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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 Puget Sound garter snake, (Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii) is a subspecies of the common garter snake. It is a snake indigenous to the Puget Sound. 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 ...
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 ...
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.
Lists of snakes of the United States — lists of snake species that are native in U.S. states. Note: Articles on individual snakes should be listed in Category: Reptiles of the United States + Category: Snakes of North America + regional U.S. fauna categories
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 white turtle is the only existing species in the Dermatemydidae family. It is a nocturnal, aquatic turtle that lives in large rivers and lakes in Central America, from southern Mexico to northern Honduras. It is one of the most exploited turtles in the world and is classified as a critically endangered species by the IUCN. It is quite large ...
Common garter snake: Thamnophis sirtalis: Least concern: Nonvenomous; adults reach up to 137.2 centimetres (54.0 in) [2] Bull snake (Great Basin gopher snake) Pituophis catenifer deserticola: Least concern: Nonvenomous, but can be aggressive; adults reach 180 centimetres (71 in). [2] Gopher snake (Pacific gopher snake) Pituophis catenifer ...