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The Natural World of Southern Illinois

This is a growing guide of all the wildlife and plant species that one might find in Southern Illinois.

Eastern Fence Lizard 1
Sceloporus undulatus
Common Five-lined Skink 2
Plestiodon fasciatus
Broadhead Skink 3
Plestiodon laticeps
Six-lined Racerunner 4
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Common Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis sirtalis
DeKay's Brownsnake 6
Storeria dekayi
Graham's Crayfish Snake 7
Regina grahamii
Plain-bellied Watersnake 8
Nerodia erythrogaster
Northern Water Snake 9
Nerodia sipedon
Eastern Hognose Snake 10
Heterodon platirhinos
North American Racer 11
Coluber constrictor
Rough Greensnake 12
Opheodrys aestivus
Yellow-bellied Kingsnake 13
Lampropeltis calligaster
Prairie Kingsnake 14
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster
Black Kingsnake 15
Lampropeltis nigra
Gray Ratsnake 16
Pantherophis spiloides
Copperhead 1
Agkistrodon contortrix
Cottonmouth 4
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Timber Rattlesnake 17
Crotalus horridus

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