USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region - SCP: Reptiles Rationale Index

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Species Conservation Program: Species Rationale Index — Reptiles

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*Recommendation is for the highest order taxon listed. Lower order taxa and/or populations listed are not being conferred status separate from the higher order taxon. Instead, these additional links provide the reviewer ready access to all supplementary documentation considered in arriving at the posted recommendation.


Recommendation: R2 Sensitive Species (SS)
Common Name	Scientific Name
*Black Hills redbelly snake	Storeria occipitomaculata pahasapae
massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus
Recommendation: Not R2 Sensitive Species, But Should Be Considered For Other Emphasis Species Lists
Common Name	Scientific Name
blackneck garter snake	Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Blanding's turtle	Emydoidea blandingii
eastern hognose snake	Heterodon platirhinos
glossy snake	Arizona elegans
greater short-horned lizard	Phrynosoma hernandesi
lined snake	Tropidoclonion lineatum
midget faded rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis concolor
ornate box turtle	Terrapene ornata
smooth green snake	Opheodrys vernalis
smooth softshell turtle	Apalone mutica
triploid Colorado checkered whiptail	Cnemidophorus neotesselatus
yellow mud turtle	Kinosternon flavescens flavescens
Recommendation: Not R2 Sensitive Species and Not of Concern
Common Name	Scientific Name
Arid land ribbon snake	Thamnophis proximus diabolicus
brown snake	Storeria dekayi
checkered garter snake	Thamnophis marcianus
common kingsnake	Lampropeltis getula
desert spiny lizard	Sceloporus magister
false map turtle	Graptemys pseudogeographica
lesser earless lizard	Holbrookia maculata
longnose leopard lizard	Gambelia wislizenii
longnose snake	Rhinocheilus lecontei
many-lined skink	Eumeces multivirgatus
milk snake	Lampropeltis triangulum
northern plateau lizard	Sceloporus undulatus elongatus
northern prairie lizard	Sceloporus undulatus garmani
northern water snake	Nerodia sipedon
red-lipped prairie lizard	Sceloporus undulatus erythrocheilus
*ringneck snake	Diadophis punctatus (D. p. arnyi)
rubber boa	Charina bottae
sagebrush lizard	Sceloporus graciosus
*six-lined racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (C. s. viridis)
snapping turtle	Chelydra serpentina
spiny softshell turtle	Apalone spinifera
Texas blind snake	Leptotyphlops dulcis
Texas horned lizard	Phrynosoma cornulum
western fox snake	Elaphe vulpina

*Recommendation is for the highest order taxon listed. Lower order taxa and/or populations listed are not being conferred status separate from the higher order taxon. Instead, these additional links provide the reviewer ready access to all supplementary documentation considered in arriving at the posted recommendation.

Rocky Mountain Region

Species Conservation Program: Species Rationale Index — Reptiles

Recommendation: R2 Sensitive Species (SS)