List of reptiles of Kansas

List of Kansas reptiles lists snakes, turtles and lizards found in Kansas.

Turtles

Kansas is home to fifteen species of turtles.^[1]

Family Chelydridae - snapping turtles

Alligator snapping turtle

Common snapping turtle

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

Spiny softshell

Smooth softshell

Lizards

Snakes

Grass Snake

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)

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.

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