Crocodylia

Crocodylidae Alligator mississippiensis American Alligator [T]

Chelonia (Testudines)

Chelydridae Chelydra serpentina serpentina Eastern Snapping Turtle

Kinosternidae Kinosternon baurii Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum Eastern Mud Turtle Sternotherus minor peltifer Stripe-necked Musk Turtle [SC] Sternotherus odoratus Stinkpot

Emydidae Chrysemys picta picta Eastern Painted Turtle Clemmys guttata Spotted Turtle [PR] Clemmys muhlenbergii Bog Turtle [T] Deirochelys reticularia reticularia Eastern Chicken Turtle Malaclemys terrapin* Diamond-backed Terrapin [SC] Pseudemys concinna concinna* Eastern River Cooter P. concinna floridana* Coastal Plain Cooter Pseudemys rubriventris* Northern Red-bellied Cooter Terrapene carolina carolina Eastern Box Turtle Trachemys scripta scripta Yellow-bellied Slider T. scripta elegans (introduced) Red-eared Slider

Trionychidae Apalone spinifera aspera Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera Eastern Spiny Softshell [SC]

Cheloniidae Caretta caretta Loggerhead Seaturtle [T] Chelonia mydas Green Seaturtle [T] Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata Atlantic Hawksbill Seaturtle [E] Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's Ridley Seaturtle [E]

Dermochelyidae Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Seaturtle [E]

Sauria

Iguanidae Anolis carolinensis Green Anole Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus Northern Fence Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum (introduced) Texas Horned Lizard

Scincidae Eumeces anthracinus* Coal Skink Eumeces fasciatus Common Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces laticeps Broad-headed Skink Scincella lateralis Little Brown Skink

Teiidae Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus Eastern Six-lined Racerunner

Anguidae Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus Eastern Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus mimicus Mimic Glass Lizard [SC] Ophisaurus ventralis Eastern Glass Lizard

Snakes

Serpentes Colubridae Carphophis amoenus amoenus Eastern Wormsnake Cemophora coccinea copei Northern Scarletsnake Coluber constrictor constrictor* Northern Black Racer Diadophis punctatus edwardsii Northern Ring-necked Snake D. punctatus punctatus Southern Ring-necked Snake Elaphe guttata guttata Corn Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta Black Ratsnake E. o. quadrivittata Yellow Ratsnake Farancia abacura abacura Eastern Mudsnake Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma Common Rainbow Snake Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon simus Southern Hog-nosed Snake Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata Mole Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula getula Eastern Kingsnake L. g. sticticeps Outer Banks Kingsnake [SC] Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides Scarlet Kingsnake L. t. triangulum Eastern Milksnake Masticophis flagellum flagellum Eastern Coachwhip Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster Red-bellied Watersnake Nerodia fasciata fasciata Banded Watersnake Nerodia sipedon sipedon Common Watersnake N. s. williamengelsi Carolina Watersnake [SC] Nerodia taxispilota Brown Watersnake Opheodrys aestivus aestivus Northern Rough Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis (?) Smooth Greensnake [SC] Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus Northern Pinesnake [SC] Regina rigida rigida Glossy Crayfish Snake Regina septemvittata Queen Snake Rhadinaea flavilata Pine Woods Littersnake Seminatrix pygaea paludis Carolina Swampsnake Storeria dekayi* DeKay's Brownsnake Storeria o. occipitomaculata* Northern Red-bellied Snake Tantilla coronata Southeastern Crowned Snake Thamnophis sauritus sauritus Common Ribbonsnake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Eastern Gartersnake Virginia striatula Rough Earthsnake Virginia valeriae valeriae Eastern Smooth Earthsnake

Elapidae Micrurus fulvius Harlequin Coralsnake [PR]

Viperidae (subfamily Crotalinae) Agkistrodon contortrix* Copperhead Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus Eastern Cottonmouth Crotalus adamanteus Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake [PR] Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius miliarius Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake [PR]

*Taxonomic problems in N.C.
(?) May or may not occur in N.C.

Status in North Carolina:
[E] = Endangered
[T] = Threatened
[SC] = Special Concern
[PR] = Protected by Regulation

Bold type indicates changes to standard common or scientific names recommended by Crother (2000) publication.

References

Behler, John L., and F. Wayne King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. Chanticleer Press, New York. 719 pp.

Conant, Roger, and J.T. Collins. 1998. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. 3rd Edition, Expanded. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 616 pp.

Crother, Brian I. 2000. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. SSAR Herpetological Circular No. 29. 82 pp.

Martof, B.S., W.M. Palmer, J.R. Bailey, and J.R. Harrison, III. 1980. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 264 pp.

Palmer, W.M., and A.L. Braswell. 1995. Reptiles of North Carolina. Univ. N.C. Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 412 pp.

Poisonous Spiders and Snakes in North Carolina. Poster published and distributed by N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, Box 29555, Raleigh, NC 27626-0555.

Smith, Hobart M., and Edmund D. Brodie, Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America. Golden Press, New York. 240 pp.

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