Current Scientific and Common Names of the Amphibians and Reptiles in Tennessee (159 Species and Subspecies)

Mole Salamanders - Family Ambystomatidae

1. Streamside Salamander - Ambystoma barbouri

2. Spotted Salamander - Ambystoma maculatum

3. Marbled Salamander - Ambystoma opacum

4. Mole Salamander - Ambystoma talpoideum

5. Small-mouthed Salamander - Ambystoma texanum

6. Eastern Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum

Newts - Family Salamandridae

7. Central Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

8. Red-spotted Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens

Sirens - Family Sirenidae

9. Western Lesser Siren - Siren intermedia nettingi

Amphiumas - Family Amphiumidae

10. Three-toed Amphiuma - Amphiuma tridactylum

Hellbenders - Family Cryptobranchidae

11. Eastern Hellbender - Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis

Mudpuppies - Family Proteidae

12. Common Mudpuppy - Necturus maculosus maculosus

Lungless Salamanders - Family Plethodontidae

13. Green Salamander - Aneides aeneus

14. Cumberland Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus abditus

15. Seepage Salamander - Desmognathus aeneus

16. Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus carolinensis

17. Spotted Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus conanti

18. Northern Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus fuscus

19. Imitator Salamander - Desmognathus imitator

20. Shovel-nosed Salamander - Desmognathus marmoratus

21. Seal Salamander - Desmognathus monticola

22. Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus ochrophaeus

23. Ocoee Salamander - Desmognathus ocoee

24. Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus orestes

25. Black-bellied Salamander - Desmognathus quadramaculatus

26. Santeetlah Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus santeetlah

27. Black Mountain Salamander - Desmognathus welteri

28. Pigmy Salamander - Desmognathus wrighti

29. Southern Two-lined Salamander - Eurycea cirrigera

30. Three-lined Salamander - Eurycea guttolineata

31. Junaluska Salamander - Eurycea junaluska

32. Long-tailed Salamander - Eurycea longicauda longicauda

33. Cave Salamander - Eurycea lucifuga

34. Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander - Eurycea wilderae

35. Berry Cave Salamander - Gyrinophilus gulolineatus

36. Big Mouth Cave Salamander - Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides

37. Pale Salamander - Gyrinophilus palleucus palleucus

38. Blue Ridge Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi

39. Northern Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus

40. Four-toed Salamander - Hemidactylium scutatum

41. Tellico Salamander - Plethodon aureolus

42. Eastern Red-backed Salamander - Plethodon cinereus

43. White-spotted Slimy Salamander - Plethodon cylindraceus

44. Northern Zigzag Salamander - Plethodon dorsalis

45. Northern Slimy Salamander - Plethodon glutinosus

46. Jordan's Salamander - Plethodon jordani

47. Cumberland Plateau Salamander - Plethodon kentucki

48. Mississippi Slimy Salamander - Plethodon mississippi

49. Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander - Plethodon montanus

50. Southern Ravine Salamander - Plethodon richmondi

51. Southern Red-backed Salamander - Plethodon serratus

52. Red-legged Salamander - Plethodon shermani

53. Southern Appalachian Salamander - Plethodon teyahalee

54. Southern Zigzag Salamander - Plethodon ventralis

55. Wehrle's Salamander - Plethodon wehrlei

56. Weller's Slamander - Plethodon welleri

57. Yonahlossee Salamander - Plethodon yonahlossee

58. Midland Mud Salamander - Pseudotriton montanus diastictus

59. Blue Ridge Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber nitidus

60. Northern Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber ruber

61. Black-chined Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber schencki

62. Southern Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber vioscai

True Toads - Family Bufonidae

63. Eastern American Toad - Bufo americanus americanus

64. Dwarf American Toad - Bufo americanus charlesmithi

65. Fowler's Toad - Bufo fowleri

Spadefoot Toads - Family Pelobatidae

66. Eastern Spadefoot - Scaphiopus holbrookii

Narrow-mouthed Toads - Family Microhylidae

67. Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad - Gastrophryne carolinensis

