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Chelydrids (Chelydridae) are a family of freshwater turtles that is made up of seven extinct genera and two extant genera, both native to the American continent. The existing genera are the snapping turtles with three species, and the alligator turtles (Macrochelys) with a single species. Of the total of four existing species, 2 occur in Mexico.
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
The valley garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi) is a subspecies of the common garter snake. It is a snake indigenous to North America. Most garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown background and their average length is about 1 metre (3.3 ft) to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). The common garter snake is a diurnal snake. In summer, it ...
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Great Plains rat snake (Pantherophis emoryi) Western rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta) Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer) Graham's crayfish snake (Regina grahamii) Longnose snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) Ground snake (Sonora semiannulata) Brown snake (Storeria dekayi) Redbelly snake species in need of conservation (Storeria occipitomaculata)
Common garter snake: Thamnophis sirtalis: Copperbelly water snake: Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta: Endangered Copperhead: Agkistrodon contortrix: Endangered Diamondback water snake: Nerodia rhombifer: Threatened Eastern hognose snake: Heterodon platirhinos: Graham's crayfish snake: Regina grahamii: Lined snake: Tropidoclonion lineatum ...
The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction.
A new snake species, the northern green anaconda, sits on a riverbank in the Amazon's Orinoco basin. “The size of these magnificent creatures was incredible," Fry said in a news release earlier ...