

Broadhead Skink Eumeces laticeps

Florida Sand Skink Neoseps reynoldsi

Ground Skink Scincilla lateralis

Anguidae
Eastern Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus

Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus

Island Glass Lizard Ophisaurus compressus

Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus ventralis

Polychridae
Brown Anole Anolis sagrei
Common Green Anole Anolis carolinensis carolinensis

Pale-throated Green Anole Anolis carolinensis seminolis

Knight Anole Anolis equestris

Tropiduridae
Northern Curlytail Lizard Leiocephalus carinatus

Gekkonidae
Indo-pacific Gecko Hemidactylus garnotii

Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus

Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia

Florida Reef Gecko Spaerodactylus notatus

Iguanidae
Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus
Green Iguana Iguana iguana

Amphisbaenians
Amphisbaenidae
Florida Worm Lizard Rhineura floridana

Crocodilians
Crocodylidae
American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus

Alligatoridae
American Alligator Alligator mississipiensis

Turtles
Emylidae
Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata
Western/Midland Painted Turtle intergrade Chrysemys picta ssp.
Florida Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia chrysea

Eastern Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia reticularia

Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica

Carolina Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin centrata

Suwanee Cooter Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis

Peninsula Cooter Pseudemys floridana peninsularis

Florida Cooter Pseudemys floridana floridana

Florida Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys nelsoni

Florida Box Turtle Terrapene carolina bauri

Gulf Coast Box Turtle Terrapene carolina major

Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis

Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina

Desert Box Turtle Terrapene ornata luteola

Redear Slider Trachemys scripta elegans

Yellowbelly Slider Trachemys scripta scripta

Kinosternidae
Striped Mud Turtle Kinosteron bauri palmarum

Florida Mud Turtle Kinosteron subrubrum steindachneri

Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosteron subrubrum subrurum

Eastern/ Mississippi Mud Turtle intergrade Kinosteron subrubrum ssp.
Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus

Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor minor

Chelydridae
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina

Florida Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina osceola

Testudinae
Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus
Texas Tortoise Gopherus berlandieri

Apalonidae
Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera

Florida Softshell Apalone ferox

Frogs and Toads
Pelobatidae
Eastern Spadefoot Scaphiopus holbrooki holbrooki

Couch's Spadefoot Scaphiopus couchii

Ranidae
Florida Gopher Frog Rana capito aesopus
Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
Green Frog Rana clamitans melanota
Pig Frog Rana grylio
Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens
Rio Grande Leopard Frog Rana berlandieri

Mink Frog Rana septentrionalis

Southern Leopard Frog Rana ultricularia

Florida Leopard Frog Rana spenocephala

Wood Frog Rana sylvatica

Pickerel Frog Rana palustris

Microhylidae
Eastern Narrowmouth Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis

Bufonidae
American Toad Bufo americanus
Marine Toad Bufo marinus
Oak Toad Bufo quercicus
Southern Toad Bufo terrestris
Fowler's Toad Bufo woodhousei fowleri
Colorado River Toad Bufo alvarius
Red-spotted Toad Bufo punctatus
Gulf Coast Toad Bufo valliceps

Hylidae
Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans blanchardi

Florida Cricket Frog Acris gryllus dorsalis

ray Treefrog Hyla versicolor, chrysocelis

Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea

Pine Woods Treefrog Hyla femoralis

Barking Treefrog Hyla gratiosa

Squirrel Treefrog Hyla squirella

Cuban Treefrog Osteophilus septentrionalis

Northern Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer crucifer

Florida Chorus Frog Pseudacris nigrita verrucosa

Little Grass Frog Pseudacris ocularis

Leptodactylidae
Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostrus planirostrus

Salamanders
Sirenidae
Greater Siren Siren lacertina
Lesser Siren Siren intermedia intermedia

Salamandridae
Central Newt Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Peninsula Newt Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola

Amphiumidae
Two-toed Amphiuma  Amphiuma means

Ambystomidae
Blue-spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale

Marbled Salamander Ambystoma opacum

Plethodontidae
Mountain Dusky Salamander Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Apalachicola Dusky Salamander Desmognathus apalachicolae

Seal Salamander Desmognathus monticola

Northern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea bislineata

Three-lined Salamander Eurycea longicauda guttolineata

Dwarf Salamander Eurycea quadridigitata

Redback Salamander Plethodon cinereus

Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus

Southeastern Slimy Salamander Plethodon grobmani

Appalachian Woodland Salamander Plethodon jordani

Southern Red Salamander Pseudotrition ruber