Reptiles of
Idaho [USA]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Elgaria (Western Alligator Lizards)
 
Elgaria coerulea

Northern Alligator Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Good 1988 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lais 1976 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941
 Family Crotaphytidae (North American Collared Lizards)
Genus Crotaphytus (Typical Collared Lizards)
 
Crotaphytus bicinctores

Great Basin Collared Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 McGuire 1996 Slater 1941 [as collaris baileyi]
Genus Gambelia (North American Leopard Lizards)
 
Gambelia wislizenii

Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 McGuire 1996 Slater 1941
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma douglasii

Pygmy Short-horned Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Montanucci 2015 Schmidt 1953 Zamudio, Jones & Ward 1997
 
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Greater Short-horned Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Montanucci 2015 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983
 
Phrynosoma platyrhinos

Desert Horned Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Pianka 1991 Slater 1941
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus graciosus

Common Sagebrush Lizard

Censky 1986 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941
 
Sceloporus occidentalis

Western Fence Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941
Genus Uta (Side-blotched Lizards)
 
Uta stansburiana

Common Side-blotched Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon skiltonianus

Western Skink

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis tigris

Tiger Whiptail

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941 [as tessellatus]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Charina (Rubber Boas)
 
Charina bottae

Northern Rubber Boa

Groves 1994 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941 Stimson 1969 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coluber (North American Racer)
 
Coluber constrictor

North American Racer

Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)
 
Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)
 
Hypsiglena chlorophaea

Desert Night Snake

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 [as torquata] Mulcahy 2008 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 [as torquata] Schmidt 1953 Slater 1941 [as Leptodeira torquata ochrorhyncha] Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)
 
Masticophis taeniatus

Western Striped Whip Snake

Camper & Dixon 1994 Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Parker 1982 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 [as melanoleucus] Slater 1941 Sweet & Parker 1990 [as P. melanoleucus] Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Rhinocheilus (Long-nosed Snakes)
 
Rhinocheilus lecontei

Common Long-nosed Snake

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Medica 1975 Medica 1980 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Sonora (North American Ground, Sand, and Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Sonora semiannulata

Western Ground Snake

Behler & King 1979 Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Frost 1983 Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis elegans

Terrestrial Garter Snake

Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Garter Snake

Behler & King 1979 Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus lutosus

Great Basin Rattlesnake

Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus oreganus

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake

Behler & King 1979 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus viridis

Prairie Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Slater 1941 Wright & Wright 1952

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)
 
Chrysemys picta

American Painted Turtle

Groves 1994 Nussbaum, Brodie & Storm 1983 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Slater 1941