Reptiles of
Wyoming [USA]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Holbrookia (Lesser Earless Lizards)
 
Holbrookia maculata

Common Lesser Earless Lizard

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma bauri

Eastern Short-horned Lizard

Montanucci 2015
 
Phrynosoma brevirostris

Great Plains Short-horned Lizard

Baxter & Stone 1985 Johnson 2007 [as douglasii] Montanucci 2015 Schmidt 1953 Zamudio, Jones & Ward 1997
 
Phrynosoma douglasii

Pygmy Short-horned Lizard

Montanucci 2015
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus consobrinus

Prairie Lizard

Baxter & Stone 1985
 
Sceloporus graciosus

Common Sagebrush Lizard

Baxter & Stone 1985 Censky 1986
 
Sceloporus tristichus

Western Plateau Lizard

Baxter & Stone 1985 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Leache & Reeder 2002
Genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)
 
Urosaurus ornatus

Common Tree Lizard

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon multivirgatus

North American Many-lined Skink

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Mecham 1980
 
Plestiodon skiltonianus

Western Skink

Matthews, Vogel & Schreiber 2011
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Six-lined Whiptail

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Charina (Rubber Boas)
 
Charina bottae

Northern Rubber Boa

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979 Kluge 1993 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Stewart 1977 Stimson 1969 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coluber (North American Racer)
 
Coluber constrictor

North American Racer

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)
 
Heterodon nasicus

Western Hognose Snake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis gentilis

Northwestern Milk Snake

Baxter & Stone 1985 [as triangulum multistriata] Behler & King 1979 Markel 1990 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)
 
Masticophis taeniatus

Western Striped Whip Snake

Hubbard 2011
Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)
 
Opheodrys vernalis

Smooth Green Snake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria occipitomaculata

North American Red-bellied Snake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla nigriceps

Plains Centipede Snake

Censky & McCoy 1985 Hayes, Duvall, Gern & Baxter 1990 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis elegans

Terrestrial Garter Snake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Hendricks 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis radix

Plains Garter Snake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Garter Snake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus concolor

Midget Faded Rattlesnake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979
 
Crotalus viridis

Prairie Rattlesnake

Baxter & Stone 1985 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Wright & Wright 1952

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chelydridae (American Snapping Turtles)
Genus Chelydra (American Snapping Turtles)
 
Chelydra serpentina

North American Snapping Turtle

Baxter & Stone 1985 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)
 
Chrysemys picta

American Painted Turtle

Baxter & Stone 1985 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)
 
Terrapene ornata

Ornate Box Turtle

Baxter & Stone 1985 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)
 
Apalone spinifera

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Baxter & Stone 1985 Behler & King 1979 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021