The following is a list of the species/subspecies of amphibians and reptiles listed as Affected Species in the new Non-Game permits. Although this list does not necessarily reflect current taxonomy (the use of the old genus name Elaphe for the Trans-Pecos Rat Snake as an example), it IS a complete listing of what is covered by the new regulations. Therefore, if it isn't here (such as the Corn Snake, Elaphe guttata guttata) it isn't covered. Also, any albinos of the species listed are exempt.

FROGS AND TOADS

Cope's gray treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis

Canyon treefrog - Hyla arenicolor

Gray treefrog - Hyla versicolor

Green treefrog - Hyla cinerea

Squirrel treefrog - Hyla squirella

Couch's spadefoot toad - Scaphiopus couchi

Plains spadefoot toad - Scaphiopus bombifrons

Northern cricket frog - Acris c. crepitans

Blanchard's cricket frog - Acris c. blanchardi

Coastal cricket frog - Acris c. paludicola

Great plains toad - Bufo cognatus

Eastern green toad - Bufo debilis debilis

Western green toad - Bufo debilis insidior

Red-spotted toad - Bufo punctatus

Texas toad - Bufo speciosus

Gulf Coast toad - Bufo valliceps valliceps

Southwestern Woodhouse's toad - Bufo woodhousei australis

Woodhouse's toad - Bufo woodhousei woodhousei

Bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana

Southern leopard frog - Rana sphenocephala

Bronze frog - Rana clamitans clamitans

Pig frog - Rana grylio

SALAMANDERS

Barred tiger salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium

Eastern tiger salamander - Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum

Marbled salamander - Ambystoma opacum

Mole salamander - Ambystoma talpoideum

Spotted salamander - Ambystoma maculatum

TURTLES

Desert (Western) box turtle - Terrapene ornata luteola

Ornate box turtle - Terrapene ornata ornata

Three-toed (Eastern) box turtle - Terrapene carolina triunguis

Cagle's map turtle - Graptemys caglei

Mississippi map turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

Ouachita map turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis

Sabine map turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica sabinensis

Texas map turtle - Graptemys versa

Yellow mud turtle - Kinosternon flavescens flavescens

Mississippi (Eastern) mud turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis

Western chicken turtle - Deirochelys reticularia miaria

Red-eared slider - Trachemys scripta elegans

Midland smooth softshell turtle - Apalone muticus muticus

Texas spiny softshell turtle - Apalone spiniferus emoryi

Guadalupe spiny softshell turtle - Apalone spiniferus guadalupensis

Western spiny softshell turtle - Apalone spiniferus hartwegi

Pallid spiny softshell turtle - Apalone spiniferus pallidus

Metter's river cooter - Pseudemys concinna metteri

Texas river cooter - Pseudemys texana

Western painted turtle - Chrysemys picta belli

Southern painted turtle - Chrysemys picta dorsalis

Common snapping turtle - Chelydra serpentina serpentina

Texas diamondback terrapin - Malaclemys terrapin littoralis

LIZARDS

Texas alligator lizard - Gerrhonotus liocephalus infernalis

Western slender glass lizard - Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus

Green anole - Anolis carolinensis

Texas Banded Gecko - Coleonyx brevis

Southwestern earless lizard - Cophosaurus texanus scitulus

Texas earless lizard - Cophosaurus texanus scitulus (should be texanus)

Eastern collared lizard - Crotaphytus collaris collaris

Chihuahuan collared lizard - Crotaphytus collaris fuscus

Crevice spiny lizard - Sceloporus poinsettii poinsettii

Texas spiny lizard - Sceloporus olivaceus

Twin-spotted (Desert) spiny lizard - Sceloporus magister bimaculatus

Northern (Eastern) fence lizard - Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

