List of reptiles of Arizona
This is a list of the known extant reptiles of Arizona.[1] The Arizona state reptile is the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi).[2]
Turtles and tortoises
Snapping turtles (Chelydridae)
- Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) - introduced
Pond turtles (Emydidae)
- Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
- Desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)
- Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) - introduced
Mud turtles (Kinosternidae)
- Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon stejnegeri)
- Yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
- Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)
Tortoises (Testudinidae)
- Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
- Sonoran Desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)
Softshell turtles (Trionychidae)
- Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Lizards
Alligator lizards and glass lizards (Anguidae)
- Madrean alligator lizard (Elgaria kingii)
Collared lizards (Crotaphytidae)
- Eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
- Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores)
- Sonoran collared lizard (Crotaphytus nebrius)
- Long-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii)
Desert geckos (Eublepharidae)
- Western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)
Typical geckos (Gekkonidae)
- Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) - introduced
Beaded lizards (Helodermatidae)
- Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)
Typical Iguanas (Iguanidae)
- Spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura macrolopha × conspicuosa) - introduced
- Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
- Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
Desert lizards (Phrynosomatidae)
- Zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides)
- Greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)
- Lesser earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata)
- Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
- Greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
- Flat-tail horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii)
- Desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos)
- Regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare)
- Twin-spotted spiny lizard (Sceloporus bimaculosus)
- Clark's spiny lizard (Sceloporus clarkii)
- Southwestern fence lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)
- Yarrow's spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii)
- Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister)
- Slevin's bunchgrass lizard (Sceloporus slevini)
- Plateau fence lizard (Sceloporus tristichus)
- Yellow-backed spiny lizard (Sceloporus uniformis)
- Striped plateau lizard (Sceloporus virgatus)
- Mojave fringe-toed lizard (Uma scoparia)
- Long-tailed brush lizard (Urosaurus graciosus)
- Ornate tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)
- Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Skinks (Scincidae)
- Mountain skink (Plestiodon callicephalus)
- Gilbert's skink (Plestiodon gilberti)
- Many-lined skink (Plestiodon multivirgatus)
- Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
- Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus)
Whiptails (Teiidae)
- Arizona striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis arizonae)
- Canyon spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis burti)
- Chihuahuan spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)
- Gila spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis flagellicauda)
- New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana)
- Pai striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis pai)
- Sonoran spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis sonorae)
- Tiger whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris)
- Desert grassland whiptail (Aspidoscelis uniparens)
- Plateau striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox)
- Red-backed whiptail (Aspidoscelis xanthonota)
Night lizards (Xantusiidae)
- Arizona night lizard (Xantusia arizona)
- Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi)
- Desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis)
Snakes
Boas (Boidae)
- Desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
Colubrids (Colubridae)
- Glossy snake (Arizona elegans)
- Variable sandsnake (Sonora stramineus)
- Western shovelnose snake (Sonora occipitalis)
- Groundsnake (Sonora semiannulata)
- Sonoran shovel-nosed snake (Sonora palarostris)
- North American racer (Coluber constrictor)
- Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)
- Striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus)
- Ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus)
- Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake (Gyalopion canum)
- Thornscrub hook-nosed snake (Gyalopion quadrangulare)
- Mexican hog-nosed snake (Heterodon kennerlyi)
- Desert nightsnake (Hypsiglena chlorophaea)
- Chihuahuan nightsnake (Hypsiglena jani)
- Common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
- Sonoran mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana)
- Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
- Brown vinesnake (Oxybelis aeneus)
- Saddled leaf-nosed snake (Phyllorhynchus browni)
- Spotted leaf-nosed snake (Phyllorhynchus decurtatus)
- Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer)
- Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei)
- Western patch-nosed snake (Salvadora hexalepis
- Eastern patch-nosed snake (Salvadora grahamiae)
- Green ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)
- Sonoran lyresnake (Trimorphodon lambda)
- Smith's black-headed snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi)
- Plains black-headed snake (Tantilla nigriceps)
- Chihuahuan black-headed snake (Tantilla wilcoxi)
- Yaqui black-headed snake (Tantilla yaquia)
- Blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis)
- Western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans)
- Mexican garter snake (Thamnophis eques)
- Checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus)
- Narrow-headed garter snake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus)
Coral snakes (Elapidae)
- Arizona coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus)
Threadsnakes (Leptotyphlopidae)
- New Mexico threadsnake (Rena dissecta)
- Western threadsnake (Rena humilis)
Vipers (Viperidae)
- Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
- Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
- Arizona black rattlesnake (Crotalus cerberus)
- Rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus)
- Speckled rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii)
- Black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus)
- Western rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus)
- Mohave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus)
- Tiger rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris)
- Prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
- Ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi)
- Western massasauga (Sistrurus tergeminus)
References
- ^ Brennan, Thomas (2008). "Reptiles of Arizona". Reptiles of AZ. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ "Arizona Rattlesnakes". Arizona Department of Game and Fish. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- "The Reptiles and Amphibians of Arizona". Reptiles and Amphibians of Arizona. Retrieved August 8, 2024.