Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Found in fresh water preferably with a mud bottom and abundant vegetation. A very large turtle with three, large, saw-tooth keels. Tail is long and has a saw-toothed upper edge.

Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)

This turtle lives in ponds, lakes, marshes, and in slow-moving rivers that have soft, muddy bottoms.

Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)

Named for the distinctive red patch behind the ears. Found in slow moving waters or lakes with muddy bottoms and abundant aquatic vegetation.

Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata)

Found in open prairies and sandy-soiled land. High-domed carapace with each brown scute having bright yellow lines. Males have red eyes and females have yellow to brown eyes.

Spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera hartwegi)

Found in rivers, streams, lakes and ponds with sandy or soft bottoms. The western subspecies has a flat, leathery carapace which is olive to tan with dark circular patterns. Legs are usually mottled. Spines extend from anterior end of carapace.

Fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) also northern prairie lizard

Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)

Often referred to as a "horney toad", it's actually a lizard. Found in areas where ants and other invertebrates are prevalent.

Kansas Glossy snake (Arizona elegans elegans)

They are nonvenomous, nocturnal predators of small mammals and lizards, and can be found in sandy plains and deserts. As their name implies, they can generally be described as glossy on top, particularly their head. They have a plain underbelly.

Eastern Yellowbelly racer (Coluber constrictor flaviventris)

Racers prefer open prairie, woodland edge, and bluff prairies. They live in fields, grasslands, and railroad grades adjacent to these habitats.

Black Rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)

Prefers heavily wooded areas and they are known for having excellent climbing ability, including the ability to climb the trunk of large mature trees without the aid of branches.

Great Plains Rat Snake (Elaphe guttata emoryi)

The Great Plains Ratsnake is typically an animal of the grassy plains. This species moves both day and night, depending upon the temperature. However, throughout much of its range, daytime temperatures exceed its tolerance levels for much of the active season, making this animal chiefly nocturnal.

Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus) (sayi)

Bullsnakes have over 40 large, dark body blotches on the body alone. These blotches are usually black on the neck and fore part of the body turning lighter into brown or reddish brown on the body. These blotches turn into black bands on the tail. There are also smaller lateral spots on the sides, sometimes connecting and even forming a network or checkerboard effect.

Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)

This dark brown to beige-colored snake measures about 30 to 40 inches in length. The back is patterned with brown to reddish circular blotches with black borders. Two alternating rows of smaller blotches flank its body, but they sometimes fuse into a single row.

Red-sided Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

Garter snakes have a slim, agile body. Their coloring can be many shades of green, yellowish, or gray, but they nearly always have three yellow or red longitudinal stripes that extend along the length of their back and sides. When alarmed, many flatten their bodies, making the pattern more prominent.

Western Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)

The brown vertebral blotches which run the length of the body contrast sharply with the grey or tan dorsal background color. Generally nocturnal animals, massasaugas can often be seen above ground following spring and summer rain storms.