List of threatened reptiles and amphibians of the United States

According to the

CR.

Order Crocodilia (crocodilians)

Family

(crocodiles)

• American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) VU ^IUCN

Order

Testudines

(turtles)

Family Chelydridae (snapping turtles)

• Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) VU ^IUCN

Family Kinosternidae (mud turtles and musk turtles)

• Flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) CR ^IUCN

Family Emydidae (pond turtles)

• Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) EN ^IUCN
• Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) CR ^IUCN
• Wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) EN ^IUCN
• Common box turtle (Terrapene carolina) VU ^IUCN
• Blanding's turtle (Emys blandingii) EN ^IUCN
• Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) VU ^IUCN
• Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri) VU ^IUCN
• Cagle's map turtle (Graptemys caglei) EN ^IUCN
• Yellow-blotched map turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata) VU ^IUCN
• Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) EN ^IUCN
  • SSAR^[3]
• Ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera) VU ^IUCN
• Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) VU ^IUCN
• Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) EN ^IUCN

Family

(tortoises)

• Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) VU ^IUCN
• Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) VU ^IUCN

Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles)

• Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) VU ^IUCN
• Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) EN ^IUCN (Hawaiian subpopulation: LC ^IUCN)
• Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) CR ^IUCN
• Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) CR ^IUCN
• Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) VU ^IUCN

Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle)

• Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) VU ^IUCN (East Pacific Ocean subpopulation - i.e. Hawaiian Is.: CR ^IUCN, West Pacific Ocean subpopulation: CR ^IUCN, Northwest Atlantic Ocean subpopulation: EN ^IUCN)

Family Trionychidae (softshells)

• Wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri) (introduced) CR ^IUCN

Order Squamata (scaled reptiles)

Family Crotaphytidae (collared lizards)

• Reticulated collared lizard (Crotaphytus reticulatus) VU ^IUCN
• Blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila) EN ^IUCN

Family Phrynosomatidae (horned lizards and spiny lizards)

• Dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) VU ^IUCN
• Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata) EN ^IUCN

Family Teiidae (whiptails)

• Little white whiptail (Aspidoscelis gypsi) VU ^IUCN

Family

(skinks)

• Florida sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) VU ^IUCN

Family

Xantusiidae

(night lizards)

• Sandstone night lizard (Xantusia gracilis) VU ^IUCN

Family Anguidae (glass lizards, alligator lizards, and relatives)

• Panamint alligator lizard (Elgaria panamintina) VU ^IUCN

Family Colubridae (colubrid snakes)

• Southern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon simus) VU ^IUCN
• Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni) EN ^IUCN
• Rim rock crown snake (Tantilla oolitica) EN ^IUCN
• Giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) VU ^IUCN

Order Caudata (salamanders)

Family Proteidae (waterdogs)

• Alabama waterdog (Necturus alabamensis) EN ^IUCN

Family Ambystomatidae (mole salamanders)

• Reticulated flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) VU ^IUCN
• California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) VU ^IUCN
• Frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) VU ^IUCN

Family

(torrent salamanders)

• Olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) VU ^IUCN

Family Salamandridae (newts)

• Black-spotted newt (Notophthalmus meridionalis) EN ^IUCN

Family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)

• Inyo Mountains salamander (Batrachoseps campi) EN ^IUCN
• Kings River slender salamander (Batrachoseps regius) VU ^IUCN
• Kern Canyon slender salamander (Batrachoseps simatus) VU ^IUCN
• Tehachapi slender salamander (Batrachoseps stebbinsi) VU ^IUCN
• Oregon slender salamander (Batrachoseps wrightorum) VU ^IUCN
• Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) EN ^IUCN
• Peaks of Otter salamander (Plethodon hubrichti) VU ^IUCN
• Shenandoah salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) VU ^IUCN
• Weller's salamander (Plethodon welleri) EN ^IUCN
• Pigeon Mountain salamander (Plethodon petraeus) VU ^IUCN
• Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon amplus) VU ^IUCN
• Scott Bar salamander (Plethodon asupak) VU ^IUCN
• Cheoah Bald salamander (Plethodon cheoah) VU ^IUCN
• Fourche Mountain salamander (Plethodon fourchensis) VU ^IUCN
• South Mountain gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon meridianus) VU ^IUCN
• Big Levels salamander (Plethodon sherando) VU ^IUCN
• Red-legged salamander (Plethodon shermani) VU ^IUCN
• Siskiyou Mountains salamander (Plethodon stormi) EN ^IUCN
• Limestone salamander (Hydromantes brunus) VU ^IUCN
• Shasta salamander (Hydromantes shastae) VU ^IUCN
• Berry Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus) EN ^IUCN
• West Virginia spring salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus) EN ^IUCN
• Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) VU ^IUCN
• Salado Springs salamander (Eurycea chisholmensis) VU ^IUCN
• Junaluska salamander (Eurycea junaluska) VU ^IUCN
• Cascade Caverns salamander (Eurycea latitans) VU ^IUCN
• San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana) VU ^IUCN
• Georgetown salamander (Eurycea naufragia) EN ^IUCN
• Texas salamander (Eurycea neotenes) VU ^IUCN
• Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum) VU ^IUCN
• Jollyville Plateau salamander (Eurycea tonkawae) EN ^IUCN
• Comal blind salamander (Eurycea tridentifera) VU ^IUCN
• Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni) VU ^IUCN
• Austin blind salamander (Eurycea waterlooensis) VU ^IUCN
• Georgia blind salamander (Haideotriton wallacei) VU ^IUCN

Order

Anura

(frogs)

Family

(toads)

• Arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) EN ^IUCN
• Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) EN ^IUCN
• Black toad (Anaxyrus exsul) VU ^IUCN
• Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis) EN ^IUCN
• Amargosa toad (Anaxyrus nelsoni) EN ^IUCN

Family

(true frogs)

• Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis) VU ^IUCN
  • SSAR^[3]
• Florida bog frog (Lithobates okaloosae) VU ^IUCN
• Relict leopard frog (Lithobates onca) EN ^IUCN
• Mississippi gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus) CR ^IUCN
• Tarahumara frog (Lithobates tarahumarae) VU ^IUCN
• California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) VU ^IUCN
• Mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) EN ^IUCN
• Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) VU ^IUCN
• Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) EN ^IUCN

See also

• List of North American reptiles
• List of North American amphibians

References