University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Division of Reptiles and Amphibians

Michigan Records Based Upon the UMMZ Collection

All records on the maps are based upon actual specimen data which was exported from the UMMZ Herpetology database (FoxPro) into ArcView. The maps were exported as jpeg files from Arcview.

The photographs are courtesy of the Animal Diversity Web, based at the University of Michigan. Frog calls are courtesy of Dr. Alan Wolf, a former student at the UMMZ.

If you would like to contribute voucher specimens, photographs or sounds to augment our site, contact Greg Schneider .

Key to Status Designation: Status refers to the conservation status assigned by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. SC= Special Concern, T= Threatened, E = Endangered. A complete list can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format.

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FROGS

 Taxon Map

 Call
 Photo Status
 Acris crepitans - Cricket Frog  

SC
 Bufo americanus - American Toad    
 Bufo woodhousii - Fowler's Toad      
 Hyla chrysoscelis - Cope's Gray Treefrog        
 Hyla versicolor - Eastern Gray Treefrog    
 Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis - Gray Treefrogs        
 Pseudacris crucifer - Northern Spring Peeper    
 Pseudacris triseriata - Chorus Frog  

SC *
 Rana catesbeiana - Bullfrog    
 Rana clamitans - Green Frog    
 Rana palustris - Pickerel Frog    
 Rana pipiens - Northern Leopard Frog    
 Rana septentrionalis - Mink Frog    
 Rana sylvatica - Wood Frog    

* SC status applies only to the UP populations of the chorus frog, known as the Boreal Chous Frog, P. triseriata maculata. As of 1999, the only known records are from Iron Co. and Isle Royale.

SALAMANDERS

 Taxon Map Photo Status
 Ambystoma laterale - Blue-Spotted Salamander    
 Ambystoma laterale hybrid complex    
 Ambystoma maculatum - Spotted Salamander    
 Ambystoma opacum- Marbled Salamander  

 T
 Ambystoma platineum - Silvery Salamander    
 Ambystoma texanum - Small-Mouthed Salamander  

E
 Ambystoma tigrinum - Eastern Tiger Salamander    
 Ambystoma tremblayi - Temblay's Salamander    
 Hemidactylium scutatum - Four-Toed Salamander    
 Necturus maculosus - Mudpuppy    
 Notophthalmus viridescens - Red-Spotted Newt    
 Plethodon cinereus - Red-Backed Salamander    
 Siren intermedia - Western Lesser Siren    

SNAKES

 Taxon Map Photo Status
 Clonophis kirtlandii - Kirtland's Snake

 E
 Coluber constrictor - Blue Racer
 Diadophis punctatus - Northern Ringneck Snake  
 Elaphe obsoleta - Black Rat Snake

 SC
 Elaphe vulpina - Eastern Fox Snake

 T
 Heterodon platyrhinos - Eastern Hognose Snake  
 Lampropeltis triangulum - Eastern Milk Snake  
 Nerodia erythrogaster - Northern Copperbelly Snake

 E
 Nerodia sipedon - Northern Water Snake  
 Opheodrys vernalis - Eastern Smooth Green Snake  
 Regina septemvittata- Queen Snake  
 Sistrurus catenatus - Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake

 SC
 Storeria dekayi - Brown Snake  
 Storeria occipitomaculata - Northern Red-Bellied Snake    
 Thamnophis butleri - Butler's Garter Snake  
 Thamnophis sauritus - Northern Ribbon Snake  
 Thamnophis sirtalis- Eastern Garter Snake  

LIZARDS

 Taxon
  Map Photo Status
  Cnemidophorus sexlineatus - Six-Lined Racerunner

  SC
 Eumeces fasciatus - Five-Lined Skink  

TURTLES

  Taxon
  Map Photo Status
 Apalone spinifera - Spiny Softshell Turtle  
 Chelydra serpentina - Snapping Turtle  
 Chrysemys picta - Painted Turtle  
 Clemmys guttata - Spotted Turtle

 T
 Clemmys insculpta - Wood Turtle

 SC
 Emydoidea blandingii - Blanding's Turtle

 SC
 Graptemys geographica - Common Map Turtle  
 Sternotherus odoratus - Common Musk Turtle  
Terrapene carolina - Eastern Box Turtle

 SC
Trachemys scripta - Red-Eared Slider  

REFERENCES

Conant, R. and J.T. Collins. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA. 450 pp.

Harding, James H. and J. Alan Holman. 1990. Michigan Turtles and Lizards. A Field Guide and Pocket Reference. Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service, East Lansing, MI. 94 pp.

Harding, James H. and J. Alan Holman. 1992. Michigan Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders. A Field Guide and Pocket Reference. Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service, East Lansing, MI. 144 pp.

Holman, J. Alan, and James H. Harding. 1989. Michigan Snakes. A Field Guide and Pocket Reference. Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service, East Lansing, MI. 72 pp.

Ruthven, A.G., C. Thompson and H.T. Gaige. 1928. The Herpetology of Michigan. The University of Michigan Museums, Ann Arbor, Handbook Ser. No. 3, 229 pp.

LAST UPDATED 06/23/2000 by M.F. O'Brien