Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 885 - HERPTILE CODE
Section 885.40 - Indigenous or Native Herptile Taxa List

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Blue-spotted Salamander

Ambystoma laterale

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

Marbled Salamander

Ambystoma opacum

Silvery Salamander

Ambystoma platineum

Mole Salamander

Ambystoma talpoideum

Small-mouthed Salamander

Ambystoma texanum

Eastern Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

Eastern Hellbender

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Spotted Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus conanti

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera

Eastern Long-tailed Salamander

Eurycea longicauda longicauda

Dark-sided Salamander

Eurycea longicauda melanopleura

Cave Salamander

Eurycea lucifuga

Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Common Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

Central Newt

Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Plethodon cinereus

Northern Zigzag Salamander

Plethodon dorsalis

Northern Slimy Salamander

Plethodon glutinosus

Western Lesser Siren

Siren intermedia nettingi

Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Acris blanchardi

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus americanus

Dwarf American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi

Fowler's Toad

Anaxyrus fowleri

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad

Gastrophryne carolinensis

Western Bird-voiced Treefrog

Hyla avivoca

Cope's Gray Treefrog

Hyla chrysoscelis

Green Treefrog

Hyla cinerea

Eastern Gray Treefrog

Hyla versicolor

Northern Crawfish Frog

Lithobates areolatus circulosus

Plains Leopard Frog

Lithobates blairi

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

Pickerel Frog

Lithobates palustris

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

Southern Leopard Frog

Lithobates sphenocephalus

Wood Frog

Lithobates sylvaticus

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

Upland Chorus Frog

Pseudacris feriarum

Illinois Chorus Frog

Pseudacris illinoensis

Boreal Chorus Frog

Pseudacris maculata

Western/Midland Chorus Frog

Pseudacris triseriata

Eastern Spadefoot Toad

Scaphiopus holbrookii

Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle

Apalone mutica

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Apalone spinifera

Common/Eastern Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Western Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta bellii

Southern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta dorsalis

Midland Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta marginata

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

Blanding's Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Northern Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

Northern False Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica

Mississippi Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

Ouachita Map Turtle

Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis

Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens

Eastern Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

Common/Eastern Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

Red-eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Eastern Six-lined Racerunner

Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata

Western Slender Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus

Common Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

Broad-headed Skink

Plestiodon laticeps

Eastern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

Ground/Little Brown Skink

Scincella lateralis

Midwestern Worm Snake

Carphophis amoenus helenae

Western Worm Snake

Carphophis vermis

Northern Scarlet Snake

Cemophora coccinea copei

Kirtland's Snake

Clonophis kirtlandii

Blue Racer

Coluber constrictor foxii

Southern Black Racer

Coluber constrictor priapus

Prairie Ring-necked Snake

Diadophis punctatus arnyi

Northern Ring-necked Snake

Diadophis punctatus edwardsii

Mississippi Ring-necked Snake

Diadophis punctatus stictogenys

Western Mud Snake

Farancia abacura reinwardtii

Western Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

Prairie King Snake

Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

Speckled King Snake

Lampropeltis getula holbrookii

Eastern Black King Snake

Lampropeltis getula nigra

Red Milk Snake

Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Eastern Milk Snake

Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

Eastern Coachwhip

Masticophis flagellum

Mississippi Green Watersnake

Nerodia cyclopion

Plain-bellied Watersnake

Nerodia erythrogaster

Southern/Broad-banded Watersnake

Nerodia fasciata

Diamond-backed Watersnake

Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer

Midland Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon pleuralis

Northern Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Rough Green Snake

Opheodrys aestivus

Smooth Green Snake

Opheodrys vernalis

Great Plains Rat Snake

Pantherophis emoryi

Black Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus (spiloides) obsoletus

Gray Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus (spiloides) spiloides

Western/Eastern Fox Snake

Pantherophis ramspotti/vulpinus

Bull Snake

Pituophis catenifer sayi

Graham's Crayfish Snake

Regina grahamii

Queen Snake

Regina septemvittata

Midland Brown Snake

Storeria dekayi wrightorum

Northern Red-bellied Snake

Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

Flat-headed Snake

Tantilla gracilis

Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis proximus proximus

Plains Garter Snake

Thamnophis radix

Eastern Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis sauritus

Chicago Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus

Eastern Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Lined Snake

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Western Smooth Earth Snake

Virginia valeriae elegans

Southern Copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix *

Northern Copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen *

Western Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma *

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus *

Eastern Massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus *