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ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (14 SPECIES)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians
Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs
Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads
Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) — American Toad
Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies
Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) — Spring Peeper
Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs
Lithobates clamitans (Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) — North American Green Frog
Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825) — Pickerel Frog
Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) — Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog
Caudata Scopoli, 1777 — Salamanders
Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 — Mole Salamanders
Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856 — Blue-spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) — Spotted Salamander
Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 — Lungless Salamanders
Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) — Eastern Red-backed Salamander
Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 — Newts
Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) — Eastern Newt
Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 — Reptiles
Squamata (part-snakes) Oppel, 1811 — Snakes
Colubridae Oppel, 1811 — Harmless Egg-laying Snakes
Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827) — Smooth Greensnake
Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838 — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes
Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) — Red-bellied Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common Gartersnake
Testudines Batsch, 1788 — Turtles
Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843 — Leatherback Sea Turtles
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) — Leatherback Sea Turtle

(map source Wikipedia.com)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS
1965 Thomas, M. L. H. The snake fauna of western Prince Edward Island. Canadian Field-Naturalist 79(3):208-209
1967 Cook, Francis R. An analysis of the herpetofauna of Prince Edward Island. Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada (212):1-60
2004 Desroches, J. F. and D. Rodrigue. Amphibiens et Reptiles du Québec et des maritimes. [Amphibians and Reptiles of Quebec and the Maritimes.]. Librairie du Quebec, Montreal. 288pp.

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