Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has more species of reptiles than
any other prairie province. It has all the western snakes found in
Alberta as well as some of the eastern species found in Manitoba.
As is common in many arid areas snakes outnumber other groups of
reptiles.
Turtles
Snapping Turtles
Common Snapping Turtle -- Chélydre
Serpentine -- Chelydra serpentina
Pond
and Marsh Turtles
Painted Turtle -- Tortue Peinte --
Chrysemys picta
Lizards
Short-horned Lizards
Short-horned Lizard -- Iguane
à Petites Cornes -- Phrynosoma hernandezi
Snakes
Typical Snakes (Colubrids)
Racer -- Couleuvre Agile -- Coluber
constrictor
Western Hognose Snake -- Couleuvre à
Nez Retroussé -- Heterodon nasicus
Smooth Green Snake -- Couleuvre Verte --
Opheodrys vernalis
Gopher Snake -- Couleuvre à Nez Mince
-- Pituophis melanoleucus
Redbelly Snake -- Couleuvre à Ventre
Rouge -- Storeria occipitomaculata
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake --
Couleuvre de l'Ouest -- Thamnophis elegans
Plains Garter Snake -- Couleuvre
des Plaines -- Thamnophis radix
Common Garter Snake -- Couleuvre
Rayée -- Thamnophis sirtalis
Pit Vipers
Western Rattlesnake -- Crotale de l'Ouest --
Crotalus viridis
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