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Wildlife of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

Prairie Lizard 1
Sceloporus consobrinus
Eastern Fence Lizard 2
Sceloporus undulatus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 3
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Six-lined Racerunner 4
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis elegans
Plains Garter Snake 6
Thamnophis radix
Plains Hognose Snake 7
Heterodon nasicus
Racer 8
Coluber constrictor
Gopher Snake 9
Pituophis catenifer
Bullsnake 10
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Western Milksnake 11
Lampropeltis gentilis
Prairie Rattlesnake 9
Crotalus viridis

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