Photos of Reptiles and Amphibians
from the State of Texas
| See This List With Pictures of the Animals |
| This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found in Texas that I have photographed, and a few additional photographs from other people. This is not a complete list of all of the amphibians and reptiles found in Texas. Click on a name link to see more photos. |
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Original Description | Sounds |
| Anura |
Frogs | Duméril, 1806 (as Anoures) | |
| Acris | Cricket Frogs | Duméril and Bibron, 1841 | |
| Acris blanchardi (formerly A. crepitans) |
Blanchard's Cricket Frog | Harper, 1947 | Sounds |
| Anaxyrus | North American Toads | Tschudi, 1845 | |
| Anaxyrus houstonensis (= Bufo houstonensis) |
Houston Toad | (Sanders, 1953) | Sounds |
| Anaxyrus punctatus (= Bufo punctatus) |
Red-spotted Toad | (Baird and Girard, 1852) | Sounds |
| Anaxyrus speciosus (= Bufo speciosus) |
Texas Toad | (Girard, 1854) | Sounds |
| Anaxyrus woodhousii | Woodhouse's Toad | (Girard, 1854) | |
| (Hybrids of A. woodhousii x A. fowleri) (Formerly Anaxyrus woodhousii velatus) |
East Texas Toad | ? | |
| Eleutherodactylus | Rain Frogs | Duméril and Bibron, 1841 | |
| Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides | Rio Grande Chirping Frog | (Cope, 1877) | |
| Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides campi (= Syrrhophus cystignathoides campi) |
Rio Grande Chirping Frog | Stejneger, 1915 | Sounds |
| Eleutherodactylus marnockii (= Syrrhophus marnockii) |
Cliff Chirping Frog | (Cope, 1878) | Sounds |
| Gastrophryne | North American Narrow-mouthed Toads | Fitzinger, 1843 | |
| Gastrophryne olivacea | Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad | (Hallowell, 1857 “1856”) | Sounds |
| Hyla | Holarctic Treefrogs | Laurenti, 1768 | |
| Hyla cinerea (Dryophytes cinereus) | Green Treefrog | Schneider, 1799 | Sounds |
| Hyla squirella | Squirrel Treefrog | Bosc, 1800 | Sounds |
| Hyla versicolor | Gray Treefrog | LeConte, 1825 | Sounds |
| Hypopachus | Sheep Frogs | Keferstein, 1867 | |
| Hypopachus variolosus | Sheep Frog | (Cope, 1866) | Sounds |
| Incilius | Central American Toads | Cope, 1875 | |
| Incilius nebulifer (valliceps) (= Bufo nebulifer) |
Gulf Coast Toad (Coastal Plain Toad) | (Girard, 1854) | Sounds |
| Lithobates | American Water Frogs | Fitzinger, 1843 | |
| Lithobates berlandieri (=Rana berlandieri) |
Rio Grande Leopard Frog | (Baird, 1854) | Sounds |
| Lithobates catesbeianus (=Rana catesbeiana) |
American Bullfrog | (Shaw, 1802) | Sounds |
| Lithobates clamitans (= Bronze Frog - Rana clamitans clamitans) |
Green Frog | (Latreille, 1801) | Sounds |
| Lithobates sphenocephalus (= Rana sphenocephala) |
Southern Leopard Frog | (Cope, 1886) | Sounds |
| Pseudacris | Chorus Frogs | Fitzinger, 1843 | |
| Pseudacris clarkii | Spotted Chorus Frog | (Baird, 1854) | Sounds |
| Pseudacris streckeri | Strecker's Chorus Frog | Wright and Wright, 1933 | Sounds |
| Rhinella | South American Toads | Fitzinger, 1826 | |
| Rhinella marina (= Bufo marinus) |
Cane Toad | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Smilisca | Mexican Treefrogs | Cope, 1865 | |
| Smilisca baudinii | Mexican Treefrog | (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) | Sounds |
| Scaphiopus | North American Spadefoots | Holbrook, 1836 | |
| Scaphiopus couchii | Couch's Spadefoot | Baird, 1854 | Baird, 1854 |
| Scaphiopus hurterii | Hurter's Spadefoot | Strecker, 1910 | |
| Spea | Western Spadefoots | Cope, 1866 | |
| Spea bombifrons | Plains Spadefoot | (Cope, 1863) | |
| Caudata |
Salamanders | Scopoli, 1777 | |
| Eurycea | Brook Salamanders | Rafinesque, 1822 | |
| Eurycea nana | San Marcos Salamander | Bishop, 1941 | |
| Eurycea sosorum | Barton Springs Salamander | Chippindale, Price and Hillis, 1993 | |
| Eurycea troglodytes complex | (Spring Salamander) | Baker, 1957 | |
| Eurycea rathbuni | Texas Blind Salamander | (Stejneger, 1896) | |
| Notophthalmus | Eastern Newts | Rafinesque, 1820 | |
| Notophthalmus meridionalis | Black-spotted Newt | (Cope, 1880) | |
| Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis | Texas Black-spotted Newt | (Cope, 1880) | |
| Plethodon | Woodland Salamanders | Tschudi, 1838 | |
| Plethodon albagula | Western Slimy Salamander | Grobman, 1944 | |
| Squamata |
Lizards | Oppel, 1811 | |
| Anolis | Anoles | Daudin, 1802 | |
| Anolis carolinensis | Green Anole | (Voigt, 1832) | |
| Anolis carolinensis carolinensis | Northern Green Anole | (Voigt, 1832) | |
| Anolis sagrei | Cuban Brown Anole | Duméril and Bibron, 1837 | |
| Aspidoscelis | Whiptails | Fitzinger, 1843 | |
| Aspidoscelis gularis | Common Spotted Whiptail | (Baird and Girard, 1852) | |
| Aspidoscelis gularis gularis | Texas Spotted Whiptail | (Baird and Girard, 1852) | |
| Aspidoscelis inornata | Little Striped Whiptail | (Baird, 1859 “1858”) | |
| Aspidoscelis inornata heptagramma |
Trans-Pecos Striped Whiptail | (Axtell, 1961) | |
| Aspidoscelis laredoensis | Laredo Striped Whiptail | (McKinney, Kay and Anderson, 1973) | |
| Aspidoscelis marmorata | Marbled Whiptail | (Baird and Girard, 1852) | |
| Aspidoscelis marmorata marmorata | Western Marbled Whiptail | (Baird and Girard, 1852) |
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| Aspidoscelis scalaris | Plateau Spotted Whiptail | (Cope, 1892) | |
| Aspidoscelis scalaris septemvittata |
Big Bend Spotted Whiptail | (Cope, 1892) |
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| Aspidoscelis sexlineata | Six-lined Racerunner | (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata (TX) | Eastern Six-lined Racerunner | (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Aspidoscelis sexlineata stephensae |
Texas Yellow-headed Racerunner | (Trauth, 1992) | |
| Aspidoscelis tesselata | Common Checkered Whiptail | (Say 1823) | |
| Coleonyx | Banded Geckos | Gray, 1845 | |
| Coleonyx brevis | Texas Banded Gecko | Stejneger, 1893 | |
| Cophosaurus | Greater Earless Lizards | Troschel, 1852 “1850” | |
| Cophosaurus texanus | Greater Earless Lizard | Troschel, 1852 “1850” |
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| Cophosaurus texanus scitulus | Chihuahuan Greater Earless Lizard | (Peters, 1951) | |
| Cophosaurus texanus texanus | Texas Greater Earless Lizard | Troschel, 1852 | |
| Crotaphytus | Collared Lizards | Holbrook, 1842 | |
| Crotaphytus collaris | Eastern Collared Lizard | (Say, 1823) | |
| Gerrhonotus | Eastern Alligator Lizards | Wiegmann, 1828 | |
| Gerrhonotus infernalis | Texas Alligator Lizard | Baird, 1859 “1858” | |
| Hemidactylus | House Geckos | Gray, 1825 | |
| Hemidactylus turcicus | Mediterranean House Gecko | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Sounds |
| Holbrookia | Lesser Earless Lizards | Girard, 1851 | |
| Holbrookia propinqua | Keeled Earless Lizard | Baird and Girard 1852 | |
| Holbrookia propinqua propinqua | Northern Keeled Earless Lizard | Baird and Girard 1852 | |
| Phrynosoma | Horned Lizards | Wiegmann, 1828 | |
