Amphibians (Class Amphibia)

Salamanders (Order Caudata)

Giant Salamanders (Family Dicamptodontidae)

Cope’s Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon copei)
Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)

Torrent Salamanders (Family Rhyacotritonidae)

Cascade Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton cascadae)
Columbia Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri)
Olympic Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus)

Mole Salamanders (Family Ambytomatidae)

Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum)
Northwestern Salamander (Ambystoma gracile)
Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

Newts (Family Salamandridae)

Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)

Lungless Salamanders (Family Plethodontidae)

Dunn’s Salamander (Plethodon dunni)
Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii)
Larch Mountain Salamander (Plethodon larselli)
Van Dyke’s Salamander (Plethodon vandykei)
Western Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon vehiculum)

Frogs (Order Anura)

Spadefoot Toads (Family Pelobatidae)

Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana = Scaphiopus intermontanus)

True Toads (Family Bufonidae)

Western Toad (Bufo boreas)
Woodhouse’s Toad (Bufo woodhousii)

Treefrogs (Family Hylidae)

Pacific Treefrog (Pseudacris regilla) = Pacific Treefrog (Hyla regilla) = Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla)

True Frogs (Family Ranidae)

Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae)
Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris)
Green Frog (Rana clamitans)
Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa)
Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora)

Tailed Frogs (Family Ascaphidae)

Coastal Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei)
Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog (Ascaphus montanus)

Reptiles (Class Reptilia)

Turtles (Order Testudines)

Family Emydidae

Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Slider (Trachemys scripta)
Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) = (Clemmys marmorata = Emys marmorata)

Lizards (Order Squamata)

Iguanids (Family Iguanidae = Phrynosomatidae)

Pygmy Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma douglassii)
Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus)
Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)

Skinks (Family Scincidae)

Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus)

Alligator Lizards (Family Anguidae)

Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea)
Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)

Snakes (Order Squamata)

Colubrids (Family Colubridae)

California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata)
Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)
Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata)
Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides)
Racer (Coluber constrictor)
Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
Sharptail Snake (Contia tenuis)
Striped Whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus)
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans)

Vipers (Family Viperidae)

Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)

Boas (Family Boidae)

Rubber Boa (Charina bottae)

The preceding checklist contains the 25 native amphibian species and 21 native reptile species known in Washington. Sea turtles are occasional visitors to waters off the Washington coast but were not included in the species list. The Bullfrog and Slider are introduced species that are commonly encountered in Washington. The Green Frog is an introduced species known from three areas of Washington.

Washington Herp Atlas, 2005. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, and U.S.D.I. Bureau of Land Management

http://www1.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/herp/