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.^[1][2] Common and scientific names are according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles publications.^[3][4][5]

• (I) - Introduced^[1][2]
• (V) - Venomous snake^[6]

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 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 Virginia 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 quadrivittatus
• Red cornsnake Pantherophis guttatus
• Gray ratsnake Pantherophis alleghaniensis
• 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)