Reptiles of
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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 kingii

Madrean Alligator Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Good 1988 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 Family Crotaphytidae (North American Collared Lizards)
Genus Crotaphytus (Typical Collared Lizards)
 
Crotaphytus bicinctores

Great Basin Collared Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 McGuire 1996
 
Crotaphytus collaris

Common Collared Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 McGuire 1996
 
Crotaphytus nebrius

Sonoran Collared Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 McGuire 1996
Genus Gambelia (North American Leopard Lizards)
 
Gambelia wislizenii

Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 McGuire 1996
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Coleonyx (Banded Eyelid Geckos)
 
Coleonyx variegatus

Western Banded Gecko

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Dixon 1970 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 Family Helodermatidae (Beaded Lizards)
Genus Heloderma (Beaded Lizards)
 
Heloderma suspectum

Gila Monster

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Dipsosaurus (Desert Iguanas)
 
Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Common Desert Iguana

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
Genus Sauromalus (North American Chuckwallas)
 
Sauromalus ater

Common Chuckwalla

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 [as S. obesus] Behler & King 1979 [as S. obesus] Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Hollingsworth 1998 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Callisaurus (Zebra-tailed Lizard)
 
Callisaurus draconoides

Zebra-tailed Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
Genus Cophosaurus (Greater Earless Lizard)
 
Cophosaurus texanus

Greater Earless Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
Genus Holbrookia (Lesser Earless Lizards)
 
Holbrookia approximans

Blue-bellied Earless Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007
 
Holbrookia elegans

Mexican Earless Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Holbrookia maculata

Common Lesser Earless Lizard

Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma cornutum

Texas Horned Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Phrynosoma goodei

Sonoran Horned Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Mulcahy, Spaulding, Mendelson & Brodie 2006
 
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Greater Short-horned Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Montanucci 2015 Schmidt 1953 Zamudio, Jones & Ward 1997
 
Phrynosoma mcallii

Flat-tailed Horned Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 Mulcahy, Spaulding, Mendelson & Brodie 2006
 
Phrynosoma modestum

Round-tailed Horned Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Phrynosoma ornatissimum

Southern Short-horned Lizard

Behler & King 1979 Montanucci 2015 [ornatissimum X hernandesi] Schmidt 1953 Zamudio, Jones & Ward 1997
 
Phrynosoma platyrhinos

Desert Horned Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 Mulcahy, Spaulding, Mendelson & Brodie 2006
 
Phrynosoma solare

Regal Horned Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus bimaculosus

Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007
 
Sceloporus clarkii

Southwestern Spiny Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Sceloporus cowlesi

Southwestern Fence Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 [as S. consobrinus] Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Leache & Reeder 2002
 
Sceloporus graciosus

Common Sagebrush Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Sceloporus jarrovii

Mountain Spiny Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Sceloporus magister

Northern Desert Spiny Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 Schulte, Macey & Papenfuss 2006
 
Sceloporus slevini

Arizona Bunchgrass Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Grummer & Bryson 2014 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009
 
Sceloporus tristichus

Western Plateau Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Leache & Reeder 2002
 
Sceloporus uniformis

Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009
 
Sceloporus virgatus

Striped Plateau Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Cole 1963 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
Genus Uma (North American Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Uma rufopunctata

Sonoran Fringe-toed Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 [as notata] Pough 1977 [as notata]
 
Uma scoparia

Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Leavitt, Crumbo, Myrand & Masters 2017 Stebbins 1985
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Uma thurmanae

Mohawk Dunes Fringe-toed Lizard

Derycke, Gottscho, Mulcahy & Queiroz 2020
Genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)
 
Urosaurus graciosus

Long-tailed Brush Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Urosaurus ornatus

Common Tree Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
Genus Uta (Side-blotched Lizards)
 
Uta stansburiana

Common Side-blotched Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon callicephalus

North American Mountain Skink

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lieb 1990 [as tetragrammus] Lowe 1964 Zweifel 1962
 
Plestiodon gilberti

North American Brown Skink

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe & Shannon 1954 Lowe 1964
 
Plestiodon multivirgatus

North American Many-lined Skink

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Plestiodon obsoletus

Great Plains Skink

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 
Plestiodon skiltonianus

Western Skink

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
  *
Aspidoscelis arizonae

Arizona Striped Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 Maslin & Secoy 1986
 
Aspidoscelis exsanguis

Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 Maslin & Secoy 1986
  *
Aspidoscelis pai

