| On
this page we will list all the species of reptiles and
amphibians to be found in Canada, by clicking the species
name you will be taken to page about the species in
the genus, when the name is marked as a link.
| Anura |
Ascaphidae
Ascaphus
montanus Mittleman
& Myers, 1949
Ascaphus truei
Stejneger, 1899 |
Bufonidae
Bufo
americanus americanus
Holbrook, 1836
Bufo americanus copei Yarrow &
Henshaw, 1878
Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882
Bufo hemiophrys Cope, 1886
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Hylidae
Acris
crepitans Baird,
1854
Hyla
versicolor
LeConte, 1825
Pseudacris triseriata triseriata
(Wied-Neuwied, 1838) |
Ranidae
Rana
catesbeiana
Shaw, 1802
Rana clamitans melanota (Rafinesque,
1820)
Rana luteiventris Thompson, 1913
Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782
Rana septentrionalis Baird, 1855
Rana sylvatica Le Conte, 1825
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| Caudata |
Ambystomatidae
Ambystoma
gracile decorticatum (Cope, 1886)
Ambystoma gracile gracile (Baird,
1859)
Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827)
Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856
Ambystoma macrodactylum columbianum
Ferguson, 1961
Ambystoma macrodactylum krausei (Peters,
1882)
Ambystoma macrodactylum macrodactylum
Baird, 1849
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)
Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850
Ambystoma
texanum (Mathes, 1855)
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)
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Dicamptodontidae
Dicamptodon
tenebrosus (Baird & Girard, 1852)
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Plethodontidae
Aneides
vagrans Wake & Jackman, 1999
Ensatina
eschscholtzii oregonensis (Girard,
1856)
Hemidactylium
scutatum (Schlegel,
1838)
Plethodon
cinereus
(Green, 1818)
Plethodon
vehiculum (Coper, 1860)
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| Testudines |
Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina serpentina (Linnaeus,
1758)
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Emydidae
Chrysemys
picta bellii
(Gray, 1831)
Chrysemys
picta marginata
Agassiz, 1857
Chrysemys
picta picta
(Schneider, 1783)
Clemmys
guttata
(Schneider, 1792)
Glyptemys
insculpta
(LeConte, 1830)
Graptemys
geographica
(Le Sueur, 1817)
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Kinosternidae
Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1801)
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Trionychidae
Apalone
spinifera spinifera (LeSueur, 1827)
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| Sauria |
Anguidae
Elgaria
coerulea
(Wiegmann, 1828) |
Phrynosomatidae
Phrynosoma
douglasi (Bell, 1833) |
Scincidae
Eumeces
septentrionalis septentrionalis (Baird, 1858)
Eumeces
skiltonianus skiltonianus (Baird & Girard,
1852) |
| Serpentes |
Colubridae
Coluber
constrictor foxii (Baird & Girard,
1853)
Contia
tenuis (Baird
& Girard, 1852)
Heterodon nasicus nasicus
Baird & Girard, 1852
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum (Lacépède,
1788)
Nerodia
sipedon sipedon (Linnaeus,
1758)
Opheodrys
vernalis borealis Grobman,
1992
Storeria
dekayi dekayi (Holbrook,
1842)
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata
(Storer, 1839)
Thamnophis
butleri (Cope,
1889)
Thamnophis elegans vagrans
Stejneger, 1893
Thamnophis
ordinoides
(Baird & Girard, 1852)
Thamnophis
radix ssp.
Thamnophis
sauritus ssp.
Thamnophis
sirtalis fitchi Fox,
1951
Thamnophis
sirtalis pallidulus Allen,
1899
Thamnophis
sirtalis parietalis
(Say, 1823)
Thamnophis
sirtalis pickeringii
(Baird & Girard, 1853)
Thamnophis
sirtalis sirtalis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
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Viperidae
Agkistrodon
contortrix mokasen
(Daudin, 1803)
Crotalus
horridus
Linnaeus, 1758
Crotalus oreganus oreganus Holbrook,
1840
Crotalus viridis viridis (Rafinesque,
1818)
Sistrurus
catenatus catenatus (Rafinesque,
1818)
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| Literature |
| Behler,
J.L. & F.W. King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field
Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. Alfred
A. Knopf, New York, 743 pp. |
Bider, R.J. & S. Matte. 1996. The Atlas of Amphibians
and Reptiles of Québec. St. Lawrence Valley Natural
History Soc. Ministère de l'Environnement et de
la Faune, Québec. |
| Ernst,
C.H. & R.W. Barbour. 1989. Snakes of Eastern North
America. George Mason Univ. Press, Fairfax, 282 pp. |
| Ernst,
C.H., J.E. Lovich & R.W. Barbour. 1994. Turtles of
the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Inst. Press,
Washington, 578 pp. |
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