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REPTILES
The species listed below are likely to occur within or near the vicinity of the park. However, the park itself may or may not support viable populations of all species due to localized distribution patterns or to lack of appropriate habitat within the park boundaries. Species recorded from the park are indicated with an "X."
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Scientific name |
Common name |
Record for park |
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ALLIGATORS |
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Alligator mississippiensis |
Alligator |
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TURTLES |
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Apalone spinifera |
Spiny
softshell turtle |
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Chelydra serpentina |
Common
snapping turtle |
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Clemmys guttata |
Spotted
turtle |
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Deirochelys reticularia |
Eastern
chicken turtle |
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Kinosternon baurii |
Striped
mud turtle |
X |
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Kinosternon subrubrum |
Eastern
mud turtle |
X |
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Pseudemys concinna |
Eastern
river cooter |
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Pseudemys floridana |
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X |
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Sternotherus odoratus |
Common
musk turtle |
X |
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Terrapene |
Eastern
box turtle |
X |
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Trachemys scripta |
Yellow-bellied
slider |
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LIZARDS |
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Anolis carolinensis |
Green
anole |
X |
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Cnemidophorus sexlineatus |
Six-lined
racerunner |
X |
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Eumeces fasciatus |
Five-lined
skink |
X |
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Eumeces inexpectatus |
Southeastern
five-lined skink |
X |
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Eumeces laticeps |
Broadhead
skink |
X |
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Ophisaurus attenuatus |
Slender
glass lizard |
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Ophisaurus mimicus |
Mimic
glass lizard |
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Ophisaurus ventralis |
Eastern
glass lizard |
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Sceloporus undulatus |
Fence
lizard |
X |
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Scincella lateralis |
Ground
skink |
X |
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SNAKES |
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Agkistrodon contortrix |
Copperhead |
X |
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Agkistrodon piscivorus |
Cottonmouth |
X |
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Carphophis amoenus |
Worm
snake |
X |
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Cemophora coccinea |
Scarlet
snake |
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Coluber constrictor |
Black
racer |
X |
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Crotalus adamanteus |
Eastern
diamondback rattlesnake |
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Crotalus horridus |
Canebrake
rattlesnake |
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Diadophis punctatus |
Ringneck snake |
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Elaphe guttata |
Corn
snake |
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Elaphe obsoleta |
Rat
snake |
X |
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Farancia abacura |
Mud
snake |
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Farancia erytrogramma |
Rainbow
snake |
X |
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Heterodon platirhinos |
Eastern
hognose snake |
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Heterodon simus |
Southern
hognose snake |
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Lampropeltis calligaster |
Mole
kingsnake |
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Lampropeltis getula |
Eastern
kingsnake |
X |
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Lampropeltis triangulum |
Scarlet
kingsnake or milksnake |
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Masticophis flagellum |
Coachwhip |
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Micrurus fulvius |
Coral
snake |
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Nerodia erythrogaster |
Plainbelly water snake |
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Nerodia fasciata |
Banded
water snake |
X |
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Nerodia taxispilota |
Brown
water snake |
X |
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Opheodrys aestivus |
Rough
green snake |
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Pituophis melanoleucus |
Pine
snake |
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Glossy
crayfish snake |
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Rhadinaea flavilata |
Pine
woods snake |
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Seminatrix pygaea |
Black
swamp snake |
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Sistrurus miliarius |
Pigmy
rattlesnake |
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Storeria dekayi |
Brown
snake |
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Storeria occipitomaculata |
Redbelly snake |
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Tantilla coronata |
Southeastern
crowned snake |
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Thamnophis sauritus |
Ribbon
snake |
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Thamnophis sirtalis |
Garter
snake |
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Rough
earth snake |
X |
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Smooth
earth snake |
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| TOTAL |
57
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Table updated September 2003
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