Animals, Plants, & Natural Communities
Wisconsin Reptiles

For both Amphibians and Reptiles, common species are included in addition to species from the Natural Heritage Inventory Working List and Species of Greatest Conservation Need. See the Working List Key for an explanation of the column headings. Note: species with a "W" under Actively Tracked by NHI are "Watch List" species; data collected for these species are not currently stored in the NHI database.

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Scientific Name	Common Name	Global Rank	State Rank	Federal STATUS	WI STATUS	SGCN	Actively Tracked by NHI
Apalone mutica	Smooth Softshell	G5	S3		SC/H	Y	Y
Apalone spinifera	Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle	G5	S4S5
Aspidoscelis sexlineata	Six-lined Racerunner	G5	S3		SC/H	Y	Y
Carphophis vermis	Western Wormsnake	G5	S1		SC/H	Y	Y
Chelydra serpentina	Common Snapping Turtle	G5	S4
Chrysemys picta bellii	Western Painted Turtle	G5T5	SNR
Chrysemys picta marginata	Midland Painted Turtle	G5T5
Coluber constrictor	North American Racer	G5	S2		SC/P	Y	Y
Crotalus horridus	Timber Rattlesnake	G4	S2S3		SC/P	Y	Y
Diadophis punctatus arnyi	Prairie Ring-necked Snake	G5T5	S3		SC/H	Y	Y
Diadophis punctatus edwardsii	Northern Ring-necked Snake	G5T5	S3?		SC/H		Y
Elaphe vulpina	Western Fox Snake
Emydoidea blandingii	Blanding's Turtle	G4	S3		THR	Y	Y
Glyptemys insculpta	Wood Turtle	G4	S2		THR	Y	Y
Graptemys geographica	Common Map Turtle	G5	S5
Graptemys ouachitensis	Ouachita Map Turtle	G5	S4
Graptemys pseudogeographica	False Map Turtle	G5	S4		SC/H		Y
Heterodon platirhinos	Eastern Hog-nosed Snake	G5	S3?		SC/H		Y
Lampropeltis triangulum	Eastern Milk Snake	G5	S4
Liochlorophis vernalis	Smooth Green Snake	G5	S4
Nerodia sipedon	Northern Water Snake	G5	S5
Ophisaurus attenuatus	Slender Glass Lizard	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Pantherophis spiloides	Gray Ratsnake	G5T5	S2S3		SC/P	Y	Y
Pituophis catenifer	Gophersnake	G5	S2S3		SC/P	Y	Y
Plestiodon fasciatus	Common Five-lined Skink	G5	S3		SC/H		Y
Plestiodon septentrionalis	Prairie Skink	G5	S3		SC/H	Y	Y
Regina septemvittata	Queensnake	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Sistrurus catenatus catenatus	Eastern Massasauga	G3G4T3T4Q	S1	C	END	Y	Y
Sternotherus odoratus	Stinkpot Turtle	G5	S4
Storeria dekayi	Brown Snake	G5	S5
Storeria occipitomaculata	Northern Red-bellied Snake	G5	S4
Terrapene ornata	Ornate Box Turtle	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Thamnophis butleri	Butler's Gartersnake	G4	S3		THR	Y	Y
Thamnophis proximus	Western Ribbonsnake	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Thamnophis radix	Plains Gartersnake	G5	S2		SC/H		Y
Thamnophis sauritus	Eastern Ribbonsnake	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Thamnophis sirtalis	Eastern Gartersnake	G5	S4