Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Celebrating the surprising biodiversity of a county sometimes relegated to being thought of as just cornfields! Will be adding to this incrementally with confirmed observations of all forms of life in Lee County, using sources such as INHS, several guides, natural area catalogs, and of course ...more ↓

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Taxonomy
« Back To Vertebrates Subphylum Vertebrata
- Reptiles Class Reptilia
  - 15 Snakes and Lizards Order Squamata
  - 6 Turtles and Tortoises Order Testudines

Slender Glass Lizard ¹
Ophisaurus attenuatus

Six-lined Racerunner ²
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Western Ribbon Snake ³
Thamnophis proximus

Plains Garter Snake ⁴
Thamnophis radix

Eastern Garter Snake ⁵
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

DeKay's Brownsnake ⁶
Storeria dekayi

Queen Snake ⁷
Regina septemvittata

Northern Water Snake ⁸
Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Plains Hognose Snake ⁹
Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Hognose Snake ¹⁰
Heterodon platirhinos

Blue Racer ¹¹
Coluber constrictor foxii

Bullsnake ¹²
Pituophis catenifer sayi

Smooth Greensnake ¹³
Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake ¹⁴
Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern Foxsnake ¹⁵
Pantherophis vulpinus

Northern Spiny Softshell Turtle ¹⁶
Apalone spinifera spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ¹⁷
Chelydra serpentina

Ornate Box Turtle ³
Terrapene ornata

Blanding's Turtle ¹⁸
Emydoidea blandingii

Western Painted Turtle ¹⁹
Chrysemys picta bellii

Midland Painted Turtle ²⁰
Chrysemys picta marginata

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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Slender Glass Lizard 1 Ophisaurus attenuatus

Six-lined Racerunner 2 Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Western Ribbon Snake 3 Thamnophis proximus

Plains Garter Snake 4 Thamnophis radix

Eastern Garter Snake 5 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

DeKay's Brownsnake 6 Storeria dekayi

Queen Snake 7 Regina septemvittata

Northern Water Snake 8 Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Plains Hognose Snake 9 Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Hognose Snake 10 Heterodon platirhinos

Blue Racer 11 Coluber constrictor foxii

Bullsnake 12 Pituophis catenifer sayi

Smooth Greensnake 13 Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake 14 Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern Foxsnake 15 Pantherophis vulpinus

Northern Spiny Softshell Turtle 16 Apalone spinifera spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 17 Chelydra serpentina

Ornate Box Turtle 3 Terrapene ornata

Blanding's Turtle 18 Emydoidea blandingii

Western Painted Turtle 19 Chrysemys picta bellii

Midland Painted Turtle 20 Chrysemys picta marginata