Wildlife of Boyd Lake State Park

Boyd Lake State Park is located on the eastern edge of the City of Loveland and consists of about 259 acres of land along the western shore of the lake and the lake itself.
It is a popular recreation destination, especially for people from the northern Front Range and the Denver ...more ↓

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

Prairie Lizard ¹
Sceloporus consobrinus

Greater Short-horned Lizard ²
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard ³
Holbrookia maculata

many-lined skink ⁴
Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined Racerunner ⁵
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ⁶
Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake ⁷
Thamnophis radix

Common Garter Snake ⁸
Thamnophis sirtalis

Northern Watersnake ⁹
Nerodia sipedon

Plains Hognose Snake ¹⁰
Heterodon nasicus

Racer ¹¹
Coluber constrictor

Plains Black-headed Snake ¹²
Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake ⁶
Pituophis catenifer

Western Milksnake ¹³
Lampropeltis gentilis

Western Rattlesnake ¹⁴
Crotalus oreganus

Prairie Rattlesnake ⁶
Crotalus viridis

Common Snapping Turtle ¹⁵
Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle ⁶
Chrysemys picta

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Wildlife of Boyd Lake State Park

Prairie Lizard 1 Sceloporus consobrinus

Greater Short-horned Lizard 2 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard 3 Holbrookia maculata

many-lined skink 4 Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined Racerunner 5 Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 6 Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake 7 Thamnophis radix

Common Garter Snake 8 Thamnophis sirtalis

Northern Watersnake 9 Nerodia sipedon

Plains Hognose Snake 10 Heterodon nasicus

Racer 11 Coluber constrictor

Plains Black-headed Snake 12 Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake 6 Pituophis catenifer

Western Milksnake 13 Lampropeltis gentilis

Western Rattlesnake 14 Crotalus oreganus

Prairie Rattlesnake 6 Crotalus viridis

Common Snapping Turtle 15 Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle 6 Chrysemys picta