Common Map Turtles (Photo: Jim Heslop)

Reptile & Amphibian Species

This annotated species checklist is from the Natural Areas Inventory which is the culmination of a biological inventory conducted by the Club during 1991-1992 in conjunction with several government agencies. This study involved the inventory of evaluation of biophysical attributes of some 92 natural areas within the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada.

Mudpuppy
Red-spotted Newt, Eastern Newt, "red eft"
Blue-spotted Salamander
Jefferson Salamander
Spotted Salamander
Four-toed Salamander
Redback Salamander
Eastern American Toad
Gray Treefrog
Northern Spring Peeper
Western Chorus Frog
Wood Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Pickerel Frog
Green Frog
Bullfrog
Common Snapping Turtle
Midland Painted Turtle
Common Map Turtle
Blanding's Turtle
Eastern Spiny Softshell
Eastern Garter Snake
Northern Ribbon Snake
Northern Water Snake
Northern Redbelly Snake
Brown Snake
Smooth Green Snake
Northern Ringneck Snake
Eastern Milk Snake

Necturus maculosus maculosus
Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens
Ambystoma laterale
Ambystoma jeffersonianum
Ambystoma maculatum
Hemidactylium scutatum
Plethodon cinereus
Bufo americanus americanus
Hyla versicolor
Pseudacris crucifer crucifer
Pseudacris triseriata
Rana sylvatica
Rana pipiens
Rana palustris
Rana clamitans melanota
Rana catesbeiana
Chelydra serpentina serpentina
Chrysemys picta marginata
Graptemys geographica
Emydoidea blandingii
Apalone spinifera spinifera
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis
Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata
Storeria dekayi
Opheodrys vernalis
Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum