Compiled below is a complete list of Ohio's native reptile and amphibians. In addition, Ohio native reptiles breakdown into one of two categories:  Collectable and those which are illegal to possess.

All data taken from the ODNR website Jan 2014.  ARR makes no guarantees as to the accuracy or validity of the content provided.  We are simply copying what is on the Division of Wildlife website. 

Collectable Species - Species that Ohio residents may collect (with permit) and keep as pets.

Illegal Species - Species that are either restricted, threatened or endangered on a state or federal level that you may NOT collect and keep as pets.



Division of Wildlife's Native Species Information Database
For more information on Ohio's native reptile and amphibian species please visit their website for more detailed information on each species.

 
Reptiles

Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) 
Blue Racer (Coluber constrictor foxii)
Broad-headed Skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
Butler’s Gartersnake (Thamnophis butleri)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
Common Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus)
Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
Common/European Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Copper-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)
Eastern Black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula nigra)
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
Eastern Foxsnake (Pantherophis gloydi)
Eastern Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
Eastern Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae valeriae)
Eastern Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera spinifera)
Eastern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus amoenus)
Gray Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides)
Kirtland’s Snake (Clonophis kirtlandii) 
Lake Erie Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum)
Little Brown Skink/Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis)
Midland Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi wrightorum)
Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata)
Midland Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica mutica) 
Midwestern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus helenae)
Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor)
Northern Brownsnake/DeKay's Snake (Storeria dekayi dekayi)
Northern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)
Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Northern Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)
Northern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis)
Northern Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii)
Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis)
Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix)
Queensnake (Regina septemvittata)
Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Shorthead Garter Snake (Thamnophis brachystoma) 
Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) 
Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
 Amphibians


American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)
Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)
Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana)
Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga)
Common Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii)
Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans melanota)
Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus)
Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum)
Kentucky Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi)
Longtail Salamander (Eurycea longicauda)
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
Midland Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus diasticus)
Mountain Chorus Frog (Pseudacris brachyphona)
Mountain Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus)
Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)
Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)
Northern Ravine Salamander (Plethodon richmondi)
Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber ruber)
Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)
Northern Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer crucifer)
Northern Spring Salamander (Gyriniophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus)
Northern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata)
Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)
Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Smallmouth Salamander (Ambystoma texanum)
Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates utricularia)
Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera)
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri)
Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvatica)

Reptiles


Blue Racer (Coluber constrictor foxii)
Broad-headed Skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
Butler’s Gartersnake (Thamnophis butleri)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus)
Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
Eastern Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
Eastern Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae valeriae)
Eastern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus amoenus)
Eastern Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
Gray Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides)
Little Brown Skink/Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis)
Midland Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi wrightorum)
Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata)
Midwestern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus helenae)
Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor)
Northern Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi dekayi)
Northern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen)
Northern Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)
Northern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis)
Northern Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii)
Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Queensnake (Regina septemvittata)
Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) 
Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis)		 Amphibians

American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)
Common Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)
Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum)
Kentucky Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi)
Longtail Salamander (Eurycea longicauda)
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
Midland Mud Salamander (Pseudotriton montanus diastictus)
Mountain Chorus Frog (Pseudacris brachyphona)
Mountain Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus)
Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)
Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)
Northern Ravine Salamander (Plethodon richmondi)
Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber ruber)
Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus)
Northern Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer crucifer)
Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus)
Northern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata)
Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)
Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Smallmouth Salamander (Ambystoma texanum)
Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates utricularia)
Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera)
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri)
Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvatica)

* Red indicates state endangered and threatened species as of Jan 2014

* Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake)
* Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta (copper-bellied watersnake)
* Nerodia sipedon insularum (Lake Erie watersnake)
*Sistrurus catenatus catenatus (Eastern massasauga)
*Thamnophis radix (plains gartersnake)


Reptiles not on the collectable list, but not endangered

Clemmys guttata (spotted turtle)
Clonophis kirtlandii (Kirtland’s snake)
Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding’s turtle)
Graptemys ouachitensis (ouachita map turtle)
Lampropeltis getula nigra (Eastern black kingsnake)
Opheodrys aestivus aestivus (Northern rough snake)
Pantherophis gloydi (Eastern foxsnake)
Sceloporus undulatus (Eastern fence lizard)
Terrapene carolina carolina (Eastern box turtle)
Thamnophis brachystoma (short-headed gartersnake)
 * Ambystoma laterale (blue-spotted salamander)
* Aneides aenus (green salamander)
* Crytpobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (Eastern hellbender)
*Eurycea lucifiga (cave salamander)
* Scaphiopus holbrookii (Eastern spadefoot)



Amphibians not on the collectable list, but not endangered

Hemidactylium scutatum (four-toed salamander)