Common Namescientific Namestatesdate Seen

Maryland/Virginia/West Virginia/PennsylvaniaHerps

Common NameScientific NameStatesDate Seen

TURTLES – 25 species

Snapping TurtleChelydraserpentinaAll

Common Musk TurtleSternotherusodoratusAll

Stripeneck Musk TurtleSternotherus minor peltiferVA

Eastern Mud TurtleKinosternons.subrubrumMD, VA

Spotted TurtleClemmysguttataAll

Bog TurtleClemmysmuhlenbergiiMD, PA

Wood TurtleClemmysinsculptaAll

Eastern Box TurtleTerrapenec.carolinaAll

Northern Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemyst. terrapinMD, VA

Common Map TurtleGraptemysgeographicaPA, WV

Red-eared SliderTrachemysscriptaelegansMD, WV

Eastern River CooterPseudemysc.concinnaVA, WV

Hieroglypic River CooterPseudemysconcinnahieroglyphicaWV

Florida CooterPseudemysfloridanafloridanaVA

RedbellyCooterPseudemysrubriventrisAll

Eastern Painted TurtleChrysemysp.pictaAll

Midland Painted TurtleChrysemyspictamarginataMD, PA, WV

Eastern Chicken TurtleDeirochelysr.reticulariaVA

Green Sea TurtleCheloniamydasMD, VA

Atlantic HawksbillEretmochelysi. imbricataMD, VA

LoggerheadCarettacarettaMD, VA

Kemp’s RidleyLepidochelyskempiiMD, VA

LeatherbackDermochelyscoriaceaMD, VA

Midland SoftshellApalonem.muticaPA, WV

Eastern Spiny SoftshellApalones.spiniferaPA, WV

LIZARDS – 9 species

Northern Fence LizardSceloporusundulatushyacinthusAll

Prairie RacerunnerCnemidophorussexlineatusviridisMD, VA

Little Brown SkinkScinellalateralisMD, VA, WV

Five-lined SkinkPlestiodonfasciatusAll

Broadhead SkinkPlestiodonlaticepsAll

Southeastern Five-lined SkinkPlestiodoninexpectatusMD, VA

Northern Coal SkinkPlestiodonanthracinusAll

Eastern Glass LizardOphisaurusventralisVA

Eastern Slender Glass LizardOphisaurus attenuates longicaudusVA

SNAKES – 37 species

Brown Water SnakeNerodiataxispilotaVA

Redbelly Water SnakeNerodia e. erythrogaster MD, VA

Northern Water SnakeNerodia s. sipedonAll

Queen SnakeRegina septemvittataAll

Kirtland’s SnakeClonophiskirtlandiiPA

Northern Brown SnakeStoreria d. dekayiAll

Northern Redbelly SnakeStoreria o. occipitomaculataAll

Eastern Garter SnakeThamnophis s. sirtalisAll

Shorthead Garter SnakeThamnophisbrachystomaPA

Common NameScientific NameStatesDate Seen

Northern Ribbon SnakeThamnophissauritusseptentrionalisPA

Eastern Ribbon SnakeThamnophis s. sauritusAll

Mountain Earth SnakeVirginia valeriaepulchraMD, PA, WV

Eastern Smooth Earth SnakeVirginia v. valeriaeAll

Rough Earth SnakeVirginia striatulaVA

Eastern Hognose SnakeHeterodonplatirhinosAll

Northern Ringneck SnakeDiadophispunctatusedwardsiiAll

Southern Ringneck SnakeDiadophis p. punctatusMD, VA

Eastern Worm SnakeCarphophis a. amoenusAll

Eastern Mud SnakeFarancia a. abacuraVA

Rainbow SnakeFarancia e. erytrogrammaMD, VA

Northern Black RacerColuber c. constrictorAll

Rough Green SnakeOpheodrysaestivusMD, VA, WV

Smooth Green SnakeOpheodrysvernalisAll

Corn SnakeElaphe g. guttataMD, VA

Black Rat SnakeElaphe o. obsoletaAll

Northern Pine SnakePituophis m. melanoleucusVA, WV

Eastern KingsnakeLampropeltis g. getulaAll

Eastern MilksnakeLampropeltis t. triangulumAll

Scarlet MilksnakeLampropeltistriangulumelapsoidesMD, VA

Mole KingsnakeLampropeltiscalligasterrhombomaculataMD, VA

Northern Scarlet SnakeCemophoracoccineacopeiMD, VA

Southeastern Crowned SnakeTantillacoronataVA

Northern CopperheadAgkistrodoncontortrixmokasenAll

Southern CopperheadAgkistrodon c. contortrixMD, VA

Eastern CottonmouthAgkistrodon p. piscivorusVA

Eastern MassasaugaSistrurus c. catenatusPA

Timber RattlesnakeCrotalushorridusAll

