Nebraska Herpetofaunal Atlas
Species Accounts
AMPHIBIANS
ANURA - Frogs
CAUDATA - Salamanders
† ANTHRACOSAURIA - Paleozoic Reptile-like Amphibians
† MICROSAURIA - Small "Lizards"
REPTILES
CROCODYLIA - Alligators and Crocodiles
SQUAMATA (PART-OTHER LIZARDS) - Other Lizards
SQUAMATA (PART-SNAKES) - Snakes
TESTUDINES - Turtles
† ORNITHISCHIA - "Bird-hipped" Dinosaurs
† ARAEOSCELIDA - Earliest Diapsid Reptiles
† PTEROSAURIA - Flying Reptiles
† PLESIOSAURIA - Plesiosaurs
† PELYCOSAURIA - Primitive Synapsids
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American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi)
Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)
Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia)
Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Common Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata)
Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
Cope's Gray Treefrog/Gray Treefrog complex (Hyla chrysoscelis-versicolor)
Dekay's Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi)
Diamond-backed Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Eastern Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica)
Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans)
Gophersnake (Pituophis catenifer)
Graham's Crayfish Snake (Regina grahamii)
Great Plains Ratsnake (Pantherophis emoryi)
Great Plains Skink (Plestiodon obsoletus)
Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)
Lined Snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum)
Many-lined Skink (Plestiodon multivirgatus)
North American Racer (Coluber constrictor)
Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)
Northwestern Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Plains Black-headed Snake (Tantilla nigriceps)
Plains Gartersnake (Thamnophis radix)
Plains Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus)
Plains Leopard Frog (Lithobates blairi)
Plains Spadefoot (Spea bombifrons)
Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)
Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)
Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus)
Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
Prairie Skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis)
Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata)
Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus)
Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus)
Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus)
Small-mouthed Salamander (Ambystoma texanum)
Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis)
Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica)
Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)
Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis holbrooki)
Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera)
Terrestrial Gartersnake (Thamnophis elegans)
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Western Foxsnake (Pantherophis ramspotti)
Western Massasauga (Sistrurus tergeminus)
Western Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea)
Western Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus)
Western Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus)
Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium)
Western Wormsnake (Carphophis vermis)
Woodhouse's Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)
Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
The American Bullfrog (
Lithobates catesbeianus
) has been reported from 79 counties in Nebraska.
County Name
Number of Occurrences
Adams
9
Antelope
9
Banner
2
Blaine
1
Boone
2
Brown
5
Buffalo
32
Burt
12
Butler
6
Cass
64
Cedar
48
Cherry
70
Colfax
2
Cuming
1
Custer
7
Dakota
4
Dawes
20
Dawson
4
Deuel
3
Dixon
10
Dodge
23
Douglas
251
Dundy
9
Fillmore
1
Franklin
3
Furnas
1
Gage
29
Garden
4
Garfield
7
Goshen
1
Hall
11
Hamilton
2
Harlan
1
Hayes
1
Hitchcock
2
Holt
6
Howard
5
Jefferson
11
Johnson
7
Kearney
3
Keith
8
Keya Paha
1
Kimball
8
Knox
14
Lancaster
259
Lincoln
19
Loup
4
Madison
2
Merrick
1
Morill
3
Morrill
4
Nance
6
Nemaha
15
Nuckolls
3
Otoe
9
Pawnee
16
Perkins
2
Phelps
1
Pierce
1
Platte
2
Polk
4
Red Willow
1
Richardson
16
Rock
3
Saline
9
Sarpy
171
Saunders
11
Scotts Bluff
9
Seward
13
Sherman
2
Sioux
6
Stanton
21
Thayer
3
Thomas
1
Valley
7
Washington
7
Wayne
1
Webster
7
Wheeler
5
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