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PROVINCIAL/STATE SPECIES LISTS AND REFERENCES

ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF SASKATCHEWAN (22 SPECIES)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs

Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads

	Anaxyrus cognatus (Say in James, 1822) — Great Plains Toad
	Anaxyrus hemiophrys (Cope, 1886) — Canadian Toad

Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies

	Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825) — Gray Treefrog
	Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) — Spring Peeper
	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

Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865 — North American Spadefoots

Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863) — Plains Spadefoot

Caudata Scopoli, 1777 — Salamanders

Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 — Mole Salamanders

Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850 — Western Tiger Salamander

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles

Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes

Colubridae Oppel, 1811 — Harmless Egg-laying Snakes

	Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 — North American Racer
	Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827) — Smooth Greensnake
	Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835) — Gophersnake

Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 — Pit Vipers

Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque, 1818) — Prairie Rattlesnake

Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes

Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard, 1852 — Western Hog-nosed Snake

Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes

	Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) — Red-bellied Snake
	Thamnophis elegans (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Terrestrial Gartersnake
	Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard, 1853) — Plains Gartersnake
	Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake

Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 — Other Lizards

Phrynosomatidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Sand and Spiny Lizards

Phrynosoma hernandesi Girard, 1858 — Greater Short-horned Lizard

Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles

Chelydridae Gray, 1870 — Snapping Turtles

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) — North American Snapping Turtle

Emydidae Gray, 1825 — Box and Basking Turtles

	Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) — Painted Turtle
	Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) — Pond Slider

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SASKATCHEWAN ONLINE HERPETOLOGICAL REFERENCES

Reptiles and Amphibians of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan - CARC-NET

SASKATCHEWAN HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

1966	Cook, Francis R. A guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History Popular Series 13():40
1967	Weintraub, Joel D. Herpetological observations in Saskatchewan and the Mackenzie district. Canadian Field-naturalist 81():106-109
1992	Hooper, D. F. Turtles, snakes and salamanders of east-central Saskatchewan. Blue Jay 50(2):72-77

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