African Clawed Frog

Xenopus laevis

 black claws on hind feet

Eastern Spadefoot

Scaphiopus holbrookii

no paratoid glands

spade on hind feet

warty looking skin

tympanum

american toad

Anaxyrus americanus

paratoid gland attatched

slight mottling on stomach

1 or 2 warts on spots on back

Fowler's Toad

Anaxyrus fowleri

paratoid not attatched

mottled stomach

multiple warts on spots

Northern cricket frog

Acris crepitans

triangle on head

Cope's gray treefrog

Hyla chrysoscelis

or

eastern gray treefrog

Hyla versicolor

large toepads

gray or brown coloring with darker markings

spring peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

dark X on back

western chorus frog

Pseudocris triseriata

dark stripes on back and sides

green frog

Lithobates clamitans

no markings on back

intermediate sized frog

American bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

large frog

green or brown coloration

northern leopard frog

Lithobates pipiens

spots on back are more rounded and random in pattern

pickerel frog

Lithobates palustris

spots on back are rectangular and in two rows

wood frog

Lithobates sylvaticus

dark line through eye looks like robbers mask

mink frog

Lithobates septentrionalis

dark mottling on back (may not be as extensive

as in picture)

eastern newt (eft stage)

Notophthalmus viridescens

bright orange of red body with spots

eastern newt (adult)

Notophthalmus viridescens

aquatic adult

keeled tail

mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

external gills

4 limbs

northern zig zag salamander

Plethodon dorsalis

line on back has wavy edges

eastern redback salamander

Plethodon cinereus

smooth red stripe down back

four toed salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

four toes on hind legs

cave salamander

Eurycea lucifuga

bright body

numerous dark spots on body

long-tailed slamander

Eurycea longicauda

bright body

numerous dark spots on body

spots on tail are more like vertical lines

Southern two-lined salamander

Eurycea cirrigera

two dak lines down back

northern dusky salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

dark brown/gray body

slight mottling on lower sides

three toed amphiuma

Amphiuma tridactylum

vestigial legs with 3 toes

grayish brown body

eastern tiger salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

thick stout body

dack coloration with yellow spots and belly

small mouthed salamander

Ambystoma texanum

dark gray blue body with lighter blue belly

slight mottling all over

marbled salamander

Ambystoma opacum

black and white patterning on body

spotted salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

dark body with bright yellow spots

small blue spots on sides and belly

blue spotted salamander

Ambystoma laterale

dark body with numerous blue spots

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

gray brown body with tiny white spots

lesser siren

Siren intermedia

only has front legs

external gills

hellbender

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

lateral fold

wide flat body

blue racer

Coluber constrictor foxii

blue gray body

northern ring neck snake

Diadophus punctatus edwardsii

bright "collar"

bright belly

Gray ratsnake

Pantherophis spiloides

gray and white horizontal stripes

western fox snake

Pantherophis vulpinus

tan body with dark markings

eastern hog-nosed snake

Heterodon platirhinos

light gray body with darker and lighter markings

upturned nose

smooth green snake

Opheodrys vernalis

bright green body with no markings

northern water snake

Nerodia sipedon

light brown body with dark markings

markings are smaller and triangular near head

and become blockier and bigger towards tail

no pits

gopher snake

Pithuophis catinefer

tan body with red brown markings and dark markings

bull snake

Pituophis catenifer sayi

tan body with red brown diamond markings

queensnake

Regina septemvittata

dark gray body with light colored belly

midland brown snake

Storeria dekayi wrightorum

two rows of dark spots running down back

northern red bellied snake

Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

dark body with bright red belly

eastern garter snake

Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

three light colored stripes down back and sides

Harlequin coralsnake

Micrurus fulvius

black head followed by yellow ring and then back and red blocks seperated by yellow rings

Northern copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

light body with dark scale shapped patterns

copper colored head

cottonmouth

Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

gray or brown body with diamond/ triangular markings

white mouth

loreal pit

timber rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus

light grayish body with dark wavy horizontal stripes across back

eastern massasauga

Sistrus cantenatus cantenatus

light gray body with dark diamond markings on back

American Alligator

Aligator mississippiensis

broad snout and body with most teeth inside

snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

small plastron

large head and beak

 long spiny tail

eastern mud turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

triangular pectoral scute

eastern musk turtle

Stenotherus odoratus

rectangular pectoral scute

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

bright coloration along medial scutes and plastron

spotted turtle

Clemmys guttata

black carapice with yellow spots all over

Blandings Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

black carapice with small white spots all over

nothern map turtle

Graptemys geographica

has small swirling lines on carapice

Eastern Box turtle

Terrapene carolina

red eyes

not much mottling on plastron

ornate box turtle

Terrapene ornata

mottling on plastron

Red eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

red mark by ear

spiney softshell

Apalone spinifera

soft shell

long neck

narrow snout

Green anole

Anolis carolinensis

small slender green body

bright dewlap

Eastern collared lizard

Cryptophytus collaris

bright coloration

white "collar"

eastern fence lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

grayish body with dark horizontal markings

Horned lizard

Phrynosoma spp.

spikey protrusions all over body

gila monster

Heloderma suspectum

bead like scales

yellow brown body with black markings

Six-lined racerunner

Apidoscelis sexlineata

light brown body with 6 yellow and black lines running down back

Common five lined skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

young have blue tail

dark body with 5 light lines

Broadheaded skink

Plestiodon laticeps

light yelow brown body

large in size large head

5 labial scales

little brown skink

Scincella lateralis

small brown skink

Slender glass lizard

Ophisaurus attenuatus

no legs

lateral groove