DNR Wants You to Report Sightings of Michigan’s Reptiles As much as I don't like it, Michigan has its fair share of snakes and other reptiles. I don't have a problem with turtles and lizards but I do have a problem with snakes. Ever since I was a kid, I've had a fear of snakes. Michigan's Department of Natural Resources is hoping that the public will help them track frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes, lizards, or turtles while out exploring or hiking. According to MLive, this includes rare species like the Blanding’s turtle, eastern box turtle, spotted turtle and wood turtle and the threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake.