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[[File:Emydoidea blandingiiHolbrookV1P03A.jpg|thumb|right|[[Blanding's turtle]] (scientific name ''Emys blandingii'' or ''Emydoidea blandingii'') was the proposed state reptile of Minnesota.|alt=An illustration of a side of a turtle on a white background. The turtle has small, yellow spots on its shell; the bottom side of the shell is pictured bottom]]
Thirty species of [[reptile]]s have been recorded in the US state of [[Minnesota]], including 16 species of [[snake]]s, eleven species of [[turtle]], and three species of [[lizard]].<ref>{{harvnb|Coffin|1988|p=326}}</ref> Of those 31 species, two ([[Blanding's turtle]] and the [[wood turtle]]) have been listed as [[endangered species|endangered]] by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]], with another 20 listed as [[least concern]] and nine have [[not evaluated|not been evaluated]].

Minnesota does not have an official [[state reptile]]. However, the Blanding's turtle was proposed as the reptile of the state in 1998 and 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/unsym.aspx#reptile |title=Minnesota State Symbols—Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious |work=[[Minnesota Legislature]] |access-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref>

==Snakes==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" |Common name
! scope="col" |Scientific name
! scope="col" |Conservation status
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Photograph
|-
! scope="row" |[[Coluber constrictor flaviventris|Eastern yellowbelly racer]]
|''Coluber constrictor flaviventris''
| [[Not evaluated]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|30|-|50|in|cm}}; color varies from olive to blue to nearly black<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-yellow-bellied-racer |title=Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racer |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903180806/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-yellow-bellied-racer |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tennant|1998|p=175}}</ref>
|[[File:Coluber constrictor flaviventris (1).jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Diadophis punctatus|Ringneck snake]]
|''Diadophis punctatus''
| [[Least concern]]
|{{hs|0}}Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|8|-|15|in|cm}}; has a distinct yellow ring around the neck; color varies from [[slate gray]] to olive<ref>{{cite book |title=Snakes |last1=Badger |first1=David P. |last2=Netherton |first2=John |year=1999 |publisher=Voyageur Press |location=Stillwater, Minnesota |isbn=0-89658-408-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/snakes00badg/page/36 36] |url=https://archive.org/details/snakes00badg/page/36 }}</ref><ref name="NatGeo">{{cite book |title=National geographic's guide to wildlife watching |last=Martin |first=Glen |year=1998 |publisher=National Geographic Society, Book Division |location=Washington, DC |isbn=0-7922-7130-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograph00mart/page/313 313] |url=https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograph00mart/page/313 }}</ref>
|[[File:Diadophis punctatus edwardsii4.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Pantherophis obsoletus|Western rat snake]]
|''Pantherophis obsoletus''
| [[Not evaluated]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|42|–|72|in|cm}}; adults appear shiny black; underbellies are white with black mottles<ref name="MDCBRS">{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/black-rat-snake |title=Black Rat Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502090145/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/black-rat-snake |archive-date=May 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:Pantherophis obsoletusPCCA20050508-7264B.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Western fox snake]]
|''Pantherophis ramspotti''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|36|–|54|in|cm}}; color varies from tan to greenish brown with large black blotches<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/western-fox-snake |title=Western Fox Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017235107/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/western-fox-snake |archive-date=October 17, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Northwood's Naturalist |last=Paulson |first=Dave |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-615-15430-5 |location=Webster, Wisconsin |page=140}}</ref>
|[[File:Pantherophis vulpina.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Heterodon nasicus|Western hognose snake]]
|''Heterodon nasicus''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|16|–|26|in|cm}}; color varies from light yellow or olive color with systematic brown blotches<ref>{{harvnb|Coffin|1988|p=337}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Nonvenomous snakes |last=Trutnau |first=Ludwig |year=1986 |publisher=Barron's |location=Woodbury, New York |isbn=0-8120-5632-9 |page=102}}</ref>
|[[File:Heterodon nasicus.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Heterodon platirhinos|Eastern hognose snake]]
|''Heterodon platyrhinos''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|20|–|33|in|cm}}; color varies from gray to brown with dark brown markings<ref name="NatGeo" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-hog-nosed-snake |title=Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501003536/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-hog-nosed-snake |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:Heterodon platirhinos2.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[milk snake|Eastern milk snake]]
|''Lamptopeltis triangulum triangulum''
|[[Not evaluated]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|24|–|36|in|cm}}; repeating red, black-outlined blotches<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/?s=030029 |title=Species Information: eastern milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum) |work=[[Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105170925/http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/?s=030029 |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=A field guide to eastern forests, North America |last=Kricher |first=John C. |author2=National Audubon Society |author3=National Wildlife Federation |author4=Roger Tory Peterson Institute |location=Boston, Massachusetts |year=1998 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=0-395-92895-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoeast00kric/page/380 380] |url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoeast00kric/page/380 }}</ref>
