Wildlife of Lake Pueblo State Park

Positioned approximately six miles west of the City of Pueblo, and within two hour’s drive of Denver and Colorado Springs, Lake Pueblo State Park attracts around 1.8 million visitors each year. It is located at the interface of the southern Rocky Mountains to the west and Great Plains to the ...more ↓

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

Eastern Collared Lizard ¹
Crotaphytus collaris

Prairie Lizard ²
Sceloporus consobrinus

Sagebrush Lizard ³
Sceloporus graciosus

Eastern Fence Lizard ⁴
Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard ⁵
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard ⁶
Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined Skink ⁷
Plestiodon multivirgatus

Colorado Checkered Whiptail ⁸
Aspidoscelis neotesselata

Triploid Checkered Whiptail ⁹
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus

Prairie Racerunner ¹⁰
Aspidoscelis sexlineata viridis

Black-necked Gartersnake ¹¹
Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ¹¹
Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake ¹²
Thamnophis radix

Coachwhip ¹³
Masticophis flagellum

Gopher Snake ¹⁴
Pituophis catenifer

Great Plains Ratsnake ²
Pantherophis emoryi

Corn Snake ¹⁵
Pantherophis guttatus

Prairie Rattlesnake ¹⁶
Crotalus viridis

Prairie Rattlesnake ⁴
Crotalus viridis viridis

Spiny Softshell ¹⁷
Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ¹⁸
Chelydra serpentina

Pond Slider ¹⁹
Trachemys scripta

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Wildlife of Lake Pueblo State Park

Eastern Collared Lizard 1 Crotaphytus collaris

Prairie Lizard 2 Sceloporus consobrinus

Sagebrush Lizard 3 Sceloporus graciosus

Eastern Fence Lizard 4 Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard 5 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard 6 Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined Skink 7 Plestiodon multivirgatus

Colorado Checkered Whiptail 8 Aspidoscelis neotesselata

Triploid Checkered Whiptail 9 Aspidoscelis neotesselatus

Prairie Racerunner 10 Aspidoscelis sexlineata viridis

Black-necked Gartersnake 11 Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 11 Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake 12 Thamnophis radix

Coachwhip 13 Masticophis flagellum

Gopher Snake 14 Pituophis catenifer

Great Plains Ratsnake 2 Pantherophis emoryi

Corn Snake 15 Pantherophis guttatus

Prairie Rattlesnake 16 Crotalus viridis

Prairie Rattlesnake 4 Crotalus viridis viridis

Spiny Softshell 17 Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 18 Chelydra serpentina

Pond Slider 19 Trachemys scripta