Ill. Admin. Code tit. 17 § 885.40
The following list comprises Illinois' indigenous or native herptile taxa to the subspecies level, if applicable. A current list of State endangered/threatened species may be found in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 1010. A single asterisk (*) denotes a venomous and special use species.
Salamanders
Jefferson Salamander | Ambystoma jeffersonianum |
Blue-spotted Salamander | Ambystoma laterale |
Spotted Salamander | Ambystoma maculatum |
Marbled Salamander | Ambystoma opacum |
Silvery Salamander | Ambystoma platineum |
Mole Salamander | Ambystoma talpoideum |
Small-mouthed Salamander | Ambystoma texanum |
Eastern Tiger Salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum |
Eastern Hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis |
Spotted Dusky Salamander | Desmognathus conanti |
Northern Dusky Salamander | Desmognathus fuscus |
Southern Two-lined Salamander | Eurycea cirrigera |
Eastern Long-tailed Salamander | Eurycea longicauda longicauda |
Dark-sided Salamander | Eurycea longicauda melanopleura |
Cave Salamander | Eurycea lucifuga |
Four-toed Salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum |
Common Mudpuppy | Necturus maculosus |
Central Newt | Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis |
Eastern Red-backed Salamander | Plethodon cinereus |
Northern Zigzag Salamander | Plethodon dorsalis |
Northern Slimy Salamander | Plethodon glutinosus |
Western Lesser Siren | Siren intermedia nettingi |
Frogs and Toads
Blanchard's Cricket Frog | Acris blanchardi |
American Toad | Anaxyrus americanus americanus |
Dwarf American Toad | Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi |
Fowler's Toad | Anaxyrus fowleri |
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad | Gastrophryne carolinensis |
Western Bird-voiced Treefrog | Hyla avivoca |
Cope's Gray Treefrog | Hyla chrysoscelis |
Green Treefrog | Hyla cinerea |
Eastern Gray Treefrog | Hyla versicolor |
Northern Crawfish Frog | Lithobates areolatus circulosus |
Plains Leopard Frog | Lithobates blairi |
American Bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus |
Green Frog | Lithobates clamitans |
Pickerel Frog | Lithobates palustris |
Northern Leopard Frog | Lithobates pipiens |
Southern Leopard Frog | Lithobates sphenocephalus |
Wood Frog | Lithobates sylvaticus |
Spring Peeper | Pseudacris crucifer |
Upland Chorus Frog | Pseudacris feriarum |
Illinois Chorus Frog | Pseudacris illinoensis |
Boreal Chorus Frog | Pseudacris maculata |
Western/Midland Chorus Frog | Pseudacris triseriata |
Eastern Spadefoot Toad | Scaphiopus holbrookii |
Turtles
Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle | Apalone mutica |
Spiny Softshell Turtle | Apalone spinifera |
Common/Eastern Snapping Turtle | Chelydra serpentina |
Western Painted Turtle | Chrysemys picta bellii |
Southern Painted Turtle | Chrysemys picta dorsalis |
Midland Painted Turtle | Chrysemys picta marginata |
Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata |
Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii |
Northern Map Turtle | Graptemys geographica |
Northern False Map Turtle | Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica |
Mississippi Map Turtle | Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii |
Ouachita Map Turtle | Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis |
Yellow Mud Turtle | Kinosternon flavescens |
Eastern Mud Turtle | Kinosternon subrubrum |
Alligator Snapping Turtle | Macrochelys temminckii |
River Cooter | Pseudemys concinna |
Common/Eastern Musk Turtle | Sternotherus odoratus |
Eastern Box Turtle | Terrapene carolina carolina |
Ornate Box Turtle | Terrapene ornata |
Red-eared Slider | Trachemys scripta elegans |
Lizards
Eastern Six-lined Racerunner | Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata |
Western Slender Glass Lizard | Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus |
Common Five-lined Skink | Plestiodon fasciatus |
Broad-headed Skink | Plestiodon laticeps |
Eastern Fence Lizard | Sceloporus undulatus |
Ground/Little Brown Skink | Scincella lateralis |
Snakes
Midwestern Worm Snake | Carphophis amoenus helenae |
Western Worm Snake | Carphophis vermis |
Northern Scarlet Snake | Cemophora coccinea copei |
Kirtland's Snake | Clonophis kirtlandii |
Blue Racer | Coluber constrictor foxii |
Southern Black Racer | Coluber constrictor priapus |
Prairie Ring-necked Snake | Diadophis punctatus arnyi |
Northern Ring-necked Snake | Diadophis punctatus edwardsii |
Mississippi Ring-necked Snake | Diadophis punctatus stictogenys |
Western Mud Snake | Farancia abacura reinwardtii |
Western Hog-nosed Snake | Heterodon nasicus |
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake | Heterodon platirhinos |
Prairie King Snake | Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster |
Speckled King Snake | Lampropeltis getula holbrookii |
Eastern Black King Snake | Lampropeltis getula nigra |
Red Milk Snake | Lampropeltis triangulum syspila |
Eastern Milk Snake | Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum |
Eastern Coachwhip | Masticophis flagellum |
Mississippi Green Watersnake | Nerodia cyclopion |
Plain-bellied Watersnake | Nerodia erythrogaster |
Southern/Broad-banded Watersnake | Nerodia fasciata |
Diamond-backed Watersnake | Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer |
Midland Watersnake | Nerodia sipedon pleuralis |
Northern Watersnake | Nerodia sipedon sipedon |
Rough Green Snake | Opheodrys aestivus |
Smooth Green Snake | Opheodrys vernalis |
Great Plains Rat Snake | Pantherophis emoryi |
Black Rat Snake | Pantherophis obsoletus (spiloides) obsoletus |
Gray Rat Snake | Pantherophis obsoletus (spiloides) spiloides |
Western/Eastern Fox Snake | Pantherophis ramspotti/vulpinus |
Bull Snake | Pituophis catenifer sayi |
Graham's Crayfish Snake | Regina grahamii |
Queen Snake | Regina septemvittata |
Midland Brown Snake | Storeria dekayi wrightorum |
Northern Red-bellied Snake | Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata |
Flat-headed Snake | Tantilla gracilis |
Western Ribbon Snake | Thamnophis proximus proximus |
Plains Garter Snake | Thamnophis radix |
Eastern Ribbon Snake | Thamnophis sauritus |
Chicago Garter Snake | Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus |
Eastern Garter Snake | Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis |
Lined Snake | Tropidoclonion lineatum |
Western Smooth Earth Snake | Virginia valeriae elegans |
Southern Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix * |
Northern Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen * |
Western Cottonmouth | Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma * |
Timber Rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus * |
Eastern Massasauga | Sistrurus catenatus * |
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 885.40