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List of Illustrations | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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History of Herpetology in Colorado | |
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Environmental Relationships | |
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Physiographic Regions | |
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Great Plains | |
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High Plains | |
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Colorado Piedmont | |
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Raton Section | |
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Southern Rocky Mountains | |
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Eastern Granitic Belt | |
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Western Granitic Belt | |
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Mountains West of the Granitic Belts | |
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Intermontane Basins | |
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Middle Rocky Mountains | |
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Wyoming Basin | |
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Colorado Plateau | |
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Uinta Basin | |
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Canyonlands | |
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Navajo Section | |
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Drainage Systems | |
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Elevation | |
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Climate | |
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Habitats | |
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Terrestrial (Upland) Ecosystems | |
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Alpine Tundra | |
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Subalpine Forest/Woodland | |
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Montane Forest/Woodland | |
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Mountain Meadow | |
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Mountain Shrubland | |
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Pinon-Juniper Woodland | |
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Semidesert Shrubland | |
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Plains Grassland | |
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Sandhills | |
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Palustrine (Wetland) Ecosystems | |
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Mountain Riparian | |
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Lowland Riparian | |
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Mountain Marsh | |
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Lowland Marsh | |
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Temporary Pool | |
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Riverine Ecosystems | |
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Lacustrine (Lake) Ecosystems | |
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Ecological Versatility, Habitat Diversity, and the Distribution and Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles | |
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Spatial Pattern of Amphibian and Reptile Diversity | |
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Biogeographic Context | |
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Relationship to Humans | |
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Impacts of Humans | |
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Impacts on Humans | |
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Conservation Status Ranks and State Regulations | |
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Conservation Status Ranks | |
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Regulations Pertaining to Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado | |
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How to Observe and Photograph Amphibians and Reptiles | |
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Where and When to Find Amphibians and Reptiles | |
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Preparing for Field Studies | |
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Salvaging Dead Reptiles and Amphibians | |
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Photography | |
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Explanation of Species Accounts | |
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Amphibians | |
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Salamanders | |
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Mole Salamanders--Family Ambystomatidae | |
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Tiger Salamander--Ambystoma tigrinum | |
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Frogs and Toads | |
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Spadefoot Toads and Relatives--Family Pelobatidae | |
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Couch's Spadefoot--Scaphiopus couchii | |
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Plains Spadefoot--Spea bombifrons | |
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Great Basin Spadefoot--Spea intermontana | |
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New Mexico Spadefoot--Spea multiplicata | |
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True Toads--Family Bufonidae | |
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Mountain Toad--Bufo boreas complex | |
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Great Plains Toad--Bufo cognatus | |
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Green Toad--Bufo debilis | |
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Red-spotted Toad--Bufo punctatus | |
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Woodhouse's Toad--Bufo woodhousii | |
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Treefrogs--Family Hylidae | |
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Northern Cricket Frog--Acris crepitans | |
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Canyon Treefrog--Hyla arenicolor | |
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Western Chorus Frog--Pseudacris triseriata | |
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Narrowmouth Toads and Relatives--Family Microhylidae | |
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Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad--Gastrophryne olivacea | |
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True Frogs--Family Ranidae | |
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Plains Leopard Frog--Rana blairi | |
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Bullfrog--Rana catesbeiana | |
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Northern Leopard Frog--Rana pipiens | |
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Wood Frog--Rana sylvatica | |
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Reptiles | |
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Turtles | |
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Snapping Turtles--Family Chelydridae | |
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Snapping Turtle--Chelydra serpentina | |
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Pond Turtles and Box Turtles--Family Emydidae | |
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Painted Turtle--Chrysemys picta | |
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Ornate Box Turtle--Terrapene ornata | |
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Mud and Musk Turtles--Family Kinosternidae | |
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Yellow Mud Turtle--Kinosternon flavescens | |
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Softshell Turtles--Family Trionychidae | |
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Spiny Softshell--Trionyx spiniferus | |
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Lizards | |
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Collared and Leopard Lizards--Family Crotaphytidae | |
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Collared Lizard--Crotaphytus collaris | |
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Longnose Leopard Lizard--Gambelia wislizenii | |
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Phrynosomatids--Family Phrynosomatidae | |
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Lesser Earless Lizard--Holbrookia maculata | |
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Texas Horned Lizard--Phrynosoma cornutum | |
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Short-horned Lizard--Phrynosoma hernandesi | |
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Roundtail Horned Lizard--Phrynosoma modestum | |
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Sagebrush Lizard--Sceloporus graciosus | |
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Desert Spiny Lizard--Sceloporus magister | |
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Prairie and Plateau Lizards--Sceloporus undulatus | |
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Tree Lizard--Urosaurus ornatus | |
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Side-blotched Lizard--Uta stansburiana | |
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Whiptails--Family Teiidae | |
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Triploid Checkered Whiptail--Cnemidophorus neotessellatus | |
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Six-lined Racerunner--Cnemidophorus sexlineatus | |
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Diploid Checkered Whiptail--Cnemidophorus tesselatus | |
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Western Whiptail--Cnemidophorus tigris | |
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Plateau Striped Whiptail--Cnemidophorus velox | |
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Skinks--Family Scincidae | |
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Variable Skink--Eumeces gaigeae | |
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Many-lined Skink--Eumeces multivirgatus | |
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Great Plains Skink--Eumeces obsoletus | |
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Snakes | |
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Slender Blind Snakes--Family Leptotyphlopidae | |
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Texas Blind Snake--Leptotyphlops dulcis | |
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Colubrids--Family Colubridae | |
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Glossy Snake--Arizona elegans | |
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Racer--Coluber constrictor | |
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Ringneck Snake--Diadophis punctatus | |
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Great Plains Rat Snake--Elaphe guttata | |
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Western Hognose Snake--Heterodon nasicus | |
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Night Snake--Hypsiglena torquata | |
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Common Kingsnake--Lampropeltis getula | |
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Milk Snake--Lampropeltis triangulum | |
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Smooth Green Snake--Liochlorophis vernalis | |
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Coachwhip--Masticophis flagellum | |
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Striped Whipsnake--Masticophis taeniatus | |
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Northern Water Snake--Nerodia sipedon | |
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Bullsnake/Gopher Snake--Pituophis catenifer | |
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Longnose Snake--Rhinocheilus lecontei | |
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Ground Snake--Sonora semiannulata | |
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Southwestern Black-headed Snake--Tantilla hobartsmithi | |
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Plains Black-headed Snake--Tantilla nigriceps | |
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Blackneck Garter Snake--Thamnophis cyrtopsis | |
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Western Terrestrial Garter Snake--Thamnophis elegans | |
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Western Ribbon Snake--Thamnophis proximus | |
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Plains Garter Snake--Thamnophis radix | |
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Common Garter Snake--Thamnophis sirtalis | |
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Lined Snake--Tropidoclonion lineatum | |
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Vipers--Family Viperidae | |
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Western Rattlesnake--Crotalus viridis | |
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Massasauga--Sistrurus catenatus | |
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Species of Possible Occurrence in Colorado | |
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Amphibians and Reptiles in National Parks, National Monuments, and River Canyons of Colorado and Eastern Utah | |
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Key to Amphibians and Reptiles of Colorado | |
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About Scientific Names | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Index | |