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This is a list of reptiles of Pennsylvania as listed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. [1] As of 2024, there are 38 native reptiles in Pennsylvania. The species are listed as in the PFBC list, with the exception of introduced species, which are derived from other sources. Notes on ranges provided by Pennsylvania Amphibian & Reptile ...
Mountain chorus frog: Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889) Species of special concern Southwestern counties Spring peeper: Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) Abundant Statewide Upland chorus frog: Pseudacris feriarum Baird, 1854: Species of special concern Central and south-central New Jersey chorus frog: Pseudacris kalmi Harper, 1855 ...
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.
In the Great Lakes region, there is a cluster of three states (Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio) that named a reptile. [20] [29] [40] In the Northeast, there is another cluster of three participating states (Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont). [27] [36] [53] Neither of the noncontiguous states, Alaska and Hawaii, have named a state reptile. [90]
Several species recently lived wild in Pennsylvania, but are now extirpated (locally, but not globally, extinct). They are the marsh rice rat ( Oryzomys palustris ), eastern wolf ( Canis lycaon ), American marten ( Martes americana ), wolverine ( Gulo gulo ), cougar ( Puma concolor ), Canada lynx ( Lynx canadensis ), moose ( Alces alces ), and ...
Reptiles are astonishingly diverse, with extraordinary adaptations such as a tiny lizard in Costa Rica that has evolved a way to “scuba dive,” according to new research. Fantastic creatures
Family Xantusiidae (night lizards) Sandstone night lizard (Xantusia gracilis) VU; Family Anguidae (glass lizards, alligator lizards, and relatives) Panamint alligator lizard (Elgaria panamintina) VU; Family Colubridae (colubrid snakes) Southern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon simus) VU; Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni) EN
Clyde Peeling's Reptiland is a zoo in Allenwood, Pennsylvania.Opened in 1964, it specializes in reptiles and amphibians. [1] The zoo houses mambas, cobras, vipers, pythons, and other snakes, as well as alligators, tortoises, lizards, and frogs. [2]