Buckeye Herps - A Photographic Gallery of the Reptiles and Amphibians of the State of Ohio

 

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Total species/subspecies: 139

This list is composed of the reptiles and amphibians that I have been able to positively identify in the field.  

* marks species that have only been seen DOR. In my opinion they are not real "Lifers" and are not included in the total.

^ Marks species in which only the larval form has been seen.

 

ORDER CROCODYLIA

Family Alligatoridae

          American Alligator - Alligator mississippiensis 

Family Crocodylidae

        American Crocodile - Crocodylus acutus

ORDER TESTUDINES

Family Cheloniidae

       Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Caretta caretta

Family Chelydridae

          Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina

Family Kinosternidae

          Eastern Mud Turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum subrubbrum

          Common Musk Turtle - Sternotherus odoratus

Family Emydidae

          Florida Box Turtle – Terrapene carolina bauri 

          Eastern Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina carolina

          Gulf Coast Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina major 

          Common Map Turtle - Graptemys geographica

          Florida Redbelly Turtle - Psuedemys nelsoni

          Red-eared Slider - Trachemys scripta elegans

        Yellowbelly Slider - Trachemys scripta scripta

          Midland Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta marginata

          Spotted Turtle - Clemmys guttata

Family Testudinidae 

          Gopher Tortoise - Gopherus polyphemus 

        Desert Tortoise - Gopherus agassizii  

Family Trionychidae

          Smooth Softshell - Apalone mutica

          Eastern Spiny Softshell - Apalone spinifera spinifera

          Flordia Softshell - Apalone ferox

ORDER SQUAMATA, SUBORDER LACERTILIA

Family Eublepharidae

          Desert Banded Gecko – Coleonyx variegatus variegatus

Family Gekkonidae

         Tropical House Gecko - Hemidactylus mabouia

         Mediterranean House Gecko – Hemidactylus turcicus

Family Polychridae

          Green Anole - Anolis carolinensis

          Brown Anole - Anolis sagrei

Family Iguanidae

          Green Iguana – Iguana iguana

Family Crotaphytidae

 

Family Lacertidae

          Common Wall Lizard – Podarcis muralis

Family Phrynosomatidae

          Common Zebra-tailed Lizard – Callisaurus draconoides draconoides

          Western Whiptail – Cnemidophorus tigris

          Desert Spiny Lizard - Sceloporous magister

          Northern Fence Lizard - Sceloporous undulatus hyacinthinus

          Southern Fence Lizard - Sceloporous undulatus undulates

          Common Side-blotched Lizard – Uta stansburiana

Family Teiidae

          Six-lined Racerunner - Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus

Family Scincidae

          Ground Skink - Scinella lateralis

          Five-lined Skink - Eumeces fasciatus

          South Eastern Five-lined Skink - Eumeces inexpectatus

          Broadhead Skink - Eumeces laticeps 

Famiy Anguidae         

          Eastern Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus ventralis

ORDER SQUAMATA, SUBORDER SERPENTES

Family  Colubridae

          Eastern Worm Snake - Carphophis amoenus amoenus

          Kirtland’s Snake – Clonophis kirtlandii

          Nothern Black Racer - Coluber constrictor constrictor

          Southern Black Racer - Coluber constrictor priapus

          Brown-chinned Racer - Coluber constrictor helvigularis

          Blue Racer - Coluber constrictor foxi

          Everglades Racer - Coluber constrictor paludicola

          Northern Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus edwardsii 

          Southern Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus punctatus

          Key Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus acricus

          Eastern Mud Snake – Farancia abacura*

          Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos

          California Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula californiae*

          Black Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula niger

          Eastern Milk Snake - Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

          Scarlet Kingsnake - Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides

          Eastern Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum flagellum

          Red-Bellied Water Snake - Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster

        Copperbelly Water Snake - Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta

          Yellowbelly Water Snake - Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster

