Current Scientific and Common Names of the Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas (104 Species and Subspecies)

Class Amphibia - Amphibians (30 Species and Subspecies)

Order Caudata - Salamanders (9 Species and Subspecies)

Family Ambystomatidae - Mole Salamanders

Barred Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma mavortium

Small-mouthed Salamander - Ambystoma texanum

Eastern Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum

Family Plethodontidae - Lungless Salamanders

Dark-sided Salamander - Eurycea longicauda melanopleura

Cave Salamander - Eurycea lucifuga

Grotto Salamander - Eurycea spelaea

Family Proteidae - Mudpuppies

Red River Mudpuppy - Necturus maculosus louisianensis

Common Mudpuppy - Necturus maculosus maculosus

Family Salamandridae - Newts

Central Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Order Anura - Frogs & Toads (21 Species and Subspecies)

Family Bufonidae - True Toads

Eastern American Toad - Bufo (Anaxyrus) americanus americanus (American Toad)

Dwarf American Toad - Bufo (Anaxyrus) americanus charlesmithi

Great Plains Toad - Bufo (Anaxyrus) cognatus

Western Green Toad - Bufo (Anaxyrus) debilis insidior

Red-spotted Toad - Bufo (Anaxyrus) punctatus

Woodhouse's Toad - Bufo (Anaxyrus) woodhousii woodhousii

Family Hylidae - Treefrogs & Allies

Blanchard's Cricket Frog - Acris blanchardi

Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis

Gray Treefrog - Hyla versicolor (Eastern Gray Treefrog)

Spotted Chorus Frog - Pseudacris clarkii

Spring Peeper - Pseudacris crucifer

Boreal Chorus Frog - Pseudacris maculata

Strecker's Chorus Frog - Pseudacris streckeri

Family Microhylidae - Narrow-mouthed Toads

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad - Gastrophryne carolinensis

Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad - Gastrophryne olivacea

Family Pelobatidae - Spadefoot Toads

Plains Spadefoot - Spea bombifrons (Scaphiopus bombifrons)

Family Ranidae - True Frogs

Northern Crawfish Frog - Rana areolata circulosa (Lithobates areolatus circulosus)

Plains Leopard Frog - Rana (Lithobates) blairi

American Bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana (Lithobates catesbeianus)

Northern Green Frog - Rana clamitans melanota (Lithobates clamitans melanotus)

Southern Leopard Frog - Rana sphenocephala utricularia (Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius)

Class Reptilia - True Reptiles (74 Species and Subspecies)

Order Squamata - Lizards (17 Species and Subspecies)

Family Anguidae - Glass Lizards

Western Slender Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus

Family Crotaphytidae - Collared Lizards

Eastern Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus collaris

Geckos

Mediterranean Gecko (Introduced) - Hemidactylus turcicus

Family Lacertidae - Lacertid Lizards

Western Green Lizard - Lacerta bilineata

Northern Italian Wall Lizard - Podarcis sicula campestris

Family Phrynosomatidae - Earless, Horned, & Spiny Lizards

Great Plains Earless Lizard - Holbrookia maculata maculata (Northern Lesser Earless Lizard)

Prairie Earless Lizard - Holbrookia maculata perspicua (Eastern Lesser Earless Lizard)

Texas Horned Lizard - Phrynosoma cornutum

Prairie Lizard - Sceloporus consobrinus

Family Scincidae - Skinks

Southern Coal Skink - Eumeces (Plestidon) anthracinus pluvialis

Five-lined Skink - Eumeces (Plestidon) fasciatus

Broad-headed Skink - Eumeces (Plestidon) laticeps

Great Plains Skink - Eumeces (Plestidon) obsoletus

Southern Prairie Skink - Eumeces (Plestidon) septentrionalis obtusirostris

Northern Prairie Skink - Eumeces (Plestidon) septentrionalis septentrionalis

Little Brown Skink - Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)

Family Teiidae - Whiptails

Prairie Racerunner - Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis ( Aspidoscelis sexlineata viridis)

Order Squamata - Snakes (42 Species and Subspecies)

Family Colubridae - Colubrids

Kansas Glossy Snake - Arizona elegans elegans

Western Wormsnake - Carphophis vermis

Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer - Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Prairie Ring-necked Snake - Diadophis punctatus arnyi

Great Plains Ratsnake - Elaphe (Pantherophis) emoryi

Black Ratsnake - Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta (Pantherophis obsoletus obsoletus)

Plains Hog-nosed Snake - Heterodon nasicus nasicus

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake - Heterodon platirhinos

Texas Nightsnake - Hypsiglena jani texana (Hypsiglena torquata janii)

Prairie Kingsnake - Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

Speckled Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

Central Plains Milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis

Red Milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Eastern Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum flagellum

Western Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Blotched Watersnake - Nerodia erythrogaster transversa

Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake - Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer

Northern Watersnake - Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Northern Rough Greensnake - Opheodrys aestivus aestivus

Bullsnake - Pituophis catenifer sayi ( Bull Snake - Pituophis melanoleucus sayi)

Graham's Crayfish Snake - Regina grahamii

Long-nosed Snake - Rhinocheilus lecontei

Variable Groundsnake - Sonora semiannulata semiannulata

Texas Brownsnake - Storeria dekayi texana

Northern Red-bellied Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

Flat-headed Snake - Tantilla gracilis

Plains Black-headed Snake - Tantilla nigriceps

Marcy's Checkered Gartersnake - Thamnophis marcianus marcianus

Orange-striped Ribbonsnake - Thamnophis proximus proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)

Plains Gartersnake - Thamnophis radix (Western Plains Garter Snake - Thamnophis radix haydenii)

Texas Gartersnake - Thamnophis sirtalis annectens (T. s. annectans)

Red-sided Gartersnake - Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Lined Snake - Tropidoclonion lineatum

Rough Earthsnake - Virginia striatula

Western Smooth Earthsnake - Virginia valeriae elegans

Family Leptotyphlopidae - Threadsnakes

Plains Threadsnake - Leptotyphlops (Rena) dulcis dulcis (Plains Blind Snake)

Family Viperidae - Vipers

Osage Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster

Western Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox

Timber Rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus

Prairie Rattlesnake - Crotalus viridis

Western Massasauga - Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus

Order Testudines - Turtles (15 Species and Subspecies)

Family Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles

Eastern Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)

Alligator Snapping Turtle - Macrochelys temminckii

Family Emydidae - Box & Water Turtles

Western Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta bellii

Northern Map Turtle - Graptemys geographica (Common Map Turtle)

Ouachita Map Turtle - Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis (Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis)

False Map Turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica

Mississippi Map Turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

Eastern River Cooter - Pseudemys concinna concinna (Missouri River Cooter - Pseudemys concinna metteri)

Three-toed Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina triunguis

Ornate Box Turtle - Terrapene ornata ornata

Red-eared Slider - Trachemys scripta elegans

Family Kinosternidae - Mud & Musk Turtles

Yellow Mud Turtle - Kinosternon flavescens

Stinkpot - Sternotherus odoratus (Common Musk Turtle)

Family Trionychidae - Softshell Turtles

Midland Smooth Softshell - Apalone mutica mutica