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This is a list of species of fauna that have been observed in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) |
Invertebrates
Crustaceans
Decapoda
- Delaware County cave crayfish, Cambarus subterraneus
- Swamp dwarf crayfish, Cambarellus puer
Insects
Hymenoptera
- Eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica
- Morrison's bumble bee, Bombus morrisoni
- American bumble bee, Bombus pensylvanicus
- Black-and-gold bumble bee, Bombus auricomus
- White-shouldered bumble bee, Bombus appositus
- Variable cuckoo bumble bee, Bombus variabilis
- Indiscriminate bumble bee, Bombus insularis
- Southern plains bumble bee, Bombus fraternus
- Brown-belted bumble bee, Bombus griseocollis
- Common eastern bumble bee, Bombus impatiens
- Two-spotted bumble bee, Bombus bimaculatus
- Half-black bumble bee, Bombus vagans
Lepidoptera
Odonata
- Familiar bluet, Enallagma civile
- Citrine forktail, Ischnura hastata
Vertebrates
Amphibians
- Three-toed amphiuma, Amphiuma tridactylum
- Green toad, Anaxyrus debilis
- Oklahoma salamander, Eurycea tynerensis
- Lesser siren, Siren intermedia
- Plains spadefoot toad, Spea bombifrons
Birds
Main article: List of birds of OklahomaMammals
Main article: List of mammals of Oklahomareptiles
- Common alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
Squamata
- Common collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris—the Oklahoma state reptile
- Copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix
- Texas night snake, Hypsiglena torquata jani
References
- "State of Oklahoma". The Crayfish & Lobster Taxonomy Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- "Species Page". The Crayfish & Lobster Taxonomy Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ Cock, Teri; Geest, Emily; Shufran, Andrine (August 2021). "Key to female bumble bees in Oklahoma". Oklahoma State University Extension Fact Sheet. hdl:11244/330128.2.
- ^ Figueroa, Laura L.; Bergey, Elizabeth A. (1 January 2015). "Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Oklahoma: Past and Present Biodiversity". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 88 (4): 418–429. doi:10.2317/0022-8567-88.4.418. ISSN 0022-8567. S2CID 87259552.
- "A Look at Oklahoma: A Student's Guide" (PDF). State of Oklahoma. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
- "How Oklahoma's alligators snorkel in ice to survive cold snap: The gators 'are aware of things'". The Oklahoman. 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.