Reptiles at the EMB

Common Name

Scientific Name

Exotic:

Cuban brown anole

Anolis sagrei sagrei

Spectacled caiman

Caiman crocodylus

Indo-pacific gecko

Hemidactylus garnoti

Mediterranean gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Crocodilians:

American alligator*

Alligator mississippiensis

American crocodile*

Crocodylus acutus

Squamata (Lizards):

Green anole

Anolis carolinensis

Southeastern five-lined skink

Eumeces inexpectatus

Testudina (Turtles):

Atlantic green turtle*

Chelonia mydas mydas

Snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Florida redbelly turtle

Chrysemys nelsoni

Cooter

Chrysemys floridana

Florida turtle

Deirochelys reticularia

Mud turtle

Echinosternum baueri

Hawksbill turtle*

Eretmochelys imbricata

Striped mud turtle*

Kinosternon bauri

Florida mud turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri

Eastern box turtle

Terrapine carolina carolina

Florida box turtle

Terrapine carolina bauri

Florida softshell turtle

Triomyx ferox

Slider

Chrysemys cocinna

Colubrids (Snakes):

Cottonmouth mocassin

Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

Everglades racer

Coluber constrictor paludicola

Southern black racer

Coluber constrictor priapus

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake

Crotalus adamanteus

Southern ringneck snake

Diadophis punctatus

Eastern indigo snake*

Drymarchon corais couperi

Corn snake

Elaphe guttata guttata

Yellow rat snake

Elaphe obsoleta

Common kingsnake

Lampropeltis getulus

Florida green water snake

Nerodia cyclopion

Mangrove salt marsh snake

Nerodia fasciata compressicauda

Green snake

Opheodrys aestiuus

South Florida swamp snake

Seminatrix pygaea

Pygmy rattlesnake

Sistrurus miliarus

Florida brown snake

Storeria dekari

Peninsula snake

Thamnophis sauritus

Blue-striped garter turtle

Thamnophis sirtalis similis

Eastern garter snake

Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

* Indicates listed species.