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

Total species/subspecies: 198

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.

# Marks species of frogs that have been identified by their calls. (Not included in total.)

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

          Striped Mud Turtle - Kinosternon baurii

          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

          Three-Toed Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina triunguis

          Ornate Box Turtle - Terrapene ornata ornata

          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

          Blandings Turtle - Emydoidea blandingii

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

          East African Spiny-tailed Lizard - Cordylus tropidosternum

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

          Puerto Rican Crested Anole - Anolis cristatellus cristatellus

          Common Large-headed Anole - Anolis cybotes cybotes

          Bark Anole - Anolis distichus

          Knight Anole - Anolis equestris



Family Iguanidae

          Green Iguana – Iguana iguana

          Black Spinytail Iguana – Ctenosaura similis

Family Crotaphytidae

Family Corytophanidae

          Brown Basilisk - Basiliscus vitattus

Family Lacertidae

         Common Wall Lizard – Podarcis muralis

Family Leiocephalus

       Northern Curly-tailed Lizard - Leiocephalus carinatus armouri

Family Phrynosomatidae

          Common Zebra-tailed Lizard – Callisaurus draconoides draconoides

          Greater Earless Lizard - Cophosaurus texanus

          Elegant Earless Lizard - Holbrookia maculata elegans

          Sonoran Spotted Whiptail - Aspidoscelis sonorae

          Tiger Whiptail – Aspidoscelis tigris

          Desert Grassland Whiptail - Aspidoscelis uniparens

          Desert Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus magister

          Northern Fence Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

          Southern Fence Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus undulates

          Clark's Spiny Lizard - Sceloperus clarkii

          Yarrow's Spiny Lizard - Sceloperus yarrovii

       Striped Plateau Lizard - Sceloperus virgatus

          Common Side-blotched Lizard – Uta stansburiana

          Ornate tree Lizard - Urosauras ornatus

          Regal Horned Lizard - Phrynosoma solare*

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

          Great Plains Skink- Eumeces obsoletus

Famiy Anguidae

          Eastern Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus ventralis

          Island Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus compressus*

          Madrean Alligator Lizard - Elgaria kingii

Family Helodermatidae

       Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum

ORDER SQUAMATA, SUBORDER SERPENTES

Family Boidae

       Burmese Python - Python molurus bivittatus

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

         Prairie Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus arnyi

          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

          Prairie Kingsnake - Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

          California Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula californiae*

          Florida Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula floridana

          Speckled Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

          Black Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula niger

          Western Black Kingsnake - Lampropeltis nigrita*

          Eastern Milk Snake - Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

          Scarlet Kingsnake - Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides

          Red Milk Snake - Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

          Smooth Green Snake - Liochlorophis vernalis

          Eastern Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum flagellum

          Sonoran Whipsnake - Masticophis bislineatus

          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

          Florida Green Water Snake - Nerodia floridana

          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

          Brown Vine Snake - Oxybelis aeneus

          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

          Florida Brown Snake - Storeria victa

          Northern Red-bellied Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

          Southeastern Crowned Snake – Tantilla coronata

          Butler’s Garter Snake - Thamnophis butleri

          Checkered Garter Snake - Thamnophis marcianus

          Eastern Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

          Red-Sided Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

          Eastern Plains Garter Snake - Thamnophis radix radix

         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

          Sonoran Lyre Snake - Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda

          Eastern Smooth Earth Snake - Virginia valeriae valieriae

          Rough Earth Snake - Virginia striatula

Family Viperidae, Subfamily Crotalinae

          Northern Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

          Osage Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortix phaeogaster

          Eastern Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus*

          Florida Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

          Western Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

          Eastern Massasauga - Sistrurus catenatus catenatus

          Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake - Sistrurus miliarius barbouri

          Western Diamondback Rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox

          Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes

          Timber Rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus

          Banded Rock Rattlesnake - Crotalus lepidus klauberi

          Twin-spotted Rattlesnake - Crotalus pricei

         Mojave Rattlesnake - Crotalus scutalatus

          Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake - Crotalus willardi willardi

ORDER CAUDATA

Family Cryptobranchidae

          Eastern Hellbender - Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis

Family Proteidae

          Mudpuppy – Necturus maculosus

Family Sirenidae

       Western Lesser Siren - Siren intermedia nettingi

Family Ambystomatidae

          Blue-Spotted Salamander – Ambystoma laterale

          Marbled Salamander - Ambystoma opacum

          Streamside Salamander - Ambystoma barbouri

          Jefferson Salamander – Ambystoma jeffersonanium

          Smallmouth Salamander - Ambystoma texanum

          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

          Green Salamander - Aneides aeneus

ORDER ANURA

Family Pelobatidae

          Eastern Spadefoot Toad - Scaphiopus holbrookii holbrookii

Family Bufonidae

          Sonaron Desert Toad – Bufo alvarius

          American Toad - Bufo americanus americanus

          Dwarf American Toad - Bufo americanus charlesmithi

          Red-spotted Toad - Bufo punctatus

          Cane Toad - Bufo marinus

          Southern Toad - Bufo terrestris

          Fowler's Toad - Bufo fowleri

          Oak Toad - Bufo quercicus

Family Hylidae

        Florida Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus dorsalis

        Blanchard's Cricket Frog - Acris crepitans blanchardi

          Canyon Treefrog - Hyla arenicolor

          Green Treefrog - Hyla cinerea

          Pine Woods Tree Frog - Hyla femoralis

          Gray Treefrog - Hyla versicolor

          Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis

          Squirrel Treefrog - Hyla squirrella

          Cuban Treefrog - Osteopilus septentrionais

          Northern Spring Peeper - Pseudacris crucifer crucifer

        Mountain Chorus Frog – Pseudacris brachyphonai

           Little Grass Frog - Pseudacris ocularis#

           Western Chorus Frog - Pseudacris triseriata

Family Microhylidae

          Eastern Narrowmouth Toad - Gastrophryne carolinensis

          Western Narrowmouth Toad - Gastrophryne olivacea

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

          Plains Leopard Frog - Rana blairi

          Chiricahua Leopard Frog - Rana chiricahuensis

          Pig Frog - Rana grylio

          Northern Leopard Frog - Rana pipiens

          Southern Leopard Frog - Rana utricularia

          Pickerel Frog - Rana palustris