This list of Kansas reptiles includes the snakes, turtles and lizards found in the US state of Kansas.
Kansas is home to 15 species of turtles.
[1] Family Chelydridae – snapping turtles Family Kinosternidae – mud and musk turtles Family Emydidae – basking and box turtles Family Trionychidae – softshell turtles There are 16 species of lizards in Kansas.
[2] Anguidae – lateral fold lizards Crotaphytidae – collared and leopard lizards Gekkonidae – geckos Lacertidae – lacertas (wall and true lizards) Phrynosomatidae – spiny lizards Scincidae – skinks Teiidae – whiptails
MT This snake has enlarged grooved teeth near the back of the upper jaw and secretes a mildly toxic saliva to incapacitate its prey.