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Tarrant County Vertebrate Animals

This is a list of vertebrate animals (i.e., those with a backbone) in Tarrant County, Texas.

American Alligator 1
Alligator mississippiensis
Ringneck Snake 2
Diadophis punctatus
North American Racer 3
Coluber constrictor
Lined Snake 4
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Common Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis sirtalis
Checkered Garter Snake 6
Thamnophis marcianus
Flat-headed Snake 7
Tantilla gracilis
DeKay's Brownsnake 8
Storeria dekayi
Western Groundsnake 9
Sonora semiannulata
Eastern Patch-nosed Snake 10
Salvadora grahamiae
Long-nosed Snake 11
Rhinocheilus lecontei
Gopher Snake 10
Pituophis catenifer
Rough Greensnake 12
Opheodrys aestivus
Diamondback Watersnake 13
Nerodia rhombifer
Banded Watersnake 14
Nerodia fasciata
Plain-bellied Watersnake 15
Nerodia erythrogaster
Speckled Kingsnake 16
Lampropeltis holbrooki
Yellow-bellied Kingsnake 17
Lampropeltis calligaster
Eastern Hognose Snake 18
Heterodon platirhinos
Texas Coralsnake 19
Micrurus tener
Cottonmouth 20
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Copperhead 6
Agkistrodon contortrix
Timber Rattlesnake 21
Crotalus horridus
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 22
Crotalus atrox
Pygmy Rattlesnake 20
Sistrurus miliarius
Slender Glass Lizard 14
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Texas Blind Snake
Rena dulcis
Eastern Collared Lizard 23
Crotaphytus collaris
Mediterranean House Gecko 24
Hemidactylus turcicus
Greater Earless Lizard 9
Cophosaurus texanus
Texas Spiny Lizard 25
Sceloporus olivaceus
Western Earless Lizard 26
Holbrookia maculata
Green Anole 27
Anolis carolinensis
Spiny Softshell Turtle 28
Apalone spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 29
Chelydra serpentina
Razor-backed Musk Turtle 30
Sternotherus carinatus
Yellow Mud Turtle 31
Kinosternon flavescens
Painted Turtle 10
Chrysemys picta
Common Slider 32
Trachemys scripta
Ornate Box Turtle 31
Terrapene ornata
Common Box Turtle 33
Terrapene carolina
Texas Cooter 28
Pseudemys texana
River Cooter 34
Pseudemys concinna
False Map Turtle 30
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Texas Tortoise 35
Gopherus berlandieri
Western Ribbon Snake 36
Thamnophis proximus
Little Brown Skink 37
Scincella lateralis
Common Spotted Whiptail 38
Aspidoscelis gularis
Common Five-lined Skink 39
Plestiodon fasciatus
Broadhead Skink 40
Plestiodon laticeps
Great Plains Skink 41
Plestiodon obsoletus
Prairie Skink 42
Plestiodon septentrionalis
Four-lined Skink
Plestiodon tetragrammus
Great Plains Ratsnake 20
Pantherophis emoryi
Western Rat Snake 43
Pantherophis obsoletus
Texas Horned Lizard 44
Phrynosoma cornutum
Graham's Crayfish Snake 7
Regina grahamii
Brown Anole 45
Anolis sagrei

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