List of reptiles of North America
This is a checklist of American reptiles found north from Mexico, based primarily on SSAR publications.[1][2] It includes all species of the United States and Canada, including recently introduced species such as Chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python. Subspecies are listed only in a few cases. The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.[3]
* alien species
Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.
Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
- EX – Extinct, EW – Extinct in the wild
- CR – Critically endangered, EN – Endangered, VU – Vulnerable
- NT – Near threatened, LC – Least concern
- DD – Data deficient, NE – Not evaluated
- (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014[4])
- Template:ESA status – Endangered, Template:ESA status – Threatened
- Template:ESA status, Template:ESA status – Experimental non-essential or essential population
- Template:ESA status, Template:ESA status – Endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance
- (the data is current as of March 28, 2014[5])
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Order: Crocodylia – 3 species
- Family: Alligatoridae – 2 species
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- Alligators
- American alligator Alligator mississippiensis LR/lc Template:ESA status
- Spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus * LR/lc
- Alligators
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- Family: Crocodylidae – 1 species
- Subfamily: Crocodylinae
- Crocodiles
- American crocodile Crocodylus acutus VU Template:ESA status (FL: Template:ESA status only)
- Crocodiles
- Subfamily: Crocodylinae
Order: Testudines (Turtles) – 62 species
Suborder: Cryptodira – 62 species
- Family: Testudinidae Tortoises – 4 species
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- Gopher tortoises
- Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus VU Template:ESA status
- Texas tortoise Gopherus berlandieri LR/lc
- Desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii VU Template:ESA status
(AZ south and east of Colorado R.: Template:ESA status only) - Sonoran Desert tortoise Gopherus morafkai (formerly in G. agassizii)
- Gopher tortoises
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- Family: Emydidae Pond turtles – 35 species
- Subfamily: Emydinae
- Pond turtles
- Western pond turtle Actinemys marmorata VU
- Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata EN
- Wood turtle Glyptemys insculpta EN
- Bog turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii CR Template:ESA status
(GA, NC, SC, TN, VA: Template:ESA status only)
- Blanding's turtle
- Blanding's turtle Emydoidea blandingii EN
- Box turtles
- Eastern box turtle Terrapene carolina VU
- Florida box turtle Terrapene (carolina) bauri
- Ornate box turtle Terrapene ornata NT
- Pond turtles
- Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
- Subfamily: Emydinae
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- Sliders
- Pond slider Trachemys scripta LC
- Mexican plateau slider Trachemys gaigeae VU
- Painted turtles
- Painted turtle Chrysemys picta LC
- Southern painted turtle Chrysemys dorsalis (formerly in Chrysemys picta)
- Chicken turtles
- Chicken turtle Deirochelys reticularia
- Map turtles
- Barbour's map turtle Graptemys barbouri VU
- Cagle's map turtle Graptemys caglei EN
- Escambia map turtle Graptemys ernsti NT
- Yellow-blotched map turtle Graptemys flavimaculata VU Template:ESA status
- Northern map turtle Graptemys geographica LC
- Pascagoula map turtle Graptemys gibbonsi EN
- Pearl river map turtle Graptemys pearlensis EN,[1][6]
(formerly in Graptemys gibbonsi) - Black-knobbed map turtle Graptemys nigrinoda LC
- Ringed map turtle Graptemys oculifera VU Template:ESA status
- Ouachita map turtle Graptemys ouachitensis LC
- False map turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica LC
- Alabama map turtle Graptemys pulchra NT
- Texas map turtle Graptemys versa LC
- Diamond-backed terrapin
- Diamond-backed terrapin Malaclemys terrapin LR/nt
- Redbelly turtles and cooters
- Alabama red-bellied cooter Pseudemys alabamensis EN Template:ESA status
- River cooter Pseudemys concinna LC
- Suwannee cooter Pseudemys suwanniensis (formerly in Pseudemys concinna)
- Rio Grande cooter Pseudemys gorzugi NT
- Red-bellied cooter Pseudemys nelsoni LC
- Peninsula cooter Pseudemys peninsularis LC
- Northern red-bellied cooter Pseudemys rubriventris NT (Plymouth red-bellied turtle P. r. bangsi: Template:ESA status)
