List of reptiles of Kansas facts for kids
List of Kansas reptiles lists snakes, turtles and lizards found in Kansas.
Turtles
Kansas is home to fifteen species of turtles.
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.
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
- Lesser Earless Lizard
- Texas horned lizard
- Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus)
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.
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