Wild Reptile, Amphibian and Fish lists

Yoshistar888

Yoshistar888

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I'ts not often that wild ectotherms are talked about, so I am curious about peoples lists.

Mine is as follows
(I will do fish in another post)

Reptiles

Crocodilians
American Aligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Turtles and Tortoises
Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Squamates

Common Garden Skink/Pale Flecked Sun Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
Delicate Skink/Dark Flecked Sun Skink (Lampropholis delicata)
Blotched Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua nigrolutea)
Eastern Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)
Southern Weasel Skink (Saproscincus mustelinus)
South Eastern Five Lined Skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus)
Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii)
Gippsland Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howitti)
Brown Anole (Anolis sageri)
Marbled Gecko (Christinus marmoratus dactylus)
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
Northern Curly Tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus) (I can't find the subspecies that is found on Nassau)

Amphibians

Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris)
 
Here is my life lists for reptiles and amphibians. I'll do fish later:

Reptiles
Turtles
Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Blanding's Turtle (Emys blandingii)
Common Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)
Squamates
Brown Anole (Anolis sageri)
Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Fox/Pine Snake (Pantherophis vulpinus)

Amphibians
Frogs
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)
Eastern/Cope's Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor/H. chrysoscelis)
American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)
Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)
Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
Salamanders
Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)
Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
 
Reptiles
  • Painted Turtle
  • Common Slider
  • River Cooter
  • Florida Softshell Turtle
  • Northern Red-bellied Cooter
  • Florida Red-bellied Cooter

  • American Alligator
  • American Crocodile

  • Common Five-lined Skink
  • Green Iguana
  • Black Spiny-tailed Iguana
  • Brown Anole
  • Green Anole

Amphibians
  • Spring Peeper
  • Gray Tree Frog
  • American Toad
  • Fowler's Toad
  • Northern Leopard Frog
  • Wood Frog

  • Northern Dusky Salamander
  • Common Mudpuppy
I'm not sure about fish. I haven't really seen that many.
 
birdsandbats said:
Here is my life lists for reptiles and amphibians. I'll do fish later:

Reptiles
Turtles
Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Blanding's Turtle (Emys blandingii)
Common Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)
Squamates
Brown Anole (Anolis sageri)
Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Fox/Pine Snake (Pantherophis vulpinus)

Amphibians
Frogs
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)
Eastern/Cope's Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor/H. chrysoscelis)
American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)
Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)
Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
Salamanders
Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)
Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
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Somehow forgot Common Snapping Turtle!
 
birdsandbats said:
Here is my life lists for reptiles and amphibians. I'll do fish later:

Reptiles
Turtles
Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Blanding's Turtle (Emys blandingii)
Common Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)
Squamates
Brown Anole (Anolis sageri)
Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Fox/Pine Snake (Pantherophis vulpinus)

Amphibians
Frogs
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)
Eastern/Cope's Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor/H. chrysoscelis)
American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)
Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)
Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
Salamanders
Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)
Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
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A lot of those amphibians and turtles make me jealous, iv'e only seen one of each (one toad and one turtle both in Florida).

I'm guessing you would have been to Florida (or at least SE USA). I stayed in Orlando and both Brown Anoles and Southeastern Five Lined Skinks were everywhere. I also saw the Southern Toad at night there.

Cape Cannaveral (about an hours drive from Orlando) is a great place for wildlife in general although we were only there to board the ship and visit JFK space centre which is great for wildlife, we saw three aligators, red eared sliders, all sorts of bird of preys (Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Red Shouldered Hawk), Egrets and Anoles but a lot more can be seen.

If you visit Nassau I can almost guarantee the chance of seeing Northern Curlytail Lizards (beatufil lizards with that tail) as well as in St Thomas and St maartin Green Iguanas are everywhere!

While my father and I were walking to the pier to look at Iguanas my mother and sister stumbled across a lizard which they photographed. I got extremely jealous and identified it as a St Martin (or St maartin it was on the French side) Amieva.

In New York and Connecticut we saw no reptiles as it was late autumn (it was November 2018, it even snowed in conneticut, the first (and only) time I've seen snow).


Snapping Turtles, Softshells and Salamanders (especially blue spotted, one of my favorite species), a variety of frogs and wild snakes (they still elude me :() make me jealous. I'm sure they would have all been amazing to see, and I hope the next time I visit the States I can see a few.
 
Yoshistar888 said:
A lot of those amphibians and turtles make me jealous, iv'e only seen one of each (one toad and one turtle both in Florida).

