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Amphibians and Reptiles of Alabama
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| CLASS AMPHIBIA |
| Amphibians |
| Order Anura - (Frogs & Toads) |
| Family Bufonidae - True Toads |
| Anaxyrus |
| A. americanus - American Toad |
| A. fowleri - Fowler's Toad |
| A. quercicus - Oak Toad |
| A. terrestris - Southern Toad |
| Family Hylidae - Treefrogs |
| Acris |
| A. crepitans - Northern Cricket Frog |
| A. gryllus - Southern Cricket Frog |
| Hyla |
| H. andersonii - Pine Barrens Treefrog |
| H. avivoca - Bird-voiced Treefrog |
| H. chrysoscelis - Cope's Gray Treefrog |
| H. cinerea - Green Treefrog |
| H. femoralis - Pine Woods Treefrog |
| H. gratiosa - Barking Treefrog |
| H. squirella - Squirrel Treefrog |
| Pseudacris |
| P. brachyphona - Mountain Chorus Frog |
| P. crucifer - Spring Peeper |
| P. feriarum - Upland Chorus Frog |
| P. nigrita - Southern Chorus Frog |
| P. ocularis - Little Grass Frog |
| P. ornata - Ornate Chorus Frog |
| Family Microhylidae - Microhylid Frogs & Toads |
| Gastrophryne |
| G. carolinensis - Eastern Narrowmouth Toad |
| Family Ranidae - True Frogs |
| Lithobates |
| L. capito - Gopher Frog |
| L. catesbeianus - Bullfrog |
| L. clamitans - Bronze Frog |
| L. grylio - Pig Frog |
| L. heckscheri - River Frog |
| L. palustris - Pickerel Frog |
| L. sphenocephalus - Southern Leopard Frog |
| L. sylvaticus - Wood Frog |
| Family Scaphiopodidae - North American Spadefoots |
| Scaphiopus |
| S. holbrookii - Eastern Spadefoot |
| Order Caudata - (Salamanders) |
| Family Ambystomatidae - Mole Salamanders |
| Ambystoma |
| A. bishopi - Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander |
| A. maculatum - Spotted Salamander |
| A. opacum - Marbled Salamander |
| A. talpoideum - Mole Salamander |
| A. texanum - Smallmouth Salamander |
| A. tigrinum - Eastern Tiger Salamander |
| Family Amphiumidae - Amphiumas |
| Amphiuma |
| A. means - Two-toed Amphiuma |
| A. pholeter - One-toed Amphiuma |
| A. tridactylium - Three-toed Amphiuma |
| Family Cryptobranchidae - Hellbenders |
| Cryptobranchus |
| C. alleganiensis - Hellbender |
| Family Plethodontidae - Lungless Salamanders |
| Aneides |
| A. aeneus - Gree Salamander |
| Desmognathus |
| D. aeneus - Seepage Salamander |
| D. apalachicolae - Apalachicola Dusky Salamander |
| D. auriculatus - Southern Dusky Salamander |
| D. conanti - Spotted Dusky Salamander |
| D. monticola - Seal Salamander |
| D. ocoee - Ocoee Salamander |
| Eurycea |
| E. aquatica - Brownback Salamander |
| E. chamberlaini - Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander |
| E. cirrigera - Southern Two-lined Salamander |
| E. guttolineata - Three-lined Salamander |
| E. longicauda - Longtail Salamander |
| E. lucifuga - Cave Salamander |
| E. quadridigitata - Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander |
| Gyrinophilus |
| G. palleucus - Tennessee Cave Salamander |
| G. porphyriticus - Spring Salamander |
| Hemidactylium |
| H. scutatum - Four-toed Salamander |
| Phaeognathus |
| P. hubrichti - Red Hills Salamander |
| Plethodon |
| P. glutinosus - Northern Slimy Salamander |
| P. grobmani - Southeastern Slimy Salamander |
| P. mississippi - Mississippi Slimy Salamander |
| P. serratus - Southern Redback Salamander |
| P. ventralis - Southern Zigzag Salamander |
| P. websteri - Webster's Salamander |
| Pseudotriton |
| P. montanus - Eastern Mud Salamander |
| P. ruber - Red Salamander |
| Family Proteidae - Mudpuppies and Waterdogs |
| Necturus |
| N. alabamensis - Black Warrior Waterdog |
| N. cf. lodingi - Loding's Mudpuppy |
| N. maculosus - Common Mudpuppy |
| Family Salamandridae - Newts |
| Notophthalmus |
| N. viridescens - Eastern Newt |
| Family Sirenidae - Sirens |
| Siren |
| S. intermedia - Lesser Siren |
| S. lacertina - Greater Siren |
| CLASS CHELONIA |
| Turtles |
| Order Cryptodira - (Straightneck Turtles) |
| Family Cheloniidae - Sea Turtles |
| Caretta |
| C. caretta - Loggerhead |
| Chelonia |
| C. mydas - Green Turtle |
| Eretmochelys |
| E. imbricata - Hawksbill |
| Lepidochelys |
| L. kempii - Atlantic Ridley |
| Family Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles |
| Chelydra |
| C. serpentina - Common Snapping Turtle |
| Macrochelys |
| M. temminckii - Alligator Snapping Turtle |
| Family Dermochelyidae - Letherbacks |
| Dermochelys |
| D. coriacea - Leatherback |
| Family Emydidae - Box and Basking Turtles |
| Chrysemys |
| C. dorsalis - Southern Painted Turtle |
| C. picta - Northern Painted Turtle |
