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Michigan Lizards & Snakes
Species Checklist - Squamata *2,3
Common Name Latin Name St. Joseph
County
*2,3
Garezers*4

Family   Scincidae   -   Skinks

Five-Lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus YES ???

Family   Teiidae   -   Whiptails & Racerunners

Six-Lined Racerunner
*Special Concern
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus NO ???

 

Family   Colubridae   |   Subfamily Colbrinae

Blue Racer Coluber constrictor foxi YES ???
Black Rat Snake
*Special Concern
Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta YES ???
Eastern Fox Snake
*Threatened
Elaphe vulpina gloydi NO NO
Western Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina vulpina NO NO
Eastern Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum YES ???
Eastern Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis vernalis YES ???

Family   Colubridae   |   Subfamily Natricinae

Kirtland's Snake
*Endangered
Clonophis kirtlandi YES ???
Northern Copperbelly Snake
*Endangered
Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta YES ???
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon YES YES
Queen Snake Regina septemvittata YES ???
Brown Snake Storeria dekayi (subspecies) YES ???
Northern Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata YES ???
Butler's Garter Snake Thamnophis butleri NO ???
Northern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis YES ???
Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis YES ???

Family   Colubridae   |   Subfamily Xenodontinae

Northern Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsi YES ???
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos YES ???

Family   Viperidae   |   Subfamily Crotalinae

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
*Special Concern   *VENOMOUS
Sistrurus catenatus catenatus YES ???

References
*1   Michigan Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders - Harding & Holman, 1992
*2   Michigan Turtles and Lizards - Harding & Holman, 1990
*3   Michigan Snakes - Holman, Harding, Hensley & Dudderar, 1993
*4   Observational Notes

 

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