Contents
Introduction to Herpetology
Salamanders (Order Caudata)
Mudpuppies (Family Proteidae)
Sirens (Family Sirenidae)
Newts (Family Salamandridae)
Mole Salamanders (Family Ambystomatidae)
Lungless Salamanders (Family Plethodontidae)
Frogs and Toads (Order Anura)
True Toads (Family Bufonidae)
Treefrogs and Relatives (Family Hylidae)
Typical Frogs (Family Ranidae)
Turtles (Order Testudines)
Snapping Turtles (Family Chelydridae)
Musk and Mud Turtles (Family Kinosternidae)
Pond and Box Turtles (Family Emydidae)
Softshell Turtles (Family Trionychidae)
Lizards (Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia)
Skinks (Family Scincidae)
Racerunners and Whiptails (Family Teiidae)
Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards (Family Anguidae)
Snakes (Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes)
Typical Snakes (Family Colubridae)
Pit Vipers and Vipers (Family Viperidae)
Marginal and Questionable Species
Eastern Hellbender
Long-tailed Salamander
Plains Leopard Frog
Eastern Mud Turtle
Yellow Mud Turtle
Ornate Box Turtle
False Map Turtle
Northern Prairie Skink
Graham’s Crayfish Snake
Bullsnake
Resources
Glossary
Index