List of reptiles of Colorado facts for kids
This is a list of individual, wild species of lizards, snakes, and turtles currently extant in the U.S. State of Colorado
Lizards
Family | Species | Common Name |
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Crotaphytidae | Crotaphytus collaris | Common collared lizard |
Crotaphytidae | Gambelia wislizenii | Long-nosed leopard lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Holbrookia maculata | Lesser earless lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma cornutum | Texas horned lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma hernandesi | Greater short-horned lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma modestum | Roundtail horned lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus graciosus | Sagebrush lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus magister | Desert spiny lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus undulatus | Eastern fence lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Urosaurus ornatus | Ornate tree lizard |
Phrynosomatidae | Uta stansburiana | Common side-blotched lizard |
Scincidae | Plestiodon obsoletus | Great Plains skink |
Scincidae | Plestiodon multivirgatus epipleurotus § | Variable skink |
Scincidae | Plestiodon multivirgatus multivirgatus § | Many-lined skink |
Teiidae | Aspidoscelis neotesselata * | Colorado checkered whiptail |
Teiidae | Aspidoscelis sexlineata | Six-lined racerunner |
Teiidae | Aspidoscelis tesselata | Common checkered whiptail |
Teiidae | Aspidoscelis tigris | Western whiptail |
Teiidae | Aspidoscelis velox * | Plateau striped whiptail |
§Article exists for this species, but not the subspecies.
*Article exists for this genus, but not the individual species.
Snakes
Family | Species | Common Name |
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Colubridae | Pantherophis emoryi | Great Plains Rat Snake |
Colubridae | Arizona elegans | Glossy snake |
Colubridae | Coluber constrictor mormon § | Western yellow-bellied racer |
Colubridae | Diadophis punctatus | Ring-necked snake |
Colubridae | Heterodon nasicus | Western hognose snake |
Colubridae | Hypsiglena torquata | Night snake |
Colubridae | Lampropeltis getula | Common kingsnake |
Colubridae | Lampropeltis triangulum | Milk snake |
Colubridae | Opheodrys vernalis | Smooth green snake |
Colubridae | Masticophis flagellum | Coachwhip |
Colubridae | Masticophis taeniatus | Striped whipsnake |
Colubridae | Nerodia sipedon | Northern water snake |
Colubridae | Pituophis catenifer deserticola | Great Basin Gopher snake |
Colubridae | Pituophis catenifer sayi | Bullsnake |
Colubridae | Rhinocheilus lecontei | Long-nosed snake |
Colubridae | Sonora semiannulata | Western Ground snake |
Colubridae | Tantilla hobartsmithi | Southwestern blackhead snake |
Colubridae | Tantilla nigriceps * | Plains blackhead snake |
Colubridae | Thamnophis cyrtopsis | Blackneck garter snake |
Colubridae | Thamnophis elegans | Western terrestrial Garter snake |
Colubridae | Thamnophis proximus | Western ribbon Snake |
Colubridae | Thamnophis radix | Plains garter snake |
Colubridae | Thamnophis sirtalis | Common garter snake |
Colubridae | Tropidoclonion lineatum § | Lined snake |
Leptotyphlopidae | Leptotyphlops dulcis | Texas blind snake |
Viperidae | Crotalus oreganus concolor | Midget Faded rattlesnake |
Viperidae | Crotalus viridis | Prairie Rattlesnake |
Viperidae | Sistrurus catenatus | Massasauga |
§Article exists for this species, but not the subspecies.
*Article exists for this genus, but not the individual species.
Turtles
Family | Species | Common Name |
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Chelydridae | Chelydra serpentina | Common snapping turtle |
Emydidae | Chrysemys picta bellii | Painted turtle |
Emydidae | Terrapene ornata | Ornate Box turtle |
Emydidae | Trachemys scripta elegans | Red-eared slider† |
Kinosternidae | Kinosternon flavescens | Yellow mud turtle |
Trionychidae | Apalone spinifera | Spiny softshell turtle |
†Red-eared sliders are an introduced and invasive species to Colorado.
See also
- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
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