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

FamilySpeciesCommon namePhotoCrotaphytidaeCrotaphytus collarisCommon collared lizardCrotaphytidaeGambelia wislizeniiLong-nosed leopard lizardPhrynosomatidaeHolbrookia maculataLesser earless lizardPhrynosomatidaePhrynosoma cornutumTexas horned lizardPhrynosomatidaePhrynosoma hernandesiGreater short-horned lizardPhrynosomatidaePhrynosoma modestumRoundtail horned lizardPhrynosomatidaeSceloporus graciosusSagebrush lizardPhrynosomatidaeSceloporus magisterDesert spiny lizardPhrynosomatidaeSceloporus undulatusEastern fence lizardPhrynosomatidaeUrosaurus ornatusOrnate tree lizardPhrynosomatidaeUta stansburianaCommon side-blotched lizardScincidaePlestiodon obsoletusGreat Plains skinkScincidaePlestiodon multivirgatus epipleurotus §Variable skinkScincidaePlestiodon multivirgatus multivirgatus §Many-lined skinkTeiidaeAspidoscelis neotesselatus *Colorado checkered whiptailTeiidaeAspidoscelis sexlineataSix-lined racerunnerTeiidaeAspidoscelis tesselataCommon checkered whiptailTeiidaeAspidoscelis tigrisWestern whiptailTeiidaeAspidoscelis velox *Plateau striped whiptail

§Article exists for this species, but not the subspecies.

*Article exists for this genus, but not the individual species.

Snakes FamilySpeciesCommon namePhotoColubridaePantherophis emoryiGreat Plains rat snakeColubridaeArizona elegansGlossy snakeColubridaeColuber constrictor mormon §Western yellow-bellied racerColubridaeDiadophis punctatusRing-necked snakeColubridaeHeterodon nasicusWestern hognose snakeColubridaeHypsiglena chlorophaeaDesert night snakeColubridaeHypsiglena janiChihuahuan night snakeColubridaeLampropeltis holbrookiSpeckled kingsnakeColubridaeLampropeltis californiaeCalifornia kingsnakeColubridaeLampropeltis gentilisWestern milk snakeColubridaeOpheodrys vernalisSmooth green snakeColubridaeMasticophis flagellumCoachwhipColubridaeMasticophis taeniatusStriped whipsnakeColubridaeNerodia sipedonNorthern water snakeColubridaePituophis catenifer deserticolaGreat Basin gopher snakeColubridaePituophis catenifer sayiBullsnakeColubridaeRhinocheilus leconteiLong-nosed snakeColubridaeSonora semiannulataWestern ground snakeColubridaeTantilla hobartsmithiSouthwestern blackhead snakeColubridaeTantilla nigricepsPlains blackhead snakeColubridaeThamnophis cyrtopsisBlackneck garter snakeColubridaeThamnophis elegansWestern terrestrial garter snakeColubridaeThamnophis proximusWestern ribbon snakeColubridaeThamnophis radixPlains garter snakeColubridaeThamnophis sirtalisCommon garter snakeColubridaeTropidoclonion lineatumLined snakeLeptotyphlopidaeLeptotyphlops dulcisTexas blind snakeViperidaeCrotalus concolorMidget faded rattlesnakeViperidaeCrotalus viridisPrairie rattlesnakeViperidaeSistrurus tergeminusWestern massasauga §Article exists for this species, but not the subspecies.

Turtles FamilySpeciesCommon namePhotoChelydridaeChelydra serpentinaCommon snapping turtleEmydidaeChrysemys picta belliiPainted turtleEmydidaeTerrapene ornataOrnate box turtleEmydidaeTrachemys scripta elegansRed-eared slider†KinosternidaeKinosternon flavescensYellow mud turtleTrionychidaeApalone spiniferaSpiny softshell turtle †Red-eared sliders are an introduced and invasive species to Colorado.

List of reptiles of Colorado

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