SUNY Cortland Herpetology Connection

Credits

• Special Acknowledgments:
• This project would not have been possible without the extensive help of Alvin Breisch of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. We thank him for his help on all aspects of the project.
• Special thanks to the support from New York State Great Lakes Protection Fund, which has a special interest in watersheds that drain into Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
• We thank Houghton-Mifflin for donating copies of the Peterson Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians.
• We thank Tom Lyon and McGraw-Hill for the generous donation of the How to Know the Amphibians and Reptiles books.
• Matt Chapman, a senior biology student during the '97-'98 academic year, helped get CHC off the ground with the support of a grant from the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
• Craig Cramer generously donated a great deal of time to help construct our website and made many important contributions.
• We thank the Ornithology Lab of Cornell University for permission to provide the schools with audio tapes of NY frog calls.
• John Ozard, Kim Hunsinger, and Alison Keeble-Preville provided a wealth of technical support.
• Many thanks to the people allowed us to use their photographs. They are listed below.
• The following photos are courtesy Andy Clay, from the Frogs of the Lower Great Lakes Region website.
• Bufo fowleri -- Fowler's toad
• Acris crepitans -- Northern cricket frog
• Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor -- Gray treefrog
• Pseudacris crucifer -- Spring peeper
• Pseudacris triseriata -- Western chorus frog
• Rana clamitans -- Green frog
• Rana palustris -- Pickerel frog
• Rana pipiens -- Northern leopard frog
• Rana septentrionalis -- Mink frog
• Rana sylvatica -- Wood frog
• The following photos are courtesy Richard Sajdak, from the An Amphibian Album website.
• Plethodon cinereus -- Redback salamander
• Necturus maculosus -- Mudpuppy
• The following photos are courtesy Mike Pingleton, from the Herp Pictures, References and On-Line Resources website.
• Rana sphenocephala -- Southern leopard frog
• Ambystoma opacum -- Marbled salamander
• The following photos are courtesy Cully Gause and Ted Hoberg, from the Survey of North Dakota Reptiles and Amphibians website. (Special thanks to webmaster Mark Grabe.)
• Storeria occipitomaculata -- Redbelly Snake
• Liochlorophis (Opheodrys) vernalis -- Smooth Green Snake
• The following photos are courtesy Tom Gula, from the Amphibians and Reptiles of New Jersey website.
• Notophthalmus viridescens -- Red-spotted newt
• Ambystoma maculatum -- Spotted salamander
• Ambystoma jeffersonianum/laterale -- Jefferson/Bluespotted polyploids
• Eurycea longicauda -- Longtail salamander
• Eurycea bislineata -- Northern two-lined salamander
• Plethodon cinereus -- Redback salamander
• Plethodon cinereus -- Redback salamander
• Plethodon glutinosus -- Slimy salamander
• Pseudotriton ruber -- Northern red salamander
• Gyrinophilus porphyriticus -- Northern spring salamander
• Bufo americanus -- American toad
• Clemmys insculpta -- Wood Turtle
• Chrysemys picta -- Painted Turtle
• Terrapene carolina -- Eastern Box Turtle
• Nerodia sipedon -- Northern Water Snake
• Storeria dekayi -- Brown Snake
• Thamnophis sirtalis -- Eastern Garter Snake
• Thamnophis sauritus -- Eastern Ribbon Snake
• Coluber constrictor -- Northern Black Racer
• Lampropeltis triangulum -- Eastern Milk Snake
• The following photos are courtesy Dr. James Bogart, from the Amphibians and Reptiles of Ontario website. Special thanks to webmaster Janice McKee.
• Ambystoma laterale -- Blue-spotted salamander
• Ambystoma tigrinum -- Eastern tiger salamander
• Eurycea bislineata -- Northern two-lined salamander
• Bufo americanus -- American toad
• Rana septentrionalis -- Mink frog
• Rana catesbeiana -- Bullfrog
• Chelydra serpentina -- Snapping Turtle
• Graptemys geographica -- Common Map Turtle
• Sternotherus odoratus -- Common Musk Turtle
• Emydoidea blandingii -- Blanding's Turtle
• Clemmys insculpta -- Wood Turtle
• Clemmys guttata -- Spotted Turtle
• Apalone spinifera -- Eastern Spiny Softshell
• Heterodon platyrhinos -- Eastern Hognose Snake
• Sistrurus catenatus -- Massasauga
• The following photos are courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation, from The Lizards of Missouri website.
• Sceloporus undulatus -- Northern Fence Lizard
• Eumeces fasciatus -- Five-Lined SkinkTypical coloration
• Eumeces fasciatus Adult male (orange head seen only during spring mating season)
• Eumeces fasciatus -- Immature (blue tail turns gray after a year)
• The following photos are courtesy of the Herpetology Homepage, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia website. Special thanks to webmaster Jane Sanders.
• Scaphiopus holbrookii -- Eastern Spadefoot toad
The following photos are courtesy of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources from the Snakes of Indiana website. Special thanks to webmaster Diana Rigg.
• Carphophis amoenus -- Eastern Worm Snake
• Diadophis punctatus -- Northern Ringneck Snake
• Regina septemvittata -- Queen Snake
• Agkistrodon contortrix -- Copperhead
• Crotalus horridus -- Timber Rattlesnake
• Elaphe obsoleta -- Black Rat Snake
• The following photos are courtesy of R. Wayne VanDevender, from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's Animal Diversity Web.
• Hemidactylium scutatum -- Four-toed salamander
• Cryptobranchus alleganiensis -- Hellbender
• Desmognathus ochrophaeus -- Mountain dusky salamander
• The following photo is courtesy of Greg Sievert, from the The Tree of Life website.
• Desmognathus fuscus -- Northern dusky salamander
• The following photo is courtesy of Jeyasuria Pancharatnam, from the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute website.
• Malaclemys terrapin -- Diamondback terrapin