List of reptiles of Kansas
# 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.