|[[File:Autumn milksnake.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Smooth green snake]]
|''Opheodrys vernalis''<br/> (sometimes ''Liochlorophis vernalis'')
|[[Not evaluated]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|14|–|20|in|cm}}; color varies from a uniform bright green to brownish green<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/smooth-green-snake |title=Smooth Green Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907023042/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/smooth-green-snake |archive-date=September 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Breckenridge|1944|p=113}}</ref>
|[[File:Smooth Green Snake.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Northern water snake]]
|''Nerodia sipedon''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|24|–|42|in|cm}}; color varies from gray to reddish brown with dark brown crossbands<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/northern-water-snake |title=Northern Water Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913141840/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/northern-water-snake |archive-date=September 13, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Snakes of North America: Western region |last1=Bartlett |first1=Richard D. |last2=Tennant |first2=Alan |year=2000 |publisher=Gulf Publishing Company |location=Houston, Texas |isbn=0-87719-312-6 |page=95}}</ref>
|[[File:Northern watersnake j.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Bullsnake]]
|''Pituophis catenifer sayi''
|[[Not evaluated]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|37|–|72|in|cm}}; color varies from tan to brown with large brown or black spots<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/bullsnake |title=Bullsnake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925090944/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/bullsnake |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tennant|1998|p=190}}</ref>
|[[File:Pituophis catenifer sayi 007.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[DeKay's brown snake]]
|''Storeria dekayi''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|6|–|13|in|cm}}; color varies from brown to reddish brown; two rows of dark spots across the back<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/stodek.htm |title=Species Profile: Brown Snake (''Storeria dekayi'') |first=Thomas |last=Glenn |work=[[University of Georgia]] |access-date=May 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tennant|1998|p=57}}</ref>
|[[File:Storeria dekayi texana.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Storeria occipitomaculata|Northern redbelly snake]]
|''Storeria occipitomaculata''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|8|–|10|in|cm}}; color varies from gray-brown to reddish-brown<ref name="NatGeo" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/northern-red-bellied-snake |title=Northern Red-Bellied Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007090950/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/northern-red-bellied-snake |archive-date=October 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:Redbelly Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Plains garter snake]]
|''Thamnophis radix''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|15|–|28|in|cm}}; similar to other [[garter snake]]s but with a yellow stripe down the side<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/plains-garter-snake |title=Plains Garter Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902012923/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/plains-garter-snake |archive-date=September 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Breckenridge|1944|p=142}}</ref>
|[[File:Plains gartersnake.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Eastern garter snake]]
|''Thamnophis sirtalis''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|18|–|26|in|cm}}; color varies from black to olive; usually has three yellowish stripes, one down the back and one along each side<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-garter-snake |title=Eastern Garter Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502181251/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-garter-snake |archive-date=May 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tennant|1998|p=67}}</ref>
|[[File:Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Wooster.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Lined snake]]
|''Tropidoclonion lineatum''
|[[Least concern]]
|Nonvenomous; adults reach {{convert|8|–|15|in|cm}}; colors range from gray to black with a lighter color stripe down the middle of the back<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/lined-snake |title=Lined Snake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018001249/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/lined-snake |archive-date=October 18, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?snakeID=17&venomous=0&patterned=0&striped=1&solid=0&all=0 |title=Lined Snake ''Tropidoclonion lineatum'' |work=OK Snakes |access-date=May 15, 2011}}</ref>
|[[File:Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Timber rattlesnake]]
|''Crotalus horridus''
|[[Least concern]]
|Venomous; adults reach {{convert|36|–|60|in|cm}}; color varies from yellow to tan with dark markings on the back<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/timber-rattlesnake |title=Timber Rattlesnake |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007093925/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/timber-rattlesnake |archive-date=October 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ohiodnr.gov/Home/species_a_to_z/resourcesreptilespoisonoussnakes/tabid/5685/Default.aspx |title=Venomous Snakes of Ohio |work=[[Ohio Department of Natural Resources]] |access-date=May 15, 2011}}</ref>
|[[File:C horridus.JPG|200px]]
|}

