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PROVINCIAL/STATE SPECIES LISTS AND REFERENCES

ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF ALASKA (10 SPECIES)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs

Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads

Anaxyrus boreas (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Western Toad

Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies

Pseudacris regilla (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Pacific Treefrog

Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs

	Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog
	Rana aurora Baird and Girard, 1852 — Northern Red-legged Frog
	Rana luteiventris Thompson, 1913 — Columbia Spotted Frog

Caudata Scopoli, 1777 — Salamanders

Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 — Mole Salamanders

	Ambystoma gracile (Baird, 1859) — Northwestern Salamander
	Ambystoma macrodactylum Baird, 1850 — Long-toed Salamander

Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 — Newts

Taricha granulosa (Skilton, 1849) — Rough-skinned Newt

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles

Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles

Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811 — Sea Turtles

Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) — Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Leatherback Sea Turtles

Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) — Leatherback Sea Turtle

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ALASKA ONLINE HERPETOLOGICAL REFERENCES

Native Amphibians of Alaska

Reptiles and Amphibians Found in Alaska

ALASKA HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

1955	Logier, E. B. Shelle and G. C. Toner. Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Canada and Alaska. Contributions of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology 41():1-88
1956	Ferguson, Denzel E. The distribution of Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis Baird in western Canada and Alaska. Herpetologica 12():132
1961	Logier, E. B. Shelle and G. C. Toner. Check list of the amphibians and reptiles of Canada and Alaska. A revision of Contribution no. 41. Contribution no. 53 Life Sciences Division. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. 92pp.
1976	Hodge, R. P. Amphibians and reptiles in Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, Anchorage, Alaska. 89pp.
2002	St. John, Alan. Reptiles of the Northwest: California to Alaska, Rockies to the Coast. Lone Pine Publishing., Renton, Washington. pp.

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