Patrick T. Gregory and Linda A. Gregory. 1998. Amphibians and Reptiles in Smith, I.M., and G.G.E. Scudder, eds. Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, 1998.

AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

Patrick T. Gregory and Linda A. Gregory

SYSTEMATIC CHECKLIST

The names on this checklist are taken from taxonomic catalogues of the amphibians (Green, 1997b) and reptiles (Gregory and Gregory, 1998) of British Columbia, both submitted to the Ministry of Environment, British Columbia, and from Russell and Bauer (1993). Species on the British Columbia Red and Blue Lists are taken from Appendix 1 in Anonymous (1995).

AMPHIBIA

Order Anura

Family Ascaphidae

Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei) – Blue List

Family Ranidae

Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris)

Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)

Red-Legged Frog (Rana aurora)

Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) – Red List; endangered in Alberta

Green Frog (Rana clamitans) – introduced

Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) – introduced

Family Bufonidae

Western Toad (Bufo boreas)

Canadian Toad (Bufo hemiophrys) – non-game species in Alberta

Family Hylidae

Pacific Treefrog (Hyla regilla)

Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Family Pelobatidae

Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana) – Blue List

Order Caudata

Family Ambystomatidae

Long-Toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum)

Barred Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) – Red List

Family Plethodontidae

Coeur d’Alene Salamander (Plethodon idahoensis) – Red List

REPTILIA

Order Chelonia

Family Emydidae

Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) – Blue List

Order Squamata

Family Anguidae

Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea)

Family Scincidae

Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus)

Family Phrynosomatidae

Pigmy Short-Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma douglasi) – Red List

Family Boidae

Rubber Boa (Charina bottae) – Blue List

Family Colubridae

Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides)

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans)

Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix)

Sharptail Snake (Contia tenuis) – Red List

Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata) – Red List

Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer) – Blue List (but subspecies catenifer, outside ecozone, is on Red List)

Western Racer (Coluber mormon) – Blue List

Family Viperidae

Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) – Blue List