Schechter Natural History
A Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of North America
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Red Salamander
Western Spadefoot
Cascade Torrent Salamander
Southern Torrent Salamander
Olympic Torrent Salamander
Cope's Giant Salamander
Idaho Giant Salamander
Sharp-Tailed Snake
One-Toed Amphiuma
Two-Toed Amphiuma
Forest Sharp-Tailed Snake
Lowland Burrowing Tree Frog
Eastern Patch-Nosed Snake
Big Bend Patchnose Snake
Many-Lined Salamander
Black-Spotted Newt
Greater Short-Horned Lizard
Diamondback Terrapin
Wood Turtle
Bog Turtle
Western Pond Turtle
Eastern Newt
Blanding's Turtle
Pygmy Short-Horned Lizard
Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard
Gopher Tortoise
Florida Worm Lizard
Common Box Turtle
Ornate Box Turtle
Regal Horned Lizard
Blainville's Horned Lizard
Sonoran Horned Lizard
Texas Horned Lizard
Striped Racer
Spectacled Caiman
Black-Striped Snake
Saddled Leafnose Snake
Veiled Chameleon
Brown Basilisk
Glossy Snake
Kirtland's Snake
Mottled Snake-Eyed Skink
Black Spiny-Tailed Iguana
Desert Iguana
Western Spiny-Tailed Iguana
Shasta Salamander
Wintu Shasta Salamander
Red Hills Salamander
Tennessee Cave Salamander
Berry Cave Salamander
California Lyresnake
Big Bend Slider
West Virginia Spring Salamander
Chihuahuan Nightsnake
Mesoamerican Slider
Texas Lyre Snake
Pine Woods Littersnake
Coast Night Snake
Sonoran Lyre Snake
Common Slider
Desert Nightsnake
Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake
Speckled Racer
Gila Monster
Western Green Lizard
Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail
Green Iguana
Delicate Garden Skink
Northern Curly-Tailed Lizard
Wattle-Necked Softshell Turtle
African Five-Lined Skink
Chinese Softshell Turtle
Banded Rock Lizard
Great Plains Toad
Italian Wall Lizard
Common Chuckwalla
Ashy Gecko
Yosemite Toad
Lined Snake
Woodhouse's Toad
Canadian Toad
Oak Toad
Arizona Toad
Fowler's Toad
American Toad
Sonoran Green Toad
Red-Spotted Toad
Texas Toad
Amargosa Toad
Green Toad
Black Toad
Wyoming Toad
Cane Toad
Gulf Coast Toad
Colorado River Toad
Dixie Valley Toad
Greenhouse Frog
California King Snake
Giant Toad
Coachwhip
Cliff Chirping Frog
Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad
Upland Chorus Frog
Green Anole
Eastern Red-Backed Salamander
Granite Spiny Lizard
Panamint Rattlesnake
Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake
Eastern Ratsnake
Western Patch-Nosed Snake
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Southern Toad
Corn Snake
Broad-Headed Skink
Mojave Rattlesnake
Twin-Spotted Rattlesnake
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Rio Grande Chirping Frog
Spotted Chirping Frog
Arroyo Toad
Houston Toad
Black Salamander
Cajun Chorus Frog
Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog
Relict Leopard Frog
Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Long-Toed Salamander
Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
Island Glass Lizard
Many-Ribbed Salamander
Spring Salamander
Colorado Desert Fringe-Toed Lizard
Eastern Milksnake
Samwel Shasta Salamander
Azure-Tailed Skink
Patch-Nosed Salamander
Prairie Skink
Western Skink
Common Watersnake
Southwestern Blackhead Snake
Desert Kingsnake
Prairie Kingsnake
Plains Hognose Snake
Narrowhead Garter Snake
Plains Garter Snake
Common Checkered Whiptail
Red-Bellied Snake
Dekay's Brownsnake
Frosted Flatwoods Salamander
Sonoran Coralsnake
Black-Bellied Slender Salamander
Common Mexican Tree Frog
Mojave Desert Tortoise
Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Tamaulipan Hooknose Snake
Common Garter Snake
Smooth Greensnake
Rough Greensnake
North American Racer
Ring-Necked Snake
Massasauga
Western Massasauga
Wood Frog
Common Five-Lined Skink
Southeastern Five-Lined Skink
Cope's Gray Tree Frog
Florida Cottonmouth
Gray Tree Frog
Broad-Banded Copperhead
Eastern Copperhead
Northern Cottonmouth
Northern Cricket Frog
Hellbender
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Panamint Alligator Lizard
Arizona Alligator Lizard
Northern Alligator Lizard
Western Toad
Texas Alligator Lizard
