Species List: Reptiles Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

SPECIES LIST: REPTILES WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE

ORDER CHELONIA

Family Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)

Common Snapping Turtle Chelydridae serpentina serpentina

Family Kinosternidae (Musk and Mud Turtles)

Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens flavescens

Family Emydidae (Pond and Box Turtles)

Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornata

Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)

Midland Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica mutica Pallid (Texas??) Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera pallida

ORDER SAURIA

Family Crotaphytidae (Collared Lizards)

Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris collaris

Family Phrynosomatidae (Horned, Earless, Side-blotched and Spiny Lizards)

Eastern Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata perspicua Fence Lizard (Swift)-- Southern Prairie Lizard Sceloporus undulatus consobrinus Texas Horned Lizard (Horny Toad) Phrynosoma cornutum

Family Teiidae (Whiptails and Racerunners)

Texas (Eastern??) Spotted Whiptail Cnemidophorus gularis gularis Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus Prairie-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis

Family Scincidae (Skinks)

Ground Skink Scincella lateralis Southern Prairie Skink Eumeces septentrionalis obtusirostris Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus

Family Anguidae (Glass Lizards)

Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus ORDER SERPENTES

Family Leptotypholopidae (Blind Snakes)

New Mexico Blind Snake Leptotyphlops dulcis dissectus Plains Blind Snake Leptotyphlops dulcis dulcis

Family Colubridae (Colubrids)

Plain Snakes Prairie Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus arnyi Flathead Snake Tantilla gracilis Plains Blackhead Snake Tantilla nigriceps (Great Plains??) Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum flagellum Western Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Blotched Snakes Blotched Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster transversa Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer Graham’s Water Snake?? Western Hognose Snake— Plains Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus nasicus Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata emoryi Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta Texas Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata jani Kansas Glossy Snake Arizona elegans elegans Bullsnake Pituophis melanoleucus sayi Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster callisgaster Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

Banded Snakes Texas Longnose Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus Central Plains (Western) Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis

Striped Snakes Brown Snake Storeria dekayi texana Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus proximus Red-sided Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Eastern Checkered Garter Snake Thamnphis marcianus marcianus Western Checkered Garter Snake Thamnphis marcianus nigrolateris Graham’s Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii Family Viperidae (Pit Vipers)

Broad-banded Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorous leucostoma Western Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (coon tail) Crotalus atrox Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis viridis

REFERENCE:

Carpenter, Charles C. Date Unknown. Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the WMWR.

Sievert, Gregory and Lynnette. 1993. A Field Guide to Reptiles of Oklahoma.