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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. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	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 Holman 1971 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010  Family Crotaphytidae (North American Collared Lizards) Genus Crotaphytus (Typical Collared Lizards)   Crotaphytus collaris Common Collared Lizard McGuire 1996 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010  Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas) Genus Holbrookia (Lesser Earless Lizards)   Holbrookia maculata Common Lesser Earless Lizard Behler & King 1979 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)   Phrynosoma cornutum Texas Horned Lizard Behler & King 1979 Price 1990 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)   Sceloporus consobrinus Prairie Lizard Leache & Reeder 2002 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   Plestiodon anthracinus Coal Skink Behler & King 1979 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010   Plestiodon fasciatus North American Five-lined Skink Behler & King 1979 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010   Plestiodon laticeps North American Broad-headed Skink Behler & King 1979 Cooper 1988 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010   Plestiodon obsoletus Great Plains Skink Hall 1976 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010   Plestiodon septentrionalis Prairie Skink Behler & King 1979 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)   Scincella lateralis North American Ground Skink Brooks 1975 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)   Aspidoscelis sexlineatus Six-lined Whiptail Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Arizona (Glossy Snakes)   Arizona elegans Eastern Glossy Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Carphophis (North American Worm Snakes)   Carphophis vermis Western Worm Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Coluber (North American Racer)   Coluber constrictor North American Racer Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)   Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Haldea (Rough Earth Snake)   Haldea striatula Rough Earth Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)   Heterodon nasicus Western Hognose Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hognose Snake Behler & King 1979 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)   Hypsiglena janii Chihuahuan Night Snake Behler & King 1979 Mulcahy 2008 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 [as chlorophaea] Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)   Lampropeltis calligaster Prarie Kingsnake Behler & King 1979 Conant & Collins 1998 Markel 1990 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Lampropeltis gentilis Northwestern Milk Snake Behler & King 1979 Markel 1990 Ruane 2015 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Smith 1956 [as syspila] Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 [as triangulum] Wright & Wright 1952 [as syspila]   Lampropeltis holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake Schmidt 1953 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)   Masticophis flagellum Common Coachwhip Behler & King 1979 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Nerodia (North American Water Snakes)   Nerodia erythrogaster Plain-bellied Water Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 McCranie 1990 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Nerodia rhombifer Diamondback Water Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 McAllister 1985 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Nerodia sipedon Northern Water Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)   Opheodrys aestivus Rough Green Snake Behler & King 1979 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes)   Pantherophis emoryi Great Plains Rat Snake Dowling 1952 Schulz 1996 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Pantherophis obsoletus Western Rat Snake Burbrink 2001 Irwin, Miller & Taggart 1992 Schulz 1996 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)   Pituophis catenifer Gopher Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Regina (Queen Snakes)   Regina grahamii Mississippi Crayfish Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Rhinocheilus (Long-nosed Snakes)   Rhinocheilus lecontei Common Long-nosed Snake Behler & King 1979 Medica 1975 Medica 1980 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Sonora (North American Ground, Sand, and Shovel-nosed Snakes)   Sonora episcopa Great Plains Ground Snake Behler & King 1979 [as semiannulata] Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Frost 1983 [as semiannulata] Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 [as semiannulata] Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)   Storeria dekayi Common Brown Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Storeria occipitomaculata North American Red-bellied Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla gracilis Flat-headed Centipede Snake Cole & Hardy 1981 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wright & Wright 1952   Tantilla nigriceps Plains Centipede Snake Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)   Thamnophis marcianus Checkered Garter Snake Behler & King 1979 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Thamnophis proximus Western Ribbon Snake Behler & King 1979 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Thamnophis radix Plains Garter Snake Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Thamnophis sirtalis Common Garter Snake Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Tropidoclonion (Lined Snake)   Tropidoclonion lineatum Lined Snake Behler & King 1979 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Virginia (Smooth Earth Snake)   Virginia valeriae Smooth Earth Snake Powell, Collins & Fish 1992 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Rena (Maroon Thread Snakes)   Rena dulcis Texas Thread Snake Behler & King 1979 Hahn 1979 Hahn 1980 Schmidt 1953 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)   Agkistrodon contortrix Eastern Copperhead Behler & King 1979 Burbrink & Guiher 2015 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Agkistrodon laticinctus Broad-banded Copperhead Behler & King 1979 Burbrink & Guiher 2015 Smith 1956 Wright & Wright 1952   Agkistrodon piscivorus Northern Cottonmouth Burbrink & Guiher 2015 Ernst 1992 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)   Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952   Crotalus viridis Prairie Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Sistrurus (Pygmy Rattlesnakes)   Sistrurus tergeminus Western Massasauga Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 [as catenatus] Ernst 1992 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 [as catenatus] 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 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Genus Macrochelys (Alligator Snapping Turtles)   Macrochelys temminckii Western Alligator Snapping Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010  Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles) Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)   Chrysemys picta American Painted Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Genus Graptemys (Map Turtles)   Graptemys geographica Northern Map Turtle Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010   Graptemys ouachitensis Ouachita Map Turtle Brown, Temple-Miller, Roosenburg & White 2012 Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sievert 2006   Graptemys pseudogeographica False Map Turtle Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Genus Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)   Pseudemys concinna River Cooter Behler & King 1979 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Ward & Jackson 2008 Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)   Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010   Terrapene triunguis Three-toed Box Turtle Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 [as T. carolina] Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)   Trachemys scripta Common Slider Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010  Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles) Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)   Kinosternon flavescens Yellow Mud Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010 Genus Sternotherus (North American Musk Turtles)   Sternotherus odoratus Common Musk Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)   Apalone mutica Smooth Softshell Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010   Apalone spinifera Spiny Softshell Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith 1956 Taggart, Collins & Schmidt 2010