Ontario Species Latin Names

Question 1

Snapping Turtle

Answer 1

Chelydra serpentina

Question 2

Western Painted Turtle

Answer 2

Chrysemys picta bellii

Question 3

Midland Painted Turtle

Answer 3

Chrysemys picta marginata

Question 4

Spotted Turtle

Answer 4

Clemmys guttata

Question 5

Blanding’s Turtle

Answer 5

Emydoidea blandingii

Question 6

Wood Turtle

Answer 6

Glyptemys insculpta

Question 7

Northern Map Turtle

Answer 7

Graptemys geographica

Question 8

Woodland Box Turtle

Answer 8

Terrapene carolina carolina

Question 9

Three-toed Box Turtle

Answer 9

Terrapene carolina triunguis

Question 10

Red-eared Slider

Answer 10

Trachemys scripta elegans

Question 11

Stinkpot/Eastern Musk Turtle

Answer 11

Sternotherus odoratus

Question 12

Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle

Answer 12

Apalone spinifera spinifera

Question 13

Common Five-lined Skink

Answer 13

Plestiodon fasciatus

Question 14

Blue Racer

Answer 14

Coluber constrictor foxii

Question 15

Milksnake

Answer 15

Lampropeltis triangulum

Question 16

Smooth Greensnake

Answer 16

Opheodrys vernalis

Question 17

Eastern Foxsnake

Answer 17

Pantherophis vulpinus

Question 18

Gray Ratsnake

Answer 18

Pantherophis spiloides

Question 19

Northern Ring-necked Snake

Answer 19

Diadophis punctatus edwardsii

Question 20

Lake Erie Watersnake

Answer 20

Nerodia sipedon insularum

Question 21

Northern Watersnake

Answer 21

Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Question 22

Queensnake

Answer 22

Regina septemvittata

Question 23

DeKay’s Brownsnake

Answer 23

Storeria dekayi

Question 24

Northern Red-bellied Snake

Answer 24

Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

Question 25

Butler's Gartersnake

Answer 25

Thamnophis butleri

Question 26

Northern Ribbonsnake

Answer 26

Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis

Question 27

Red-sided Gartnersnake

Answer 27

Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Question 28

Eastern Gartersnake

Answer 28

Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Question 29

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Answer 29

Heterodon platirhinos

Question 30

Timber Rattlesnake

Answer 30

Crotalus horridus

Question 31

Eastern Massasauga

Answer 31

Sistrurus catenatus catenatus

Question 32

American Toad

Answer 32

Anaxyrus americanus americanus

Question 33

Fowler's Toad

Answer 33

Anaxyrus fowleri

Question 34

Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Answer 34

Acris blanchardi

Question 35

Gray Treefrog

Answer 35

Hyla versicolor

Question 36

Spring Peeper

Answer 36

Pseudacris crucifer

Question 37

Boreal Chorus Frog

Answer 37

Pseudacris maculata

Question 38

Western Chorus Frog

Answer 38

Pseudacris triseriata

Question 39

American Bullfrog

Answer 39

Lithobates catesbeianus

Question 40

Green Frog

Answer 40

Lithobates clamitans

Question 41

Pickerel Frog

Answer 41

Lithobates palustris

Question 42

Northern Leopard Frog

Answer 42

Lithobates pipiens

Question 43

Mink Frog

Answer 43

Lithobates septentrionalis

Question 44

Wood Frog

Answer 44

Lithobates sylvaticus

Question 45

Jefferson Salamander

Answer 45

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Question 46

Blue-spotted Salamander

Answer 46

Ambystoma laterale

Question 47

Spotted Salamander

Answer 47

Ambystoma maculatum

Question 48

Ambystoma Unisexual Salamander

Answer 48

Ambystoma sp.

Question 49

Small-mouthed Salamander

Answer 49

Ambystoma texanum

Question 50

Eastern Tiger Salamander

Answer 50

Ambystoma tigrinum

Question 51

Northern Dusky Salamander

Answer 51

Desmognathus fuscus

Question 52

Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander

Answer 52

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Question 53

Northern Two-lined Salamander

Answer 53

Eurycea bislineata

Question 54

Northern Spring Salamander

Answer 54

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus

Question 55

Four-toed Salamander

Answer 55

Hemidactylium scutatum

Question 56

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Answer 56

Plethodon cinereus

Question 57

Common Mudpuppy

Answer 57

Necturus maculosus maculosus

Question 58

Central Newt

Answer 58

Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis

Question 59

Red-spotted Newt

Answer 59

Notophthalmus viridescens viridenscens