This is a list of the reptiles of Canada. Most species are confined to the southernmost parts of the country. All Canadian reptiles are composed of
squamates and
testudines.
Snakes are the best-represented group of reptiles in Canada, with 35 varieties in three
families. They can be found in all provinces and territories except
Yukon,
Nunavut, and
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata (northern red-bellied snake) LC - southeastern Saskatchewan,[4] southern Manitoba,[7] southwestern and southeastern Ontario,[3] southern Quebec,[8] most of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island[6]
Thamnophis elegans vagrans (wandering gartersnake) LC – most of British Columbia,[2] most of Alberta,[5] southwestern Saskatchewan,[4] and possibly the
Liard River Valley in southwestern Northwest Territories[9]
Thamnophis ordinoides (northwestern gartersnake) LC – southwestern British Columbia, including Vancouver Island[2]
Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (valley garter snake) LC – central mainland British Columbia almost up to the Yukon border, and northern Vancouver Island[2]
Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus (Maritime garter snake) LC – southern half of Quebec, most of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island[6]
Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis (red-sided gartersnake) LC – eastern plains of British Columbia,[2] most of Alberta,[5] extreme southern Northwest Territories around the
Fort Smith region,[9] most of Saskatchewan,[4] southern half of Manitoba,[7] and northwestern Ontario[3]
Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringi (Puget Sound gartersnake) LC – southwest corner of British Columbia, including southern Vancouver Island[2]
Podarcis muralis (common wall lizard) - introduced - southeastern Vancouver Island, Denman Island, single records in Vancouver, Summerland and Osoyoos but no populations on BC mainland.
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