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
Western Rattlesnake
Southern Alligator Lizard
Common Snapping Turtle
Barking Frog
Gopher Snake
Inyo Mountains Salamander
Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander
Oregon Slender Salamander
Baja California Tree Frog
Relictual Slender Salamander
Kern Canyon Slender Salamander
Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander
Kern Plateau Slender Salamander
Little Grass Frog
Southern Cricket Frog
California Slender Salamander
Tehachapi Slender Salamander
Kings River Slender Salamander
San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander
San Simeon Slender Salamander
Fairview Slender Salamander
Sequoia Slender Salamander
Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander
Hell Hollow Slender Salamander
Gregarious Slender Salamander
Lesser Slender Salamander
Channel Islands Slender Salamander
Garden Slender Salamander
Coastal Rosy Boa
Desert Rosy Boa
Ensatina
Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog
Coastal Tailed Frog
San Diegan Legless Lizard
Big Spring Legless Lizard
Northern Legless Lizard
Temblor Legless Lizard
Bakersfield Legless Lizard
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Great Plains Skink
Pine Barrens Tree Frog
Ornate Tree Lizard
Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
Black-Necked Gartersnake
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
Mexican Gartersnake
Checkered Garter Snake
Florida Crowned Snake
Yaqui Black-Headed Snake
Giant Garter Snake
Chihuahuan Black-Headed Snake
Rim Rock Crowned Snake
Sierra Newt
Mojave Fringe-Toed Lizard
Sierran Tree Frog
Brimley's Chorus Frog
Western Black-Headed Snake
Mexican Black-Headed Snake
California Tree Frog
Striped Plateau Lizard
Southeastern Crowned Snake
Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Little Brown Skink
Mexican Spadefoot
Plateau Fence Lizard
Queensnake
Texas Blind Snake
Eastern Spadefoot
Mexican Burrowing Toad
Couch's Spadefoot
Northern Pacific Tree Frog
Spotted Chorus Frog
Western Chorus Frog
Reef Gecko
Florida Red-Bellied Cooter
Spring Peeper
Crevice Spiny Lizard
Eastern Musk Turtle
Southern Chorus Frog
Black Kingsnake
Short-Tailed Snake
River Cooter
California Mountain Kingsnake
Tamaulipan Milksnake
Common Sagebrush Lizard
Coast Mountain Kingsnake
Hurter's Spadefoot
Western Narrow-Mouthed Toad
Western Earless Lizard
Rainbow Snake
Arizona Night Lizard
Bezy's Night Lizard
Desert Night Lizard
Granite Night Lizard
Baja California Night Lizard
Oklahoma Salamander
Cascade Caverns Salamander
Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle
Salado Salamander
Ringed Map Turtle
Long-Tailed Salamander
Sierra Night Lizard
Limestone Salamander
Chihuahuan Mud Turtle
Flat-Headed Salamander
California Giant Salamander
Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander
Elegant Earless Lizard
Coastal Giant Salamander
Black Mountain Salamander
Spotted Dusky Salamander
Western Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
Shovel-Nosed Salamander
Tiger Rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnake
Ocmulgee Slimy Salamander
Southern Hognose Snake
Southern Zigzag Salamander
Northern Gray-Cheeked Salamander
Texas Tortoise
South Mountain Gray-Cheeked Salamander
Weller's Salamander
Kiamichi Slimy Salamander
Northern Pygmy Salamander
Scarlet Kingsnake
Northern Dusky Salamander
Cumberland Plateau Salamander
Northern Slimy Salamander
Flattened Musk Turtle
Southeastern Slimy Salamander
Razor-Backed Musk Turtle
Coeur D'alene Salamander
Desert Horned Lizard
Louisiana Pinesnake
Tellico Salamander
Roundtail Horned Lizard
Slowinski's Cornsnake
Schott's Whipsnake
Striped Whipsnake
Western Slimy Salamander
Western Leaf-Nosed Snake
Texas Coralsnake
Coal Skink
Pig Frog
Sonoran Whipsnake
Alabama Waterdog
Alligator Snapping Turtle
River Frog
Neuse River Waterdog
Slender Glass Lizard
Glossy Swampsnake
American Crocodile
Brown Vinesnake
Diamondback Watersnake
Reticulated Gecko
Western Worm Snake
Florida Bog Frog
Common Mudpuppy
Apalachicola Alligator Snapping Turtle
Sequoyah Slimy Salamander
Caddo Mountain Salamander