| Phrynosoma cornutum | Texas Horned Lizard | (Harlan, 1825) | |
| Phrynosoma modestum | Round-tailed Horned Lizard | Girard, 1852 | |
| Plestiodon | Toothy Skinks | Duméril and Bibron, 1839 | |
| Plestiodon anthracinus | Coal Skink | (Baird, 1850) | |
| Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis | Southern Coal Skink | (Cope, 1880) | |
| Plestiodon fasciatus | Common Five-lined Skink | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Plestiodon tetragrammus | Four-lined Skink | Baird, 1859 “1858” | |
| Plestiodon tetragrammus tetragrammus | Long-lined Skink | (Cope, 1880) | |
| Sceloporus | Spiny Lizards | Wiegmann, 1828 | |
| Sceloporus bimaculosus | Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard | Phelan and Brattstrom, 1955 | |
| Sceloporus consobrinus | Prairie Lizard | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Sceloporus (serrifer) cyanogenys | Blue Spiny Lizard | Cope, 1885 | |
| Sceloporus merriami | Canyon Lizard | Stejneger, 1904 |
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| Sceloporus merriami annulatus | Big Bend Canyon Lizard | Smith, 1937 | |
| Sceloporus merriami longipunctatus | Presidio Canyon Lizard | Olson, 1973 | |
| Sceloporus merriami merriami | Merriam's Canyon Lizard | Stejneger, 1904 | |
| Sceloporus olivaceous | Texas Spiny Lizard | Smith, 1934 | |
| Sceloporus poinsetti | Crevice Spiny Lizard | Baird and Girard, 1852 |
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| Sceloporus poinsettii axtelli | Texas Crevice Spiny Lizard | Webb, 2006 | |
| Sceloporus variabilis | Rose-bellied Lizard | Wiegmann, 1834 |
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| Sceloporus variabilis marmoratus (Sceloporus marmoratus marmoratus) |
Texas Rose-bellied Lizard | Hallowell, 1852 | |
| Scincella | Ground Skinks | Mittleman, 1950 | |
| Scincella lateralis | Little Brown Skink | (Say in James, 1823) | |
| Urosaurus | Tree and Brush Lizards | Hallowell, 1854 | |
| Urosaurus ornatus | Tree Lizard | (Baird and Girard, 1852) | |
| Urosaurus ornatus ornatus | Texas Tree Lizard | (Baird and Girard, 1852) | |
| Urosaurus ornatus schmidti | Big Bend Tree Lizard | (Mittleman, 1940) | |
| Uta | Side-blotched Lizards | Baird and Girard in Stansbury 1852 | |
| Uta stansburiana | Side-blotched Lizards | Baird and Girard, 1852 | |
| Uta stansburiana stejnegeri | Eastern Side-blotched Lizard | Schmidt, 1921 | |
| Squamata |
Snakes | ||
| Agkistrodon | American Moccasins | Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 | |
| Agkistrodon contortrix | Eastern Copperhead | (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Agkistrodon laticinctus | Broad-banded Copperhead | Gloyd and Conant, 1934 | |
| Agkistrodon piscivorus | Cottonmouth | (Lacépède, 1789) | |
| Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Agkistrodon piscivorus) |
Western Cottonmouth (Northern Cottonmouth) |
(Troost, 1836) | |
| Arizona | Glossy Snakes | Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 | |
| Arizona elegans | Glossy Snake | Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 | |
| Arizona elegans elegans | Kansas Glossy Snake | Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 | |
| Bogertophis | Desert Ratsnakes | Dowling and Price, 1988 | |
| Bogertophis subocularis | Trans-Pecos Ratsnake | (Brown, 1901) | |
| Bogertophis subocularis subocularis | Northern Trans-Pecos Ratsnake | (Brown, 1901) | |
| Coluber | North American Racers, Coachwhips and Whipsnakes |
Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Coluber constrictor | North American Racer | Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Coluber constrictor oaxaca | Mexican Racer | (Jan, 1863) | |
| Coluber flagellum | Coachwhip | Shaw, 1802 | |
| Coluber (= Masticophis) flagellum testaceus | Western Coachwhip | Say, in James, 1823 | |
| Crotalus | Rattlesnakes | Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Crotalus atrox | Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Crotalus lepidus | Rock Rattlesnake | (Kennicott, 1861) | |
| Crotalus lepidus lepidus | Mottled Rock Rattlesnake | (Kennicott, 1861) | |
| Crotalus ornatus | Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake | Hallowell, 1854 | |
| Drymarchon | Indigo Snakes | Fitzinger, 1843 | |
| Drymarchon melanurus | Central American Indigo Snake | (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854) | |
| Drymarchon melanurus erebennus | Texas Indigo Snake | (Cope, 1860) | |
| Gyalopian | Western Hook-nosed Snakes | Cope, 1861 | |
| Gyalopion canum | Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake | Cope, 1861 “1860” | |
| Hypsiglena | North American Nightsnakes | Cope, 1860 | |
| Hypsiglena jani | Chihuahuan Nightsnake | (Duges, 1866) | |
| Hypsiglena jani texana | Texas Nightsnake | (Stejneger, 1893) | |
| Lampropeltis | Kingsnakes | Fitzinger, 1843 | |
| Lampropeltis alterna | Gray-banded Kingsnake | (Blainville, 1835) | |
| Lampropeltis gentilis | Western Milksnake | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Lampropeltis splendida | Desert Kingsnake | (Baird and Girard, 1853) | |
| Nerodia | North American Watersnakes | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Nerodia erythrogaster (former ssp. erythrogaster) (TX) |
Plain-bellied Watersnake (Blotched Watersnake) | (Forster, 1771) | |
| Nerodia rhombifer | Diamond-backed Watersnake | (Hallowell, 1852) | |
| Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer | Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake | (Hallowell, 1852) | |
| Pantherophis | North American Ratsnakes | Fitzinger, 1843 | |
| Pantherophis bairdi (=Elaphe bairdi) |
Baird's Ratsnake | (Yarrow, in Cope, 1880) | |
| Pantherophis emoryi (=Elaphe emoryi emoryi & E. e. meahllmorum) |
Great Plains Ratsnake (Northern Plains Ratsnake & Southern Plains Ratsnake or Southwestern Ratsnake) |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) | |
| Pantherophis obsoletus (=Elaphe lindenheimeri) |
Western Ratsnake (=Texas Ratsnake) |
(Say, 1823) | |
| Pituophis | Bull Snakes, Pine Snakes, and Gopher Snakes |
Holbrook, 1842 | |
| Pituophis catenifer | Gopher Snake | (Blainville, 1835) | |
| Pituophis catenifer affinis | Sonoran Gopher Snake | (Hallowell, 1852) | |
| Rena | Threadsnakes | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Rena dulcis | Texas Threadsnake | (Baird and Girard, 1853) | |
| Rena dulcis dulcis | Plains Threadsnake | (Baird and Girard, 1853) | |
| Rhinocheilus | Long-nosed Snakes | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Rhinocheilus lecontei (tesselatus) | (Texas) Long-nosed Snake | Long-nosed Snake | |
| Salvadora | Patch-nosed Snakes | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Salvadora grahamiae | Eastern Patch-nosed Snake | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Salvadora grahamiae lineata | Texas Patch-nosed Snake | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Salvadora hexalepis | Western Patch-nosed Snake | (Cope, 1866) | |
