List of reptiles of North Carolina

This is a list of reptile species and subspecies 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 publications.


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

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

Turtles
Order: Testudines

Suborder: Cryptodira
 * Family: Chelydridae
 * Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina
 * Family: Kinosternidae
 * Striped mud turtle Kinosternon baurii
 * Southeastern mud turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
 * Stripe-necked musk turtle Sternotherus minor peltifer
 * Eastern musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus
 * Family: Emydidae
 * Eastern painted turtle Chrysemys picta picta
 * Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata
 * Eastern chicken turtle Deirochelys reticularia reticularia
 * Bog turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii
 * Northern map turtle Graptemys geographica
 * Diamond-backed terrapin Malaclemys terrapin
 * Eastern river cooter 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 Trachemys scripta troostii
 * Family: Dermochelyidae
 * Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea
 * Family: Cheloniidae
 * Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta
 * Green sea turtle 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

Lizards
Order: Squamata

Suborder: Gekkota
 * Family: Gekkonidae
 * Mediterranean gecko 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
 * Common five-lined skink Plestiodon fasciatus
 * Southeastern five-lined skink Plestiodon inexpectatus
 * Broad-headed skink Plestiodon laticeps
 * Little brown skink Scincella lateralis
 * Family: Anguidae
 * Eastern slender glass lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus
 * Mimic glass lizard Ophisaurus mimicus
 * Eastern glass lizard Ophisaurus ventralis

Snakes
Order: Squamata

Suborder: Serpentes
 * Family: Colubridae
 * Eastern wormsnake Carphophis amoenus amoenus
 * Northern scarletsnake Cemophora coccinea copei
 * Northern black racer Coluber constrictor constrictor
 * Eastern coachwhip 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 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
 * Carolina swampsnake Liodytes pygaea paludis
 * Eastern glossy swampsnake Liodytes rigida rigida
 * Plain-bellied watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster
 * Banded watersnake Nerodia fasciata fasciata
 * Northern watersnake 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 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
 * 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 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)