Black Swampsnake
Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander
Scott Bar Salamander
Tarahumara Frog
Spotted Turtle
Northern Rubber Boa
Eastern Worm Snake
Baja California Ratsnake
Green Salamander
Six-Lined Racerunner
New Mexico Whiptail
Streamside Salamander
Three-Toed Amphiuma
Mole Salamander
Red-Backed Whiptail
Jackson's Chameleon
Northwestern Salamander
California Red-Legged Frog
Squirrel Tree Frog
Green Tree Frog
Cascades Frog
Oregon Spotted Frog
Long-Nosed Snake
Illinois Chorus Frog
Bird-Voiced Tree Frog
Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog
Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog
Eastern Mud Turtle
Columbia Spotted Frog
Trans-Pecos Ratsnake
Southern Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog
Prairie Rattlesnake
Marbled Salamander
Greater Earless Lizard
Red-Cheeked Salamander
Bark Anole
Pine Woods Tree Frog
Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamander
Northern Zigzag Salamander
Mount Lyell Salamander
Dunn's Salamander
Crested Anole
Burmese Python
Boa Constrictor
Four-Toed Salamander
Texas Scarletsnake
Brown Anole
Rough Earthsnake
Knight Anole
Hispaniolan Stout Anole
Mohave Shovel-Nosed Snake
Rough-Skinned Newt
Scarletsnake
Resplendent Desert Shovel-Nosed Snakera
Sonoran Shovel-Nosed Snake
Smooth Earthsnake
Boreal Chorus Frog
Mudsnake
New Mexico Blind Snake
Southern Painted Turtle
Alabama Red-Bellied Cooter
Mimic Glass Lizard
Western Threadsnake
Rio Grande Cooter
Northern Red-Bellied Cooter
Peninsular Cooter
Texas Cooter
Desert Collared Lizard
Eastern Collared Lizard
Aquatic Garter Snake
Painted Turtle
Reticulate Collared Lizard
Sonoran Collared Lizard
Sierra Garter Snake
Baja California Collared Lizard
Northwestern Garter Snake
Butler's Garter Snake
Green Rat Snake
Mexican Hognose Snake
Pygmy Rattlesnake
Two-Striped Garter Snake
Pigeon Mountain Salamander
Western Ribbon Snake
South Carolina Slimy Salamander
Cow Knob Salamander
Short-Headed Gartersnake
Eastern Hognose Snake
Red-Legged Salamander
Graham's Crayfish Snake
Southern Appalachian Salamander
Western Whiptail
Big Levels Salamander
Eastern Ribbon Snake
Pai Striped Whiptail
Plateau Striped Whiptail
Desert Grassland Whiptail
Southwestern Fence Lizard
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
Plateau Spotted Whiptail
Common Spotted Whiptail
Peninsular Leaf-Toed Gecko
Chihuahuan Hook-Nosed Snake
Marbled Whiptail
Triploid Checkered Whiptail
Southern Rubber Boa
Little Striped Whiptail
Orange-Throated Whiptail
Giant Spotted Whiptail
Yuman Desert Fringe-Toed Lizard
Coachella Valley Fringe-Toed Lizard
Laredo Striped Whiptail
Western Groundsnake
Southern Red-Backed Salamander
Shenandoah Salamander
Southern Gray-Cheeked Salamander
Western Red-Backed Salamander
Fourche Mountain Salamander
Trans-Pecos Blindsnake
Gila Spotted Whiptail
Louisiana Slimy Salamander
Jemez Mountains Salamander
Cheat Mountain Salamander
Valley And Ridge Salamander
Del Norte Salamander
Arizona Striped Whiptail
Northern Ravine Salamander
White-Spotted Slimy Salamander
Smooth Softshell Turtle
Cheoah Bald Salamander
Larch Mountain Salamander
Rainbow Whiptail
Rich Mountain Salamander
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Peaks Of Otter Salamander
Desert Spiny Lizard
Clark's Spiny Lizard
Slevin’s Bunch Grass Lizard
Striped Swampsnake
Florida Softshell Turtle
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
Rose-Bellied Lizard
Florida Scrub Lizard
Canyon Lizard
Graphic Spiny Lizard
Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizard
American Alligator
Sonoran Mud Turtle
Yellow Mud Turtle
Chicken Turtle
Great Plains Ratsnake
Cope's Leopard Lizard
Long-Nosed Leopard Lizard
Arizona Mud Turtle
Striped Mud Turtle
Keeled Earless Lizard
Spot-Tailed Earless Lizard
Gray Ratsnake
Common Side-Blotched Lizard
Zebra-Tailed Lizard
Western Foxsnake
Long-Tailed Brush Lizard
Baird's Ratsnake
Black-Tailed Brush Lizard
Eastern Glass Lizard
Western Ratsnake
Eastern Foxsnake
Northern Red-Legged Frog
Chiricahua Leopard Frog
Gopher Frog
Green Frog
American Bullfrog
Dusky Gopher Frog
