title: List of reptiles of Kansas
text: # List of reptiles of Kansas
  
  This list of Kansas reptiles includes the snakes, turtles and lizards found in the US state of Kansas.
  
  ## Turtles
  
  Kansas is home to 15 species of turtles.
  
  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 turtle
  * Smooth softshell turtle
  
  ## Lizards
  
  There are 16 species of lizards in Kansas.
  
  Anguidae – lateral fold lizards
  
  * Slender glass lizard
  
  Crotaphytidae – collared and leopard lizards
  
  * Eastern collared lizard
  
  Gekkonidae – geckos
  
  * Mediterranean gecko (introduced)
  
  Lacertidae – lacertas (wall and true lizards)
  
  * Western green lizard (introduced)
  * Italian wall lizard (introduced)
  
  Phrynosomatidae – spiny lizards
  
  * Lesser earless lizard
  * Texas horned lizard
  * Prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus)
  
  Scincidae – skinks
  
  * Coal skink
  * Skin colored black dotted skink
  * Five-lined skink
  * Broadhead skink
  * Great Plains skink
  * Southern prairie skink (Plestiodon obtusirostris)
  * Northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis)
  * Ground skink
  
  Teiidae – whiptails
  
  * Six-lined racerunner
  
  ## Venomous species
  
  * Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
  * Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
  * Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) (very rare)
  * Timber rattlesnake species in need of conservation (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 species in need of conservation (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)
  
  $^{MT}$ 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.
  
  