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Wildlife of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Castlewood Canyon State Park is located in central Douglas County, one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. It lies east of Interstate 25 and is equidistant between the two largest metropolitan areas within Colorado - Denver and Colorado Springs. The park lies at the intersection of ...more ↓

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

Prairie Lizard ¹
Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard ²
Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard ³
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard ⁴
Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined Skink ⁵
Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined Racerunner ⁶
Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Lined Snake ⁷
Tropidoclonion lineatum

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ⁸
Thamnophis elegans

Wandering Garter Snake ⁹
Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Plains Garter Snake ¹⁰
Thamnophis radix

Plains Hognose Snake ¹¹
Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer ⁹
Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Plains Black-headed Snake ²
Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake ⁸
Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake ¹²
Pituophis catenifer sayi

Smooth Greensnake ¹³
Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake ¹⁴
Lampropeltis triangulum

Prairie Rattlesnake ⁸
Crotalus viridis

Spiny Softshell ¹⁵
Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ¹⁶
Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle ⁸
Chrysemys picta

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Wildlife of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Prairie Lizard 1 Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard 2 Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard 3 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard 4 Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined Skink 5 Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined Racerunner 6 Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Lined Snake 7 Tropidoclonion lineatum

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 8 Thamnophis elegans

Wandering Garter Snake 9 Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Plains Garter Snake 10 Thamnophis radix

Plains Hognose Snake 11 Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer 9 Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Plains Black-headed Snake 2 Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake 8 Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake 12 Pituophis catenifer sayi

Smooth Greensnake 13 Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake 14 Lampropeltis triangulum

Prairie Rattlesnake 8 Crotalus viridis

Spiny Softshell 15 Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 16 Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle 8 Chrysemys picta