List of reptiles of Colorado
This is a list of individual, wild species of lizards, snakes, and turtles currently extant in the U.S. State of Colorado
Lizards
§Article exists for this species, but not the subspecies.
*Article exists for this genus, but not the individual species.
Snakes
Family | Species | Common Name |
---|---|---|
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[1]
Family | Species | Common Name |
---|---|---|
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
Notes
References
- ^ Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.