Michigan Herps
An Online Guide to Michigan's Reptiles & Amphibians
Herpetofauna Life List
ORDER CROCODYLIA
Family Alligatoridae
American Alligator - Alligator mississippiensis
Family Crocodylidae
American Crocodile - Crocodylus acutus
ORDER TESTUDINES
Family Chelydridae
Common Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina serpentina
Family Emydidae
Midland Painted Turtle- Chrysemys picta marginata
Eastern Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta picta
Blanding's Turtle - Emydoidea blandingii
Wood Turtle - Glyptemys insculpta
Common Map Turtle - Graptemys geographica
Peninsula Cooter - Pseudemys floridana peninsularis
Florida Red-bellied Turtle - Pseudemys nelsoni
Florida Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina bauri
Eastern Box Turtle - Terrapene
Red-eared Slider - Trachemys scripta elegans
Family Kinosternidae
Striped Mud Turtle - Kinosternon bauri
Eastern Mud Turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum
Family Testudinidae
Gopher Tortoise - Gopherus polyphemus
Family Trionychidae
Eastern Spiny Softshell - Apalone spinifera spinifera
Florida Softshell - Apalone ferox
ORDER SQUAMATA, SUBORDER LACERTILIA
Family Anguidae
Eastern Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus ventralis
Family Gekkonidae
Tropical House Gecko - Hemidactylus mabouia
Family Phrynosomatidae
Eastern Fence Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus undulatus
Florida Scrub Lizard - Sceloporus woodi
Family Polychridae
Green Anole- Anolis carolinensis
Brown Anole - Anolis sagrei
Family Scincidae
Broad-headed Skink - Eumeces laticeps
Five-Lined Skink - Eumeces fasciatus
Ground Skink - Scincella lateralis ORDER SQUAMATA, SUBORDER SERPENTES Family Colubridae Scarlet Snake - Cemaphora coccinea Blue Racer - Coluber constrictor foxii Everglades Racer - Coluber constrictor paludicola Southern Black Racer - Coluber constrictor priapus Eastern Indigo Snake - Drymarchon corais couperi Corn Snake - Elaphe guttata guttata Black Rat Snake - Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta Gray Rat Snake - Elaphe obsoleta spiloides Eastern Fox Snake - Elaphe vulpina gloydi South Florida Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula brooksi Red Milk Snake - Lampropeltis triangulum syspila Eastern Milk Snake - Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum Rough Green Snake - Opheodrys aestivus Smooth Green Snake - Opheodrys vernalis Family Crotalidae Northern Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Western Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Canebrake Rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus atricaudatus Timber Rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake - Sistrurus catenatus catenatus Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake - Sistrurus miliarius barbouri Family Dipsadidae Northern Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus edwardsi Southern Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus punctatus Family Elapidae Eastern Coral Snake - Micrurus fulvius fulvius Family Natricidae Mangrove Water Snake - Nerodia clarkii compressicauda Mississippi Green Water Snake - Nerodia cyclopion Yellow-bellied Water Snake - Nerodia ethyrogaster flavigaster Copper-bellied Water Snake - Nerodia ethyrogaster neglecta Broad-banded Water Snake - Nerodia fasciata confluens Banded Water Snake - Nerodia fasciata fasciata Northern Water Snake - Nerodia sipedon Brown Water Snake - Nerodia taxispilota Striped Crayfish Snake - Regina alleni Glossy Crayfish Snake - Regina rigida rigida Queen Snake - Regina septemvittata Northern Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi dekayi Florida Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi victa Northern Red-bellied Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata Western Terrestrial Garter Snake - Thamnophis elegans Western Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis proximus proximus Eastern Plains Garter Snake - Thamnophis radix radix Eastern Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sauritus sauritus Peninsula Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sauritus sackenii Northern Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis Eastern Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Smooth Earth Snake - Virginia valeriae Family Xenodontidae Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos ORDER CAUDATA Family Ambystomatidae Blue-spotted Salamander - Ambystoma laterale Spotted Salamander - Ambystoma maculatum Marbled Salamander - Ambystoma opacum Hybrid Salamander - Ambystoma jeffersonianum x laterale Small-mouthed Salamander - Ambystoma texanum Eastern Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum Family Plethodontidae Northern Dusky Salamander - Desmognathus fuscus fuscus Southern Two-lined Salamander - Eurycea cirregera Longtail Salamander - Eurycea longicauda Cave Salamander - Eurycea lucifuga Kentucky Spring Salamander - Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi Four-toed Salamander - Hemidactylium scutatum Northern Red-back Salamander - Plethodon cinereus cinereus Eastern Zigzag Salamander - Plethodon dorsalis dorsalis Northern Slimy Salamander - Plethodon glutinosis glutinosis Northern Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber ruber Family Salamandridae Central Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis Red-spotted Newt - Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens ORDER ANURA Family Bufonidae Eastern American Toad - Bufo americanus americanus Dwarf American Toad - Bufo americanus charlesmithi Fowler's Toad - Bufo fowleri Oak Toad - Bufo quercicus Southern Toad - Bufo terrestris Family Hylidae Southern Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus gryllus Blanchard's Cricket Frog - Acris crepitans blanchardi Bird-voiced Tree Frog - Hyla avivoca Cope's Gray Tree Frog - Hyla chrysoscelis Green Tree Frog - Hyla cinerea Squirrel Tree Frog - Hyla squirella Gray Tree Frog - Hyla versicolor Cuban Treefrog - Osteopilus septentrionalis Mountain Chorus Frog - Pseudacris brachyphona Northern Spring Peeper - Pseudacris crucifer crucifer Western Chorus Frog - Pseudacris triseriata triseriata Family Microhylidae Eastern Narrowmouth Toad - Gastrophryne carolinensis Family Ranidae American Bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana Green Frog - Rana clamitans Pig Frog - Rana grylio Pickerel Frog - Rana palustris Nothern Leopard Frog - Rana pipiens Southern Leopard Frog - Rana spenocephalia Wood Frog - Rana sylvatica