Wildlife of Highline Lake State Park

Highline Lake State Park lies within the Grand Valley of western Colorado at the eastern edge of the Great Basin, about 20 miles west and north of Grand Junction. The park encompasses about 570 acres and consists of Mack Mesa Reservoir and Highline Lake, and lands surrounding these bodies of ...more ↓

Eastern Collared Lizard ¹
Crotaphytus collaris

Yellow Headed Collared Lizard ²
Crotaphytus collaris auriceps

Common Side-blotched Lizard ³
Uta stansburiana

Ornate Tree Lizard ⁴
Urosaurus ornatus

Sagebrush Lizard ⁵
Sceloporus graciosus

Northern Plateau Lizard ⁶
Sceloporus undulatus elongatus

Pygmy Short-horned Lizard ⁷
Phrynosoma douglasii

Western Skink ⁸
Plestiodon skiltonianus

Western Whiptail ⁵
Aspidoscelis tigris

Plateau Tiger Whiptail ⁹
Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis

Plateau Striped Whiptail ¹⁰
Aspidoscelis velox

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ¹⁰
Thamnophis elegans

Striped Whipsnake ¹¹
Masticophis taeniatus

Desert Striped Whipsnake ¹²
Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus

North American Racer ¹³
Coluber constrictor

Western Yellow-bellied Racer ¹⁴
Coluber constrictor mormon

Gopher Snake ¹⁵
Pituophis catenifer

Great Basin Gopher Snake ¹⁶
Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Eastern Milksnake ¹⁷
Lampropeltis triangulum

Corn Snake ¹⁸
Pantherophis guttatus

Western Rattlesnake ¹⁹
Crotalus oreganus

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Wildlife of Highline Lake State Park

Eastern Collared Lizard 1 Crotaphytus collaris

Yellow Headed Collared Lizard 2 Crotaphytus collaris auriceps

Common Side-blotched Lizard 3 Uta stansburiana

Ornate Tree Lizard 4 Urosaurus ornatus

Sagebrush Lizard 5 Sceloporus graciosus

Northern Plateau Lizard 6 Sceloporus undulatus elongatus

Pygmy Short-horned Lizard 7 Phrynosoma douglasii

Western Skink 8 Plestiodon skiltonianus

Western Whiptail 5 Aspidoscelis tigris

Plateau Tiger Whiptail 9 Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis

Plateau Striped Whiptail 10 Aspidoscelis velox

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 10 Thamnophis elegans

Striped Whipsnake 11 Masticophis taeniatus

Desert Striped Whipsnake 12 Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus

North American Racer 13 Coluber constrictor

Western Yellow-bellied Racer 14 Coluber constrictor mormon

Gopher Snake 15 Pituophis catenifer

Great Basin Gopher Snake 16 Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Eastern Milksnake 17 Lampropeltis triangulum

Corn Snake 18 Pantherophis guttatus

Western Rattlesnake 19 Crotalus oreganus