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Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles
of the El Paso-Juarez Border Region

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Carl S. Lieb, R. G. Webb, and J. D. Johnson, Laboratory for Environmental Biology, Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso

The arbitrary geographic limits of the El Paso-Juarez border region, with El Paso-Juarez at its center, form a rectangular area bounded by Deming and Columbus, New Mexico, to the west; Radium Springs, New Mexico, to the north; and Van Horn, Texas, to the east. This list is conservative. It excludes some species of questionable occurrence and includes those species whose occurrences are well documented.

Pictures are available for some of the amphibians and reptiles; these are marked by §. Links without this symbol have some information, usually the taxonomic context and a distribution map within the Chihuahuan Desert Region.

CLASS AMPHIBIA

Order Urodela--Salamanders

Family Ambystomatidae--Mole Salamanders


§ Ambystoma tigrinum--Tiger Salamander

Order Anura--Frogs and Toads

Family Bufonidae--"True Toads"


§ Bufo debilis--Green Toad
§ Bufo punctatus--Red-spotted Toad
§ Bufo speciosus--Texas Toad
§ Bufo cognatus--Great Plains Toad
§ Bufo woodhousei--Woodhouse Toad

Family Leptodactylidae--Leptodactylid Frogs


§ Eleutherodactylus augusti--Barking Frog

Family Microhylidae: Narrow-mouthed Toads


§ Gastrophryne olivacea--Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad

Family Pelobatidae--Spadefoot Toads


§ Scaphiopus couchi--Couch's Spadefoot
§ Scaphiopus bombifrons--Plains Spadefoot
§ Scaphiopus multiplicatus--Southern Spadefoot

Family Ranidae--"True Frogs"


§ Rana berlandieri--Rio Grande Leopard Frog
§ Rana catesbeiana--Bullfrog
§ Rana pipiens--Northern Leopard Frog

CLASS REPTILIA

Order Testudines--Turtles

Family Emydidae--Emydid Turtles


§ Terrapene ornata--Western Box Turtle
Chrysemys picta--Painted Turtle
§ Trachemys gaigeae--Big Bend Slider
Trachemys scripta--Red-eared Slider

Family Kinosternidae--Mud Turtles


Kinosternon flavescens--Yellow Mud Turtle

Family Trionychidae--Soft-shelled Turtles


Trionyx spiniferus--Spiny Softshell

Order Squamata--Lizards and Snakes


Suborder Sauria--Lizards

Family Anguidae--Anguid Lizards


§ Elgaria kingii--Madrean Alligator Lizard

Family Gekkonidae--Geckos


§ Coleonyx brevis--Texas Banded Gecko
§ Hemidactylus turcicus--Mediterranean Gecko

Family Iguanidae--Iguanid Lizards


§ Cophosaurus texanus--Greater Earless Lizard
§ Crotaphytus collaris--Common Collard Lizard
§ Gambelia wislizenii--Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
§ Holbrookia maculata--Lesser Earless Lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum--Texas Horned Lizard
§ Phrynosoma douglasi--Short-horned lizard
Phrynosoma modestum--Round-tailed Horned Lizard
§ Sceloporus magister--Desert Spiny Lizard
§ Sceloporus poinsetti--Crevice Spiny Lizard
§ Sceloporus undulatus--Eastern Fence Lizard
§ Urosaurus ornatus--Tree Lizard
§ Uta stansburiana--Side-blotched Lizard

Family Scincidae--Skinks


Eumeces multivirgatus--Many-lined Skink
§ Eumeces obsoletus--Great Plains Skink

Family Teiidae--Whiptail Lizards


§ Cnemidophorus exsanguis--Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
§ Cnemidophorus inornatus--Little Striped Whiptail
§ Cnemidophorus neomexicanus--New Mexican Whiptail
§ Cnemidophorus scalaris (includes C. septemvittatus--Rusty-rumped Whiptail
§ Cnemidophorus tessellatus--Checkered Whiptail
§ Cnemidophorus tigris marmoratus--Marbled Tiger Whiptail
§ Cnemidophorus uniparens--Desert Grassland Whiptail

Suborder Serpentes--Snakes


Family Colubridae--Common Harmless Snakes


Arizona elegans--Glossy Snake
Diadophis punctatus--Ringneck Snake
Elaphe guttata--Corn Snake
Elaphe subocularis--Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
Gyalopion canum--Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake
Heterodon nasicus--Western Hognose Snake
Hypsiglena torquata--Night Snake
Lampropeltis alterna--Gray-banded Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getulus--Common Kingsnake
Lampropeltis triangulum--Milk Snake
Masticophis flagellum--Coachwhip
Masticophis taeniatus--Striped Whipsnake
Pituophis melanoleucus--Gopher Snake
Rhinocheilus lecontei--Long-nosed Snake
Salvadora deserticola--Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake
Salvadora grahamiae--Graham Patch-nosed Snake
Sonora semiannulata--Ground Snake
Tantilla hobartsmithi--Southwestern Black-headed Snake
Tantilla nigriceps--Plains Black-headed Snake
Thamnophis cyrtopsis--Black-necked Garter Snake
Thamnophis marcianus--Checkered Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis--Common Garter Snake
Trimorphodon biscutatus--Lyre Snake

Family Leptotyphlopidae--Blind Snakes


Leptotyphlops dulcis--Texas Blind Snake
Leptotyphlops humilis--Western Blind Snake

Family Viperidae--Vipers


Crotalus atrox--Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus lepidis--Rock Rattlesnake
Crotalus molossus--Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Crotalus scutulatus--Mojave Rattlesnake
Crotalus viridis--Prairie Rattlesnake
Sistrurus catenatus--Massasauga
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Last Update: 17 October 2000.