Pai Striped Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009
 
Aspidoscelis sonorae

Sonoran Spotted Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 [as flagellicaudus] Behler & King 1979 [as flagellicaudus] Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as flagellicaudus] Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as flagellicaudus] Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 [as flagellicaudus] Maslin & Secoy 1986 [as flagellicaudus]
 
Aspidoscelis stictogrammus

Giant Spotted Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as burti] Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as burti] Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 [as burti] Maslin & Secoy 1986 Walker & Cordes 2011
 
Aspidoscelis tigris

Tiger Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 Maslin & Secoy 1986
 
Aspidoscelis uniparens

Desert Grassland Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Maslin & Secoy 1986
 
Aspidoscelis velox

Plateau Striped Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lowe 1964 Maslin & Secoy 1986
 
Aspidoscelis xanthonotus

Red-backed Whiptail

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Maslin & Secoy 1986
 Family Xantusiidae (Night Lizards)
Genus Xantusia (Northern Night Lizards)
  *
Xantusia arizonae

Arizona Night Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Bezy & Flores-Villela 1999 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Leavitt, Bezy, Crandall & Sites 2007
  *
Xantusia bezyi

Maricopa Night Lizard

Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Leavitt, Bezy, Crandall & Sites 2007
 
Xantusia vigilis

Desert Night Lizard

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Leavitt, Bezy, Crandall & Sites 2007 Lowe 1964

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Lichanura (Rosy Boas)
 
Lichanura orcutti

Northern Rosy Boa

Wood, Fisher & Reeder 2008
 
Lichanura trivirgata

Southern Rosy Boa

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wood, Fisher & Reeder 2008 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Arizona (Glossy Snakes)
 
Arizona elegans

Eastern Glossy Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Coluber (North American Racer)
 
Coluber constrictor

North American Racer

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Shannon 1950 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)
 
Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Gyalopion (Western Hook-nosed Snakes)
 
Gyalopion canum

Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Hardy 1975 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Gyalopion quadrangulare

Desert Hook-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Hardy 1975 Lowe 1964 Woodin 1962
Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)
 
Heterodon kennerlyi

Mexican Hognose Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as nasicus] Enderson & Bezy 2010 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lowe 1964 [as nasicus] Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)
 
Hypsiglena chlorophaea

Desert Night Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Lowe 1964 [as torquata] Mulcahy 2008 Schmidt 1953 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Hypsiglena janii

Chihuahuan Night Snake

Enderson & Bezy 2010 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Mulcahy 2008
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis californiae

California Kingsnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as getula] Markel 1990 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Lampropeltis gentilis

Northwestern Milk Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as triangulum] Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as triangulum] Lowe 1964 [as doliata] Markel 1990 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Lampropeltis knoblochi

Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake

Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as L. pyromelana [part]] Hammerson 2019
 
Lampropeltis nigrita

Mexican Black Kingsnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 [as getula] Behler & King 1979 [as getula] Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as getula]
 
Lampropeltis pyromelana

Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 [[part]] Enderson & Bezy 2010 Hammerson & Mendoza-Quijano 2019 Lowe 1964 Markel 1990 Tanner 1953 Tanner 1983 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Lampropeltis splendida

Desert Kingsnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Markel 1990 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)
 
Masticophis bilineatus

Sonoran Whip Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Camper & Dixon 1994 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Masticophis flagellum

Common Coachwhip

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wilson 1973
 
Masticophis piceus

Western Coachwhip

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 O'Connell & Smith 2018 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Masticophis taeniatus

Western Striped Whip Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Camper & Dixon 1994 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis microphthalmus

Thornscrub Vine Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 [as aeneus] Barbour & Amaral 1926 Behler & King 1979 [as aeneus] Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as aeneus] Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as aeneus] Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy 2020 Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Keiser 1982 [as aeneus] Lowe 1964 [as aeneus] Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Phyllorhynchus (American Leaf-nosed Snakes)
 
Phyllorhynchus browni

Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus

Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 McCleary & McDiarmid 1993 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 [as melanoleucus] Schmidt 1953 Sweet & Parker 1990 [as melanoleucus] Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Rhinocheilus (Long-nosed Snakes)
 
Rhinocheilus lecontei

Common Long-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Manier 2004 Medica 1975 Medica 1980 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Salvadora (Patch-nosed Snakes)
 
Salvadora deserticola

Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Salvadora grahamiae

Mountain Patch-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Salvadora hexalepis

Western Patch-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Senticolis (American Green Rat Snake)
 