- Texas cooter Pseudemys texana LC
- Sliders
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- Family: Cheloniidae – 5 species
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- Olive Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea VU Template:ESA status
- Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta EN (North Pacific: Template:ESA status, Northwest Atlantic: Template:ESA status)
- Kemp's Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii CR Template:ESA status
- Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas EN Template:ESA status
(Hawaiian subpopulation: LC, Breeding colony populations in FL: Template:ESA status) - Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata CR Template:ESA status
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- Family: Dermochelyidae – 1 species
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- Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea VU Template:ESA status
(East Pacific Ocean subpopulation – i.e. Hawaiian Is.: CR, West Pacific Ocean subpopulation: CR, Northwest Atlantic Ocean subpopulation: LC)
- Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea VU Template:ESA status
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- Family: Chelydridae – 2 species
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- Snapping turtles
- Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina LC
- Alligator snapping turtles
- Alligator snapping turtle Macrochelys temminckii VU
- Snapping turtles
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- Family: Kinosternidae – 10 species
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- Mud turtles
- Arizona mud turtle Kinosternon arizonense LC
- Striped mud turtle Kinosternon baurii LC
- Yellow mud turtle Kinosternon flavescens LC
- Rough-footed mud turtle Kinosternon hirtipes LC
- Sonora mud turtle Kinosternon sonoriense NT
- Eastern mud turtle Kinosternon subrubrum LC
- Musk turtles
- Mud turtles
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- Razor-backed musk turtle Sternotherus carinatus LC
- Flattened musk turtle Sternotherus depressus CR Template:ESA status
- Loggerhead musk turtle Sternotherus minor LC
- Common musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus LC
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- Family: Trionychidae Softshells – 5 species
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- Florida softshell Apalone ferox LC
- Smooth softshell Apalone mutica LC
- Spiny softshell Apalone spinifera LC
- Wattle-necked softshell Palea steindachneri * EN (Hawaii only)
- Chinese softshell Pelodiscus sinensis * VU (Hawaii only)
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Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles) – 339 species
Suborder: Iguania – 81 species
- Family: Agamidae Agamas – 4 species
- Subfamily: Agaminae
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- African rainbow lizard Agama agama *
- Indochinese bloodsucker Calotes mystaceus *
- Variable bloodsucker Calotes versicolor * LC
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- Subfamily: Leiolepidinae
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- Butterfly lizard Leiolepis belliana *
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- Subfamily: Agaminae
- Family: Chamaeleonidae Chameleons – 3 species
- Subfamily: Chamaeleoninae
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- Veiled chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus * LC
- Jackson's chameleon Chamaeleo jacksonii *
- Oustalet's chameleon Furcifer oustaleti * LC
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- Subfamily: Chamaeleoninae
- Family: Crotaphytidae Collared and leopard lizards – 8 species
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- Collared lizards
- Great Basin collared lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores LC
- Eastern collared lizard Crotaphytus collaris LC
- Sonoran collared lizard Crotaphytus nebrius LC
- Reticulate collared lizard Crotaphytus reticulatus VU
- Baja California collared lizard Crotaphytus vestigium LC
- Leopard lizards
- Cope's leopard lizard Gambelia copeii LC
- Blunt-nosed leopard lizard Gambelia sila EN Template:ESA status
- Long-nosed leopard lizard Gambelia wislizenii LC
- Collared lizards
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- Family: Iguanidae Iguanas – 6 species
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- Isla San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura conspicuosa *
