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  Reptiles of the Preserve
 **Common** species have been reported in Chase County, but not within the National Preserve. Common species may be on the edge of their range, lack favorable habitats within the preserve, or merely unobserved thus far.
**Present** species have been documented by National Park Service personnel in cooperation with the Heartland Network Inventory and Monitoring Program during surveys in 2002 and 2003. Additional species have been added after verified identification.

Lizards
**Eastern Collared Lizard** (*Crotaphytus collaris collaris)* Present
**Five-lined Skink** *(Eumeces fasciatus)* Common
**Great Plains Skink** (*Eumeces obsoletus)*Present
**Ground Skink** *(*Scincella lateralis*)* Common
**Lesser Earless Lizard** *(Holbrookia maculata)* Common
**Northern Prairie Skink** *(Eumeces sepentrionalis)* Common
**Six-lined Racerunner** *(*Cnemidophorus sexlineatus*)* Common
**Texas Horned Lizard** (*Phrynosoma cornutum)*Present
**Western Glass Lizard***(Ophisaurus attenuatus)*Common
Snakes
**Bullsnake** (Pituophis catenifer sayi) Present
**Dekay's Brownsnake** (Storeria dekayi) Common
**Diamondback Water Snake** (Nerodia rhombifera) Common
**Eastern Copperhead** (Agkistrodon contortrix) Present
**Eastern Hognose Snake** (Heterodon platirhinos) Common
**Eastern Kingsnake** (Lampropeltis getula) Present
**Eastern Milk Snake** (Lampropeltis triangulum) Present
**Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer** (Coluber constrictor flaviventris) Present
**Flat-headed Snake** (Tantilla gracilis)Present
**Great Plains Ratsnake** (Pantherophis emoryi) Present
**Graham's Crayfish Snake** (Regina grahami) Common
**Lined Snake** (Tropidoclonion lineatum) Present
**Northern Water Snake** (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) Present
**Plain-bellied Watersnake** (*Nerodia erythrogaster)* Present
**Plains Garter Snake** *(Thamnophis radix)* Common
**Prairie Kingsnake** (Lampropeltis calligaster)Present
**Prairie Ringneck Snake** (Diadophis punctatus arnyi)Present
**Red-sided Garter Snake** (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) Present
**Speckled Kingsnake** *(Lampropeltis getula holbrooki)* Common
**Western Rat Snake** (Pantherophis obsoleta) Present
**Western Ribbon Snake** (*Thamnophis proximus)*Present
**Western Worm Snake** (Carphophis vermis) Common
**Western Massasauga** (Sistrurus tergeminus)Present
Turtles
**Common Snapping Turtle** (*Chelydra serpentina serpentina)* Present
**False Map Turtle** *(Graptemys pseudogeographica)* Common
**Mississippi Map Turtle** (Graptemys kohnii) Common
**Ornate Box Turtle** (Terrapene ornata ornata) Present
**Red-eared Slider** (Trachemys scripta) Present
**River Cooter** *(Pseudemys concinna)* Common
**Smooth Softshell Turtle** (*Apalone mutica)* Common
**Spiny Softshell Turtle** (*Apalone spinifera)* Present
**Three-toed Box Turtle** *(Terrapene carolina)* Common
**Western Painted Turtle**(Chrysemys picta bellii) Present
 Last updated: November 13, 2021
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