Wildlife of North Sterling State Park

North Sterling State Park is located on the high plains of northeast Colorado in Logan County, 12 miles north of the town of Sterling and 20 miles south of the Nebraska border. The Pawnee National Grasslands are 20 miles to the west and the Chimney Canyons bluffs are just north of the park. The ...more ↓

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

Northern Prairie Lizard ¹
Sceloporus undulatus garmani

Greater short-horned lizard ²
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard ³
Holbrookia maculata

Many-Lined Skink ⁴
Plestiodon multivirgatus

Variable skink ⁴
Plestiodon multivirgatus epipleurotus

Great Plains skink ⁵
Plestiodon obsoletus

Six-Lined Racerunner ⁶
Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Six-lined Racerunner ⁷
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Plains Garter Snake ⁸
Thamnophis radix

Red-sided Garter Snake ⁹
Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Northern Watersnake ¹⁰
Nerodia sipedon

Plains Hognose Snake ⁴
Heterodon nasicus

Coachwhip ¹¹
Masticophis flagellum

Yellowbelly Racer ¹¹
Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Glossy Snake ¹²
Arizona elegans

Plains Black-headed Snake ¹
Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake ¹³
Pituophis catenifer

Milk snake ¹⁴
Lampropeltis triangulum

Prairie Rattlesnake ¹³
Crotalus viridis

Spiny softshell turtle ¹⁵
Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ¹⁶
Chelydra serpentina

Yellow mud turtle ¹⁷
Kinosternon flavescens

Painted Turtle ¹³
Chrysemys picta

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Wildlife of North Sterling State Park

Northern Prairie Lizard 1 Sceloporus undulatus garmani

Greater short-horned lizard 2 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard 3 Holbrookia maculata

Many-Lined Skink 4 Plestiodon multivirgatus

Variable skink 4 Plestiodon multivirgatus epipleurotus

Great Plains skink 5 Plestiodon obsoletus

Six-Lined Racerunner 6 Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Six-lined Racerunner 7 Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Plains Garter Snake 8 Thamnophis radix

Red-sided Garter Snake 9 Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Northern Watersnake 10 Nerodia sipedon

Plains Hognose Snake 4 Heterodon nasicus

Coachwhip 11 Masticophis flagellum

Yellowbelly Racer 11 Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Glossy Snake 12 Arizona elegans

Plains Black-headed Snake 1 Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake 13 Pituophis catenifer

Milk snake 14 Lampropeltis triangulum

Prairie Rattlesnake 13 Crotalus viridis

Spiny softshell turtle 15 Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 16 Chelydra serpentina

Yellow mud turtle 17 Kinosternon flavescens

Painted Turtle 13 Chrysemys picta