Amphibians and Reptiles of the COA
| SALAMANDERS | |
| Spotted salamander | Ambystoma maculatum |
| Marbled salamander | Ambystoma opacum |
| Smallmouth salamander | Ambystoma texanum |
| Tiger salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum |
| Longtail salamander | Eurycea longicauda |
| Cave salamander | Eurycea lucifuga |
| Newt | Notophthalmus viridescens |
| Northern slimy salamander | Plethodon glutinosus |
| Lesser siren | Siren intermedia |
| FROGS & TOADS | |
| Cricket frog | Acris crepitans |
| American toad | Bufo americanus |
| Fowler’s toad | Bufo fowleri |
| Narrowmouth toad | Gastrophryne carolinensis |
| Cope’s gray treefrog | Hyla chrysoscelis |
| Eastern gray treefrog | Hyla versicolor |
| Spring peeper | Pseudacris crucifer |
| Western chorus frog | Pseudacris triseriata |
| Plains leopard frog | Rana blairi |
| Bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana |
| Green frog | Rana clamitans |
| Northern leopard frog | Rana pipiens |
| Pickerel frog | Rana palustris |
| Southern leopard frog | Rana sphenocephala |
| Wood frog | Rana sylvatica |
| Spadefoot toad | Scaphiopus holbrookii |
| Strecker’s chorus frog | Pseudacris streckeri |
| TURTLES | |
| Spiny softshell | Apalone spinifera |
| Common snapping turtle | Chelydra serpentina |
| Painted turtle | Chrysemys picta |
| False map turtle | Graptemys pseudogeographica |
| Common musk turtle | Sternotherus odoratus |
| Eastern box turtle | Terrapene Carolina |
| Ornate box turtle | Terrapene ornate |
| Red-eared slider | Trachemys scripta |
| LIZARDS | |
| Six-lined racerunner | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus |
| Five-lined skink | Eumeces fasciatus |
| Broadhead skink | Eumeces laticeps |
| Northern fence lizard | Sceloporus undulates |
| Ground skink | Scincella lateralis |
| SNAKES | |
| Worm snake | Carphophis amoenus |
| Racer | Coluber constrictor |
| Ringneck snake | Diadophis punctatus |
| Great Plains ratsnake | Elaphe emoryi |
| Black ratsnake | Elaphe obsoleta |
| Eastern hognose snake | Heterodon platirhinos |
| Prairie kingsnake | Lampropeltis calligaster |
| Speckled kingsnake | Lampropeltis getula |
| Red milksnake | Lampropeltis triangulum |
| Eastern coachwhip | Masticophis flagellum |
| Yellowbelly water snake | Nerodia erythrogaster |
| Diamondback water snake | Nerodia rhombifer |
| Northern water snake | Nerodia sipedon |
| Rough green snake | Opheodrys aestivus |
| Graham’s crayfish snake | Regina grahamii |
| Brown snake | Storeria dekayi |
| Redbelly snake | Storeria occipitomaculata |
| Flathead snake | Tantilla gracilis |
| Western ribbon snake | Thamnophis proximus |
| Eastern garter snake | Thamnophis sirtalis |
| Smooth earth snake | Virginia valeriae |
| Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix |
| Western Cottonmouth | Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma |
| Timber rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus |
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