Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 885 - HERPTILE CODE › Section 885.40 - Indigenous or Native Herptile Taxa List

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following list comprises Illinois' indigenous or native
				herptile taxa to the subspecies level, if applicable. A current list of State
				endangered/threatened species may be found in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 1010. A single
				asterisk (*) denotes a venomous and special use species.
Salamanders
Jefferson Salamander
Ambystoma jeffersonianum
Blue-spotted Salamander
Ambystoma laterale
Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum
Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma opacum
Silvery Salamander
Ambystoma platineum
Mole Salamander
Ambystoma talpoideum
Small-mouthed Salamander
Ambystoma texanum
Eastern Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum
Eastern Hellbender
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Spotted Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus conanti
Northern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus fuscus
Southern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea cirrigera
Eastern Long-tailed Salamander
Eurycea longicauda longicauda
Dark-sided Salamander
Eurycea longicauda melanopleura
Cave Salamander
Eurycea lucifuga
Four-toed Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum
Common Mudpuppy
Necturus maculosus
Central Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis
Eastern Red-backed Salamander
Plethodon cinereus
Northern Zigzag Salamander
Plethodon dorsalis
Northern Slimy Salamander
Plethodon glutinosus
Western Lesser Siren
Siren intermedia nettingi
Frogs and Toads
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Acris blanchardi
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus americanus
Dwarf American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi
Fowler's Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Western Bird-voiced Treefrog
Hyla avivoca
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Hyla chrysoscelis
Green Treefrog
Hyla cinerea
Eastern Gray Treefrog
Hyla versicolor
Northern Crawfish Frog
Lithobates areolatus circulosus
Plains Leopard Frog
Lithobates blairi
American Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus
Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans
Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris
Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates pipiens
Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus
Wood Frog
Lithobates sylvaticus
Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer
Upland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris feriarum
Illinois Chorus Frog
Pseudacris illinoensis
Boreal Chorus Frog
Pseudacris maculata
Western/Midland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata
Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Scaphiopus holbrookii
Turtles
Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle
Apalone mutica
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Apalone spinifera
Common/Eastern Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Western Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta bellii
Southern Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta dorsalis
Midland Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta marginata
Spotted Turtle
Clemmys guttata
Blanding's Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii
Northern Map Turtle
Graptemys geographica
Northern False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica
Mississippi Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii
Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis
Yellow Mud Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens
Eastern Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys temminckii
River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
Common/Eastern Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina
Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata
Red-eared Slider
Trachemys scripta elegans
Lizards
Eastern Six-lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata
Western Slender Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus
Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Broad-headed Skink
Plestiodon laticeps
Eastern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
Ground/Little Brown Skink
Scincella lateralis
Snakes
Midwestern Worm Snake
Carphophis amoenus helenae
Western Worm Snake
Carphophis vermis
Northern Scarlet Snake
Cemophora coccinea copei
Kirtland's Snake
Clonophis kirtlandii
Blue Racer
Coluber constrictor foxii
Southern Black Racer
Coluber constrictor priapus
Prairie Ring-necked Snake
Diadophis punctatus arnyi
Northern Ring-necked Snake
Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
Mississippi Ring-necked Snake
Diadophis punctatus stictogenys
Western Mud Snake
Farancia abacura reinwardtii
Western Hog-nosed Snake
Heterodon nasicus
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
Prairie King Snake
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster
Speckled King Snake
Lampropeltis getula holbrookii
Eastern Black King Snake
Lampropeltis getula nigra
Red Milk Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum syspila
Eastern Milk Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum
Eastern Coachwhip
Masticophis flagellum
Mississippi Green Watersnake
Nerodia cyclopion
Plain-bellied Watersnake
Nerodia erythrogaster
Southern/Broad-banded Watersnake
Nerodia fasciata
Diamond-backed Watersnake
Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer
Midland Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon pleuralis
Northern Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Rough Green Snake
Opheodrys aestivus
Smooth Green Snake
Opheodrys vernalis
Great Plains Rat Snake
Pantherophis emoryi
Black Rat Snake
Pantherophis obsoletus (spiloides) obsoletus
Gray Rat Snake
Pantherophis obsoletus (spiloides) spiloides
Western/Eastern Fox Snake
Pantherophis ramspotti/vulpinus
Bull Snake
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Graham's Crayfish Snake
Regina grahamii
Queen Snake
Regina septemvittata
Midland Brown Snake
Storeria dekayi wrightorum
Northern Red-bellied Snake
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata
Flat-headed Snake
Tantilla gracilis
Western Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis proximus proximus
Plains Garter Snake
Thamnophis radix
Eastern Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis sauritus
Chicago Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus
Eastern Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Lined Snake
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Western Smooth Earth Snake
Virginia valeriae elegans
Southern Copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix *
Northern Copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen *
Western Cottonmouth
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma *
Timber Rattlesnake
Crotalus horridus *
Eastern Massasauga
Sistrurus catenatus *