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Testudines (Turtles)

Kinosternidae - Musk and Mud Turtles

Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum

Razorback Musk Turtle Sternotherus carinatus

Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor

Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus

Trionychidae - Softshell Turtles

Smooth Softshell Trionyx mutica

Spiny Softshell Trionyx spinifera

Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles

Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina

Alligator Snapping Turtle Macroclemys temmincki

Emydidae - Pond Turtles

Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia

Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina

Alabama Map Turtle Graptemys pulchra

Ringed Map Turtle Graptemys oculifera

Black-knobbed Map Turtle Graptemys nigrinoda

Yellow-blotched Map Turtle Graptemys flavimaculata

Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Slider Pseudemys scripta

Alabama Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys alabamensis

Mississippi Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys sp.

River Cooter Pseudemys concinna

Cooter Pseudemys floridana

Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin

Testudinidae - Tortoises

Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus

Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)

Lacertilia - Lizards

Gekkonidae - Geckos

Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus

Scincidae - Skinks

Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus

Broadhead Skink Eumeces laticeps

Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus

Coal Skink Eumeces anthracinus

Ground Skink Scincella lateralis

Anguidae - Anguid Lizards

Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus ventralis

Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus

Teiidae - Whiptails

Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

Polychridae - Anoles

Green Anole Anolis carolinensis

Iguanidae - Iguanas

Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus

Serpentes - Snakes

Colubridae - Colubrid Snakes

Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus

Common Garter Snake Thomnophis sirtalis

Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula

Smooth Earth Snake Virginia valeriae

Mississippi Green Water Snake Nerodia cyclopion

Brown Water Snake Nerodia taxispilota

Plainbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster

Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon

Southern Water Snake Nerodia fasciata

Queen Snake Regina septemvittata

Glossy Crayfish Snake Regina rigida

Brown Snake Storeria dekayi

Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata

Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus

Eastern Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus

Rainbow Snake Farancia erytrogramma

Mud Snake Farancia abacura

Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos

Southern Hognose Snake Heterodon simus

Southeastern Crowned Snake Tantilla coronata

Pine Woods Snake Rhadinaea flavilata

Scarlet Snake Cemophora cocinea

Common Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula

Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster

Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum

Corn Snake Elaphe guttata

Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta

Gopher Snake (Pine Snake, Bull Snake) Pituophis melanoleucus

Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus

Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais

Racer Coluber constrictor

Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum

Elapidae - Coral Snakes

Eastern Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius

Viperidae - Vipers

Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix

Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus

Pigmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus

Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

Crocodilia (Crocodiles)

Crocodylidae - Crocodiles

American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis

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