PENNSYLVANIA NATIVE REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN SPECIES
Pennsylvania is home to a diverse population of amphibians and reptiles, including 22 species of salamanders, 21 snakes, 18 frogs and toads, 13 turtles and four lizards. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has jurisdiction over reptiles and amphibians, including the authority to protect endangered species.
Legend
- A = Abundant
- C = Candidate Species
- E = Endangered Species
- S = Species of Special Concern, rare, not common due to one or more of the following factors:
- Range restriction,
- Population decline,
- Limited distribution,
- Direct threat from habitat alteration,
- Collection.
- T = Threatened Species
AMPHIBIANS |
SALAMANDERS – Order Caudata | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | PA Status |
| Giant Salamanders - Family Cryptobranchidae | | | Eastern Hellbender
| Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis | S |
| Mudpuppy Salamanders - Family Proteidae | | | Common Mudpuppy | Necturus maculosus maculosus | S |
| Mole Salamanders - Family Ambystomatidae | | | Jefferson Salamander | Ambystoma jeffersonianum | S | | | Blue-spotted Salamander | Ambystoma laterale | E | | | Spotted Salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | A | | | Marbled Salamander | Ambystoma opacum | S |
| Newts - Family Salamandridae | | | Red-Spotted Newt | Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens | A |
| Lungless Salamanders - Family Plethodontidae | | | Green Salamander | Aneides aeneus | T | | | Northern Dusky Salamander | Desmognathus fuscus | A | | | Seal Salamander | Desmognathus monticola | A | | | Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander | Desmognathus ochrophaeus | A | | | Northern Two-lined Salamander | Eurycea bislineata | A | | | Eastern Long-tailed Salamander | Eurycea longicauda longicauda | A | | | Northern Spring Salamander | Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus | A | | | Four-toed Salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum | A | | | Eastern Red-backed Salamander | Plethodon cinereus | A | | | Northern Slimy Salamander | Plethodon glutinosus | A | | | Valley and Ridge Salamander | Plethodon hoffmani | S | | | Wehrle's Salamander | Plethodon wehrlei | A | | | Northern Ravine Salamander | Plethodon electromorphus | S | | | Eastern Mud Salamander | Pseudotriton montanus montanus | E | | | Northern Red Salamander | Pseudotriton ruber ruber | A | FROGS AND TOADS – Order Salientia | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | PA Status |
| Spadefoots - Family Pelobatidae | | | Eastern Spadefoot | Scaphiopus holbrookii | T |
| Toads - Family Bufonidae | | | Eastern American Toad | Anaxyrus americanus americanus | A | | | Fowler's Toad | Anaxyrus fowleri | S |
| Treefrogs - Family Hylidae | | | Eastern Cricket Frog | Acris crepitans | E | | | Cope's Gray Treefrog | Hyla chrysoscelis | S | | | Gray Treefrog | Hyla versicolor | A | | | Mountain Chorus Frog | Pseudacris brachyphona | S | | | Spring Peeper | Pseudacris crucifer | A | | | Upland Chorus Frog | Pseudacris feriarum | S | | | New Jersey Chorus Frog | Pseudacris kalmi | E | | | Western Chorus Frog | Pseudacris triseriata | S |
| True Frogs - Family Ranidae | | | American Bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus | A | | | Green Frog | Lithobates clamitans | A | | | Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog | Lithobates kauffeldi | E | | | Pickerel Frog | Lithobates palustris | A | | | Northern Leopard Frog | Lithobates pipiens | S | | | Coastal Plains Leopard Frog | Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius | E | | | Wood Frog | Lithobates sylvaticus | A |
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REPTILES |
TURTLES – Order Testudines | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | PA Status |
| Snapping Turtles - Family Chelydridae | | | Snapping Turtle | Chelydra serpentina | A |
| Musk and Mud Turtles - Family Kinosternidae | | | Southeastern Mud Turtle | Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum | E | | | Eastern Musk Turtle | Sternotherus odoratus | A |
| Pond, Marsh and Box Turtles - Family Emydidae | | | Midland Painted Turtle | Chrysemys picta marginata | A | | | Eastern Painted Turtle | Chrysemys picta picta | A | | | Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata | S | | | Wood Turtle | Glyptemys insculpta | S | | | Bog Turtle | Glyptemys muhlenbergii | E | | | Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii | C | | | Northern Map Turtle | Graptemys geographica | A | | | Northern Red-bellied Cooter | Pseudemys rubriventris | T | | | Woodland Box Turtle | Terrapene carolina carolina | S |
| Softshell Turtles - Family Trionychidae | | | Eastern Spiny Softshell | Apalone spinifera spinifera | A | LIZARDS – Order Squamata | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | PA Status |
| Lizards - Family Phrynosomatidae | | | Eastern Fence Lizard | Sceloporus undulatus | S |
| Skinks - Family Scincidae | | | Northern Coal Skink | Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus | S | | | Common Five-lined Skink | Plestiodon fasciatus | A | | | Broad-headed Skink | Plestiodon laticeps | C | SNAKES – Order Squamata | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | PA Status |
| Colubrid Snakes - Family Colubridae | | | Eastern Wormsnake | Carphophis amoenus amoenus | S | | | Kirtland's Snake | Clonophis kirtlandii | E | | | Northern Black Racer | Coluber constrictor constrictor | A | | | Northern Ring-necked Snake | Diadophis punctatus edwardsii | A | | | Eastern Ratsnake | Pantherophis alleghaniensis | A | | | Eastern Hog-nosed Snake | Heterodon platirhinos | S | | | Eastern Milksnake | Lampropeltis triangulum | A | | | Northern Watersnake | Nerodia sipedon sipedon | A | | | Northern Rough Greensnake | Opheodrys aestivus aestivus | E | | | Queensnake | Regina septemvittata | S | | | Dekay's Brownsnake | Storeria dekayi | A | | | Red-bellied Snake | Storeria occipitomaculata | A | | | Short-headed Gartersnake | Thamnophis brachystoma | S | | | Eastern Ribbonsnake | Thamnophis sauritus | S | | | Eastern Gartersnake | Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis | A | | | Eastern Smooth Earthsnake | Virginia valeriae valeriae | S | | | Mountain Earthsnake | Virginia valeriae pulchra | S | | | Smooth Greensnake | Opheodrys vernalis | S |
| Pit Vipers - Family Viperidae | | | Eastern Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix | S | | | Timber Rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus | C | | | Eastern Massasauga | Sistrurus catenatus | E |
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