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Minnesota County MapForeword Carrol L. HendersonPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChecklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota
Class AmphibiaFamily Bufonidae—True ToadsAmerican Toad, Anaxyrus americanusGreat Plains Toad, Anaxyrus cognatusCanadian Toad, Anaxyrus hemiophrys
Family Hylidae—TreefrogsBlanchard’s Cricket Frog, Acris blanchardiCope’s Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelisGray Treefrog, Hyla versicolorSpring Peeper, Pseudacris cruciferBoreal Chorus Frog, Pseudacris maculata
Family Ranidae—True FrogsAmerican Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianusGreen Frog, Lithobates clamitansPickerel Frog, Lithobates palustrisNorthern Leopard Frog, Lithobates pipiensMink Frog, Lithobates septentrionalisWood Frog, Lithobates sylvaticus
Family Ambystomatidae—Mole SalamandersBlue-Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma lateraleSpotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatumWestern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma mavortiumEastern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum
Family Plethodontidae—Lungless SalamandersFour-Toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatumEastern Red-Backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus
Family Proteidae—Waterdogs and MudpuppiesMudpuppy, Necturus maculosus
Family Salamandridae—NewtsEastern Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens
Class ReptiliaFamily Scincidae—SkinksCommon Five-Lined Skink, Plestiodon fasciatusPrairie Skink, Plestiodon septentrionalis
Family Teiidae—Racerunners and WhiptailsSix-Lined Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Family Colubridae—Colubrid SnakesNorth American Racer, Coluber constrictorRing-Necked Snake, Diadophis punctatusPlains Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon nasicusEastern Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon platirhinosMilksnake, Lampropeltis triangulumCommon Watersnake, Nerodia sipedonSmooth Greensnake, Opheodrys vernalisWestern Ratsnake, Pantherophis obsoletusWestern Foxsnake, Pantherophis ramspottiGophersnake, Pituophis cateniferDekay’s Brownsnake, Storeria dekayiRed-Bellied Snake, Storeria occipitomaculataPlains Gartersnake, Thamnophis radixCommon Gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalisLined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum
Family Viperidae—Pit VipersTimber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridusMassasauga, Sistrurus catenatus
Family Chelydridae—Snapping TurtlesSnapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina
Family Emydidae—Pond and River TurtlesPainted Turtle, Chrysemys pictaBlanding’s Turtle, Emydoidea blandingiiWood Turtle, Glyptemys insculptaNorthern Map Turtle, Graptemys geographicaSouthern Map Turtle, Graptemys ouachitensisFalse Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographicaPond Slider, Trachemys scripta
Family Kinosternidate—Musk TurtlesEastern Musk Turtle, Sternotherus odoratus
Family Trionychidae—SoftshellsSmooth Softshell, Apalone muticaSpiny Softshell, Apalone spinifera
Species of Possible OccurrenceWoodhouse’s Toad, Anaxyrus woodhousiiPlains Leopard Frog, Lithobates blairiPlains Spad
