Reptiles of
Alberta [Canada]

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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 Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma brevirostris

Great Plains Short-horned Lizard

Cook 1984 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 [as hernandesi] Mills 1948 Montanucci 2015 Russell & Bauer 1993 Schmidt 1953 Seburn & Brooks 2007 [as h. hernandesi] Zamudio, Jones & Ward 1997

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)
 
Heterodon nasicus

Western Hognose Snake

Behler & King 1979 Conant 1975 Cook 1984 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Russell & Bauer 1993 Seburn & Brooks 2007
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake

Behler & King 1979 Cook 1984 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Mills 1948 Russell & Bauer 1993 Schmidt 1953 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis elegans

Terrestrial Garter Snake

Cook 1984 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Mills 1948 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Russell & Bauer 1993 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis radix

Plains Garter Snake

Behler & King 1979 Cook 1984 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Mills 1948 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Russell & Bauer 1993 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Garter Snake

Behler & King 1979 Cook 1984 Mills 1948 Russell & Bauer 1993 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus viridis

Prairie Rattlesnake

Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Cook 1984 Ernst 1992 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Mills 1948 Russell & Bauer 1993 Seburn & Brooks 2007 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

Cook 1984 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Mills 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Russell & Bauer 1993 Seburn & Brooks 2007