| Deirochelys |
| D. reticularia - Chicken Turtle |
| Graptemys |
| G. barbouri - Barbour's Map Turtle |
| G. ernsti - Escambia Map Turtle |
| G. geographica - Common Map Turtle |
| G. nigrinoda - Black-knobbed Map Turtle |
| G. ouachitensis - Ouachita Map Turtle |
| G. pulchra - Alabama Map Turtle |
| Malaclemys |
| M. terrapin - Diamondback Terrapin |
| Pseudemys |
| P. alabamensis - Alabama Redbelly Turtle |
| P. concinna - Eastern River Cooter |
| P. floridana - Florida Cooter |
| Terrapene |
| T. carolina - Eastern Box Turtle |
| Trachemys |
| T. scripta - Slider |
| Family Kinosternidae - Mud and Musk Turtles |
| Kinosternon |
| K. subrubrum - Eastern Mud Turtle |
| Sternotherus |
| S. carinatus - Razorback Musk Turtle |
| S. depressus - Flattened Musk Turtle |
| S. minor - Loggerhead Musk Turtle |
| S. odoratus - Common Musk Turtle |
| Family Testudinidae - Tortoises |
| Gopherus |
| G. polyphemus - Gopher Tortoise |
| Family Trionychidae - Softshells |
| Apalone |
| A. ferox - Florida Softshell |
| A. mutica - Smooth Softshell |
| A. spinifera - Spiny Softshell |
| CLASS EUSUCHIA |
| Crocodilians |
| Order Crocodylia - (Crocodiles, Alligators, Caimans & Gavials) |
| Family Alligatoridae - Alligators and Caimans |
| Alligator |
| A. mississippiensis - American Alligator |
| CLASS REPTILIA |
| Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes & Tuataras |
| Order Squamata - (Lizards) |
| Family Anguidae - Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards |
| Ophisaurus |
| O. attenuatus - Slender Glass Lizard |
| O. mimicus - Mimic Glass Lizard |
| O. ventralis - Eastern Glass Lizard |
| Family Phrynosomatidae - Spiny Lizards |
| Sceloporus |
| S. undulatus - Eastern Fence Lizard |
| Family Polychrotidae - Anoles |
| Anolis |
| A. carolinensis - Green Anole |
| Family Scincidae - Skinks |
| Plestiodon |
| P. anthracinus - Coal Skink |
| P. egregius - Mole Skink |
| P. fasciatus - Five-lined Skink |
| P. inexpectatus - Southeastern Five-lined Skink |
| P. laticeps - Broadhead Skink |
| Scincella |
| S. lateralis - Ground Skink |
| Family Teiidae - Whiptails, Racerunners & Ameivas |
| Aspidoscelis |
| A. sexlineata - Six-lined Racerunner |
| Order Squamata - (Snakes) |
| Family Colubridae - Colubrid Snakes |
| Carphophis |
| C. amoenus - Eastern Worm Snake |
| Cemophora |
| C. coccinea - Scarlet Snake |
| Coluber |
| C. constrictor - Eastern Racer |
| Diadophis |
| D. punctatus - Ringneck Snake |
| Drymarchon |
| D. couperi - Eastern Indigo Snake |
| Farancia |
| F. abacura - Mud Snake |
| F. erytrogramma - Rainbow Snake |
| Heterodon |
| H. platirhinos - Eastern Hognose Snake |
| H. simus - Southern Hognose Snake |
| Lampropeltus |
| L. calligaster - Prairie Kingsnake |
| L. elapsoides - Scarlet Kingsnake |
| L. getula - Common Kingsnake |
| L. triangulum - Milksnake |
| Masticophis |
| M. flagellum - Coachwhip |
| Nerodia |
| N. clarkii - Salt Marsh Snake |
| N. cyclopion - Mississippi Green Water Snake |
| N. erythrogaster - Plainbelly Water Snake |
| N. fasciata - Southern Water Snake |
| N. floridana - Florida Green Water Snake |
| N. rhombifer - Diamondback Water Snake |
| N. sipedon - Northern Water Snake |
| N. taxispilota - Brown Water Snake |
| Opheodrys |
| O. aestivus - Rough Green Snake |
| Pantherophis |
| P. guttatus - Eastern Corn Snake |
| Pituophis |
| P. melanoleucus - Eastern Pine Snake |
| Regina |
| R. rigida - Glossy Crayfish Snake |
| R. septemvittata - Queen Snake |
| Rhadinaea |
| R. flavilata - Pine Woods Snake |
| Scotophis |
| S. spiloides - Midland Rat Snake |
| Seminatrix |
| S. pygaea - Black Swamp Snake |
| Storeria |
| S. dekayi - Brown Snake |
| S. occipitomaculata - Redbelly Snake |
| Tantilla |
| T. coronata - Southeastern Crowned Snake |
| Thamnophis |
| T. sauritus - Eastern Ribbon Snake |
| T. sirtalis - Common Garter Snake |
| Virginia |
| V. striatula - Rough Earth Snake |
| V. valeriae - Smooth Earth Snake |
| Family Crotalidae - Pitvipers |
| Agkistrodon |
| A. contortrix - Copperhead |
| A. piscivorus - Cottonmouth |
| Crotalus |
| C. adamanteus - Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake |
| C. horridus - Timber Rattlesnake |
| Sistrurus |
| S. miliarius - Pigmy Rattlesnake |
| Family Elapidae - Coral Snakes, Cobras & Kraits |
| Micrurus |
| M. fulvius - Eastern Coral Snake |
Thank you to Alabama's Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for providing the species information linked to on this page.
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Last updated January 2010