title: List of reptiles of Wisconsin
text: # List of reptiles of Wisconsin
  
  The state of Wisconsin is home to thirty-six species of reptiles. These include snakes, lizards, and turtles.
  
  ## Snakes
  
  Twenty-one species of snake live in Wisconsin.
  
  | Common name | Scientific name | IUCN status | Wisconsin status |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Butler's garter snake | Thamnophis butleri | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Common garter snake | Thamnophis sirtalis | Least concern | Common |
  | Common watersnake | Nerodia sipedon | Least concern | Common |
  | DeKay's brown snake | Storeria dekayi | Least concern | Common |
  | Eastern foxsnake | Pantherophis vulpinus | Least concern | Common |
  | Eastern hognose snake | Heterodon platirhinos | Least concern | Common |
  | Eastern massasauga | Sistrurus catenatus | Least concern | Endangered |
  | Eastern racer | Coluber constrictor | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Eastern ribbon snake | Thamnophis saurita | Least concern | Endangered |
  | Gophersnake | Pituophis catenifer | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Gray ratsnake | Pantherophis spiloides | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Lined snake | Tropidoclonion lineatum | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Milk snake | Lampropeltis triangulum | Least concern | Common |
  | Plains garter snake | Thamnophis radix | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Queen snake | Regina septemvittata | Least concern | Endangered |
  | Red-bellied snake | Storeria occipitomaculata | Least concern | Common |
  | Ring-necked snake | Diadophis punctatus | Least concern | Common (northern) Special concern (prairie) |
  | Smooth green snake | Opheodrys vernalis | Least concern | Common |
  | Timber rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Western ribbon snake | Thamnophis proximus | Least concern | Endangered |
  | Western worm snake | Carphophis vermis | Least concern | Special concern |
  
  ## Lizards
  
  Four species of lizard live in Wisconsin.
  
  | Common name | Scientific name | IUCN status | Wisconsin status |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Common five-lined skink | Plestiodon fasciatus | Least concern | Common |
  | Prairie skink | Plestiodon septentrionalis | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Six-lined racerunner | Aspidoscelis sexlineatus | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Slender glass lizard | Ophisaurus attenuatus | Least concern | Endangered |
  
  ## Turtles
  
  Eleven species of turtle live in Wisconsin.
  
  | Common name | Scientific name | IUCN status | Wisconsin status |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Blanding's turtle | Emydoidea blandingii | Endangered | Special concern |
  | Common snapping turtle | Chelydra serpentina | Least concern | Common |
  | Eastern musk turtle | Sternotherus odoratus | Least concern | Common |
  | False map turtle | Graptemys pseudogeographica | Least concern | Common |
  | Northern map turtle | Graptemys geographica | Least concern | Common |
  | Ornate box turtle | Terrapene ornata | Vulnerable | Endangered |
  | Ouachita map turtle | Graptemys ouachitensis | Least concern | Common |
  | Painted turtle | Chrysemys picta | Least concern | Common |
  | Smooth softshell turtle | Apalone mutica | Least concern | Special concern |
  | Spiny softshell turtle | Apalone spinifera | Least concern | Common |
  | Wood turtle | Glyptemys insculpta | Endangered | Threatened |
  