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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.

Ringneck Snake 1
Diadophis punctatus
North American Racer 2
Coluber constrictor
Lined Snake 3
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Common Garter Snake 4
Thamnophis sirtalis
Checkered Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis marcianus
Flat-headed Snake 6
Tantilla gracilis
DeKay's Brownsnake 7
Storeria dekayi
Western Groundsnake 8
Sonora semiannulata
Eastern Patch-nosed Snake 9
Salvadora grahamiae
Long-nosed Snake 10
Rhinocheilus lecontei
Gopher Snake 9
Pituophis catenifer
Rough Greensnake 11
Opheodrys aestivus
Diamondback Watersnake 12
Nerodia rhombifer
Banded Watersnake 13
Nerodia fasciata
Plain-bellied Watersnake 14
Nerodia erythrogaster
Speckled Kingsnake 15
Lampropeltis holbrooki
Yellow-bellied Kingsnake 16
Lampropeltis calligaster
Eastern Hognose Snake 17
Heterodon platirhinos
Texas Coralsnake 18
Micrurus tener
Cottonmouth 19
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Copperhead 5
Agkistrodon contortrix
Timber Rattlesnake 20
Crotalus horridus
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 21
Crotalus atrox
Pygmy Rattlesnake 19
Sistrurus miliarius
Slender Glass Lizard 13
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Texas Blind Snake
Rena dulcis
Eastern Collared Lizard 22
Crotaphytus collaris
Mediterranean House Gecko 23
Hemidactylus turcicus
Greater Earless Lizard 8
Cophosaurus texanus
Texas Spiny Lizard 24
Sceloporus olivaceus
Western Earless Lizard 25
Holbrookia maculata
Green Anole 26
Anolis carolinensis
Western Ribbon Snake 27
Thamnophis proximus
Little Brown Skink 28
Scincella lateralis
Common Spotted Whiptail 29
Aspidoscelis gularis
Common Five-lined Skink 30
Plestiodon fasciatus
Broadhead Skink 31
Plestiodon laticeps
Great Plains Skink 32
Plestiodon obsoletus
Prairie Skink 33
Plestiodon septentrionalis
Four-lined Skink
Plestiodon tetragrammus
Great Plains Ratsnake 19
Pantherophis emoryi
Western Rat Snake 34
Pantherophis obsoletus
Texas Horned Lizard 35
Phrynosoma cornutum
Graham's Crayfish Snake 6
Regina grahamii
Brown Anole 36
Anolis sagrei

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