Taxa Recorded for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge:
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ANURA
Bufonidae - Gray, 1825
Great Plains Toad, Anaxyrus cognatus (Say, 1823)
Woodhouse's Toad, Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854)
Ranidae - Rafinesque, 1814
Plains Leopard Frog, Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown & Brown, 1973)
Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
CAUDATA
Ambystomatidae - Gray, 1850
Barred Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850
CHELONIA
Emydidae - Gray, 1825
Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857)
Slider, Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792)
Kinosternidae - Agassiz, 1857
Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857)
Trionychidae - Bell, 1828
Spiny Softshell, Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827)
LACERTILIA
Phrynosomatidae - Fitzinger, 1843
Lesser Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata Girard, 1851 - SINI
Prairie Lizard, Sceloporus consobrinus Baird & Girard, 1853
Teiidae - Gray, 1827
Six-lined Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineata (Linnaeus, 1766)
SERPENTES
Colubridae - Oppel, 1811
Eastern Glossy Snake, Arizona elegans Kennicott (in Baird), 1859: 18 - SINC
Eastern Racer, Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
Prairie Kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827)
Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835)
Crotalidae - Oppel, 1811
Massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Dipsadidae - Bonaparte, 1840
Western Hognose Snake, Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard, 1852 - SINC
Eastern Hognose Snake, Heterodon platirhinos Latreille (in Sonnini and Latreille), 1801 - SINC
Natricidae - Bonaparte, 1840
Plainbelly Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771)
Diamondback Water Snake, Nerodia rhombifer (Hallowell, 1852)
Graham's Crayfish Snake, Regina grahamii Baird & Girard, 1853
Western Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis proximus (Say, 1823)
Plains Garter Snake, Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard, 1853)
Common Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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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