Reptiles of
Wisconsin [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 Ophisaurus (North American Glass Lizards)
 
Ophisaurus attenuatus

Slender Glass Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon fasciatus

North American Five-lined Skink

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 
Plestiodon septentrionalis

Prairie Skink

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Six-lined Whiptail

Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Carphophis (North American Worm Snakes)
 
Carphophis vermis

Western Worm Snake

Casper 2008 Sajdak 1978 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
Genus Coluber (North American Racer)
 
Coluber constrictor

North American Racer

Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)
 
Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)
 
Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Hognose Snake

Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern Milk Snake

Casper 2008 Ruane 2015 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Nerodia (North American Water Snakes)
 
Nerodia erythrogaster

Plain-bellied Water Snake

Gibbons & Dorcas 2004
 
Nerodia sipedon

Northern Water Snake

Casper 2008 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Lawson 1987 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)
 
Opheodrys vernalis

Smooth Green Snake

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes)
 
Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Grey Rat Snake

Burbrink 2001 [as spiloides] Casper 2008 [as spiloides] Schulz 1996 [as obsoletus] Vogt 1981 [as Elaphe obsoleta] Watermolen & Murrell 2001 [as obsoletus] Wright & Wright 1952 [as obsoletus]
 
Pantherophis vulpinus

Eastern Fox Snake

Casper 2008 Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham & Gardner 2011 Schulz 1996 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Regina (Queen Snakes)
 
Regina septemvittata

Queen Snake

Casper 2008 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria dekayi

Common Brown Snake

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Storeria occipitomaculata

North American Red-bellied Snake

Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis butleri

Northeastern Garter Snake

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 
Thamnophis proximus

Western Ribbon Snake

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis radix

Plains Garter Snake

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis saurita

Eastern Ribbon Snake

Casper 2008 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Garter Snake

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Tropidoclonion (Lined Snake)
 
Tropidoclonion lineatum

Lined Snake

Raimond & Lorch 2012
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus horridus

Timber Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Sistrurus (Pygmy Rattlesnakes)
 
Sistrurus catenatus

Eastern Massasauga

Casper 2008 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001 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

Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)
 
Chrysemys picta

American Painted Turtle

Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
Genus Emydoidea (Blanding's Turtle)
 
Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding's Turtle

Casper 2008 Congdon, Graham, Herman, Lang, Pappas & Brecke 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
Genus Glyptemys (North American Wood Turtle and Bog Turtle)
 
Glyptemys insculpta

North American Wood Turtle

Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
Genus Graptemys (Map Turtles)
 
Graptemys geographica

Northern Map Turtle

Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 
Graptemys ouachitensis

Ouachita Map Turtle

Brown, Temple-Miller, Roosenburg & White 2012 Casper 2008 Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 
Graptemys pseudogeographica

False Map Turtle

Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)
 
Terrapene ornata

Ornate Box Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys scripta

Common Slider

Casper & Anton 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Sternotherus (North American Musk Turtles)
 
Sternotherus odoratus

Common Musk Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)
 
Apalone mutica

Smooth Softshell Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001
 
Apalone spinifera

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Casper 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vogt 1981 Watermolen & Murrell 2001