Order Testudines Turtles
Family Emydidae Pond and River Turtles
Chrysemys picta Painted Turtle
Order Squamata
Suborder Lacertilia Lizards
Family Anguidae Anguids
Elgaria coerulea Northern Alligator Lizard
Family Crotaphytidae
Crotaphytus bicinctores Mojave Black-collared Lizard
Gambelia wislizeni Longnose Leopard Lizard
Family Phrynosomatidae
Phrynosoma douglassi Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos Desert Horned Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis Western Fence Lizard
Uta stansburiana Side-blotched Lizard
Family Scincidae Skinks
Eumeces skiltonianus Western Skink
Family Teiidae Teids
Cnemidophorus tigris
Western Whiptail
Suborder Ophidia Snakes
Family Boidae Boas
Charina bottae Rubber Boa
Family Colubridae Harmless Snakes
Coluber constrictor Racer
Diadophis punctatus Ringneck Snake
Hypsiglena torquata Night Snake
Masticophis taeniatus Striped Whipsnake
Pituophis catenifer Gopher Snake
Rhinocheilus lecontei Longnose Snake
Sonora semiannulata Ground Snake
Thamnophis elegans Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Garter Snake
Family Viperidae Vipers
Crotalus viridis
Western Rattlesnake
1 Names are generally
consistent with Collins, J.T. (1990). Standard Common and Current Scientific
Names for North American
Amphibians
and Reptiles. Third Edition. SSAR Herpetological Circular No. 19: 1-41.
Prepared by C.R. Peterson, Herpetology Laboratory, Idaho State University & The Idaho Museum of Natural History