My New Mexico Herp Life List
Reptiles
Squamata (snakes and lizards)
Snakes
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Leptotyphlopidae
Trans-Pecos Blind Snake Leptotyphlops humilis segregus - Haven't found in NM
New Mexico Blind Snake Leptotyphlops dulcis dissectus - Haven't found in NM
Quay County
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Colubridae
Prairie Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus arnyi - Haven't found in NM
Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Regal Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus regalis - Haven't found in NM
Plains Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus nasicus - Haven't found in NM
Mexican Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi - Haven't found in NM
Western Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi - Haven't found in NM
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris - Haven't found in NM
Western Yellow-bellied Racer Coluber constrictor mormon - Haven't found in NM
Red Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum piceus - Haven't found in NM
Lined Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum lineatulus - Haven't found in NM
Western Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum testaceus - Bernalillo, Sandoval & Quay(DOR) counties
Desert Striped Whipsnake Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus - DOR Bernalillo County
Sonoran Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus bilineatus - Haven't found in NM
Big Bend Patchnose Snake Salvadora deserticola - Haven't found in NM
Mountain Patchnose Snake Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae - Haven't found in NM
Green Rat Snake Senticolis triaspis intermedia - Haven't found in NM
Trans-Pecos Rat Snake Bogertophis subocularis subocularis - Haven't found in NM
Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata emoryi - Haven't found in NM
Southern Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata meahllmorum - Haven't found in NM
Kansas Glossy Snake Arizona elegans elegans - Haven't found in NM
Painted Desert Glossy Snake Arizona elegans philipi
Bernalillo County
Great Basin Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer deserticola - Haven't found in NM
Weber County, Utah
Coconino County
Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer sayi
Quay County
Sonoran Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer affinis
Bernalillo County
Valencia County
Sandoval County
Gray-Banded Kingsnake Lampropeltis alterna - Haven't found in NM
California Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula californiae
Mohave County, AZ
Desert Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula splendida
Valencia County (DOR)
Arizona Mountain Kingsnake Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana - Haven't found in NM
New Mexico Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops - Haven't found in NM
Western Longnose Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei - Haven't found in NM
Texas Longnose Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus - Haven't found in NM
Western Hooknose Snake Gyalopion canum - Haven't found in NM
Blotched Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster transversa - Haven't found in NM
Narrowhead Garter Snake Thamnophis rufipunctatus - Haven't found in NM
New Mexico Garter Snake Tamnophis sirtalis dorsalis
Bernalillo County
Arizona Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans arizonae
Wandering Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans vagrans
Torrance County
Grant County
Sandoval County
Western Blackneck Garter Snake Tamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis - Haven't found in NM
Mexican Garter Snake Tamnophis eques megalops - Haven't found in NM
Checkered Garter Snake Tamnophis marcianus marcianus - Haven't found in NM
Quay County
Western Plains Garter Snake Tamnophis radix haydenii - Haven't found in NM
Arid Land Ribbon Snake Tamnophis proximus diabolicus - Haven't found in NM
Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum
Quay County
Quay County
Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata - Haven't found in NM
Southwestern Blackhead Snake Tantilla hobartsmithi - Haven't found in NM
Plains Blackhead Snake Tattilla nigriceps
Quay County
Bernalillo County
Yaqui Blackhead Snake Tattilla yaquia - Haven't found in NM
Sonoran Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda - Haven't found in NM
Texas Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus vilkinsonii - Haven't found in NM
Texas Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata jani
Sandoval County(DOR)
Mesa Verde Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata loreala - Haven't found in NM
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Elapidae (venomous)
Arizona Coral Snake Micruroides euryxanthus euryxanthus - Haven't found in NM
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Viperidae (venomous)
Desert Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii
Bernalillo County
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox
Bernalillo County
Bernalillo County
Socorro County
Mottled Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus lepidus - Haven't found in NM
Banded Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus klauberi
Grant County
Blacktail Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus molossus - Haven't found in NM
Mojave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus - Haven't found in NM
Arizona Black Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis cerberus - Haven't found in NM
Hopi Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis nuntius - Haven't found in NM
Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis viridis
Bernalillo County
New Mexico Ridgenose Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi obscurus - Haven't found in NM
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Lizards
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Gekkonidae
Tucson Banded Gecko Coleonyx variagatus bogerti - Haven't found in NM
Texas Banded Gecko Coleonyx brevis - Haven't found in NM
Mediterranian Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus - Haven't found in NM
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Iguanidae
Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris
Bernalillo County
Commanche County, Oklahoma
Pale Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii punctata - Haven't found in NM
Longnose Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii wislizenii - Haven't found in NM
Mohave County, Arizona
Common Zebratail Lizard Callisaurus draconoides - Haven't found in NM
Mohave County, Arizona
Chihuahuan Greater Earless Lizard Cophosaurus texanus scitulus - Haven't found in NM
Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata
Bernalillo County (gravid female)
Bernalillo County (male)
Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum
Quay County
Greater Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi
Bernalillo County
Grant County
Round-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma modestum
Bernalillo County
Bernalillo County
Regal Horned Lizard Phrynosoma solare - Haven't found in NM
Sonoran Spiny Lizard Sceloporus clarkii clarkii - Haven't found in NM
Northern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus graciosus - Haven't found in NM
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus arenicolus - Haven't found in NM
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard Sceloporus jarrovii jarrovii - Haven't found in NM
Desert Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister - Haven't found in NM
Riverside County, California
Crevice Spiny Lizard Sceloporus poinsetti poinsetti
Grant County
Eddy County
Slevin's Bunchgrass Lizard Sceloporus slevini - Haven't found in NM
Southern Plateau Lizard Sceloporus undulatus tristichus
Northern Plateau Lizard Sceloporus undulatus elongatus
Red-Lipped Plateau Lizard Sceloporus undulatus erythrocheilus?