SALAMANDERS – 50 species

Eastern HellbenderCryptobranchus a. alleganiensisVA, PA, WV

MudpuppyNecturus m. maculosusMD, PA

Dwarf WaterdogNecturuspunctatusVA

Two-toed AmphiumaAmphiuma meansVA

Greater SirenSiren lacertinaMD, VA

Eastern Lesser SirenSiren i. intermediaVA

Mole SalamanderAmbystomatalpoideumVA

Marbled SalamanderAmbystomaopacumAll

Mabee’s SalamanderAmbystomamabeeiVA

Jefferson SalamanderAmbystomajeffersonianumAll

Spotted SalamanderAmbystomamaculatumAll

Eastern Tiger SalamanderAmbystoma t. tigrinumMD, VA

Red-spotted NewtNotophthalmus v. viridescensAll

Northern Dusky SalamanderDesmognathus f. fuscusAll

Southern Dusky SalamanderDesmognathusauriculatusVA

Seal SalamanderDesmognathusmonticolaAll

Blackbelly SalamanderDesmognathusquadramaculatusVA, WV

Mountain Dusky SalamanderDesmognathusochrophaeusVA, WV, PA

Common NameScientific NameStatesDate Seen

Shovelnose SalamanderLeurognathusmarmoratusVA

Eastern Redback SalamanderPlethodoncinereusAll

Cheat Mountain SalamanderPlethodonnettingiWV

Peaks of Otter SalamanderPlethodonhubrichtiVA

Shenandoah SalamanderPlethodonshenandoahVA

Ravine SalamanderPlethodonrichmondiVA, PA, WV

Valley & Ridge SalamanderPlethodonhoffmaniAll

Weller’s SalamanderPlethodonwelleriVA

Eastern Zigzag SalamanderPlethodon d. dorsalisVA

Wehrle’s SalamanderPlethodonwehrleiAll

White-spotted SalamanderPlethodonpunctatusVA, WV

Northern Slimy SalamanderPlethodonglutinosusAll

White-spotted Slimy SalamanderPlethodoncylindraceusVA, WV

Atlantic Coast Slimy SalamanderPlethodonchlorobryonisVA

Cumberland Plateau SalamanderPlethodonkentuckiVA, WV

Yonahlossee SalamanderPlethodonyonahlosseeVA

Jordan’s SalamanderPlethodonjordaniVA

Four-toed SalamanderHemidactyliumscutatumAll

Many-lined SalamanderStereocheilusmarginatusVA

Green SalamanderAneidesaeneusAll

Northern Spring SalamanderGyrinophilus p. porphyriticusAll

Kentucky Spring SalamanderGyrinophilusporphyriticusduryiWV

West Virginia Spring SalamanderGyrinophilussubterraneusWV

Midland Mud SalamanderPseudotritonmontanusdiastictusVA, WV

Eastern Mud SalamanderPseudotriton m. montanusMD, VA

Northern Red SalamanderPseudotriton r. ruberAll

Blue Ridge Red SalamanderPseudotritonrubernitidusVA

Northern Two-lined SalamanderEuryceabislineataAll

Southern Two-lined SalamanderEuryceacirrigeraVA, WV

Longtail SalamanderEurycea l. longicaudaAll

Three-lined SalamanderEurycealongicaudaguttolineataVA

Cave SalamanderEurycealucifugaVA, WV

TOADS AND FROGS – 26 species

Eastern SpadefootScaphiopus h. holbrookiiAll

American ToadAnaxyrus a. americanusAll

Southern ToadAnaxyrusterrestrisVA

Fowler’s ToadAnaxyruswoodhousiifowleriAll

Oak ToadAnaxyrusquercicusVA

Southern Cricket FrogAcris g. gryllusVA

Northern Cricket FrogAcris c. crepitansAll

Green TreefrogHylacinereaMD, VA

Barking TreefrogHylagratiosaMD, VA

Pine Woods TreefrogHylafemoralisVA

Squirrel TreefrogHylasquirellaVA

Gray TreefrogHylaversicolorAll

Cope’s Gray TreefrogHylachrysoscelisAll

Northern Spring PeeperPseudacris c. cruciferAll

Common NameScientific NameStatesDate Seen

Upland Chorus FrogPseudacrisferiarumAll

New Jersey Chorus FrogPseudacriskalmiMD, VA

Mountain Chorus FrogPseudacrisbrachyphonaAll

Little Grass FrogPseudacrisocularisVA

Eastern Narrowmouth ToadGastrophrynecarolinensisMD, VA

BullfrogRanacatesbeianaAll

Carpenter FrogRanavirgatipesMD, VA

Green FrogRanaclamitansmelanotaAll

Wood FrogLithobatessylvaticaAll

Northern Leopard FrogLithobatespipiensMD, PA, WV

Southern Leopard FrogLithobatessphenocephalusMD, VA

Pickerel FrogLithobatespalustrisAll