I'm guessing you would have been to Florida (or at least SE USA). I stayed in Orlando and both Brown Anoles and Southeastern Five Lined Skinks were everywhere. I also saw the Southern Toad at night there.

Cape Cannaveral (about an hours drive from Orlando) is a great place for wildlife in general although we were only there to board the ship and visit JFK space centre which is great for wildlife, we saw three aligators, red eared sliders, all sorts of bird of preys (Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Red Shouldered Hawk), Egrets and Anoles but a lot more can be seen.

If you visit Nassau I can almost guarantee the chance of seeing Northern Curlytail Lizards (beatufil lizards with that tail) as well as in St Thomas and St maartin Green Iguanas are everywhere!

While my father and I were walking to the pier to look at Iguanas my mother and sister stumbled across a lizard which they photographed. I got extremely jealous and identified it as a St Martin (or St maartin it was on the French side) Amieva.

In New York and Connecticut we saw no reptiles as it was late autumn (it was November 2018, it even snowed in conneticut, the first (and only) time I've seen snow).


Snapping Turtles, Softshells and Salamanders (especially blue spotted, one of my favorite species), a variety of frogs and wild snakes (they still elude me :() make me jealous. I'm sure they would have all been amazing to see, and I hope the next time I visit the States I can see a few.
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I'm a little jealous of some of the wildlife in Australia. I would love to go there someday and go see some of the animals!
 
Yoshistar888 said:
A lot of those amphibians and turtles make me jealous, iv'e only seen one of each (one toad and one turtle both in Florida).

I'm guessing you would have been to Florida (or at least SE USA). I stayed in Orlando and both Brown Anoles and Southeastern Five Lined Skinks were everywhere. I also saw the Southern Toad at night there.

Cape Cannaveral (about an hours drive from Orlando) is a great place for wildlife in general although we were only there to board the ship and visit JFK space centre which is great for wildlife, we saw three aligators, red eared sliders, all sorts of bird of preys (Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Red Shouldered Hawk), Egrets and Anoles but a lot more can be seen.

If you visit Nassau I can almost guarantee the chance of seeing Northern Curlytail Lizards (beatufil lizards with that tail) as well as in St Thomas and St maartin Green Iguanas are everywhere!

While my father and I were walking to the pier to look at Iguanas my mother and sister stumbled across a lizard which they photographed. I got extremely jealous and identified it as a St Martin (or St maartin it was on the French side) Amieva.

In New York and Connecticut we saw no reptiles as it was late autumn (it was November 2018, it even snowed in conneticut, the first (and only) time I've seen snow).


Snapping Turtles, Softshells and Salamanders (especially blue spotted, one of my favorite species), a variety of frogs and wild snakes (they still elude me :() make me jealous. I'm sure they would have all been amazing to see, and I hope the next time I visit the States I can see a few.
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I went to Florida a few times as a little kid and barely remember it. The Brown Anoles are one of the few animals I remember seeing. All the other species were seen elsewhere.
 
Yoshistar888 said:
I'ts not often that wild ectotherms are talked about, so I am curious about peoples lists.

Mine is as follows
(I will do fish in another post)

Reptiles

Crocodilians
American Aligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Turtles and Tortoises
Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Squamates

Common Garden Skink/Pale Flecked Sun Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
Delicate Skink/Dark Flecked Sun Skink (Lampropholis delicata)
Blotched Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua nigrolutea)
Eastern Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)
Southern Weasel Skink (Saproscincus mustelinus)
South Eastern Five Lined Skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus)
Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii)
Gippsland Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howitti)
Brown Anole (Anolis sageri)
Marbled Gecko (Christinus marmoratus dactylus)
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
Northern Curly Tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus) (I can't find the subspecies that is found on Nassau)

Amphibians

Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris)
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Wild fish list

I'm not going to be placing them in taxonomic order because I'm not 100% sure on the order but I will be placing similar fish together. Also the slashes (in my posts) indicate an alternate common name.