- Sonoran spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura macrolopha *
- Mexican spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura pectinata *
- Gray's spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura similis * LC
- Desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis LC
- Green iguana Iguana iguana *
- Chuckwallas
- Common chuckwalla Sauromalus ater LC
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- Family: Phrynosomatidae – 46 species
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- Zebratail lizards
- Zebra-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides LC
- Greater earless lizards
- Greater earless lizard Cophosaurus texanus LC
- Earless lizards
- Spot-tailed earless lizard Holbrookia lacerata NT
- Common lesser earless lizard Holbrookia maculata LC
- Elegant earless lizard Holbrookia elegans LC (formerly in Holbrookia maculata)
- Keeled earless lizard Holbrookia propinqua LC
- Rock lizards
- Banded rock lizard Petrosaurus mearnsi LC
- Horned lizards
- Zebratail lizards
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- Texas horned lizard Phrynosoma cornutum LC
- Blainville's horned lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii (formerly in Phrynosoma cornutum)
- Pygmy short-horned lizard Phrynosoma douglasii LC
- Desert horned lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos LC
- Goode's horned lizard Phrynosoma goodei (formerly in Phrynosoma platyrhinos)
- Greater short-horned lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi LC
- Flat-tailed horned lizard Phrynosoma mcallii NT
- Round-tailed horned lizard Phrynosoma modestum LC
- Regal horned lizard Phrynosoma solare LC
- Spiny lizards
- Dunes sagebrush lizard Sceloporus arenicolus VU
- Desert spiny lizard Sceloporus magister LC
- Twin-spotted spiny lizard Sceloporus bimaculosus (formerly in Sceloporus magister)
- Yellow-backed spiny lizard Sceloporus uniformis (formerly in Sceloporus magister)
- Clark's spiny lizard Sceloporus clarkii LC
- Eastern fence lizard Sceloporus undulatus LC
- Prairie lizard Sceloporus consobrinus (formerly in Sceloporus undulatus)
- Southwestern fence lizard Sceloporus cowlesi (formerly in Sceloporus undulatus)
- Plateau fence lizard Sceloporus tristichus (formerly in Sceloporus undulatus)
- Blue spiny lizard Sceloporus cyanogenys (formerly in Sceloporus serrifer LC)
- Common sagebrush lizard Sceloporus graciosus LC
- Graphic spiny lizard Sceloporus grammicus LC
- Yarrow's spiny lizard Sceloporus jarrovii LC
- Canyon lizard Sceloporus merriami LC
- Western fence lizard Sceloporus occidentalis LC
- Texas spiny lizard Sceloporus olivaceus LC
- Granite spiny lizard Sceloporus orcutti LC
- Crevice spiny lizard Sceloporus poinsettii LC
- Slevin's bunchgrass lizard Sceloporus slevini LC
- Rose-bellied lizard Sceloporus variabilis LC
- Striped plateau lizard Sceloporus virgatus LC
- Florida scrub lizard Sceloporus woodi NT
- Fringe-toed lizards
- Coachella fringe-toed lizard Uma inornata EN Template:ESA status
- Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard Uma notata NT
- Yuman fringe-toed lizard Uma rufopunctata NT (formerly in Uma notata)
- Mohave fringe-toed lizard Uma scoparia LC
- Tree and brush lizards
- Long-tailed brush lizard Urosaurus graciosus LC
- Baja California brush lizard Urosaurus nigricaudus LC (merged former U. nigricaudus and U. microscutatus)
- Ornate tree lizard Urosaurus ornatus LC
- Side-blotched lizards
- Common side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana LC
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- Family: Polychrotidae Anoles – 11 species
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- Anoles
- Green anole Anolis carolinensis LC
- Hispaniolan green anole Anolis chlorocyanus *
- Large-headed anole Anolis cybotes *
- Knight anole Anolis equestris *
- Cuban green anole Anolis porcatus *
- Crested anole Anolis cristatellus *
- Bark anole Anolis distichus *
- Comb anole Anolis ferreus *
- Jamaican giant anole Anolis garmani *
- Brown anole Anolis sagrei *
- St. Vincent bush anole Anolis trinitatis *
- Anoles
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- Family: Corytophanidae Casquehead lizards – 1 species
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- Brown basilisk Basiliscus vittatus *
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- Family: Leiocephalidae Curly-tailed lizards – 2 species
