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McKean County

The species listed below are verified in the county from the Pennsylvania Amphibian and Reptile Survey. This list does not show historic species documented in the county prior to 2013.

Frogs & Toads

Eastern American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

Pickerel Frog

Lithobates palustris

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

Wood Frog

Lithobates sylvaticus

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

Lizards

Eastern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

Salamanders

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Blue-Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma laterale

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

Eastern Hellbender

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Northern Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus fuscus fuscus

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Long-tailed Salamander

Eurycea longicauda

Northern Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus p. porphyriticus

Four-toed Salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

Common Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

Red-spotted Newt

Notophthalmus v. viridescens

Northern Slimy Salamander

Plethodon glutinosus

Wehrle’s Salamander

Plethodon wehrlei

Snakes

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus
Venomous

Northern Ring-necked Snake

Diadophis punctatus edwardsii

Eastern Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

Northern Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Smooth Greensnake

Opheodrys vernalis

Dekay’s Brownsnake

Storeria dekayi

Red-bellied Snake

Storeria occipitomaculata

Short-headed Gartersnake

Thamnophis brachystoma

Eastern Gartersnake

Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Turtles

Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Midland Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta marginata

Wood Turtle

Glyptemys insculpta