# 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 (Macrochelys temminckii)
* Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Family Kinosternidae – mud and musk turtles
* Common musk turtle (stinkpot) (Sternotherus odoratus)
* Yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
Family Emydidae – basking and box turtles
* Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
* Common map turtle (Graptemys geographica)
* Ouachita map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis)
* False map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica)
* River cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
* Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata)
* Three-toed box turtle (Terrapene triunguis)
* Pond slider (Trachemys scripta)
Family Trionychidae – softshell turtles
* Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)
* Smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica)

## Lizards

There are 16 species of lizards in Kansas.
Anguidae – lateral fold lizards
* Slender glass lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus)
Crotaphytidae – collared and leopard lizards
* Eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
Gekkonidae – geckos
* Mediterranean gecko (introduced) (Hemidactylus turcicus)
Lacertidae – Lacertas (wall and true lizards)
* Western green lizard (introduced) (Lacerta bilineata)
* Italian wall lizard (introduced) (Podarcis siculus)
Phrynosomatidae – spiny lizards
* Lesser earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata)
* Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
* Southern prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus)
Scincidae – skinks
* Coal skink (Plestiodon anthracinus)
* Five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
* Broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
* Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus)
* Prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis)
* Little brown skink (Scincella lateralis)
Teiidae – whiptails
* Six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus)

## Venomous species

* Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
* Broad-banded copperhead (Agkistrodon laticinctus)
* Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
* Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
* Prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
* Western massasauga (Sistrurus tergeminus)

## 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)
* Chihuahuan night snake (Hypsiglena jani)
* Prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)
* Speckled kingsnake (Lampropeltis holbrooki)
* Eastern milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
* Western milk snake (Lampropeltis gentilis)
* Texas threadsnake (Rena dulcis)
* 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 (Pantherophis obsoletus)
* Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer)
* Graham's crayfish snake (Regina grahamii)
* Longnose snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei)
* Great plains ground snake (Sonora episcopa)
* 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)