Little Wild Streak

Species List – Reptiles and Amphibians

All of these pictures were taken by me, here on our farm. You can click on the thumbnails to see a larger picture.

I got the Latin names from the Audubon Society’s Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of North America (1979), and from Alan Tennant’s Texas Snakes (2006), so names may have changed since those publication dates.

 

	Species	sightings	Notes	family
1	Lesser Siren	Seen twice, both times they were dead.	Siren intermedia	aquatic salamanders
	Lesser Siren
2	Green Treefrog	Seen occasionally, heard often.	Hyla cinerea	treefrogs
3	Gray Treefrog	Never seen until 2015, then they were everywhere.	Hyla versicolor or Hyla chrysoscelis	treefrogs
			Could be Cope’s Gray Treefrog – they are identical except for chromosome count and trill.
4	Western Chorus Frog	I hear them seasonally but don’t see them.	Pseudacris triseriata
5	Northern Cricket Frog	Common, heard more than seen.	Acris crepitans	treefrogs
6	Southern Leopard Frog	Common in 2015.	Rana sphenocephala	true frogs
7	Bullfrog	A few here all the time.	Rana catesbeiana	true frogs
8	Green Frog	Subspecies, Bronze Frog. Not seen often.	Rana clamitans	true frogs
	Green Frog, Rana clamitans.
9	Gulf Coast Toad	Extremely common.	Bufo valliceps	toads
10	Woodhouse’s Toad	Only seen once in 9 years.	Bufo woodhousei velatus	toads
	Mystery amphibian now ID’d as Woodhouse’s Toad.
11	Red-eared Slider	Extremely common.	Chrysemys scripta
12	Eastern Box Turtle	Seen occasionally.	Terrapene carolina
13	Ornate Box Turtle	Only seen once in 6 years.	Terrapene ornata
14	mystery turtle
15	Snapping Turtle	Seen rarely.	Chelydra serpentina
16	Anole	Usually green, can change to brown or tan	Anolis carolinensis
17	Mediterranean House Gecko	Exotic, only seen once in 6 years	Hemidactylus turcicus
18	Ground Skink	Common. Very tiny, about 3″.	Scincella lateralis
19	Texas Brown Snake	Seen twice in 9 years, once in summer in the woods, once in winter close to the house. Very small, about 10″.	Storeria dekayi texana	small burrowing snakes
20	Western Ribbon Snake	Seen occasionally.	Thamnophis proximus proximus	lined, garter, and ribbon snakes
21	Diamond-backed Water Snake	Seen rarely.	Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer	aquatic snakes
	juvenile
22	Blotched Water Snake	Seen once.	Nerodia erthrogaster transversa	aquatic snakes
	juvenile
23	Broad-banded Water Snake	Seen yearly, usually in April, sometimes more often.	Nerodia fasciata confluens	aquatic snakes
24	Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer	Speckled when young, plain gray w/ yellow belly when adult.  Seen occasionally.	Coluber constrictor flaviventris	whipsnakes, racers, and indigo snakes
25	Eastern Hog-nosed Snake	Seen fairly often.  Shed skins found yearly.	Heterodon platyrhinos	brown-blotched terrestrial snakes
26	Texas Rat Snake	Seen fairly often.	Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii	rat snakes
27	Prairie Kingsnake	Seen only once in six years.	Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster	large kingsnakes
28	Texas Coral Snake	Seen four times in seven years.	Micrurus fulvius tener	coral snakes
29	Southern Copperhead	Seen occasionally.	Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix	moccasins