Table 9. Reptiles found in the Crooked River basin (Johnson 1987).
Common Name Scientific Name Area
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina basinwide
Stinkpot Sternotherus odoratus basinwide
Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii basinwide
Map Turtle Graptemys geographica basinwide
Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys kohnii basinwide
False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica basinwide
Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis basinwide
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornata basinwide
Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans basinwide
Midland Smooth Softshell Trionyx muticus muticus basinwide
Western Spiny Softshell Trionyx spinifer hartwegi basinwide
Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus basinwide
Broadhead Skink Eumeces laticeps basinwide
Ground Skink Scincella lateralis basinwide
Prairie-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis basinwide
Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus basinwide
Western Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus vermis basinwide
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris basinwide
Prairie Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus arnyi basinwide
Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata emoryi basinwide
Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta basinwide
Eastern Hognose Heterodon platyrhinos basinwide
Prarie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster basinwide
Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki basinwide
Red Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum syspila basinwide
Blotched Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster transversa basinwide
Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer basinwide
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon basinwide
Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus basinwide
Bullsnake Pituophis melanoleucus sayi basinwide
Grahams Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii basinwide
Texas Brown Snake Storeria dekayi texana basinwide
Northern Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata basinwide
Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus proximus basinwide
Western Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix haydenii basinwide
Red-sided Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis basinwide
Central Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum annectens basinwide
Northern Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum lineatum basinwide
Western Earth Snake Virginia valeriae elegans basinwide
Osage Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster basinwide
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus basinwide

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