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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!
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A young Prairie Lizard lounges on the side of a building at Caprock Canyon State Park, Texas (left).
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A Sagebrush Lizard seeks shade during a hot afternoon (above).  

Colorado

CO Parks & Wildlife - Herp Quick Key
                                               - Herpetofaunal Atlas

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CO Partners in Amphibian & reptile Conservation - Species Accounts

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Plateau Fence Lizard, Colorado.

Texas

TX Natural Science Center & Univ. Texas Austin - Herps of Texas
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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
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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)
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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
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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]
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Eastern Collared Lizard; note burrow to right, under rock.

South Dakota

SD Game, Fish & Parks - Amphibian & Reptile resources
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Nebraska

Univ. Nebraska Lincoln / Cooperative Extension - Nebraska Herpetology Database
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Horned Lizards

There are 3 species of horned lizard found in the Great Plains ecoregion.  
CPW_Martin_HornedLizards_of_Colorado_2009.pdf
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File Type: pdf
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