List of reptiles of Kansas
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List of Kansas reptiles lists snakes, turtles and lizards found in Kansas.
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[edit] Turtles
Kansas is home to fifteen species of turtles.[1]
Family Chelydridae - snapping turtles
Family Kinosternidae - mud and musk turtles
Common musk turtle(stinkpot)
Family Emydidae - basking and box turtles
Ouachita map turtle
False map turtle
pond slider turtle
Family Trionychidae - softshell turtles
Spiny softshell
Smooth softshell
[edit] Lizards
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[edit] Snakes
Grass Snake
[edit] Venomous species
- Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
- Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) (very rare)
- Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
- Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
- Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)
[edit] 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 (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.
[edit] References
- ^ Reptiles of Kansas from Great Plains Nature Center
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