Northern prairie lizard - Sceloporus undulatus garmani

Southern prairie lizard - Sceloporus undulatus consobrinus

Big Bend canyon lizard - Sceloporus merriami annulatus

Presidio canyon lizard - Sceloporus merriami longipunctatus

Merriam's canyon lizard - Sceloporus merriami merriami

Longnose leopard lizard - Gambelia wislizeni wislizeni

Eastern tree lizard - Urosaurus ornatus ornatus

Big Bend tree lizard - Urosaurus ornatus schmidti

Desert side-blotched lizard - Uta stansburiana stejnegeri

Roundtail horned lizard - Phrynosoma modestum

Broadhead skink - Eumeces laticeps

Great Plains skink - Eumeces obsoletus

Ground skink - Scincella lateralis

Gray-checkered whiptail - Cnemidophorus dixoni

Chihuahuan spotted whiptail - Cnemidophorus exsanguis

Texas spotted whiptail - Cnemidophorus gularis gularis

Plateau spotted whiptail - Cnemidophorus gularis septemvittatus

Trans-Pecos striped whiptail - Cnemidophorus inornatus heptagrammus

Laredo striped whiptail - Cnemidophorus laredoensis

Marbled whiptail - Cnemidophorus marmoratus

New Mexico whiptail - Cnemidophorus neomexicanus

Colorado checkered whiptail - Cnemidophorus tesselatus

Desert grassland whiptail - Cnemidophorus uniparens

Six-lined racerunner - Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus

Prairie-lined racerunner - Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis

SNAKES

Baird's rat snake - Elaphe bairdi

Texas rat snake - Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri

Trans-Pecos rat snake - Elaphe (=Bogertophis) subocularis

Great Plains rat snake - Elaphe guttata emoryi

Rough green snake - Opheodrys aestivus

Rough earth snake - Virginia striatula

Western smooth earth snake - Virginia valeriae elegans

Ground snake - Sonora semiannulata

Yellowbelly water snake - Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster

Gray-banded kingsnake - Lampropeltis alterna

Louisiana milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum amaura

Mexican milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum annulata

New Mexico milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops

Central plains milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis

Speckled kingsnake - Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki

Desert kingsnake - Lampropeltis getulus splendida

Bullsnake - Pituophis melanoleucus sayi

Texas longnose snake - Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus

Eastern coachwhip - Mastocophis flagellum flagellum

Western Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Central Texas whipsnake - Masticophis taeniatus girardi

Desert striped whipsnake - Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus

Eastern garter snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Texas garter snake - Thamnophis sirtalis annectans

New Mexico garter snake - Thamnophis sirtalis dorsalis

Plains garter snake - Thamnophis radix haydenii

Checkered garter snake - Thamnophis marcianus marcianus

Eastern blackneck garter snake - Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus

Western blackneck garter snake - Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis

Western ribbon snake - Thsamnophis proximus proximus

Redstripe ribbon snake - Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus

Gulf Coast ribbon snake - Thamnophis proximus orarius

Arid land ribbon snake - Thamnophis proximus diabolicus

Mississippi ringneck snake - Diadophis punctatus stictogenys

Prairie ringneck snake - Diadophis punctatus arnyi

Regal ringneck snake - Diadophis punctatus regalis

Kansas glossy snake - Arizona elegans elegans

Texas glossy snake - Arizona elegans arenicola

Painted Desert glossy snake - Arizona elegans philipi

Plains (Western) hognose snake - Heterodon nasicus nasicus

Dusty hognose snake - Heterodon nasicus gloydi

Mexican hognose snake - Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi

Eastern hognose snake - Heterodon platyrhinos

Mountain patchnose snake - Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae

Texas patchnose snake - Salvadora grahamiae lineata

Big Bend patchnose snake - Salvadora deserticola

Texas coral snake - Micrurus fulvius tenere

Southern copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

Broad-banded copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus

Trans-Pecos copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster

Western cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Western diamondback rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox

Prairie rattlesnake - Crotalus viridis viridis

Mottled rock rattlesnake - Crotalus lepidus lepidus

Banded rock rattlesnake - Crotalus lepidus klauberi

Northern blacktail rattlesnake - Crotalus molossus molossus

Western massasauga - Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus

Desert massasauga - Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii

Pygmy rattlesnake - Sistrurus miliarius

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