Cricket, Chorus and Treefrogs - Family Hylidae

68. Blanchard's Cricket Frog - Acris crepitans blanchardi

69. Eastern Cricket Frog - Acris crepitans crepitans

70. Coastal Plain Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus gryllus

71. Western Bird-voiced Treefrog - Hyla avivoca avivoca

72. Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis

73. Green Treefrog - Hyla cinerea

74. Barking Treefrog - Hyla gratiosa

75. Gray Treefrog - Hyla versicolor

76. Mountain Chorus Frog - Pseudacris brachyphona

77. Northern Spring Peeper - Pseudacris crucifer crucifer

78. Upland Chorus Frog - Pseudacris feriarum feriarum

True Frogs - Family Ranidae

79. Northern Crawfish Frog - Rana areolata circulosa

80. Dusky Gopher Frog - Rana capito sevosa

81. American Bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana

82. Bronze Frog - Rana clamitans clamitans

83. Northern Green Frog - Rana clamitans melanota

84. Pickerel Frog - Rana palustris

85. Southern Leopard Frog - Rana sphenocephala utricularia

86. Wood Frog - Rana sylvatica

Snapping Turtles - Family Chelydridae

87. Eastern Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina serpentina

88. Alligator Snapping Turtle - Macrochelys temminckii

Musk and Mud Turtles - Family Kinosternidae

89. Eastern Mud Turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum

90. Stripe-necked Musk Turtle - Sternotherus minor peltifer

91. Stinkpot - Sternotherus odoratus

Pond and Box Turtles - Family Emydidae

92. Southern Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta dorsalis

93. Midland Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta marginata

94. Eastern Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta picta

95. Bog Turtle - Clemmys muhlenbergii

96. Northern Map Turtle - Graptemys geographica

97. Ouachita Map Turtle - Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis

98. Mississippi Map Turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

99. Eastern River Cooter - Pseudemys concinna concinna

100. Red-eared Slider - Trachemys scripta elegans

101. Cumberland Slider - Trachemys scripta troostii

102. Eastern Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina carolina

103. Three-toed Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina triunguis

Softshell Turtles - Trionychidae

104. Midland Smooth Softshell - Apalone mutica mutica

105. Eastern Spiny Softshell - Apalone spinifera spinifera

Anoles - Family Polychrotidae

106. Northern Green anole - Anolis carolinensis carolinensis

Spiny Lizards - Family Phrynosomatidae

107. Northern Fence Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

Whiptails and Racerunners - Family Teiidae

108. Eastern Six-lined Racerunner - Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus

Skinks - Family Scincidae

109. Southern Coal Skink - Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis

110. Common Five-lined Skink - Eumeces fasciatus

111. Southeastern Five-lined Skink - Eumeces inexpectatus

112. Broad-headed Skink - Eumeces laticeps

113. Little Brown Skink - Scincella lateralis

Glass Lizards - Family Anguidae

114. Eastern Slender Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus

Colubrids - Family Colubridae

115. Eastern Wormsnake - Carphophis amoenus amoenus

116. Midwestern Wormsnake - Carphophis amoenus helenae

117. Northern Scarletsnake - Cemophora coccinea copei

118. Northern Black Racer - Coluber constrictor constrictor

119. Black-masked Racer - Coluber constrictor latrunculus

120. Southern Black Racer - Coluber constrictor priapus

121. Northern Ring-necked Snake - Diadophis punctatus edwardsii

122. Mississippi Ring-necked Snake - Diadophis punctatus stictogenys

123. Cornsnake - Elaphe guttata guttata

124. Black Ratsnake - Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta

125. Gray Ratsnake - Elaphe obsoleta spiloides

126. Western Mudsnake - Farancia abacura reinwardtii

127. Eastern Hog-nosed Snake - Heterodon platirhinos

128. Prairie Kingsnake - Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

129. Mole Kingsnake - Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata

130. Speckled Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

131. Eastern Black Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula nigra

132. Scarlet Kingsnake - Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides

133. Red Milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

134. Eastern Milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

135. Eastern Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum flagellum

136. Mississippi Green Watersnake - Nerodia cyclopion

137. Yellow-bellied Watersnake - Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster

138. Copper-bellied Watersnake - Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta

139. Broad-banded Watersnake - Nerodia fasciata confluens

140. Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake - Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer

141. Midland Watersnake - Nerodia sipedon pleuralis

142. Northern Watersnake - Nerodia sipedon sipedon

143. Northern Rough Greensnake - Opheodrys aestivus aestivus

144. Northern Pinesnake - Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus

145. Queen Snake - Regina septemvittata

146. Midland Brownsnake - Storeria dekayi wrightorum

147. Northern Red-bellied Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

148. Southeastern Crowned Snake - Tantilla coronata

149. Orange-striped Ribbonsnake - Thamnophis proximus proximus

150. Common Ribbonsnake - Thamnophis sauritus sauritus

151. Eastern Gartersnake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

152. Rough Earthsnake - Virginia striatula

153. Western Smooth Earthsnake - Virginia valeriae elegans

154. Eastern Smooth Earthsnake - Virginia valeriae valeriae

Pit Vipers - Family Viperidae

155. Southern Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

156. Northern Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

157. Western Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

158. Timber Rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus

159. Western Pygmy Rattlesnake - Sistrurus miliarius streckeri

Species and Subspecies of Possible Occurrence in Tennessee

** Red River Mudpuppy - Necturus maculosus louisianensis

** Illinois Chorus Frog - Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis

** Plains Leopard Frog - Rana blairi

** Western Chicken Turtle - Deirochelys reticularia

** False Map Turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica

** Yellow-bellied Slider - Trachemys scripta scripta

** American Alligator - Alligator mississippiensis

** Northern Coal Skink - Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus

** Graham's Crayfish Snake - Regina grahamii

** Northern Brownsnake - Storeria dekayi dekayi

** Florida Red-bellied Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata obscura