Wildlife of Barr Lake State Park

Covering more than 1,900 surface acres, Barr Lake is one of the largest prairie reservoirs in Colorado open to public recreation. Barr Lake provides habitat for more than 340 species of birds and its significance is recognized on both national and international levels. Nearly 700 acres of ...more ↓

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

Western Earless Lizard ¹
Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined Skink ²
Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined Racerunner ³
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Plains Garter Snake ⁴
Thamnophis radix

Plains Hognose Snake ²
Heterodon nasicus

Coachwhip ⁵
Masticophis flagellum

North American Racer ⁶
Coluber constrictor

Gopher Snake ⁷
Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake ⁸
Pituophis catenifer sayi

Prairie Rattlesnake ⁹
Crotalus viridis viridis

Spiny Softshell Turtle ¹⁰
Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ¹¹
Chelydra serpentina

Ornate Box Turtle ¹²
Terrapene ornata

Painted Turtle ⁷
Chrysemys picta

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Wildlife of Barr Lake State Park

Western Earless Lizard 1 Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined Skink 2 Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined Racerunner 3 Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Plains Garter Snake 4 Thamnophis radix

Plains Hognose Snake 2 Heterodon nasicus

Coachwhip 5 Masticophis flagellum

North American Racer 6 Coluber constrictor

Gopher Snake 7 Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake 8 Pituophis catenifer sayi

Prairie Rattlesnake 9 Crotalus viridis viridis

Spiny Softshell Turtle 10 Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 11 Chelydra serpentina

Ornate Box Turtle 12 Terrapene ornata

Painted Turtle 7 Chrysemys picta