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REPTILES

(Taxonomy updated 07/24/22)

The following 23 species of Turtles, Lizards, and Snakes (Reptilia) have been positively identified at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History. (Photos and/or other information are available by clicking on underlined common names below.)

CHELONIA (Turtle Order)--6 species
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum
Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
River Cooter Pseudemys cocinna
Yellowbelly Slider Trachemys scripta (formerly Chrysemys)
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina

SQUAMATA (Lizard & Snake Order)
SAURIA (Lizard Suborder)--6 species
Green Anole Anolis carolinensis
Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus
Southeastern Five-lined Skink Plestiodon inexpectatus (formerly Eumeces)
Broadhead Skink Plestiodon laticeps (formerly Eumeces)
Ground Skink Scincella lateralis
Six-lined Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (formerly Cnemidophorus)

SERPENTES (Snake Suborder)--11 species
Eastern Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus
Black Racer Coluber constrictor
Eastern Ratsnake Pantherophis obsoletus (formerly Elaphe obsoleta, Black Ratsnake)
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinosratsnake
Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus
Brown Snake Storeria dekayi
Redbellied SnakeStoreria occipitomaculata
Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis (photo above)
Northern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix

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