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- Northern curly-tailed lizard Leiocephalus carinatus * LC
- Red-sided curly-tailed lizard Leiocephalus schreibersii * LC
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Suborder: Gekkota – 25 species
- Family: Gekkonidae geckos – 25 species
- Subfamily: Gekkoninae
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- Moorish gecko Tarentola mauritanica * LC
- Ringed wall gecko Tarentola annularis *
- Common house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus * LC
- Indo-Pacific house gecko Hemidactylus garnotii *
- Wood slave Hemidactylus mabouia *
- Asian flat-tailed house gecko Hemidactylus platyurus *
- Indo-Pacific tree gecko Hemiphyllodactylus typus * (Hawaii only)
- Peninsular leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus nocticolus
(Phyllodactylus xanti as P. x. nocticolus + P. x. xanti: LC) - Florida reef gecko Sphaerodactylus notatus LC
- Ocellated gecko Sphaerodactylus argus *
- Ashy gecko Sphaerodactylus elegans *
- Bibron's sand gecko Chondrodactylus bibronii *
- Rough-tailed gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum * LC
- Mutilating gecko Gehyra mutilata * (Hawaii only)
- Golden gecko Gekko badenii' * DD
- Tokay gecko Gekko gecko *
- Yellow-headed gecko Gonatodes albogularis *
- Mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris *
- Madagascan day gecko Phelsuma grandis * LC
- Orange-spotted day gecko Phelsuma guimbeaui * (Hawaii only)
- Gold dust day gecko Phelsuma laticauda * LC
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- Subfamily: Eublepharinae
- Banded geckos
- Texas banded gecko Coleonyx brevis LC
- Reticulate banded gecko Coleonyx reticulatus LC
- Switak's banded gecko Coleonyx switaki LC
- Western banded gecko Coleonyx variegatus LC
- Banded geckos
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Suborder: Autarchoglossa – 72 species
- Family: Lacertidae Wall or true lizards – 3 species
- Subfamily: Lacertinae
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- Western green lacerta Lacerta bilineata * LC
- Wall lizard Podarcis muralis * LC
- Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus * LC
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- Subfamily: Lacertinae
- Family: Scincidae Skinks – 21 species
- Subfamily: Scincinae
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- Coal skink Plestiodon anthracinus LC
- Mountain skink Plestiodon callicephalus LC
- Mole skink Plestiodon egregius LC (Blue-tailed mole skink P. e. lividus: Template:ESA status)
- Common five-lined skink Plestiodon fasciatus LC
- Gilbert's skink Plestiodon gilberti LC
- Southeastern five-lined skink Plestiodon inexpectatus LC
- Broad-headed skink Plestiodon laticeps LC
- Many-lined skink Plestiodon multivirgatus LC
- Great Plains skink Plestiodon obsoletus LC
- Prairie skink Plestiodon septentrionalis LC
- Western skink Plestiodon skiltonianus LC
- Four-lined skink Plestiodon tetragrammus LC
- Florida sand skink Plestiodon reynoldsi VU Template:ESA status
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- Subfamily: Lygosominae
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- Brown mabuya Mabuya multifasciata *
- Little brown skink Scincella lateralis LC
- Pacific snake-eyed skink Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus * (Hawaii only)
- Copper-tailed skink Emoia cyanura * (Hawaii only)
- Azure-tailed skink Emoia impar * LC (Hawaii only)
- Plague skink Lampropholis delicata * (Hawaii only)
- Moth skink Lipinia noctua * (Hawaii only)
- African five-lined skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata *
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- Subfamily: Scincinae
- Family: Anguidae – 9 species
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- Subfamily: Anguinae
- Glass lizards
- Slender glass lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus LC
- Island glass lizard Ophisaurus compressus LC
- Mimic glass lizard Ophisaurus mimicus LC
- Eastern glass lizard Ophisaurus ventralis LC
- Glass lizards
- Subfamily: Gerrhonotinae
- Western alligator lizards
- Northern alligator lizard Elgaria coerulea LC
- Madrean alligator lizard Elgaria kingii LC
- Southern alligator lizard Elgaria multicarinata LC
- Panamint alligator lizard Elgaria panamintina VU
- Eastern alligator lizards
- Texas alligator lizard Gerrhonotus infernalis LC
- Western alligator lizards
- Subfamily: Anguinae
- Family: Anniellidae American legless lizards – 1 species
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- Legless lizards
