List of reptiles of Kansas
List of Kansas reptiles lists snakes, turtles and lizards found in Kansas.
Turtles
Kansas is home to fifteen species of turtles.[1]
Family Chelydridae – snapping turtles
Family Kinosternidae – mud and musk turtles
- Common musk turtle (stinkpot)
- Yellow mud turtle
Family Emydidae – basking and box turtles
- Painted turtle
- Common map turtle
- Ouachita map turtle
- False map turtle
- River cooter
- ornate box turtle
- eastern box turtle
- pond slider turtle
Family Trionychidae – softshell turtles
Lizards
There are 16 species of lizards in Kansas.[2]
Anguidae – Lateral Fold Lizards
Crotaphytidae – Collared and Leopard Lizards
Gekkonidae – Geckos
- Mediterranean Gecko (introduced)
Lacertidae – Lacertas (wall and true lizards)
- Western Green Lacerta (introduced)
- Italian Wall Lizard (introduced)
Phrynosomatidae – Spiny Lizards
Scincidae – Skinks
- Coal Skink
- skin colored black dotted skink
- Five-lined Skink
- Broadhead Skink
- Great Plains Skink
- Southern Prairie Skink (Plestiodon obtusirostris)
- Northern Prairie Skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis)
- Ground Skink
Teiidae – Whiptails
Snakes
Grass Snake Rattlesnake Bull Snake
Venomous species
- Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
- Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) (very rare)
- Timber Rattlesnake species in need of conservation (Crotalus horridus)
- Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
- Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)
Non-venomous species
- Eastern Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans)
- Western Worm Snake (Carphophis vermis)
- Eastern Racer (Coluber constrictor)
- Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
- Western Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus)
- Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
- Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata)MT
- Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)
- Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
- Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
- New Mexico Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops dissectus)
- Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)
- Plainbelly Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster)
- Diamondback Water Snake (Nerodia rhombifer)
- Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
- Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
- Great Plains Rat Snake (Pantherophis emoryi)
- Western Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)
- Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)
- Graham's Crayfish Snake (Regina grahamii)
- Longnose Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei)
- Ground Snake (Sonora semiannulata)
- Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
- Redbelly Snake species in need of conservation (Storeria occipitomaculata)
- Flathead Snake (Tantilla gracilis)
- Plains Blackhead Snake (Tantilla nigriceps)
- Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus)
- Western Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus)
- Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix)
- Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
- Lined Snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum)
- Rough Earth Snake (Virginia striatula)
- Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae)
- Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae)
MT)This snake has enlarged grooved teeth near the back of the upper jaw and secretes a mildly toxic saliva to incapacitate its prey. However, it is not considered dangerous to humans.
References
- ↑ Reptiles of Kansas from Great Plains Nature Center
- ↑ – Kansas Herp Atlas
