Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

Lathrop State Park encompasses 1,434 acres of land and 320 acres of water. It is located about 90 miles south of Colorado Springs and 50 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico state line. The principle features are Horseshoe and Martin Lakes, two of the largest reservoirs in the area, and ...more ↓

Eastern Collared Lizard ¹
Crotaphytus collaris

Prairie Lizard ²
Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard ³
Sceloporus undulatus

Texas Horned Lizard ⁴
Phrynosoma cornutum

Greater Short-horned Lizard ⁵
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Great Plains Skink ⁶
Plestiodon obsoletus

Triploid Checkered Whiptail ⁷
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus

Six-lined Racerunner ⁸
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ⁹
Thamnophis elegans

Wandering Garter Snake ¹
Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Plains Garter Snake ¹⁰
Thamnophis radix

Ringneck Snake ¹¹
Diadophis punctatus

Plains Hognose Snake ¹²
Heterodon nasicus

Coachwhip ¹³
Masticophis flagellum

Western Coachwhip ¹⁴
Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Racer ¹⁵
Coluber constrictor

Plains Black-Headed Snake ³
Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake ⁹
Pituophis catenifer

Smooth Green Snake ¹⁶
Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake ¹⁷
Lampropeltis triangulum

Prairie Rattlesnake ⁹
Crotalus viridis

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Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

Eastern Collared Lizard 1 Crotaphytus collaris

Prairie Lizard 2 Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard 3 Sceloporus undulatus

Texas Horned Lizard 4 Phrynosoma cornutum

Greater Short-horned Lizard 5 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Great Plains Skink 6 Plestiodon obsoletus

Triploid Checkered Whiptail 7 Aspidoscelis neotesselatus

Six-lined Racerunner 8 Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 9 Thamnophis elegans

Wandering Garter Snake 1 Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Plains Garter Snake 10 Thamnophis radix

Ringneck Snake 11 Diadophis punctatus

Plains Hognose Snake 12 Heterodon nasicus

Coachwhip 13 Masticophis flagellum

Western Coachwhip 14 Masticophis flagellum testaceus

Racer 15 Coluber constrictor

Plains Black-Headed Snake 3 Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake 9 Pituophis catenifer

Smooth Green Snake 16 Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake 17 Lampropeltis triangulum

Prairie Rattlesnake 9 Crotalus viridis