- California legless lizard Anniella pulchra LC
- Legless lizards
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- Family: Helodermatidae Gila monsters – 1 species
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- Gila monster
- Gila monster Heloderma suspectum NT
- Gila monster
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- Family: Teiidae Tegus or whiptails – 28 species
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- Giant ameiva Ameiva ameiva *
- Borriguerro ameiva Ameiva praesignis *
- Giant spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis (burti) stictogramma (A. burti: LC)
- Red-backed whiptail Aspidoscelis xanthonota (formerly in Aspidoscelis burti)
- Chihuahuan spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis exsanguis LC
- Gila spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis flagellicauda LC
- Common spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis gularis LC
- Little white whiptail Aspidoscelis (inornata) gypsi VU
- Orange-throated whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythra LC
- Little striped whiptail Aspidoscelis inornata LC
- Arizona striped whiptail Aspidoscelis arizonae NT
(formerly in Aspidoscelis inornata) - Pai striped whiptail Aspidoscelis pai LC (formerly in Aspidoscelis inornata)
- Plateau striped whiptail Aspidoscelis velox LC (formerly in Aspidoscelis inornata)
- Laredo striped whiptail Aspidoscelis laredoensis LC
- Marbled whiptail Aspidoscelis marmorata
- Giant whiptail Aspidoscelis motaguae * LC
- New Mexico whiptail Aspidoscelis neomexicana LC
- Common checkered whiptail Aspidoscelis tesselata LC (former Aspidoscelis grahamii)
- Gray checkered whiptail Aspidoscelis dixoni NT (not recognized by SSAR)
- Colorado checkered whiptail Aspidoscelis neotesselata NT (former Aspidoscelis tesselata)
- Plateau spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis scalaris LC
- Six-lined racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineata LC
- Sonoran spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis sonorae LC
- Tiger whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris LC
- Desert grassland whiptail Aspidoscelis uniparens LC
- Rainbow whiptail Cnemidophorus lemniscatus *
- Argentine giant tegu Tupinambis merianae * LC
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- Family: Xantusiidae Night lizards – 8 species
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- Night lizards
- Desert night lizard Xantusia vigilis LC
- Arizona night lizard Xantusia arizonae LC (formerly in Xantusia vigilis)
- Sierra night lizard Xantusia sierrae (formerly in Xantusia vigilis)
- Wiggins' night lizard Xantusia wigginsi (formerly in Xantusia vigilis)
- Bezy's night lizard Xantusia bezyi LC
- Sandstone night lizard Xantusia gracilis VU
- Granite night lizard Xantusia henshawi LC
- Island night lizard Xantusia riversiana LC Template:ESA status
- Night lizards
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- Family: Varanidae Monitor lizards – 1 species
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- Nile monitor Varanus niloticus *
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Suborder: Amphisbaenia – 1 species
- Family: Rhineuridae North American worm lizards – 1 species
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- Worm lizards
- Florida wormlizard Rhineura floridana LC
- Worm lizards
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Suborder: Serpentes – 160 species
- Family: Typhlopidae Blind snakes – 1 species
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- Brahminy blindsnake Ramphotyphlops braminus *
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- Family: Boidae Boas – 5 species
- Subfamily: Erycinae
- Rubber and rosy boas
- Northern rubber boa Charina bottae LC
- Rosy boa Lichanura trivirgata LC
- Northern three-lined boa Lichanura orcutti (formerly in L. trivirgata)
- Blind snakes
- Southern rubber boa Charina umbratica
- Rubber and rosy boas
- Subfamily: Boinae
- Boas
- Boa constrictor Boa constrictor *
- Boas
- Subfamily: Erycinae
- Family: Colubridae Colubrids – 125 species
- Subfamily: Colubrinae
- Racers
- North American racer Coluber constrictor LC
- Whipsnakes
- Sonoran whipsnake Coluber bilineatus LC
- Coachwhip Coluber flagellum LC
- Baja California coachwhip Coluber fuliginosus (formerly in Coluber flagellum)
- Striped racer Coluber lateralis LC (Alameda striped racer C. l. euryxanthus: Template:ESA status)
- Striped Whipsnake Coluber taeniatus LC