Cartilaginous fish

Elephant Fish/Australian Ghost Shark (Callorhinchus milii)
Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)
Gummy Shark (Mustelus antarcticus)
Smooth Stingray/Short Tailed Stingray (Bathytoshia brevicaudata)
Black Stingray (Dasyatis thetidis)
Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree (Trygonoptera imitata)
Sparsely Spotted Stingaree (Urolophus paucimaculatus)
Banded Stingaree (Urolophus cruciatus)
Melbourne Skate (Spiniraja whitleyi)
Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina dumerilii)

Bony fish

Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
Short Finned Eel (Anguilla australis)
Yellowfin Bream (Acanthopagrus australis)
Snapper (Pagrus auratus)
Silver Trevally (Pseudocaranx wrighti)
Yellow Eye Mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri)
Western Australian Salmon (Arripis truttaceus)
Australian Herring (Arripis georgianus)
Yellowtail Scad (Trachurus novaezelandiae)
Slimy Mackerel (Scomber australasicus)
Southern Sand Flathead (Platycephalus bassensis)
Yank Flathead (Platycephalus speculator)
Sea Sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis)
Moonlighter (Tilodon sexfasciatus)
King George Whiting (Sillaginodes punctatus)
Blue Spotted Goatfish (Upeneichthys lineatus)
Magpie Perch (Cheilodactylus nigripes)
Common Gurnard Perch (Neosebastes scorpaenoides)
Southern Gurnard Perch (Maxillicosta meridianus)
Southern Rock Cod (Pseudophycis barbata)
Old Wife (Enoplosus armatus)
Little Weed Whiting (Neoodax balteatus)
Blue Weed Whiting (Haletta semifasciata)
Southern Maori Wrasse (Ophthalmolepis lineolatus)
Blue Throated Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus)
Senator Wrasse (Pictilabrus laticlavius)
Spanish Hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
Australian Barracuda (Sphyraena novaehollandiae)
Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
Atlantic Sergant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis)
Rough Leatherjacket (Scobinichthys granulatus)
Six Spined Leatherjacket (Meuschenia freycineti)
Smooth Toadfish (Tetractenos glaber)
Australian Burrfish (Allomycterus pilatus)
Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus)

Phew finally done.

 
Haven’t got complete lists for many of these, but for starters 7 crocodilians, namely
American Alligator,
Common Caiman
Black Caiman
American Crocodile
Morelet’s Crocodile
Nile Crocodile
Saltwater Crocodile

Chelonians include
Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Red-legged Tortoise
Spur-thighed Tortoise
Red-eared Slider
European Pond Tortoise
Green Turtle

Lizards include
Marine Iguanas
Galapagos Land Iguana
Green Iguana
Black Iguana
Nile Monitor
Water Monitor
Day Gecko
House Gecko
Common Lizard
Sand Lizard
Maltese Lizard
Slow worm
Panther Chameleon plus another 5 or 6 Malagasy species

Snakes include
Adder (fighting males)
Grass Snake
Fer de Lance

Amphibians include
Common Frog
Edible Frog
Marsh Frog
Common Toad
Natterjack Toad
Mantella sp
Poison Dart sp
Fire-bellied Toad
Common Newt
Palmate Newt
Great Crested Newt
Fire Salamander

Fish include
Basking Shark
Common Dogfish
Common Eel
Lumpsucker
Common Goby
Shanney
Rockling
Butterfish
Cod
Pollack
Bob
Australian Grouper
Perch
Grey Mullet
Minnow
Carp
Brown Trout
 
Tetzoo Quizzer said:
Haven’t got complete lists for many of these, but for starters 7 crocodilians, namely
American Alligator,
Common Caiman
Black Caiman
American Crocodile
Morelet’s Crocodile
Nile Crocodile
Saltwater Crocodile

Chelonians include
Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Red-legged Tortoise
Spur-thighed Tortoise
Red-eared Slider
European Pond Tortoise
Green Turtle

Lizards include
Marine Iguanas
Galapagos Land Iguana
Green Iguana
Black Iguana
Nile Monitor
Water Monitor
Day Gecko
House Gecko
Common Lizard
Sand Lizard
Maltese Lizard
Slow worm
Panther Chameleon plus another 5 or 6 Malagasy species

Snakes include
Adder (fighting males)
Grass Snake
Fer de Lance

Amphibians include
Common Frog
Edible Frog
Marsh Frog
Common Toad
Natterjack Toad
Mantella sp
Poison Dart sp
Fire-bellied Toad
Common Newt
Palmate Newt
Great Crested Newt
Fire Salamander

Fish include
Basking Shark
Common Dogfish
Common Eel
Lumpsucker
Common Goby
Shanney
Rockling
Butterfish
Cod
Pollack
Bob
Australian Grouper
Perch
Grey Mullet
Minnow
Carp
Brown Trout
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That’s a LOT of travelling, cool list thanks for sharing.
 
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