List of reptiles of Michigan
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Snakes

  • Black Rat Snake
  • Blue racer
    Coluber constrictor
    Coluber constrictor is a species of nonvenomous, colubrid snakes commonly referred to as the eastern racers. They are primarily found throughout the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, but they range north into Canada, and south into Mexico, Guatemala and Belize...

  • Brown Snake
    Storeria dekayi
    Storeria dekayi, commonly known as the brown snake or De Kay's snake, is a small species of colubrid snake.-Geographic range:...

  • Copperbelly Water Snake
    Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta
    The Copperbelly Water Snake is listed as a threatened species.-Appearance:Copperbelly water snakes have a solid dark back with a bright orange-red belly. They grow to long. They are not poisonous....

  • Eastern Fox Snake
    Pantherophis gloydi
    The Eastern Fox Snake is a species of Fox Snake.-Speciation:The Eastern Fox Snake is a North American Rat Snake...

  • Eastern Hognose Snake
  • Fox Snake
    Fox Snake
    Fox snake is the common name given to two species of North American rat snakes. Neither is any threat to humans. Unfortunately, due to the striking resemblance to the Massasauga rattlesnake , it is killed by many people who mistake it for the Massasauga.The eastern fox snake is...

  • Garter snake
    Common Garter Snake
    The Common Garter Snake is a snake indigenous to North America. Most garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown or green background and their average length is about , maximum about .-Subspecies:...

  • Kirtland's Snake
    Kirtland's Snake
    Kirtland's snake is an endangered North American species of nonvenomous snake of the subfamily Natricinae, of the family Colubridae. The specific name, kirtlandii, is in honor of Dr...

  • Massasauga rattlesnake
    Sistrurus catenatus
    Sistrurus catenatus is a venomous pitviper species found primarily in the United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...

  • Milk Snake
    Milk Snake
    The milk snake or milksnake is a species of king snake. There are 25 subspecies among the milk snakes, including the commonly named scarlet kingsnake...

  • Northern Ribbon Snake
    Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis
    The Northern Ribbon Snake is a subspecies of garter snake. It is one of four subspecies of the Ribbon Snake and occurs in the United States and Canada in southern Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, southern Ontario, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, northern Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana...

  • Northern Ringneck Snake
    Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
    The Northern ringneck snake is a subspecies of Diadophis punctatus. The subspecific name is in honor of English ornithologist George Edwards, who collected the type specimen.-Description:...

  • Northern Water Snake
    Northern Water Snake
    The Northern water snake is a large, nonvenomous, well-known snake in the Colubridae family that is native to North America.-Behavior:...

  • Plain-bellied Water Snake
    Nerodia erythrogaster
    The plain-bellied water snake or plainbelly water snake is a common species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snake found in the United States.- Range and habitat:...

  • Queen snake
    Queen snake
    The queen snake is a nonvenomous member of the colubrid family of snakes. This species ranges through the temperate region of North America east of the Mississippi River from western New York state to Wisconsin and south to Alabama and northern Florida...

  • Ringneck Snake
    Diadophis punctatus
    The ringneck snake or ring-necked snake is a colubrid snake species. It is found throughout much of the United States, central Mexico, and south eastern Canada. Ring-necked snakes are secretive, nocturnal snakes that are rarely seen during the day time...

  • Smooth Green Snake

Turtles

  • Blanding's Turtle
    Blanding's Turtle
    Blanding's turtle is a semi-aquatic turtle of the family Emydidae. It is considered to be an endangered species throughout much of its range.-Taxonomy:...

  • Eastern Box Turtle
  • Musk turtle
    Sternotherus odoratus
    Sternotherus odoratus is a species of small turtle native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States. It is also known as the common musk turtle or stinkpot due to its ability to release a foul musky odor to deter predation...

  • Northern Map Turtle
    Northern Map Turtle
    The northern map turtle , or formerly common map turtle, is an aquatic turtle that belongs to the family Emydidae.-Description:...

  • Painted Turtle
    Painted Turtle
    The painted turtle is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to Louisiana and northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The turtle is the only species of the genus Chrysemys, which is part of the pond turtle...

  • Red-eared slider
    Red-eared slider
    The red-eared slider is a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is a subspecies of pond slider. It is the most popular pet turtle in the United States and also popular in the rest of the world...

  • Snapping turtle
  • Spiny Softshell Turtle
    Spiny Softshell Turtle
    The Spiny softshell turtle is a species of softshell turtle, one of the largest freshwater turtle species in North America...

  • Spotted Turtle
    Spotted Turtle
    The Spotted turtle , the only current species of Clemmys, is a small, semi-aquatic turtle that reaches a carapace length of upon adulthood. Their broad, smooth, low dark-colored upper shell, or carapace, ranges in its exact colour from black to a bluish black with a number of yellow tiny round spots...

  • Wood Turtle
    Wood Turtle
    The wood turtle is a turtle endemic to North America. It is in the genus Glyptemys, a designation given to only one other turtle: the bog turtle. The wood turtle reaches a carapace length of , its defining characteristic being the pyramidal pattern on its upper shell...

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