- Schott's whipsnake Coluber schotti LC (formerly in Coluber taeniatus)
- Desert rat snakes
- Baja California rat snake Bogertophis rosaliae LC
- Trans-Pecos rat snake Bogertophis subocularis LC
- Rat snakes and fox snakes
- Racers
- Subfamily: Colubrinae
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- Texas ratsnake Pantherophis obsoletus LC
- Eastern ratsnake Pantherophis alleghaniensis
(formerly in Pantherophis obsoletus) - Gray ratsnake Pantherophis spiloides (formerly in Pantherophis obsoletus)
- Baird's ratsnake Pantherophis bairdi LC
- Great Plains ratsnake Pantherophis emoryi LC
- Western foxsnake Pantherophis ramspotti NT (formerly in Pantherophis vulpinus)
- Eastern foxsnake Pantherophis vulpinus LC
- Red cornsnake Pantherophis guttatus LC
- Slowinski's cornsnake Pantherophis slowinskii DD
(formerly in Pantherophis guttatus)
- Glossy snakes
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- Glossy snake Arizona elegans LC
- Scarlet snake
- Scarlet snake Cemophora coccinea LC
- Sand snakes
- Variable sandsnake Chilomeniscus stramineus LC
(merged former C. cinctus, C. punctatissimus and C. stramineus)
- Variable sandsnake Chilomeniscus stramineus LC
- Shovel-nosed snakes
- Western shovel-nosed snake Chionactis occipitalis LC
- Sonoran shovel-nosed snake Chionactis palarostris LC
- Indigo snakes
- Eastern indigo snake Drymarchon couperi LC Template:ESA status
- Central American indigo snake Drymarchon melanurus LC
- Speckled racers
- Speckled racer Drymobius margaritiferus
- Mexican hognose snakes
- Tamaulipan hook-nosed snake Ficimia streckeri LC
- Plateau hooknose snakes
- Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake Gyalopion canum LC
- Thornscrub hook-nosed snake Gyalopion quadrangulare LC
- Night snakes
- Gray-banded kingsnake Lampropeltis alterna LC
- Yellow-bellied kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster LC
- Short-tailed snake
- Short-tailed snake Lampropeltis extenuata NT
- Kingsnakes
- Common kingsnake Lampropeltis getula LC
- California Kingsnake Lampropeltis (getula) californiae
- Speckled kingsnake Lampropeltis (getula) holbrooki
- Eastern black kingsnake Lampropeltis (getula) nigra
- Desert kingsnake Lampropeltis (getula) splendida
- Sonoran mountain kingsnake Lampropeltis pyromelana LC
- Knobloch's mountain kingsnake Lampropeltis (pyromelana) knoblochi
- Milksnake Lampropeltis triangulum
- Scarlet kingsnake Lampropeltis elapsoides (formerly in L. triangulum)
- California mountain kingsnake Lampropeltis zonata LC
- Rough green snake
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- Rough greensnake Opheodrys aestivus LC
- Smooth green snake
- Smooth greensnake Opheodrys vernalis LC
- Neotropical vine snakes
- Brown vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus
- Leaf-nosed snakes
- Saddled leaf-nosed snake Phyllorhynchus browni LC
- Spotted leaf-nosed snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus LC
- Bull, gopher, and pine snakes
- Gopher snake Pituophis catenifer LC
- Pine snake Pituophis melanoleucus LC
- Louisiana pine snake Pituophis ruthveni EN
- Pine wood snake
- Pine Woods littersnake Rhadinaea flavilata LC
- Long-nosed snake
- Long-nosed snake Rhinocheilus lecontei LC
- Patch-nosed snakes
- Eastern patch-nosed snake Salvadora grahamiae LC
- Western patch-nosed snake Salvadora hexalepis LC
- Mountain ratsnake
- Green ratsnake Senticolis triaspis LC
- Ground snake
- Western groundsnake Sonora semiannulata LC
- Black-headed, flat-headed, and crowned snakes
- Mexican black-headed snake Tantilla atriceps LC
- Southeastern crowned snake Tantilla coronata LC
- Trans-Pecos black-headed snake Tantilla cucullata LC (formerly in Tantilla rubra)
- Flat-headed snake Tantilla gracilis LC
- Smith's black-headed snake Tantilla hobartsmithi LC
- Plains black-headed snake Tantilla nigriceps LC
- Rim rock crowned snake Tantilla oolitica EN
- Western black-headed snake Tantilla planiceps LC
- Florida crowned snake Tantilla relicta LC
- Chihuahuan black-headed snake Tantilla wilcoxi LC
- Yaqui black-headed snake Tantilla yaquia LC
- Lyre snakes
- Sonoran lyresnake Trimorphodon lambda
- California lyresnake Trimorphodon lyrophanes
- Texas lyresnake Trimorphodon vilkinsonii LC (formerly in Trimorphodon biscutatus)
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- Subfamily: Natricinae
- Shovel-nosed snakes
- Kirtland's snake Clonophis kirtlandii NT
- Water snakes
- Shovel-nosed snakes
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- Saltmarsh watersnake Nerodia clarkii LC
