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reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...

species and

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

found in North Carolina, based mainly on checklists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Common and scientific names are according to the

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) is an international herpetological society. It is a non-profit organization supporting education, conservation, and research related to reptiles and amphibians. Regular publications in ...

publications. *(I) - Introduced *(V) - Venomous snake

Alligator

Order: Crocodilia :Family: Alligatoridae :* American alligator ''Alligator mississippiensis''

Turtles

Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira :Family:

Chelydridae The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, ''Chelydra'' and '' Macrochelys''. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are '' Acherontemy ...

:* Snapping turtle ''Chelydra serpentina'' :Family: Kinosternidae :*

Striped mud turtle The striped mud turtle (''Kinosternon baurii'') is a species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. Etymology The specific name, ''baurii'', is in honor of herpetologist Georg Baur.Beole ...

''Kinosternon baurii'' :* Southeastern mud turtle ''Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum'' :* Stripe-necked musk turtle ''Sternotherus minor peltifer'' :* Eastern musk turtle ''Sternotherus odoratus'' :Family:

Emydidae Emydidae (Latin ''emys'' (freshwater tortoise) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (''eîdos'', “appearance, resemblance”)) is a family of testudines (turtles) that includes close to 50 species in 10 genera. Members of this family are commonly calle ...

:* Eastern painted turtle ''Chrysemys picta picta'' :* Spotted turtle ''Clemmys guttata'' :* Eastern chicken turtle ''Deirochelys reticularia reticularia'' :* Bog turtle ''Glyptemys muhlenbergii'' :*

Northern map turtle The northern map turtle (''Graptemys geographica''), also known as the common map turtle, is an aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to North America. Description The northern map turtle gets both its common and scientific na ...

''Graptemys geographica'' :* Diamond-backed terrapin ''Malaclemys terrapin'' :*

Eastern river cooter The eastern river cooter (''Pseudemys concinna concinna'') is a subspecies of turtle native to the eastern United States, with a smaller population in the midwest. It is found in freshwater habitats such as rivers, lakes, and ponds. Taxonomy The ...

''Pseudemys concinna concinna'' :* Coastal plain cooter ''Pseudemys concinna floridana'' :* Northern red-bellied cooter ''Pseudemys rubriventris'' :* Woodland box turtle ''Terrapene carolina carolina'' :* Red-eared slider ''Trachemys scripta elegans'' (I) :* Yellow-bellied slider ''Trachemys scripta scripta'' :*

Cumberland slider The Cumberland slider (''Trachemys scripta troostii)'', also called commonly the Cumberland turtle and Troost's turtle, is a subspecies of pond slider, a semiaquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The subspecies is indigenous to the Southeast ...

''Trachemys scripta troostii'' :Family:

Dermochelyidae Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles. Classification of known genera The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in ...

:* Leatherback sea turtle ''Dermochelys coriacea'' :Family: Cheloniidae :* Loggerhead sea turtle ''Caretta caretta'' :*

Green sea turtle The green sea turtle (''Chelonia mydas''), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Chelonia''. Its range exten ...

''Chelonia mydas'' :* Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle ''Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata'' :* Kemp's ridley sea turtle ''Lepidochelys kempii'' :Family: Trionychidae :* Gulf Coast spiny softshell ''Apalone spinifera aspera'' :* Eastern spiny softshell ''Apalone spinifera spinifera''

Lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
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Order: Squamata Suborder:

Gekkota Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

:Family: Gekkonidae :*

Mediterranean gecko The Mediterranean house gecko (''Hemidactylus turcicus'') is a species of house gecko common to the Mediterranean area which has spread to many parts of the world. It is commonly referred to as the Turkish gecko as represented in its Latin name ...

''Hemidactylus turcicus'' (I) Suborder: Iguania :Family: Iguanidae :* Green anole ''Anolis carolinensis'' :* Texas horned lizard ''Phrynosoma cornutum'' (I) :* Eastern fence lizard ''Sceloporus undulatus'' Suborder: Autarchoglossa :Family: Teiidae :* Eastern six-lined racerunner ''Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata'' :Family: Scincidae :*

Coal skink ''Plestiodon anthracinus'', the coal skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to North America. Description It grows to in total length with a maximum snout to vent length (SVL) of . It is a four-lined skink whose light stripes extend ...

''Plestiodon anthracinus'' :* Common five-lined skink ''Plestiodon fasciatus'' :*

Southeastern five-lined skink ''Plestiodon inexpectatus'', the southeastern five-lined skink is a common skink in the southeastern United States. Etymology The specific name, ''inexpectatus'' ("the unexpected"), is possibly a reference to the unexpected discovery of this sp ...

''Plestiodon inexpectatus'' :*

Broad-headed skink The broad-headed skink or broadhead skink (''Plestiodon laticeps'') is species of lizard, endemic to the southeastern United States. The broadhead skink occurs in sympatry with the five-lined skink (''Plestiodon fasciatus'') and Southeastern f ...

