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Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Reptiles
A dark domed shell covers a turtle with an orange chin
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The Blandings Turtle is one species living along the St. Croix whose population is considered threatened in Wisconsin

A Checklist Of Reptiles Of The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
Revised 2/26/2004

 

 

 

 

 

TESTUDINES - turtles
Chelydridae
- snapping turtles
___ * Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
___ Emydidae - terrapins
___ * Wood Turtle Clemmys insculpta
___ * Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii
___ Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
___ Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica
___ False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica
Trionychidae - softshell turtles
___ Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera

LACERTILIA - lizards
Teidae - whiptails and racerunners
___ Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Scincidae - skinks
___ * Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus
___ Northern Prairie Skink Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis

SERPENTES - snakes
Colubridae - colubrid snakes
___ Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
___ Brown Snake Storeria dekayi
___ Red-bellied Snake Storeria occiptomaculata
___ Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
___ * Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos
___ Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus
___ Ring-necked Snake Diadophus punctatus
___ * Blue Racer Coluber constrictor
___ Smooth Green Snake Ophreodrys vernalis
___ Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina
___ * Bull Snake Pituophis catenifer sayi
___ * Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum
Viperidae - vipers and pit vipers
___ * Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

* Population is listed as endangered, threatened, rare, or of special concern by state and/or federal agencies.

Three waterboatmens on a rock, they are dark brown and the leags are visible  

Did You Know?
Water boatmen have no gills but rather trap air with the hairs on their legs and the air bubble encircles their bodies, making them appear shiny. Their front legs are short, their middle legs are long and slender and their back legs are shaped like paddles fringed with hair.

Last Updated: August 02, 2006 at 17:26 EST