Reptiles of
Minnesota [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 Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon fasciatus

North American Five-lined Skink

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994
 
Plestiodon septentrionalis

Prairie Skink

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Six-lined Whiptail

Maslin & Secoy 1986 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994

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

Behler & King 1979 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Wilson 1978 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)
 
Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Behler & King 1979 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)
 
Heterodon nasicus

Western Hognose Snake

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Hognose Snake

Behler & King 1979 Blem 1981 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern Milk Snake

Behler & King 1979 Markel 1990 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Nerodia (North American Water Snakes)
 
Nerodia sipedon

Northern Water Snake

Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994
Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)
 
Opheodrys vernalis

Smooth Green Snake

Behler & King 1979 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes)
 
Pantherophis obsoletus

Western Rat Snake

Behler & King 1979 Burbrink 2001 Dowling 1952 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Schulz 1996
 
Pantherophis ramspotti

Western Fox Snake

Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham & Gardner 2011 Dowling 1952 [as vulpinus] Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 [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

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 [as melanoleucus] Schmidt 1953 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria dekayi

Common Brown Snake

Behler & King 1979 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Storeria occipitomaculata

North American Red-bellied Snake

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis radix

Plains Garter Snake

Behler & King 1979 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Garter Snake

Behler & King 1979 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Tropidoclonion (Lined Snake)
 
Tropidoclonion lineatum

Lined Snake

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus horridus

Timber Rattlesnake

Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Sistrurus (Pygmy Rattlesnakes)
 
Sistrurus catenatus

Eastern Massasauga

Minton 1983 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 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

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)
 
Chrysemys picta

American Painted Turtle

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Emydoidea (Blanding's Turtle)
 
Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding's Turtle

Congdon, Graham, Herman, Lang, Pappas & Brecke 2008 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Olson 1987 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Glyptemys (North American Wood Turtle and Bog Turtle)
 
Glyptemys insculpta

North American Wood Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Iverson 1992 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Graptemys (Map Turtles)
 
Graptemys geographica

Northern Map Turtle

Iverson 1992 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Graptemys ouachitensis

Ouachita Map Turtle

Brown, Temple-Miller, Roosenburg & White 2012 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Graptemys pseudogeographica

False Map Turtle

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)
 
Apalone mutica

Smooth Softshell Turtle

Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Apalone spinifera

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Iverson 1992 Oldfield & Moriarty 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021