==Turtles==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" |Common name
! scope="col" |Scientific name
! scope="col" |Conservation status
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Photograph
|-
! scope="row" | [[Blanding's turtle]]
| ''Emydoidea blandingii''
| [[Endangered species|Endangered]]
|Length of {{convert|6|-|9|in|cm}}; yellow, long, narrow throat; domed carapace<ref>{{cite web|title=Blanding's Turtle ''Emydoidea blandingii'' |url=http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/species_info/nhfacts/emydoidea_blandingii.pdf|publisher=Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program|page=1|access-date=July 31, 2011}}</ref>
|[[File:Blandings-road-800x600.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Common snapping turtle]]
| ''Chelydra serpentina''
|[[Least concern]]
|Length of {{convert|8|-|14|in|cm}}; weight of {{convert|10|-|35|lb|kg}}; shell color varies from tan to black <ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/common-snapping-turtle |title=Common Snapping Turtle |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911180224/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/common-snapping-turtle |archive-date=September 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:Common Snapping Turtle.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Common musk turtle]]
|''Sternotherus odoratus''
|[[Least concern]] introduced
|
|[[File:Stinkpot_Turtle.jpg|150 px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Smooth softshell turtle]]
|''Apalone mutica''
|[[Least concern]]
|
|[[File:Iowaherps-apalone mutica.jpg|150 px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Red-eared slider]]
| ''[[Trachemys scripta elegans]]''
|[[Least concern]] Introduced
| 
| [[File:RedEaredSlider05.jpg|150 px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[False map turtle]]
| ''Graptemys pseudogeographica''
| [[Least concern]]
|Length of {{convert|3|-|10|in|cm}}; upper shell has yellow connected circles or lines; lower shell is greenish-yellow<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/false-map-turtle |title=False Map Turtle |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913045702/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/false-map-turtle |archive-date=September 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:Turtle vdg.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Northern map turtle]]
| ''Graptemys geographica''
|[[Least concern]]
|Length of {{convert|6|-|10.75|in|cm}}; fine yellow lines on a brown to olive shell<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/common-northern-map-turtle |title=Common (Northern) Map Turtle |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910225441/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/common-northern-map-turtle |archive-date=September 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:Northern Map Turtle.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ouachita map turtle]]
| ''Graptemys ouachitensis''
|[[Least concern]]
|Length of {{convert|6|-|10|in|cm}}; ridge down the center of the shell; bright yellow lines on the head and limbs<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/ouachita-map-turtle |title=Ouachita Map Turtle |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912042535/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/ouachita-map-turtle |archive-date=September 12, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:Graptemys ouachitensis hatchling.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Painted turtle]]
| ''Chrysemys picta bellii''
|[[Least concern]]
|Length of {{convert|4|-|10|in|cm}}; carapace color varies from tan to olive, with markings on the neck<ref>{{cite book|title=Wildlife & natural resource management|last=Deal|first=Kevin H.|publisher=Cengage Learning|year=2002|isbn=0-7668-2681-3|location=Clifton Park, New York|page=253}}</ref>
|[[File:Painted turtle.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Spiny softshell turtle]]
| ''Apalone spinifera spinifera''
|[[Not evaluated]]
|Female length of {{convert|7|-|19|in|cm}}; male length of {{convert|5|-|9.25|in|cm}}; olive to brown, flexible, smooth shell<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12201-60654--,00.html|title=Spiny Soft-shell Turtle (''Apalone spinifera spinifera'')|work=[[Michigan Department of Natural Resources]]|access-date=July 31, 2011}}</ref>
|[[File:Apalone spinifera.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Wood turtle]]
| ''Glyptemys insculpta''<br/> (formerly ''Clemmys insculpta'')
| [[Endangered species|Endangered]]
|Length of {{convert|5.5|-|8|in|cm}}; rough, tan to gray carapace<ref>{{cite web|title=Wood Turtle ''Glyptemys insculpta''|url=http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/species_info/nhfacts/glyptemys_insculpta.pdf|publisher=Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program|page=1|access-date=July 31, 2011}}</ref>
|[[File:Waldbachschildkroete-01.jpg|200px]]
|-
|}

