Taxa Recorded for Jewell County:

ANURA
   Bufonidae - Gray, 1825
        Great Plains Toad, Anaxyrus cognatus (Say, 1823)
        Woodhouse's Toad, Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854)
   Hylidae - Rafinesque, 1815
        Blanchard's Cricket Frog, Acris blanchardi Harper, 1947
        Boreal Chorus Frog, Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850)
   Microhylidae - Gunther, 1843
        Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad, Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)
   Ranidae - Rafinesque, 1814
        Plains Leopard Frog, Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown & Brown, 1973)
        American Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
   Scaphiopodidae - Cope, 1865
        Plains Spadefoot, Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863)

CAUDATA
   Ambystomatidae - Gray, 1850
        Barred Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850

CHELONIA
   Chelydridae - Gray, 1870
        Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Emydidae - Gray, 1825
        Northern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)

LACERTILIA
   Scincidae - Gray, 1825
        Great Plains Skink, Plestiodon obsoletus (Baird & Girard, 1852)
   Teiidae - Gray, 1827
        Six-lined Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineata (Linnaeus, 1766)

SERPENTES
   Colubridae - Oppel, 1811
        Eastern Racer, Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
        Speckled Kingsnake, Lampropeltis holbrooki (Stejneger 1903)
        Milk Snake, Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacepede, 1788)
        Smooth Green Snake, Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827)
        Great Plains Rat Snake, Pantherophis emoryi (Baird & Girard, 1853)
        Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835)
   Crotalidae - Oppel, 1811
        Prairie Rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque, 1818)
   Dipsadidae - Bonaparte, 1840
        Ringneck Snake, Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
        Western Hognose Snake, Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard, 1852 - SINC
   Natricidae - Bonaparte, 1840
        Graham's Crayfish Snake, Regina grahamii Baird & Girard, 1853
        Plains Garter Snake, Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard, 1853)
        Common Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
        Lined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)

Accidental - Not believed to be native; probably represents an escaped pet or a single introduction.
Ambiguous - Associated museum data is not specific enough to assign a species. These specimens will be examined.
Introduced - Not believed to be native, however established populations currently exist.
Questionable - Known from Kansas by one or more specimens, however lacking evidence of being established.
Possible - Not known from Kansas, however individuals/populations may yet be discovered.
SINI - Species In Need of Information: Not formally designated as imperiled, but of interest in this study.
SINC - Species In Need of Conservation: Formal state designation.
Threatened - Formal state designation.
Endangered - Formal state designation.

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