CNAH has partnered with the SSAR to serve as an on-line outlet for their most recent published names list, including their taxonomic comments. Species that have been recognized since the publication date are included in the list but their English name is denoted by green text. CNAH also maintains its own comments section apart from the SSAR taxonomic comments within each respective taxonomic account.

The most recent published list:

Scientific and Standard English and French Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in our Understanding. Seventh Edition. 2012.

Committee On Standard English and Scientific Names. SSAR Herpetological Circular No. 39.
Brian I. Crother (Committee Chair)

Standard English and Scientific Names Committee
Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Brian I. Crother, Keven de Queiroz, Darrel R. Frost, David M. Green, Richard Highton, John B. Iverson, Fred Kraus, Roy W. McDiarmid, Joseph R. Mendelson III, Peter A. Meylan, R. Alexander Pyron, Tod W. Reeder, Michael E. Seidel, Stephen G. Tilley, David B. Wake

Official Names List of:
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Canadian Association of Herpetology
Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network
Center for North American Herpetology
Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
The Herpetologists' League
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

CNAH utilizes this list as framework upon which we may continue to provide many invaluable services to the herpetological community. Our presentation of this list is not an endorsement of the individual decisions that went into creating this list, and we urge each user to evaluate the evidence presented herein for themselves.

Travis W. Taggart

CNAH President/Executive Director