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Indigenous species include one species of crocodilian, 12 lizard species, 49 snake species, and 31 turtle species. Three native species have possibly been extirpated from the state. These include the eastern indigo snake, southern hognose snake and the mimic glass lizard. [1] [2] There are four known introduced reptile species, all lizards. [3]
The subspecific name lodingi is in honor of Danish-born amateur herpetologist Peder Henry Löding (1869-1942), who lived in Alabama. [5] The species has a variety of common names, including: pine snake, pinesnake, [4] common pine snake, bullsnake, black and white snake, carpet snake, chicken snake, common bullsnake, eastern bullsnake, eastern ...
The eastern worm snake (Carphophis amoenus amoenus) is a subspecies of the worm snake, Carphophis amoenus, [1] a nonvenomous colubrid endemic to the Eastern Woodlands region of North America. [2] The species' range extends from southwest Massachusetts, south to southern Alabama, west to Louisiana and north to Illinois. [ 3 ]
The eastern milk snake ranges from Maine to Ontario in the north to Alabama and North Carolina in the south. [4] It was once thought by herpetologists to intergrade with the scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides) in a portion of its southern range, but this has been disproved.
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
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 ...
You can identify this snake by its pattern: light-ended crossbands that scope the entire body. Its colors vary, some common include gray, dark gray, light brown, brown with a gray head, brown or ...
Southeastern crown snakes are preyed upon by many carnivorous vertebrates that live in forested habitats. Their most common predator is the kingsnake and coral snake. The snake will attempt to burrow in the sand when threatened, or by crawling beneath organic litter and other debris.