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Western Painted Turtle
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
Pond turtles prefer marshes, streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. They need sparse vegetation nearby for digging nests and like to bask on logs.
They can be found in the Coast Range, East Cascades, Klamath Mountains, West Cascades and Willamette Valley ecoregions.
Population declines are due to habitat loss, degradation of nesting areas by invasive plants, competition from non-native turtles and disease. Predators include raccoons and invasive bullfogs and fish.
To learn how to help, visit the Native Turtles Web site. |
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Western Pond Turtle
- Photo by Al St.John- |
Western Pond Turtles
Clemmys marmorata
Pond turtles prefer marshes, streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. They need sparse vegetation nearby for digging nests and like to bask on logs.
They can be found in the Coast Range, East Cascades, Klamath Mountains, West Cascades and Willamette Valley ecoregions. Population declines are due to habitat loss, degradation of nesting areas by invasive plants, competition from non-native turtles and disease. Predators include raccoons and invasive bullfogs and fish.
To learn how to help, visit the Native Turtles Web site. |
| Sea Turtles |
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- |
Loggerhead
Caretta caretta |
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Green Sea Turtle
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- |
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas |
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Pacific Ridley
- Wikipedia - |
Pacific Ridley Lepidochelys olivacea |
| Lizards |
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Northern Aligator Lizard
Photo by Kathy Munsel |
Northern Alligator Lizard Elagaria coerulea |
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Southern Aligator Lizard
Wikipedia |
Southern Alligator Lizard Elgaria multicarinata |
| Mojave Black-collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores |
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Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
Wikipedia |
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii |
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Short-horned Lizard
Wikipedia |
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglasii |
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Desert Horned Lizard
Wikipedia |
Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos |
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Desert Horned Lizard
Wikipedia |
Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus |
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| Western Fence Lizard |
Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis |
| Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana |
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| Western skink |
Western Skink Eumeces skiltonianus |
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Western Whiptail
Wikipedia |
Western Whiptail Cnemidophorus tigris |
| Plateau Striped Whiptail Cnemidophorus velox |
| Snakes |
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Rubber Boa
-Oregon Fish and Wildlife- |
Rubber boa Charina bottae
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| Racer Coluber constrictor |
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Sharptail Snake
-Wikipedia- |
Sharptail Snake Contia Tenuis |
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Ringneck Snake
-Wikipedia- |
Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus |
| Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata |
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Common Kingsnake
-Oregon Fish and WIldlife- |
Common Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula |
| California Mountain Kingsnake Lampropeltis zonata |
| Striped Whipsnake Masticophis taeniatus |
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Gopher Snake
-Oregon Fish and WIldlife- |
Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer |
| Western Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata |
Pacific Coast Aquatic Garter Snake Thamnophis atratus
Three species of garter snake occur in the Willamette Valley. Much variability in coloration exists in garter snakes but the best identifying characteristic is a stripe down the middle of the snake's back. No other snake species in western Oregon has a stripe down the middle. |
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Western terrestrial garter snake
-Oregon Fish and Wildlife- |
Western terrestrial garter snake Thomnophis elegans vagrans |
| Northwestern garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides |
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Common garter snake
-photo by Dave Budeau- |
Common garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis fitch
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Western Rattle Snake
-Oregon Fish and Wildlife- |
Western Rattle Snake Crotalus viridus
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