Reptiles and Amphibians
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Texas Garter Snake, Spring Creek Preserve
April 5, 2003
Blanchard's Cricket Frog Ornate Box Turtle
Southern Copperhead - Fred E. Harris section
Rough Green Snake
Juvenile Blotched Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster). Thanks to
Matthew Abernathy for the correction.
Education Programmer Jesse H Jones Park and Nature Center Humble, TX 77338
Texas Rat Snake about 5' long
Prairie Creek Park, Richardson, Texas
Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma)
Caddo National Grasslands nr. Lake Fannin
Thanks to Shaun Hayes for helping to find and identify some of these species.
Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)
Southern Leopard Frog (Rana utricularia)
Green Tree Frog (Hyla cineria)
Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps)
Woodhouse's Toad (Bufo woodhousii woodhousii)
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis)
Bullfrog (Rana catesbeianna)
Green Frog (Rana clamitans) added Aug. 30, 2009
Five-Lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus)
Broad-headed Skink (Eumeces
laticeps)
Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis)
Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
Ornate Box Turtle(Terrapene ornata ornata)
Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera pallidus)
Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)
Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Common Musk Turtle, aka Stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus)
Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys
concinna)
Southern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix)
Diamondback Water Snake (Nerodia rhomibifera rhombifera)
Blotched Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster transversa)
Texas Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis annectens)
Lined Snake (Tropidoclonium
lineatum)
Western Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus proximus)
Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri)
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Rough Earth Snake (Virginia
striatula)
Blanchard's Cricket Frog courtesy of Dallas Morning News.
Helen Jau, Staff Photographer
March 8, 2000
If you identify any frogs or frog calls, please submit date, time, location to Frog Watch, USA. This site also has citizen's monitoring protocols, field sheets, frog photos, frog calls, and links to other frog sites:
Links
Snake Tracks - The Worlds Largest Snake Enthusiast Website. Visit our site for care sheets, species information, field herping information, breeding, captive care, and our extensive list of snake enthusiast forums.
Dallas-Fort Worth Herpetological Society
Amphibians and Reptiles of Dallas County -check list
Reptiles and Amphibians of Dallas
Metroplex
Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force
Frog Watch news article below (click to enlarge)
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above email address.
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