title: List of reptiles of Colorado
text: # 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
  
  | Family | Species | Common Name |
  | - | - | - |
  | Crotaphytidae | Crotaphytus collaris | Common collared lizard |
  | Crotaphytidae | Gambelia wislizenii | Long-nosed leopard lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Holbrookia maculata | Lesser earless lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma cornutum | Texas horned lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma hernandesi | Greater short-horned lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma modestum | Roundtail horned lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus graciosus | Sagebrush lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus magister | Desert spiny lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus undulatus | Eastern fence lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Urosaurus ornatus | Ornate tree lizard |
  | Phrynosomatidae | Uta stansburiana | Common side-blotched lizard |
  | Scincidae | Plestiodon obsoletus | Great Plains skink |
  | Scincidae | Plestiodon multivirgatus epipleurotus $^§$ | Variable skink |
  | Scincidae | Plestiodon multivirgatus multivirgatus $^§$ | Many-lined skink |
  | Teiidae | Aspidoscelis neotesselata * | Colorado checkered whiptail |
  | Teiidae | Aspidoscelis sexlineata | Six-lined racerunner |
  | Teiidae | Aspidoscelis tesselata | Common checkered whiptail |
  | Teiidae | Aspidoscelis tigris | Western whiptail |
  | Teiidae | Aspidoscelis velox * | Plateau striped whiptail |
  
  $^§Article$ exists for this species, but not the subspecies.
  
  *Article exists for this genus, but not the individual species.
  
  ## Snakes
  
  | Family | Species | Common Name |
  | - | - | - |
  | Colubridae | Pantherophis emoryi | Great Plains Rat Snake |
  | Colubridae | Arizona elegans | Glossy snake |
  | Colubridae | Coluber constrictor mormon $^§$ | Western yellow-bellied racer |
  | Colubridae | Diadophis punctatus | Ring-necked snake |
  | Colubridae | Heterodon nasicus | Western hognose snake |
  | Colubridae | Hypsiglena torquata | Night snake |
  | Colubridae | Lampropeltis getula | Common kingsnake |
  | Colubridae | Lampropeltis triangulum | Milk snake |
  | Colubridae | Opheodrys vernalis | Smooth green snake |
  | Colubridae | Masticophis flagellum | Coachwhip |
  | Colubridae | Masticophis taeniatus | Striped whipsnake |
  | Colubridae | Nerodia sipedon | Northern water snake |
  | Colubridae | Pituophis catenifer deserticola | Great Basin Gopher snake |
  | Colubridae | Pituophis catenifer sayi | Bullsnake |
  | Colubridae | Rhinocheilus lecontei | Long-nosed snake |
  | Colubridae | Sonora semiannulata | Western Ground snake |
  | Colubridae | Tantilla hobartsmithi | Southwestern blackhead snake |
  | Colubridae | Tantilla nigriceps * | Plains blackhead snake |
  | Colubridae | Thamnophis cyrtopsis | Blackneck garter snake |
  | Colubridae | Thamnophis elegans | Western terrestrial Garter snake |
  | Colubridae | Thamnophis proximus | Western ribbon Snake |
  | Colubridae | Thamnophis radix | Plains garter snake |
  | Colubridae | Thamnophis sirtalis | Common garter snake |
  | Colubridae | Tropidoclonion lineatum $^§$ | Lined snake |
  | Leptotyphlopidae | Leptotyphlops dulcis | Texas blind snake |
  | Viperidae | Crotalus oreganus concolor | Midget Faded rattlesnake |
  | Viperidae | Crotalus viridis | Prairie Rattlesnake |
  | Viperidae | Sistrurus catenatus | Massasauga |
  
  $^§Article$ exists for this species, but not the subspecies.
  
  *Article exists for this genus, but not the individual species.
  
  ## Turtles
  
  | Family | Species | Common Name |
  | - | - | - |
  | Chelydridae | Chelydra serpentina | Common snapping turtle |
  | Emydidae | Chrysemys picta bellii | Painted turtle |
  | Emydidae | Terrapene ornata | Ornate Box turtle |
  | Emydidae | Trachemys scripta elegans | Red-eared $slider^†$ |
  | Kinosternidae | Kinosternon flavescens | Yellow mud turtle |
  | Trionychidae | Apalone spinifera | Spiny softshell turtle |
  
  $^†Red-eared$ sliders are an introduced and invasive species to Colorado.
  
  