| Salvadora hexalepis deserticola (Salvadora deserticola) |
Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake | Schmidt, 1940 | |
| Sonora | North American Groundsnakes | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Sonora semiannulata (including Sonora episcopa) |
Variable Groundsnake | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Storeria | North American Brownsnakes | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Storeria dekayi | Dekay's Brownsnake | (Holbrook, 1836) | |
| Storeria dekayi texana | Texas Brownsnake | Trapido, 1944 | |
| Tantilla | Black-headed, Crowned, and Flat-headed Snakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Tantilla gracilis | Flat-headed Snake | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Thamnophis | North American Gartersnakes | Fitzinger, 1843 | |
| Thamnophis cyrtopsis | Black-necked Gartersnake | (Kennicott, 1860) | |
| Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus | Eastern Black-necked Gartersnake | (Cope, 1880) | |
| Thamnophis marcianus | Checkered Gartersnake | (Baird and Girard, 1853) | |
| Thamnophis marcianus marcianus | Marcy's Checkered Gartersnake | (Baird and Girard, 1853) | |
| Thamnophis proximus | Western Ribbonsnake | (Say, 1823) | |
| Thamnophis proximus orarius | Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake | Rossman, 1963 | |
| Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus | Red-striped Ribbon Snake | Rossman, 1963 | |
| Virginia | North American Earthsnakes | Baird and Girard, 1853 | |
| Virginia striatula | Rough Earth Snake | (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Testudines |
Turtles | Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Apalone | North American Softshells | Rafinesque, 1832 | |
| Apalone spinifera | Spiny Softshell | (LeSueur, 1827) | |
| Apalone spinifera guadalupensis | Guadalupe Spiny Softshell | (Webb, 1962) | |
| Chelydra | Snapping Turtles | Schweigger, 1812 | |
| Chelydra serpentina | Snapping Turtle | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Gopherus | Gopher Tortoises | Rafinesque, 1832 | |
| Gopherus berlandieri | Texas Tortoise | (Agassiz, 1857) | |
| Graptemys | Map Turtles | Agassiz, 1857 | |
| Graptemys versa | Texas Map Turtle | Stejneger, 1925 | |
| Kinosternon | American Mud Turtles | Spix, 1824 | |
| Kinosternon flavescens | Yellow Mud Turtle | ||
| Kinosternon subrubrum | Eastern Mud Turtle | (Lacépède, 1788) | |
| Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis | Mississippi Mud Turtle | Gray, 1855 | |
| Pseudemys | Cooters | Gray, 1856 | |
| Pseudemys texana | Texas Cooter | Baur, 1893 | |
| Sternotherus | Musk Turtles | Gray, 1825 | |
| Sternotherus odoratus | Eastern Musk Turtle | (Latreille, in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801) | |
| Terrapene | American Box Turtles | Merrem, 1820 | |
| Terapene ornata | Ornate Box Turtle | (Agassiz, 1857) | |
| Terrapene ornata luetola | Desert Box Turtle | Smith and Ramsey, 1952 | |
| Trachemys | Sliders | Agassiz, 1857 | |
| Trachemys gaigeae | Mexican Plateau Slider | (Hartweg, 1939) | |
| Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae | Big Bend Slider | (Hartweg, 1939) | |
| Trachemys scripta | Pond Slider | (Schoepff, 1792) | |
| Trachemys scripta elegans | Red-eared Slider | (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | |
| Crocodylus |
Crocodilians | ||
| Alligator | Alligators | Cuvier, 1807 | |
| Alligator mississipiensis | American Alligator | (Daudin, 1802 “1801”) | |