Reptile Monitoring - Species ID Resources

Reptile Monitoring - Species Identification Resources for Volunteers

Select any of the links below to either download identification documents (in .pdf format) or visit sites with good identification resources!

A young Prairie Lizard lounges on the side of a building at Caprock Canyon State Park, Texas (left).

A Sagebrush Lizard seeks shade during a hot afternoon (above).

Colorado

CO Parks & Wildlife - Herp Quick Key
- Herpetofaunal Atlas

CO Partners in Amphibian & reptile Conservation - Species Accounts

Plateau Fence Lizard, Colorado.

Texas

TX Natural Science Center & Univ. Texas Austin - Herps of Texas

Texas Horned Lizard, Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.

Kansas

Ft. Hays State Univ. / KS Wildlife, Parks & Tourism / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Kansas Herp Atlas

What is that? A snake?! Nope, it's a Slender Glass Lizard, one of several legless lizards found in N. America. McPherson County, Kansas. Photo: D. Martin.

Oklahoma

Emporia State Univ., Greg Sievert - Amphibians & Reptiles of Oklahoma (list only)

Western Diamondbacks have a distinctive black-and-white tail. Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma.

Wyoming

WY Natural Diversity Database - Herpetile Species of Concern (list only)
Dan Lewis, The Wyoming Naturalist - Wyoming Reptiles

Many-lined Skink under a dried cow pattie.

New Mexico

NM Game & Fish / Natural Heritage NM - BISON-M Find a Species Booklet [select "Reptiles" from the "Select Species of Interest from Taxonomic List" dropdown list and hit "Search" to return all reptile species]