Reptiles

Status/notes: Pennsylvania candidate species of special concern, Northeast region priority species.

Habitat: Marshes/wetlands.

Reason for concern: Status poorly understood, restricted distribution.

Status/notes: Federally Threatened species. Habitat specialist.

Habitat: Shallow marshes and late successional wetlands.

Reason for concern: Spotty distribution of habitat, collecting and (illegal) commercial trade.

Status/notes: Pennsylvania candidate species of special concern; Northeast region priority species.

Habitat: Deciduous woodlands.

Reason for concern: Status unknown. Only two specimens ever collected in Pennsylvania.

Status/notes: Northeast region priority species.

Habitat: Habitat generalist, found throughout state.

Reason for concern: Habitat loss, collecting and (illegal) commercial trade, mortality from motor vehicles, status of recruitment unknown, evidence of decline.

Status/notes: No designation; peripheral species.

Habitat: Wooded areas.

Reason for concern: Status poorly understood, periphery of range, no records in Pennsylvania in 50 years.

Status/notes: No designation.

Habitat: Open rocky areas, talus slopes.

Reason for concern: Spotty distribution, status poorly understood, evidence of decline.

Status/notes: Northeast region priority species.

Habitat: Sandy soils, shale areas, ridge tops, riparian floodplains.

Reason for concern: Restricted habitat, limited distribution, status unknown.

Status/notes: Pennsylvania endangered species, Northeast region priority species, habitat specialist.

Habitat: Wetlands, prairies, old fields, wet meadows.

Reason for concern: Major decline in abundance, illegal collecting, global rarity, restricted habitat.

Status/notes: Northeast region priority species, habitat specialist.

Habitat: Marshes, vernal ponds, wet meadows.

Reason for concern: Uncommon, status poorly understood, evidence of decline.

Status/notes: Pennsylvania endangered species.

Habitat: Disturbed habitats, often near wetlands.

Reason for concern: Limited distribution, status unknown.

Status/notes: Rivers and lakes.

Habitat: Restricted range, habitat loss, mortality from motor vehicles.

Reason for concern: Uncommon, status poorly understood, evidence of decline.

Status/notes: Northeast region responsibility species, significant proportion of global range is within Pennsylvania.

Habitat: Wooded slopes with abundant rocky cover.

Reason for concern: Habitat loss; sporadic distribution.

Status/notes: No designation.

Habitat: Open, rocky areas in deciduous hardwood forests.

Reason for concern: Reasons for concern: Evidence of decline, Pennsylvania may function as a stronghold for the continued survival of this species in the northeastern United States.

Status/notes: Northeast region priority species.

Habitat: Open deciduous forest, hillsides, often near streams.

Reason for concern: Restricted distribution, status unknown.

Status/notes: Northeast region priority species.

Habitat: Streams with crayfish.

Reason for concern: Pollution, limited distribution, status poorly understood, evidence of decline, native crayfish being replaced by more aggressive invasive crayfish.

Status/notes: Pennsylvania threatened species, Northeast region priority species; habitat specialist.

Habitat: Rivers, reservoirs, ponds.

Reason for concern: Small number of populations, habitat loss, periphery of range.

Status/notes: State threatened species; peripheral species.

Habitat: Riparian areas, thickets.

Reason for concern: Limited distribution, periphery of range.

Status/notes: Significant proportion of world’s breeding population is found in Pennsylvania.

Habitat: Deciduous thickets, near riparian areas, open or rocky areas, meadows.

Reason for concern: Status poorly understood, evidence of decline.

Status/notes: No designation.

Habitat: Meadows, moist grassy fields, stream borders, forest openings.

Reason for concern: Populations appear to be declining in numbers in Pennsylvania and throughout much of the species range.

Status/notes: Northeast region responsibility species; significant proportion of world’s breeding population is found in Pennsylvania.

Habitat: Wetlands, vernal ponds.

Reason for concern: High risk of habitat destruction, spotty habitat distribution, collecting and (illegal) commercial trade, mortality from motor vehicles.

Status/notes: Pennsylvania candidate species of special concern, Northeast region priority species, significant proportion of world’s breeding population is found in Pennsylvania; habitat specialist.

Habitat: Talus slopes, rock outcrops, ridge tops, open forest.

Reason for concern: Declining in abundance in some areas, restriction to rocky areas.

Status/notes: Northeast Region priority species, significant proportion of world’s breeding population is found in Pennsylvania.

Habitat: Forested riparian areas.

Reason for concern: Unknown status, collecting and (illegal) commercial trade, mortality from motor vehicles.