Herptiles of Barnegat Bay
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Acris crepitans - Northern cricket frog
Caretta caretta - Loggerhead sea turtle
Chelydra serpentina - Snapping turtle
Crotalus horridus - Timber rattlesnake
Dryophytes chrysoscelis - Southern gray treefrog
Glyptemys insculpta - Wood turtle
Heterodon platirhinos - Eastern hognose snake
Lithobates catesbeianus - Bullfrog
Lithobates sphenocephalus - Southern leopard frog
Malaclemys terrapin terrapin - Northern diamondback terrapin
Pituophis m. melanoleucus - Northern pine snake
Pseudacris crucifer - Northern spring peeper
Pseudotriton ruber ruber - Northern red salamander
Scincela lateralis - Ground skink
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern garter snake
Ambystoma t. tigrinum - Eastern tiger salamander
Carphophis a. amoenus - Eastern worm snake
Chrymsemys picta - Eastern painted turtle
Dermochelys coriacea - Leatherback sea turtle
Dryophytes versicolor - Northern gray treefrog
Glyptemys muhlenbergii - Bog turtle
Lampropeltis getula getula - Eastern king snake
Lithobates clamitans - Green frog
Lithobates sylvaticus - Wood frog
Nerodia sipedon - Northern water snake
Pleastiodon fasciatus - Five-lined skink
Pseudacris kalmi - New Jersey chorus frog
Scaphiopus holbrooki - Eastern spadefoot toad
Terrapene carolina carolina - Eastern box turtle
Anaxyrus fowleri - Fowler's toad
Chelonia mydas - Green sea turtle
Clemmys guttata - Spotted turtle
Dryophytes andersonii - Pine Barrens treefrog
Eurycea bislineara - Northern two-lined salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum - Four-toed salamander
Lepidochelys kempii - Kemp's Ridley turtle
Lithobates palustris - Pickerel Frog
Lithobates virgatipes - Carpenter forg
Pantherophis guttatus - Corn snake
Plethodon cinereus - Redback salamander
Pseudemys rubriventris - Red-belly turtle
Sceloporus undulatus - Fence lizard
Thamnophis saurita saurita - Eastern ribbon snake
