KS-GAP Reptiles

        This list was compiled from “Amphibian and Reptiles in Kansas” (Collins 1993) and has been reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Committee.  The Italian Wall Lizard (Podarcis sicula) was not modeled due to its status as a Kansas exotic.  Click on a species common name to view the model.  You will need Acrobat Reader to view the models.  The model consist of a list of habitat associations with references, a county distribution map and the predicted statewide distribution (appropriate habitats within the species' EMAP hexagon range).

Element Code Common Name Scientific Name Status
ARAAB01012 Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina Resident
ARAAB02010 Alligator Snapping Turtle Macroclemys temminckii Resident
ARAAD01011 Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii Resident
ARAAD05040 Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica Resident
ARAAD05083 Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii Resident
ARAAD05110 Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis Resident
ARAAD07020 River Cooter Pseudemys concinna Resident
ARAAD08014 Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis Resident
ARAAD08022 Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornata Resident
ARAAD09012 Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans Resident
ARAAE01021 Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens flavescens Resident
ARAAE02040 Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus Resident
ARAAG01022 Midland Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica mutica Resident
ARAAG01034 Western Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera hartwegi Resident
ARACB02010 Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus Resident
ARACF04023 Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris collaris Resident
ARACF08020 Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata Resident
ARACF12010 Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum Resident
ARACF14135 Northern Prairie Lizard Sceloporus undulatus garmani Resident
ARACF14136 Northern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus Resident
ARACH01012 Southern Coal Skink Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis Resident
ARACH01050 Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus Resident
ARACH01080 Broadhead Skink Eumeces laticeps Resident
ARACH01101 Southern Prairie Skink Eumeces septentrionalis obtusirostris Resident
ARACH01102 Northern Prairie Skink Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis Resident
ARACH01130 Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus Resident
ARACH03010 Ground Skink Scincella lateralis Resident
ARACJ02110 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Resident
ARADB01014 Kansas Glossy Snake Arizona elegans elegans Resident
ARADB02013 Western Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus vermis Resident
ARADB07014 Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris Resident
ARADB10013 Prairie Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus arnyi Resident
ARADB13021 Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe  guttata emoryi Resident
ARADB13032 Black Rat Snake Elaphe  obsoleta obsoleta Resident
ARADB17011 Dusty Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus gloydi Resident
ARADB17013 Plains Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus nasicus Resident
ARADB17020 Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos Resident
ARADB18010 Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata Resident
ARADB19011 Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster Resident
ARADB19024 Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula holbrooki Resident
ARADB19027 Desert Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula splendida Resident
ARADB19050 Central Plains Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis Resident
ARADB19057 Red Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum syspila Resident
ARADB21020 Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum Resident
ARADB22020 Plainbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster Resident
ARADB22050 Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer Resident
ARADB22063 Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon Resident
ARADB23010 Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus Resident
ARADB2601A Bullsnake Pituophis melanoleucus sayi Resident
ARADB27020 Graham's Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii Resident
ARADB29010 Longnose Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei Resident
ARADB32010 Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata Resident
ARADB34010 Brown Snake Storeria dekayi Resident
ARADB34032 Northern Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata Resident
ARADB35040 Flathead Snake Tantilla gracilis Resident
ARADB35050 Plains Blackhead Snake Tantilla nigriceps Resident
ARADB36070 Checkered Garter Snake Thamnophis marcianus Resident
ARADB36090 Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus Resident
ARADB36101 Western Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix haydenii Resident
ARADB36130 Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis Resident
ARADB36131 Texas Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis annectens Resident
ARADB38010 Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum Resident
ARADB39010 Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula Resident
ARADB39021 Western Earth Snake Virginia valeriae elegans Resident
ARADD01010 Texas Blind Snake Leptotyphlops dulcis Resident
ARADE01010 Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix Resident
ARADE01022 Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Resident
ARADE02040 Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Resident
ARADE02128 Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis viridis Resident
ARADE03012 Desert Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii Resident
ARADE03013 Western Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus Resident