''Plestiodon laticeps'' :* Little brown skink ''Scincella lateralis'' :Family: Anguidae :* Eastern slender glass lizard ''Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus'' :* Mimic glass lizard ''Ophisaurus mimicus'' :*

Eastern glass lizard The eastern glass lizard (''Ophisaurus ventralis'') is a species of legless lizard in the Family (biology), family Anguidae, Endemism, endemic to the Southeastern United States. The streamlined, legless species is often confused with snakes. Glas ...

''Ophisaurus ventralis''

Snakes

Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes :Family:

Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...

:* Eastern wormsnake ''Carphophis amoenus amoenus'' :* Northern scarletsnake ''Cemophora coccinea copei'' :* Northern black racer ''Coluber constrictor constrictor'' :*

Eastern coachwhip ''Masticophis flagellum flagellum'', commonly known as the Eastern coachwhip, is a subspecies of '' M. flagellum'', a non venomous, colubrid snake, endemic to the southern United States. Distribution The subspecies ranges from North Ca ...

''Coluber flagellum flagellum'' :* Northern ring-necked snake ''Diadophis punctatus edwardsii'' :* Southern ring-necked snake ''Diadophis punctatus punctatus'' :* Eastern mudsnake ''Farancia abacura abacura'' :* Common rainbow snake ''Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma'' :* Rough earthsnake ''Haldea striatula'' :*

Eastern hog-nosed snake The eastern hog-nosed snake (''Heterodon platirhinos''), also known as the spreading adder Wright, A.H., and A.A. Wright (1957). ''Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. (in 2 volumes). Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Assoc ...

''Heterodon platirhinos'' :* Southern hog-nosed snake ''Heterodon simus'' :* Scarlet kingsnake ''Lampropeltis elapsoides'' :* Eastern kingsnake ''Lampropeltis getula'' :* Northern mole kingsnake ''Lampropeltis rhombomaculata'' :*

Eastern milksnake ''Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum'', commonly known as the eastern milk snake or eastern milksnake, is a subspecies of the milk snake (''Lampropeltis triangulum''). The nonvenomous, colubrid snake is indigenous to eastern and central North Am ...

''Lampropeltis triangulum'' :* Carolina swampsnake ''Liodytes pygaea paludis'' :* Eastern glossy swampsnake ''Liodytes rigida rigida'' :* Plain-bellied watersnake ''Nerodia erythrogaster'' :* Banded watersnake ''Nerodia fasciata fasciata'' :*

Northern watersnake The common watersnake (''Nerodia sipedon'') is a species of large, nonvenomous, common snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America. It is frequently mistaken for the venomous cottonmouth (''Agkistrodon piscivorus''). ...

''Nerodia sipedon sipedon'' :* Carolina watersnake ''Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi'' :* Brown watersnake ''Nerodia taxispilota'' :* Northern rough greensnake ''Opheodrys aestivus aestivus'' :* Smooth greensnake ''Opheodrys vernalis'' :* Eastern ratsnake ''Pantherophis alleghaniensis'' :* Red cornsnake ''Pantherophis guttatus'' :*

Gray ratsnake The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (''Pantherophis spiloides''), also commonly known as the central ratsnake, chicken snake, midland ratsnake, or pilot black snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the genus ''Pantherophis'' in the subfamil ...

''Pantherophis spiloides'' :* Northern pinesnake ''Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus'' :* Queensnake ''Regina septemvittata'' :* Pine woods littersnake ''Rhadinaea flavilata'' :* Dekay's brownsnake ''Storeria dekayi'' :*

Red-bellied snake ''Storeria occipitomaculata'', commonly known as the redbelly snake or the red-bellied snake, is a species of snake endemic to North America (Canada and the United States). Description ''S. occipitomaculata'' is a small woodland species that ...

''Storeria occipitomaculata'' :* Southeastern crowned snake ''Tantilla coronata'' :* Common ribbonsnake ''Thamnophis saurita saurita'' :* Eastern gartersnake ''Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis'' :* Eastern smooth earthsnake ''Virginia valeriae valeriae'' :Family: Elapidae :* Harlequin coralsnake ''Micrurus fulvius'' (V) :Family: Viperidae :*

Eastern copperhead The eastern copperhead (''Agkistrodon contortrix''), also known as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae. The eastern ...

''Agkistrodon contortrix'' (V) :* Northern cottonmouth ''Agkistrodon piscivorus'' (V) :* Eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake ''Crotalus adamanteus'' (V) :* Timber rattlesnake ''Crotalus horridus'' (V) :* Carolina pygmy rattlesnake ''Sistrurus miliarius miliarius'' (V)

References

External links

SSAR North American Species Names DatabaseIntegrated Taxonomic Information System
{{SnakesByState North Carolina

Reptiles Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the Class (biology), class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsid, sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, Squamata, squamates (lizar ...