Reptiles of
South Dakota [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 Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Holbrookia (Lesser Earless Lizards)
 
Holbrookia maculata

Common Lesser Earless Lizard

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma brevirostris

Great Plains Short-horned Lizard

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 [as douglasii] Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Montanucci 2015 Schmidt 1953 Zamudio, Jones & Ward 1997
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus consobrinus

Prairie Lizard

Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009
 
Sceloporus graciosus

Common Sagebrush Lizard

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon fasciatus

North American Five-lined Skink

Fishbeck & Underhill 1959
 
Plestiodon multivirgatus

North American Many-lined Skink

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Mecham 1980
 
Plestiodon septentrionalis

Prairie Skink

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Six-lined Whiptail

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Maslin & Secoy 1986

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coluber (North American Racer)
 
Coluber constrictor

North American Racer

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wilson 1978 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)
 
Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)
 
Heterodon nasicus

Western Hognose Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Hognose Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis gentilis

Northwestern Milk Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern Milk Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Nerodia (North American Water Snakes)
 
Nerodia sipedon

Northern Water Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004
Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)
 
Opheodrys vernalis

Smooth Green Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes)
 
Pantherophis ramspotti

Western Fox Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 [as vulpina] Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham & Gardner 2011 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 [as vulpinus] Powell 1990 [as Elaphe vulpina] Schulz 1996 [as vulpinus] Wright & Wright 1952 [as vulpinus]
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria dekayi

Common Brown Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Christman 1982 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Storeria occipitomaculata

North American Red-bellied Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis elegans

Terrestrial Garter Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis radix

Plains Garter Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Garter Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Tropidoclonion (Lined Snake)
 
Tropidoclonion lineatum

Lined Snake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus viridis

Prairie Rattlesnake

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Wright & Wright 1952

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chelydridae (American Snapping Turtles)
Genus Chelydra (American Snapping Turtles)
 
Chelydra serpentina

North American Snapping Turtle

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)
 
Chrysemys picta

American Painted Turtle

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Emydoidea (Blanding's Turtle)
 
Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding's Turtle

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Congdon, Graham, Herman, Lang, Pappas & Brecke 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Graptemys (Map Turtles)
 
Graptemys pseudogeographica

False Map Turtle

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)
 
Terrapene ornata

Ornate Box Turtle

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Behler & King 1979 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)
 
Apalone mutica

Smooth Softshell Turtle

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Apalone spinifera

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Ballinger, Meeker & Thies 2000 Fishbeck & Underhill 1959 [as Trionyx ferox hartwegi] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021