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Amphibians and reptiles

Lizards and Snakes

Lizards: Iguanas | Alligator lizards | Skinks
Snakes: Boas and pythons | Typical snakes | Vipers

 

Lizards
Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia

Iguanas (family Iguanidae)

Short-Horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglassi

 

Alligator Lizards (family Anguidae)

Northern Alligator Lizard Gerrhonotus coeruleus

 

Skinks (family Scincidae)

Five-Lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus
Prairie Skink Eumeces septentrionalis
Western Skink Eumeces skiltonianus

 

Snakes
Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes

Boas and Pythons (family Boidae)

Rubber Boa Charina bottae

 

Typical Snakes (family Colubridae)

Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus
Butler's Garter Snake Thamnophis butleri
Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans
Northwestern Garter Snake Thamnophis ordinoides
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
Queen Snake Regina septemvittata
Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata
Brown Snake Storeria dekayi
Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis
Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus
Sharptail Snake Contia tenuis
Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos
Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus
Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta
Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina
Gopher Snake Pituohis melanoleucus
Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum
Racer Coluber constrictor

Vipers (family Viperidae)

Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
Western Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis

 

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