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]

Alligator

Order: Crocodilia

Family: Alligatoridae

Turtles

Order: Testudines

Suborder: Cryptodira

Family: Chelydridae
Family: Kinosternidae
Family: Emydidae
Family: Dermochelyidae
Family: Cheloniidae
Family: Trionychidae

Lizards

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Gekkota

Family: Gekkonidae

Suborder: Iguania

Family: Iguanidae

Suborder: Autarchoglossa

Family: Teiidae
Family: Scincidae
Family: Anguidae

Snakes

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Serpentes

Family: Colubridae
Family: Elapidae
Family: Viperidae

References

  1. Beane, Jeffrey C.; Braswell, Alvin L. (2011). "Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of North Carolina" (PDF). North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. "Checklist of North Carolina Reptiles". North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. 2005. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  3. Crother, Brian I., ed. (2017). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in our Understanding (PDF). (8th ed.). Herpetological Circular No. 43. Shoreview, MN: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. ISBN 978-1-946681-00-3. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  4. Crother, Brian I., ed. (2012). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in our Understanding (PDF). (7th ed.). Herpetological Circular No. 39. Shoreview, MN: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. ISBN 978-0-916984-85-4. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  5. Crother, Brian I., ed. (2008). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in our Understanding (PDF). (6th ed.). Herpetological Circular No. 37. Shoreview, MN: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. ISBN 0-916984-74-5. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  6. Braswell, Alvin L.; Palmer, William M.; Beane, Jeffrey C. (2003). Venomous Snakes of North Carolina (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. ISBN 0-917134-24-9. Retrieved September 17, 2017.

Further reading

  • Beane, Jeffrey C.; Braswell, Alvin L.; Mitchell, Joseph C.; Palmer, William M.; Harrison, Julian R. III (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia (2nd ed.). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-7112-6.
  • Palmer, William M.; Braswell, Alvin L. (1995). Reptiles of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-2158-9.
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