Northern Prairie Lizard Sceloporus undulatus garmani
White Sands Prairie Lizard Sceloporus undulatus cowlesi
Mescalero Prairie Lizard Sceloporus undulatus tedbrowni
Southern Prairie Lizard Sceloporus undulatus consobrinus
Sandoval County
Grant County
Bernalillo County
Striped Plateau Lizard Sceloporus virgatus - Haven't found in NM
Ornate Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus
Grant County
Sandoval County
Common Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana
Bernalillo County
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Scincidae
Mountain Skink Eumeces callicephalus - Haven't found in NM
Variable Skink Eumeces multivirgatus epipleurotus - Haven't found in NM
Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus
Bernalillo County (jeuvenile)
Bernalillo County (jeuvenile)
Quay County
Sandoval County
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Teiidae
Giant Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis burti stictogrammus - Haven't found in NM
Gray-checkered Whiptail Aspidoscelis dixoni - Haven't found in NM
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis exanguis
Torrance County
Bernalillo County
Los Alamos County
Gila Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis flagellicaudus - Haven't found in NM
Texas Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis gularis - Haven't found in NM
Little Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis inornatus
Bernalillo County
New Mexico Whiptail Aspidoscelis neomexicanus
Cibola County
Bernalillo County
Prairie Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexliniatus viridis
Quay County
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis sonorae - Haven't found in NM
Colorado Checkered Whiptail Aspidoscelis neotesselatus?
Common Checkered Whiptail Aspidoscelis tesselatus
Quay County
Eddy County
Sandoval County
Sonoran Desert Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis - Haven't found in NM
Marbled Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis - Haven't found in NM
Painted Desert Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis - Haven't found in NM
Grand County, Utah
Desert Grassland Whiptail Aspidoscelis uniparens
Bernalillo County
Plateau Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis velox - Sandoval county
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Anguidae
Madrean Alligator Lizard Elgaria kingii - Haven't found in NM
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Helodermatidae (venomous)
Reticulated Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum suspectum - Haven't found in NM
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Testudinata (Chelonia)
turtles
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Trionychidae
Midland Smooth Softshell Apalone muticas muticas - Haven't found in NM
Oklahoma county, Oklahoma
Western Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera hartwegi
Texas Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera emoryi
Bernalillo County
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Chelydridae
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina - Haven't found in NM
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
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Kinosternidae
Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens flavescens - Haven't found in NM
Sonoran Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense - Haven't found in NM
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Emydidae
Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta belli
Sandoval County
Western River Cooter Pseudemys gorzugi - Haven't found in NM
Big Bend Slider Trachemys gaigae - Haven't found in NM
Red-eared Slider Trachemy scripta elegans
Quay County
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Desert Box Turtle Terrapene ornata luteola - Haven't found in NM
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornata
Quay County
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Amphibians
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Anura (frogs and toads)
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Ranidae
American Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Bernalillo County
Sandoval County
Rio Grande Leopard Frog Rana berlandieri - Haven't found in NM
Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi - Haven't found in NM
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Chiricahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis - Haven't found in NM
Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens - Haven't found in NM
Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis - Haven't found in NM
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Hylidae
Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans blanchardi - Haven't found in NM
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Commanche County
Canyon Treefrog Hyla arenicolor
Grant County
Mountain Treefrog Hyla eximia - Haven't found in NM
Western Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata triseriata - Haven't found in NM
Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata maculata - Haven't found in NM
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Microhylidae
Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad Gastrophryne olivacea - Haven't found in NM
Grady County
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Leptodactylidae
Eastern Barking Frog Eleutherodactylus augusti latrans - Haven't found in NM
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Bufonidae
Colorado River Toad Bufo alvarius - Haven't found in NM
Boreal Toad Bufo boreas - Haven't found in NM
Great Plains Toad Bufo cognatus
Quay County
Bernalillo County
Western Green Toad Bufo debilis insidior - Haven't found in NM
Quay County
Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus microscaphus
Catron County
Red-spotted Toad Bufo punctatus
Grant County
Texas Toad Bufo speciosus - Haven't found in NM
Southwestern Woodhouse's Toad Bufo woodhousii australis
Bernalillo County
Woodhouse's Toad Bufo woodhousii woodhousii
Union County
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Pelobatidae
Couch's Spadefoot Spea couchii
Bernalillo County
Plains Spadefoot Spea bombifrons
Quay County
Bernalillo County
New Mexico Spadefoot Spea muliplicata
Sandoval County
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Caudata (salamanders)
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Ambystomatidae
Arizona Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum
Bernalillo County
Barred Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium - Haven't found in NM
Quay County
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Plethodontidae
Sacramento Mountains Salamander Aneides hardii - Haven't found in NM
Jemez Mountains Salamander Plethodon neomexicanus - Haven't found in NM