Reptiles and Amphibians of the monument.
This checklist names reptiles and amphibians that have been seen, or
that should occur, according to range maps and distribution records in
important reference works, in the monument. Four of these species are
found only in the Tucson Mountain Section; they are: desert iguana,
desert horned lizard, western shovel-nosed snake, and sidewinder. An
asterisk marks those species most commonly seen in the daytime.
The _desert_ (D) habitat is the rather flat or gently rolling terrain
below 3,200 feet in elevation, as seen in the vicinity of the visitor
center and the Cactus Forest Drive, and in the north and west portions
of the Tucson Mountain Section.
The _foothills_ (F) habitat includes the area above 3,200 feet where the
land becomes quite rocky and begins to ascend rather sharply on the
Cactus Forest Drive and along Hohokam Road in the Tucson Mountain
Section.
The _mountain_ (M) habitat is restricted to the Rincon Mountains above
an elevation of 6,500 feet where one finds tall trees.
common name scientific name habitat
AMPHIBIANS _toads and frogs_
Colorado River Toad _Bufo alvarius_ D F
Great Plains Toad _Bufo cognatus_ D
Red-spotted Toad _Bufo punctatus_ D F
Woodhouse’s Toad _Bufo woodhousei_ D F M
Couch’s Spadefoot _Scaphiopus couchi_ D F
Western Spadefoot _Scaphiopus hammondi_ D F M
Canyon Treefrog _Hyla arenicolor_ F M
Leopard Frog _Rana pipiens_ D F M
REPTILES _turtles_
*Desert Tortoise _Gopherus agassizi_ D F
Western Box Turtle _Terrapene ornata_ D F
Sonora Mud Turtle _Kinosternon sonoriense_ D F M
Spiny Softshell _Trionyx ferox_ D
_lizards_
Banded Gecko _Coleonyx variegatus_ D F
Desert Iguana _Dipsosaurus dorsalis_ D
Lesser Earless Lizard _Holbrookia maculata_ D F
Greater Earless Lizard _Holbrookia texana_ D F
*Zebra-tailed Lizard _Callisaurus draconoides_ D F
*Collared Lizard _Crotaphytus collaris_ D F
Leopard Lizard _Crotaphytus wislizenii_ D F
Short-horned Lizard _Phrynosoma douglassi_ F M
Desert Horned Lizard _Phrynosoma platyrhinos_ D
*Regal Horned Lizard _Phrynosoma solare_ D F
*Side-blotched Lizard _Uta stansburiana_ D F
*Tree Lizard _Uta ornata_ D F M
*Desert Spiny Lizard _Sceloporus magister_ D F
Clark’s Spiny Lizard _Sceloporus clarki_ D F M
Eastern Fence Lizard _Sceloporus undulatus_ F M
*Western Whiptail _Cnemidophorus tigris_ D F
Spotted Whiptail _Cnemidophorus sacki_ D F
Arizona Alligator Lizard _Gerrhonotus kingi_ M
*Great Plains Skink _Eumeces obsoletus_ D F
*Gila Monster _Heloderma suspectum_ D F
_snakes_
Western Blind Snake _Leptotyphlops humilis_ D F
Arizona Coral Snake _Micruroides euryxanthus_ D F M
Regal Ringnecked Snake _Diadophis regalis_ F M
Western Hognose Snake _Heterodon nasicus_ D F
Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake _Phyllorhynchus D F
decurtatus_
Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake _Phyllorhynchus browni_ D F
Coachwhip _Masticophis flagellum_ D F
Sonora Whipsnake _Masticophis bilineatus_ D F M
Western Patch-nosed Snake _Salvadora hexalepis_ D F
Mountain Patch-nosed Snake _Salvadora grahamiae_ M
Glossy Snake _Arizona elegans_ D F
Gopher Snake _Pituophis catenifer_ D F M
Compton Kingsnake _Lampropeltis getulus_ D F
Sonora Mountain Kingsnake _Lampropeltis pyromelana_ M
Long-nosed Snake _Rhinocheilus lecontei_ D F
Black-necked Garter Snake _Thamnophis cyrtopsis_ F M
Mexican Garter Snake _Thamnophis eques_ D
Checkered Garter Snake _Thamnophis marcianus_ D F
Western Ground Snake _Sonora semiannulata_ D F
Western Shovel-nosed Snake _Chionactis occipitalis_ D
Banded Sand Snake _Chilomeniscus cinctus_ D F
Mexican Black-headed Snake _Tantilla atriceps_ D F
Plains Black-headed Snake _Tantilla nigriceps_ D F
Sonora Lyre Snake _Trimorphodon lambda_ D F
Night Snake _Hypsiglena torquata_ D F M
Western Diamondback _Crotalus atrox_ D F
Rattlesnake
Sidewinder _Crotalus cerastes_ D
Black-tailed Rattlesnake _Crotalus molossus_ F M
Tiger Rattlesnake _Crotalus tigris_ F
Mohave Rattlesnake _Crotalus scutulatus_ D F
Arizona Black Rattlesnake _Crotalus viridis F M
cerberus_