Pickerel Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Mink Frog
Southern Leopard Frog
Lowland Leopard Frog
Plains Leopard Frog
Vegas Valley Leopard Frog
Apalachicola Dusky Salamander
Crawfish Frog
Carpenter Frog
Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Arboreal Salamander
Clouded Salamander
Wandering Salamander
Ouachita Dusky Salamander
Cumberland Dusky Salamander
Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander
Imitator Salamander
Dwarf Black-Bellied Salamander
Southern Dusky Salamander
Ocoee Salamander
Seal Salamander
Black-Bellied Salamander
Pygmy Salamander
Seepage Salamander
Great Basin Spadefoot
Mourning Gecko
Plains Spadefoot
African Clawed Frog
Argentine Black-And-White Tegu
Mediterranean House Gecko
Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
Brahminy Blindsnake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Peters's Rock Agama
Central American Indigo Snake
Mexican White-Lipped Frog
Sheep Frog
Baja California Coachwhip
Mazatlan Narrow-Mouthed Toad
Loeding's Mudpuppy
Thornscrub Hook-Nosed Snake
Red River Mudpuppy
Dwarf Waterdog
California Newt
Red-Bellied Newt
Gulf Coast Waterdog
Southern Dwarf Siren
Northern Dwarf Siren
Columbia Torrent Salamander
Mud Salamander
Cagle's Map Turtle
Plains Black-Headed Snake
Northern Map Turtle
Twin-Spotted Spiny Lizard
Sand Snake
Flat-Headed Snake
Three-Lined Salamander
Black-Knobbed Map Turtle
Barbour's Map Turtle
Ouachita Map Turtle
False Map Turtle
Big Bend Blackhead Snake
Yellow-Backed Spiny Lizard
Blue Spiny Lizard
Western Fence Lizard
Eastern Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
Pine Snake
Sidewinder
Prairie Lizard
Rock Rattlesnake
Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
Eastern Fence Lizard
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard
Ozark Zigzag Salamander
Texas Spiny Lizard
Eastern Kingsnake
Speckled Kingsnake
Western Milksnake
Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake
Gray-Banded Kingsnake
Texas Blind Salamander
Fern Bank Salamander
Texas Salamander
Ouachita Streambed Salamander
Southern Two-Lined Salamander
Western Dwarf Salamander
Grotto Salamander
Jollyville Plateau Salamander
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Valdina Farms Salamander
Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander
Austin Blind Salamander
Barton Springs Salamander
Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander
Canyon Tree Frog
Georgetown Salamander
Brownback Salamander
Georgia Blind Salamander
Arizona Tree Frog
Junaluska Salamander
Florida Brownsnake
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Bog Dwarf Salamander
Comal Blind Salamander
Green Sea Turtle
Blanco Blind Salamander
Saltmarsh Snake
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Eastern Coralsnake
Brazos River Watersnake
Mississippi Green Watersnake
Florida Green Watersnake
Brown Watersnake
Small-Mouthed Salamander
Mountain Chorus Frog
Plain-Bellied Watersnake
Lesser Siren
Concho Watersnake
Greater Siren
New Jersey Chorus Frog
Pascagoula Map Turtle
Texas Map Turtle
Sabine Map Turtle
Escambia Map Turtle
Pearl River Map Turtle
Western Banded Gecko
Alabama Map Turtle
Northern Cat-Eyed Snake
Texas Banded Gecko
Tiger Salamander
Western Tiger Salamander
Mabee's Salamander
Blue-Spotted Salamander
Cuban Tree Frog
California Tiger Salamander
Jefferson Salamander
Blue Ridge Gray-Cheeked Salamander
Ringed Salamander
Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander
Spotted Salamander
Van Dyke's Salamander
Wehrle's Salamander
Dixie Caverns Salamander
Yonahlossee Salamander
Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
Webster's Salamander
Strecker's Chorus Frog
Barefoot Banded Gecko
Sandstone Night Lizard
Shenandoah Mountain Salamander
Mississippi Slimy Salamander
Savannah Slimy Salamander
Ravine Salamander
Ornate Chorus Frog
Island Night Lizard
San Marcos Salamander
Four-Lined Skink
Hillis's Dwarf Salamander
Cave Salamander
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Mole Skink
Banded Watersnake
Gilbert's Skink
Mountain Skink
Many-Lined Skink
Barking Tree Frog
Striped Newt
Florida Sand Skink