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List of QUBS Amphibians & Reptiles / Liste des amphibiens & des reptiles de la QUBS

Order Anura
American toad / Crapaud d'Amérique (Anaxyrus americanus)
Grey treefrog / Rainette versicolore (Hyla versicolor)
Western chorus frog / Rainette faux-grillon (Pseudacris triseriata/maculata) [COSEWIC: threatened. Note some ambiguity as to whether it is the boreal (P. maculata) or western chorus frog at QUBS. Genetic work will clarify this]
Spring peeper / Rainette crucifère (Pseudacris crucifer)
Mink frog / Grenouille du Nord (Lithobates septentrionalis) Occurs regionally but still undocumented at QUBS
Green frog / Grenouille verte (Lithobates clamitans)
American Bullfrog / Ouaouaron (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Northern leopard frog / Grenouille léopard (Lithobates pipiens) [various western and northern populations are listed by COSEWIC]
Pickerel frog / Grenouille des marais (Lithobates palustris) Rare at QUBS
Wood frog / Grenouille des bois (Lithobates sylvaticus)

Order Caudata
Mudpuppy / Necture tacheté (Necturus maculosus)
Blue-spotted salamander / Salamandre à points bleus (Ambystoma laterale)
Spotted salamander / Salamandre maculée (Ambystoma maculatum)
Red-spotted newt / Triton vert (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Redback salamander / Salamandre cendrée (Plethodon cinerus) Uncommon at QUBS
Four-toed salamander / Salamandre à quatres orteilles (Hemidactylium scutatum) Occurs regionally but still undocumented at QUBS
Northern two-lined salamander / Salamandre à deux lignes (Eurycea bislineata) Occurs regionally but still undocumented at QUBS

Order Tesdudines
Snapping turtle / Tortue serpentine (Chelydra serpentina) [COSEWIC: special concern]
Common musk turtle / Tortue musquée (Sternotherus odoratus)
Common map turtle / Tortue géographique (Graptemys geographica) [COSEWIC: special concern]
Midland painted turtle / Tortue peinte (Chrysemys picta)
Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) / Tortue mouchetée Rare globally. [COSEWIC: Great Lakes & St. Lawrence population - threatened]

Order Squamata
    Suborder Lacertilia

Five-lined skink / Scinque pentaligne (Plestiodon fasciatus) Rare at QUBS. [COSEWIC: Great Lakes & St. Lawrence population - threatened]
    Suborder Serpentes
Gray ratsnake (Elaphe spiloides) / Couleuvre obscure [COSEWIC: Great Lakes & St. Lawrence population - threatened]
Eastern milk snake / Couleuvre tachetée (Lampropeltis triangulum) [COSEWIC: special concern]
Northern water snake / Couleuvre d'eau (Nerodia sipedon)
Eastern garter snake / Couleuvre rayée (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Northern ribbon snake / Couleuvre mince (Thamnophis sauritus) [COSEWIC: special concern]
Midland brown snake / Couleuvre brune (Storeria dekayi)
Northern redbelly snake / Couleuvre à ventre rouge (Storeria occipitomaculata)
Northern ringneck snake / Couleuvre à collier (Diadophis punctatus) Rare at QUBS
Smooth green snake / Couleuvre verte (Liochlorophis vernalis)

 

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