The Center for North American Herpetology

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PROVINCIAL/STATE SPECIES LISTS AND REFERENCES

ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (6 SPECIES)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs

Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads

	Anaxyrus boreas (Baird and Girard, 1852) — Western Toad
	Anaxyrus hemiophrys (Cope, 1886) — Canadian Toad

Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies

Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) — Boreal Chorus Frog

Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs

	Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard Frog
	Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles

Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes

Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes

Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake

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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

1931	Harper, F. Amphibians and reptiles of the Athabaska and Great Slave Lakes region. Canadian Field Naturalist 45(3):68-70
1956	Ferguson, Denzel E. The distribution of Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis Baird in western Canada and Alaska. Herpetologica 12():132
1967	Weintraub, Joel D. Herpetological observations in Saskatchewan and the Mackenzie district. Canadian Field-naturalist 81():106-109
1971	Hodge, R. P. Herpetology north of 60EG. Beaver 1971():36-38
1976	Hodge, R. P. Amphibians and reptiles in Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, Anchorage, Alaska. 89pp.

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