The Guide to Colorado Reptiles and Amphibians

Content: Acknowledgments
 Introduction
 Amphibians
 Salamanders: Order Caudata
 Family Ambystomatidae --
Mole Salamanders
 Barred Tiger Salamander
 Frogs and Toads: Order Anura
 Family: Scaphiopodidae --
Spadefoot Toads
 Couch's Spadefoot
 Plains Spadefoot
 Great Basin Spadefoot
 Mexican Spadefoot/New Mexico Spadefoot
 Family Bufonidae --
True Toads
 Boreal Toad/Mountain Toad/Western Toad
 Great Plains Toad
 Green Toad
 Red-spotted Toad
 Woodhouse's Toad
 Family Microhylidae --
Narrow-mouthed Toads
 Western Narrow-mouthed Toad
 Family Hylidae --
Treefrogs
 Northern Cricket Frog
 Canyon Treefrog. Boreal Chorus FrogFamily Ranidae --
True Frogs
 Plains Leopard Frog
 American Bullfrog
 Northern Leopard Frog
 Wood Frog
 Reptiles
 Turtles: Order Testudines
 Family Chelydridae --
Snapping Turtles
 Snapping Turtle
 Family Emydidae --
Pond and Box Turtles
 Painted Turtle
 Red-eared Slider/Pond Slider
 Ornate Box Turtle
 Family Kinosternidae --
Mud and Musk Turtles
 Yellow Mud Turtle
 Family Trionychidae --
Softshell Turtles
 Spiny Softshell
 Lizards: Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia
 Family Crotaphytidae --
Collared and Leopard Lizards
 Eastern Collared Lizard
 Long-nosed Leopard Lizard. Family Phrynosomatidae --
Phrynosomatid LizardsCommon Lesser Earless Lizard
 Texas Horned Lizard
 Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard
 Round-tailed Horned Lizard
 Common Sagebrush Lizard
 Desert Spiny Lizard
 Prairie Lizard/Fence Lizard
 Plateau Fence Lizard
 Ornate Tree Lizard
 Common Side-blotched Lizard
 Family Teiidae --
Whiptails
 Colorado Checkered Whiptail/Triploid Checkered Whiptail
 Six-lined Racerunner
 Common Checkered Whiptail/Diploid Checkered Whiptail
 Tiger Whiptail/Western Whiptail
 Plateau Striped Whiptail
 Family Scincidae --
Skinks
 Many-lined Skink/Variable Skink. Great Plains SkinkSnakes: Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes
 Family Leptotyphlopidae --
Slender Blind Snakes
 Texas Threadsnake/Texas Blindsnake
 Family Colubridae --
Nonvenomous Snakes
 Glossy Snake
 North American Racer
 Ring-necked Snake
 Great Plains Ratsnake/Corn Snake
 Plains Hog-nosed Snake
 Chihuahuan Nightsnake
 Desert Nightsnake
 Common Kingsnake
 Milksnake
 Smooth Greensnake
 Coachwhip
 Striped Whipsnake
 Northern Watersnake
 Bullsnake/Gophersnake
 Long-nosed Snake
 Western Groundsnake
 Smith's Black-headed Snake
 Plains Black-headed Snake
 Black-necked Gartersnake. Terrestrial GartersnakeWestern Ribbonsnake
 Plains Gartersnake
 Common Gartersnake/Red-sided Gartersnake
 Lined Snake
 Family Viperidae --
Vipers
 Prairie Rattlesnake
 Midget Faded Rattlesnake/Western Rattlesnake
 Massasauga
 Where to See Colorado Reptiles and Amphibians
 Become a Citizen Scientist
 Checklist of Colorado Amphibians and Reptiles
 Look-alikes
 Glossary
 Other Resources
 About the Author
 About the Photographers
 Index.