Lancaster Herpetological Society

For a complete list of PA Reptiles and Amphibians and their status for Lancaster and surrounding cunties.

April 2011 - Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer

April 2011 - Savannah Monitor
Varanus exanthematicus

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The Center of North American Herpetology - A site for keeping up to date with the constant changing of taxonomy of herps.

Herps of PA in Lancaster and Surrounding Counties

Lancaster County - L	York County - Y	Daulphin County - D
Lebanon County - Le	Berks County - B	Chester County - C

X	Historic Record	X	Verified before 2000
X	Verified after 2000	X	Verified by LHS

* Considered exterpated from the state

** Introduced species

Eastern Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis			D
Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus
Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum	L		D	Le		C
Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Marbled Salamander Ambystoma opacum	L	Y		Le	B	C
Eastern Tiger Salamander* Ambystoma tigrinum						C
Blue-Spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale
Eastern Red-Spotted Newt Notophthalmus viridescens	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Green Salamander Aneides aeneus
Northern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus fuscus	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Seal Salamander Desmognathus monticola
Allegheny Dusky Salamander Desmognathus ochrophaeus	L	Y	D	Le
Northern Two-Lined Salamander Eurycea bislineata	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Longtail Salamander Eurycea longicauda longicauda	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Northern Spring Salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus	L	Y	D	Le	B
Four-Toed Salamander Hemidactylium scutatum	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Northern Redback Salamander Plethodon cinereus	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Valley and Ridge Salamander Plethodon hoffmani			D
Northern Ravine Salamander Plethodon electromorphus
Wehrle's Salamander Plethodon wehrlei
Eastern Mud Salamander Pseudotrition montanus montanus
Northern Red Salamander Pseudotrition ruber ruber	L	Y	D	Le	B	C

Eastern Spadefoot Scaphiopus holbrookii		Y			B
Eastern American Toad Anaxyrus americanus americanus	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans		Y	D	Le
Cope's Gray Treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Mountain Chorus Frog Psuedacris brachyphona
Northern Spring Peeper Psuedacris crucifer	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Western Chorus Frog Psuedacris triseriata
Upland Chorus Frog Psuedacris feriarum	L		D	Le	B	C
American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeiana	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Green Frog Libthobates clamitans melanota	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Pickerel Frog Libthobates palustris	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Northern Leopard Frog Libthobates pipiens	L	Y		Le	B	C
Southern Leopard Frog Libthobates sphenocephala sphenocephala					B	C
Wood Frog Libthobates sylvatica	L	Y	D	Le	B	C

Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoaratus	L	Y	D		B	C
Northern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
???Midland Painted Turtle??? Chrysemys picta marginata	L			Le
Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Wood Turtle Glyptemys insculpta	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Bog Turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii	L	Y		Le	B	C
Blanding's Turtle Emys blandingii
Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica	L	Y	D		B
Eastern Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys rubriventris	L	Y			B	C
Red-Eared Slider** Trachemys scripta elegans	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Midland Smooth Softshell* Apalone mutica mutica
Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera			B

Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus	L	Y	D	Le	B
Northern Coal Skink Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus
Five-Lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus	L	Y	D	Le	B
Broadhead Skink Plestiodon laticeps	L	Y

Eastern Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus amoenus	L	Y	D
Kirtland's Snake Clonophis kirtlandii
Northern Black Racer Coluber constrictor constrictor	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Northern Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Eastern Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos			D	Le	B	C
Eastern Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus	L	Y				C
Smooth Green Snake Liochlorophis vernalis
Queen Snake Regina septemvittata	L	Y	D	Le		C
Northern Brown Snake Storeria dekayi dekayi	L	Y	D		B	C
Northern Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata			D	Le	B
Shorthead Garter Snake Thamnophis brachystoma			D			C
Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus sauritus	L	Y	D		B	C
Northern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis
Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Mountain Earth Snake Virginia pulchra
Eastern Earth Snake Virginia valeriae valeriae		Y				C
Northern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen	L	Y	D	Le	B	C
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus			D	Le	B
Eastern Massassauga Sistrurus catenatus catenatus