Senticolis triaspis

American Green Rat Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Dowling 1952 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Price 1991 Schulz 1996 Wright & Wright 1952 [as chlorosoma]
Genus Sonora (North American Ground, Sand, and Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Sonora annulata

Southern Shovel-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Sonora cincta

Sonoran Banded Sand Snake

Banta & Leviton 1963 Behler & King 1979 Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Sonora occipitalis

Northern Shovel-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Sonora palarostris

Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Sonora semiannulata

Western Ground Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Frost 1983 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla hobartsmithi

Southwestern Centipede Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Cole & Hardy 1981 Cole & Hardy 1983 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Tanner 1966 [as T. planiceps utahensis] Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
 
Tantilla nigriceps

Plains Centipede Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Cole & Hardy 1981 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Tantilla wilcoxi

Chihuahuan Centipede Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1983 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Tantilla yaquia

Yaqui Centipede Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Cole & Hardy 1981 Enderson & Bezy 2010 McCoy 1964 McDiarmid 1977 Tanner 1966 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Black-necked Garter Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Webb 1980 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis elegans

Terrestrial Garter Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis eques

Mexican Garter Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis marcianus

Checkered Garter Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis rufipunctatus

Arizona Narrow-headed Garter Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Tanner 1990 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)
 
Trimorphodon lambda

Sonoran Lyre Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as T. biscutatus] Brown 2003 Devitt, LaDuc & McGuire 2008 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Gehlbach 1971 LaDuc & Johnson 2003 Scott & McDiarmid 1984 [as T. biscutatus] Wright & Wright 1952
 
Trimorphodon lyrophanes

Peninsular Lyre Snake

Lowe 1964
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micruroides (Western Coral Snake)
 
Micruroides euryxanthus

Western Coral Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Roze 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Rena (Maroon Thread Snakes)
 
Rena dulcis

Texas Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Hahn 1980 Lowe 1964 Schmidt 1953 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Rena humilis

Western Thread Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Hahn 1980 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Rena segrega

Trans-Pecos Thread Snake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus abyssus

Grand Canyon Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus atrox

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus cerastes

Sidewinder

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus cerberus

Arizona Black Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus concolor

Midget Faded Rattlesnake

Brennan & Holycross 2006
 
Crotalus lepidus

Common Rock Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus lutosus

Great Basin Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Ernst 1992 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus molossus

Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Anderson & Greenbaum 2012 Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus pricei

Twin-spotted Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus pyrrhus

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as mitchellii] Brown 2003 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Douglas, Douglas, Schuett, Porras & Thomason 2007 Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as mitchellii] Ernst 1992 [as mitchellii] Lowe 1964 [as mitchellii] Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus scutulatus

Mojave Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Watson, Spencer, Schield, Butler, Smith, Flores-Villela, Campbell, Mackessy, Castoe & Meik 2019 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus tigris

Tiger Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus viridis

Prairie Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Crotalus willardi

Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Ernst 1992 Holycross & Smith 1997 Lowe 1964 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Sistrurus (Pygmy Rattlesnakes)
 
Sistrurus tergeminus

Western Massasauga

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as catenatus] Campbell & Lamar 2004 [as catenatus] Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as catenatus] Ernst 1992 Lowe 1964 [as catenatus] Sinclair & Snell 1990

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

American Painted Turtle

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Stebbins 1985
Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)
 
Terrapene ornata

Ornate Box Turtle

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Lowe 1964 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon flavescens

Yellow Mud Turtle

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Iverson 1992 Lowe 1964 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinosternon sonoriense

Sonora Mud Turtle

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 Behler & King 1979 Brennan & Holycross 2006 Enderson & Bezy 2010 Iverson 1992 Lowe 1964 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Stone, Congdon, Stone, Stuart, Iverson & Rosen 2022
 
Kinosternon stejnegeri

Arizona Mud Turtle

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 [as arizonensis] Behler & King 1979 [as arizonensis] Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as arizonensis] Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as arizonensis] Fritz & Havas 2006 [as arizonensis] Iverson 1992 [as arizonensis] Jones, Taubert, Zornes & Babb 2007 [as arizonensis] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises)
 
Gopherus agassizii

Mohave Desert Tortoise

Berry & Murphy 2019 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Gopherus morafkai

Sonoran Desert Tortoise

Arizona Game and Fish Department 2002 [as agassizii] Brennan & Holycross 2006 [as agassizii] Enderson & Bezy 2010 [as agassizii] Iverson 1992 [as agassizii] Lowe 1964 [as agassizii] Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle 2011 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021