Turtles, Lizards, Frogs, and Salamanders of Alabama

Florida Softshell Turtle

Apalone ferox

Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell Turtle

Apalone mutica calvata

Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle

Apalone mutica mutica

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Apalone spinifera

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Common Snapping Turtle 

Chelydra serpentina 

Southern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys dorsalis

Common Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Eastern Chicken Turtle

Deirochelys reticularia reticularia 

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Gopher Tortoise

Gopherus polyphemus

Barbour’s Map Turtle

Graptemys barbouri

Escambia Map Turtle

Graptemys ernsti 

Northern Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

Delta (Alabama) Map Turtle

Graptemys pulchra

Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin

Malaclemys terrapin pileata

Striped Mud Turtle

Kinosternon bauri 

Eastern Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidichelys kempi

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temmincki

Alabama Red-Bellied Cooter 

Pseudemys alabamensis 

River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

Razor-backed Musk Turtle

Sternotherus carinatus

Flattened Musk Turtle

Sternotherus depressus

Intermediate Musk Turtle

Sternotherus intermedius 

Loggerhead Musk Turtle

Sternotherus minor

Eastern Musk Turtle (“Stinkpot”)

Sternotherus odoratus

Stripe-necked Musk Turtle

Sternotherus peltifer

Eastern Box Turtle (+ gulf coast, three toed)

Terrapene carolina carolina

Red-eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Yellow-bellied Slider (+ cumberland)

Trachemys scripta scripta 

Black-knobbed Map Turtle

Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda

Ouachita Map Turtle

Graptemys ouachitensis

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis 

Cuban Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei sagrei

Eastern Six-lined Racerunner

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus sexlineatus

Mediterranean House Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Eastern Slender Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus

Mimic Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus mimicus

Eastern Glass Lizard 

Ophisaurus ventralis

Southern Coal Skink

Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis

Northern Mole Skink

Plestiodon egregius similis

Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon faciatus

Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon inexpectatus

Broad-headed Skink

Plestiodon laticeps

Prairie Lizard

Sceloporus consorbrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

Little Brown Skink 

Scincella lateralis 

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Southern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus auriculatus

Marbled Salamander

Ambystoma opacum

Mole Salamander

Ambystoma talpoideum

Red Hills Salamander

Phaeognathus hubrichti 

Black Warrior Waterdog

Necturus alabamensis 

Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander

Ambystoma bishopi

Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

Two-toed Amphiuma

Amphiuma means

One-toed Amphiuma 

Amphiuma pholeter 

Three-toed Amphiuma

Amphiuma tridactylum

Clouded Salamander

Aneides ferreus

Hellbender

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Seepage Salamander

Desmognathus aeneus

Apalachicola Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus apalachicolae

Spotted Dusky Salamander 

Desmognathus conanti

Seal Salamander

Desmognathus monticola

Ocoee Salamander 

Desmognathus ocoee

Valentine’s Southern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus valentinei

Brownback Salamander

Eurycea aquatica

Southern Two-lined Salamander

Eurycea cirrigera

Three-lined Salamander 

Eurycea guttollineata 

Hill’s Dwarf Salamander

Eurycea hillsi

Eastern Long-tailed Salamander

Eurycea longicauda longicauda

Cave Salamander

Eurycea lucifuga

Western Dwarf Salamander

Eurycea paludicola

Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander 

Eurycea quadridigitata 

Bog Dwarf Salamander

Eurycea sphagnicola

Tennessee Cave Salamander

Gyrinophilus palleucus

Carolina Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus dunni

Northern Spring Salamander 

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus 

Common Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

Apalachicola Waterdog

Necturus moleri

Escambi Waterdog

Necturus mounti

Red-spotted (Eastern) Newt

Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Central (Eastern) Newt

Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens

Northern Zigzag Salamander 

Plethodon dorsalis

Northern Slimy Salamander

Plethodon glutinosus

Southeastern Slimy Salamander

Plethodon grobmani

Mississippi Slimy Salamander

Plethodon mississippi

Southern Red-backed Salamander 

Plethodon serratus

Southern Zigzag Salamander

Plethodon ventralis

Webster’s Salamander

Plethodon websteri

Gulf Coast Mud Salamander

Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus

Northern Red Salamander 

Pseudotriton ruber ruber

Southern Red Salamander

Pseudotriton ruber vioscai

Eastern Lesser Siren

Siren intermedia intermedia

Western Lesser Siren

Siren intermedia nettingi

Greater Siren

Siren lacertina

Reticulated Siren

Siren reticulata