There are 19 species of amphibians and reptiles reported from Adams County, Nebraska
Higher TaxonomySpeciesStandard English NameNumber of
Occurrences
Amphibia - Anura - Bufonidae Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard 1854) Woodhouse's Toad 2
Amphibia - Anura - Hylidae Acris blanchardi Harper 1947 Blanchard's Cricket Frog 1
Amphibia - Anura - Hylidae Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz 1850) Boreal Chorus Frog 2
Amphibia - Anura - Ranidae Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown & Brown 1973) Plains Leopard Frog 20
Amphibia - Anura - Ranidae Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw 1802) American Bullfrog 1
Amphibia - Anura - Ranidae Lithobates pipiens (Schreber 1782) Northern Leopard Frog 3
Amphibia - Anura - Scaphiopodidae Spea bombifrons (Cope 1863) Plains Spadefoot 49
Amphibia - Caudata - Ambystomatidae Ambystoma mavortium Baird 1850 Western Tiger Salamander 8
Reptilia - Squamata (part) - Colubridae Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758 North American Racer 1
Reptilia - Squamata (part) - Colubridae Pituophis catenifer (Blainville 1835) Gophersnake 1
Reptilia - Squamata (part) - Dipsadidae Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus 1766) Ring-necked Snake 1
Reptilia - Squamata (part) - Natricidae Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus 1758) Common Watersnake 1
Reptilia - Squamata (part) - Natricidae Storeria dekayi (Holbrook 1836) Dekay's Brownsnake 2
Reptilia - Squamata (part) - Natricidae Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard 1853) Plains Gartersnake 1
Reptilia - Squamata (part) - Scincidae Plestiodon septentrionalis (Baird 1858) Prairie Skink 1
Reptilia - Squamata (part) - Teiidae Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus 1766) Six-lined Racerunner 1
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758) Snapping Turtle 1
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae Chrysemys picta (Schneider 1783) Painted Turtle 1
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae Apalone spinifera (LeSueur 1827) Spiny Softshell 2


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