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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.
Since the checklist was completed by Lieb et al., a number of names
have changed. These have been updated by A. H. Harris in January of 2011 who also added
a number of links to photographs on the Centennial Museum site (use your return button
to return to the checklist).
CLASS AMPHIBIA
Order Urodela—Salamanders
Family Ambystomatidae—Mole Salamanders
§ —Barred Tiger Salamander
Order Anura—Frogs and Toads
Family Bufonidae—True Toads
§ —Green Toad
§ —Red-spotted Toad
§ —Texas Toad
§ —Great Plains Toad
§ —Woodhouse Toad
Family Craugastoridae—Barking Frogs
§ —Barking Frog
Family Microhylidae: Narrow-mouthed Toads
§ —Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad
Family Scaphiopodidae—Spadefoot Toads
§ —Couch's Spadefoot
§ —Plains Spadefoot
§ —Southern Spadefoot
Family Ranidae—"True Frogs"
§ —Rio Grande Leopard Frog
§ —Bullfrog
§ —Northern Leopard Frog
CLASS REPTILIA
Order Testudines—Turtles
Family Emydidae—Emydid Turtles
§ —Western Box Turtle
§ —Northern Painted Turtle
§ —Big Bend Slider
§ —Red-eared Slider
Family Kinosternidae—Mud Turtles
§ —Yellow Mud Turtle
Family Trionychidae—Soft-shelled Turtles
§ —Spiny Softshell
Order Squamata—Lizards and Snakes
Suborder Sauria—Lizards
Family Anguidae—Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards
§ —Madrean Alligator Lizard
Family Crotaphytidae—Collared and Leopard Lizards
§ —Common Collard Lizard
§ —Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
Family Eublepharidae—Eyelid Geckos
§ —Texas Banded Gecko
§ —Mediterranean Gecko
Family Phrynosomatidae—Spiny Lizards
§ —Greater Earless Lizard
§ —Lesser Earless Lizard
§ —Mountain Short-horned lizard
§ —Round-tailed Horned Lizard
§ —Desert Spiny Lizard
§ —Crevice Spiny Lizard
§ —Eastern Fence Lizard
§ —Tree Lizard
§ —Side-blotched Lizard
Family Scincidae—Skinks
Plestiodon multivirgatus—Many-lined Skink
§ —Great Plains Skink
Family Teiidae—Whiptails, Racerunners & Ameivas
§ —Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
§ —Little Striped Whiptail
§ —New Mexican Whiptail
§ (includes
C. septemvittatus—Rusty-rumped Whiptail
§ —Checkered Whiptail
§ —Marbled Tiger Whiptail
§ —Desert Grassland Whiptail
Suborder Serpentes—Snakes
Family Colubridae—Common Harmless Snakes
§ —Glossy Snake
§ —Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
§ —Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake
§ —Gray-banded Kingsnake
§ —Common Kingsnake
§ —Milk Snake
§ —Coachwhip
§ —Striped Whipsnake
§ —Great Plains Rat Snake
§ —Gopher Snake
§ —Long-nosed Snake
—Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake
§ —Graham Patch-nosed Snake
§ —Ground Snake
§ —Southwestern Black-headed Snake
§ —Plains Black-headed Snake
§ —Chihuahuan Lyre Snake
Family Crotalidae—Pitvipers
§ —Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
§ —Rock Rattlesnake
§ —Black-tailed Rattlesnake
§ —Mojave Rattlesnake
§ —Prairie Rattlesnake
§ —Massasauga
Family Dipsadidae—Blind Snakes
§ —Ringneck Snake
§ —Western Hognose Snake
§ —Chihuahuan Night Snake
Family Leptotyphlopidae—Slender Blind Snakes
§ —Texas Blind Snake
§ —Western Blind Snake
Family Natricidae—Harmless Live-bearing Snakes
§ —Black-necked Garter Snake
§ —Checkered Garter Snake
§ —Common Garter Snake
Last Update: 15 Jan 2011.
