List of Minnesota reptiles

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List of Minnesota reptiles lists all of the snakes, turtles and lizards found in Minnesota.

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[edit] Snakes

Common name Scientific Name Status Venomous Size Picture
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris No
Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus Least Concern No
Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta No
Western Fox Snake Pantherophis vulpina No
Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus Least Concern No
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos No
Eastern Milk Snake Lamptopeltis triangulum triangulum No
Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis
(sometimes Liochlorophis vernalis)		 No
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon Least Concern No
Bull snake Pituophis catenifer sayi No
Brown Snake Storeria dekayi Least Concern No
Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata Least Concern No
Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix Least Concern No
Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis Least Concern No
Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum Least Concern No
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Endangered Yes
Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus Endangered Yes

[edit] Turtles

Common name Scientific Name Status Distribution Size Picture
Smooth Softshell Turtle Apalone muticus
Spiny Softshell Turtle Apalone spiniferus
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii
Wood Turtle Glyptemys insculpta
(fomerly Clemmys insculpta)		 Vulnerable
Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingi Near Threatened
False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica
Smooth Softshell Turtle Apalone muticus
Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis
Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica

[edit] Lizards

Common name Scientific Name Status Distribution Size Picture
Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Least Concern
Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus Least Concern
Northern Prairie Skink Eumeces septentrionalis Least Concern

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