          Banded Water Snake - Nerodia fasciata fasciata

         Florida Water Snake - Nerodia fasciata pictaventris

          Lake Erie Water Snake - Nerodia sipedon insularis

          Northern Water Snake - Nerodia sipedon sipedon

          Midland Water Snake - Nerodia sipedon pleuralis 

          Brown Water Snake - Nerodia taxispilota

          Rough Green Snake - Opheodrys aestivus

          Corn Snake – Pantherophis guttata guttata

          Eastern Fox Snake - Pantherophis vulpina gloydi

          Black Rat Snake - Pantherophis obsoleta obsoleta

          Gray Rat Snake - Pantherophis obsoleta spiloides

          Yellow Rat Snake - Pantherophis obsoleta quadrivittata

          Sonoran Bull Snake – Pituophis melanoluecus affinis*

          Queen Snake – Regina septemvittata

          Northern Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi dekayi 

          Northern Red-bellied Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

          Southeastern Crowned Snake – Tantilla coronata

          Butler’s Garter Snake - Thamnophis butleri

          Eastern Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis    

          Red-Sided Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

          Western  Plains Garter Snake - Thamnophis radix haydenii 

          Western Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis proximus proximus

          Eastern Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sauritus sauritus

          Northern Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sauritus sepentrionalis

          Peninsula Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sauritus sackenii 

          Eastern Smooth Earth Snake - Virginia valeriae valieriae  

          Rough Earth Snake - Virginia striatula

Family Viperidae, Subfamily Crotalinae

          Northern Copperhead  - Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

          Eastern Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus*

          Florida Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti*

          Western Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

          Eastern Massasauga - Sistrurus catenatus catenatus

          Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes

          Timber Rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus

          Mojave Rattlesnake - Crotalus scutalatus*

ORDER CAUDATA

Family Cryptobranchidae 

          Eastern Hellbender - Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis

          Mudpuppy – Necturus maculosus         

Family Ambystomatidae 

          Blue-Spotted Salamander – Ambystoma laterale 

          Marbled Salamander - Ambystoma opacum  

          Streamside Salamander - Ambystoma barbouri

          Jefferson Salamander – Ambystoma jeffersonanium

          Eastern Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum           

          Spotted Salamander - Ambystoma maculatum 

         Hybrids              

                Kelly Island Salamander – Ambystoma (LTTi)

Family Salamandridae

        Red-spotted Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens

Family Plethodontidae

          Northern Dusky Salamander – Desmognathus fuscus fuscus

          Seal Salamander – Desmognathus monticola

          Mountain Dusky Salamander – Desmognathus ocrophaeus    

          Northern Spring Salamander – Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus

          Kentucky Spring Salamander – Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi

          Four-Toed Salamander – Hemidactylium scutatum

          Redback Salamander - Plethodon cinereus       

          Eastern Zigzag Salamander - Plethodon dorsalis dorsalis

          Ravine Salamander – Plethodon electromorphus

          Northern Slimy Salamander - Plethodon glutinosus glutinosus

          Southeastern Slimy Salamander - Plethodon grobmani 

          Northern Red Salamander – Psuedotriton ruber ruber

          Midland Mud Salamander – Psuedotriton montanus diastictus

          Northern Two-lined Salamander – Eurycea bislineata

          Southern Two-lined Salamander - Eurycea cirrigera

          Longtail Salamander - Eurycea longicauda longicauda 

          Cave Salamander - Eurycea lucifuga

ORDER ANURA

Family Pelobatidae

          Eastern Spadefoot Toad - Scaphiopus holbrookii holbrookii

Family Bufonidae

          Sonaron Desert Toad – Bufo alvarius

          American Toad - Bufo americanus americanus

          Southern Toad - Bufo terrestris 

          Fowler's Toad - Bufo woodhousii fowleri 

          Oak Toad - Bufo quercicus 

Family Hylidae

       Florida Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus dorsalis

       Blanchard's Cricket Frog - Acris crepitans blanchardi

          Green Treefrog - Hyla cinerea

          Pine Woods Tree Frog - Hyla femoralis

          Gray Treefrog - Hyla versicolor

          Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis

          Northern Spring Peeper - Pseudacris crucifer crucifer

        Mountain Chorus Frog – Pseudacris brachyphona

           Western Chorus Frog - Pseudacris triseriata

Family Microhylidae

          Eastern Narrowmouth Toad - Gastrophryne carolinensis

 Family Ranidae

         Crawfish Frog - Rana areolata circulosa

         Bull Frog - Rana catesbeiana

          Bronze Frog - Rana clamitans clamitans

          Green Frog - Rana clamitans melanota

          Wood Frog - Rana sylvatica

          Northern Leopard Frog - Rana pipiens

          Southern Leopard Frog - Rana utricularia

          Pickerel Frog - Rana palustris