==Lizards==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" |Common name
! scope="col" |Scientific name
! scope="col" |Status
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Description{{ref label|LizardLength|a|a}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Photograph
|-
! scope="row" | [[Plestiodon fasciatus|Five-lined skink]]
| ''Plestiodon fasciatus''
|[[Least concern]]
|Total length of {{convert|5|–|8.5|in|cm}}; maximum body length of {{convert|3.4|in|cm}}; brown to black body with short legs; juveniles have a blueish tail that turns to grey with maturation<ref>{{harvnb|Harding|1997|p=229}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10370_12145_12201-32981--,00.html|title=Five-lined Skink (''Plestiodon fasciatus'')|work=[[Michigan Department of Natural Resources]]|access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>
|[[File:Eumecesfasciatus.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Prairie skink]]
| ''Plestiodon septentrionalis''
|[[Least concern]]
|Maximum body length of {{convert|8.8|in|cm}}; juveniles are blue, adults are tan with black stripes<ref>{{harvnb|Harding|1997|p=352}}</ref>
|[[File:Prairie skink.jpg|200px]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Six-lined racerunner]]
| ''Aspidoscelis sexlineatus''
|[[Least concern]]
|Total length of {{convert|6|–|10.5|in|cm}}; maximum body length of {{convert|3.4|in|cm}}; light yellow to white stripes alternating with black stripes down back<ref>{{harvnb|Harding|1997|p=237}}</ref>
|[[File:Aspidoscelis sexlineata (male).jpg|200px]]
|-
|}

==Notes==
*{{note label|LizardLength|a|a}} Total length refers to the total length of the lizard. Maximum body length is the measurement from snout to [[cloaca]] of the lizard.

==References==
;General
* {{cite web |url=http://mdc.mo.gov/ |title=Missouri Department of Conservation Online |work=[[Missouri Department of Conservation]] |access-date=July 22, 2011}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |work=[[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] |access-date=July 22, 2011}}

;Specific
{{Reflist|2}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book |title=Reptiles and Amphibians of Minnesota |last=Breckenridge |first=Walter J. |year=1944 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |isbn=0-8166-0573-4 }}
* {{cite book |title=Minnesota's endangered flora and fauna |last=Coffin |first=Barbara |author2=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |year=1988 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=0-8166-1689-2 |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |ref=CITEREFCoffin1988 |authorlink2=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotasendang0000unse }}
* {{cite book |title=Amphibians and reptiles of the Great Lakes Region |last=Harding |first=James H. |year=1997 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |isbn=0-472-06628-5 }}
* {{cite book |title=A field guide to Texas snakes |last=Tennant |first=Alan |year=1998 |publisher=Gulf Publishing Company |location= Austin, Texas |isbn=0-87719-277-4 }}

==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.bellmuseum.org/herpetology/ |title=Minnesota Herpetological Society}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.mnherps.com/ |title=Amphibian and Reptile Survey of Minnesota}}

{{Environment of Minnesota}}
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