- Gulf saltmarsh watersnake N. c. clarkii
- Mangrove saltmarsh watersnake N. c. compressicauda
- Atlantic saltmarsh watersnake N. c. taeniata : Template:ESA status
- Mississippi green watersnake Nerodia cyclopion LC
- Plain-bellied watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster LC
(Copper-bellied watersnake N. e. neglecta: Template:ESA status)
- Saltmarsh watersnake Nerodia clarkii LC
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- Southern watersnake Nerodia fasciata LC
- Broad-banded watersnake N. f. confluens
- Banded watersnake N. f. fasciata
- Florida watersnake N. f. pictiventris
- Florida green watersnake Nerodia floridana LC
- Brazos River watersnake Nerodia harteri NT
- Concho watersnake Nerodia paucimaculata NT
- Diamond-backed watersnake Nerodia rhombifer LC
- Northern watersnake Nerodia sipedon LC
- Brown watersnake Nerodia taxispilota LC
- Southern watersnake Nerodia fasciata LC
- Crayfish snakes
- Striped crayfish snake Regina alleni LC
- Graham's crayfish snake Regina grahamii LC
- Glossy crayfish snake Regina rigida LC
- Queensnake Regina septemvittata LC
- Swamp snakes
- Black swampsnake Seminatrix pygaea LC
- Brown snakes
- Dekay's brown snake Storeria dekayi LC
- Florida brown snake Storeria victa (formerly in Storeria dekayi)
- Red-bellied snake Storeria occipitomaculata LC
- Garter snakes
- Aquatic gartersnake Thamnophis atratus LC
- Short-headed gartersnake Thamnophis brachystoma LC
- Butler's gartersnake Thamnophis butleri LC
- Sierra gartersnake Thamnophis couchii LC
- Black-necked gartersnake Thamnophis cyrtopsis LC
- Terrestrial gartersnake Thamnophis elegans LC
- Mexican gartersnake Thamnophis eques LC
- Giant gartersnake Thamnophis gigas VU Template:ESA status
- Two-striped gartersnake Thamnophis hammondii LC
- Checkered gartersnake Thamnophis marcianus LC
- Northwestern gartersnake Thamnophis ordinoides LC
- Western ribbonsnake Thamnophis proximus LC
- Plains gartersnake Thamnophis radix LC
- Narrow-headed gartersnake Thamnophis rufipunctatus LC
- Eastern ribbonsnake Thamnophis sauritus LC
- Common gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis LC (San Francisco Gartersnake T. s. tetrataenia: Template:ESA status)
- Lined snake
- Lined snake Tropidoclonion lineatum LC
- Earth snakes
- Rough earthsnake Virginia striatula LC
- Smooth earthsnake Virginia valeriae LC
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- Subfamily: Dipsadinae
- Sharp-tailed snakes
- Forest sharp-tailed snake
- Common sharp-tailed snake Contia tenuis LC
- Night snakes
- Desert nightsnake Hypsiglena chlorophaea (formerly in Hypsiglena torquata LC)
- Chihuahuan nightsnake Hypsiglena jani (formerly in Hypsiglena torquata LC)
- Coast nightsnake Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha (formerly in Hypsiglena torquata LC)
- Cat-eyed snakes
- Cat-eyed snake Leptodeira septentrionalis (w/o former L. s. polysticta elevated now to species)
- Sharp-tailed snakes
- Subfamily: Xenodontinae
- Worm snakes
- Eastern worm snake Carphophis amoenus LC
- Western worm snake Carphophis vermis LC
- Black-striped snake
- Regal black-striped snake Coniophanes imperialis LC
- Ringneck snake
- Ring-necked snake Diadophis punctatus LC
- Mud snake and rainbow snake
- Red-bellied mudsnake Farancia abacura LC
- Rainbow snake Farancia erytrogramma LC
- Hog-nosed snakes
- Plains hog-nosed snake Heterodon nasicus LC
- Dusty hog-nosed snake Heterodon gloydi (formerly in Heterodon nasicus)
- Mexican hog-nosed snake Heterodon kennerlyi (formerly in Heterodon nasicus)
- Eastern hog-nosed snake Heterodon platirhinos LC
- Southern hog-nosed snake Heterodon simus VU
- Worm snakes
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- Family: Viperidae – 20 species
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- Subfamily: Crotalinae
- Copperhead and cottonmouth
- Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix LC
- Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus LC
- Rattlesnakes
- Eastern diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus LC
- Western diamondbacked rattlesnake Crotalus atrox LC
- Sidewinder Crotalus cerastes LC
- Timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus LC
- Rock rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus LC
- Speckled Rattlesnake Crotalus mitchellii LC
- Black-tailed rattlesnake Crotalus molossus LC
- Prairie rattlesnake Crotalus viridis LC
- Western rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus LC (formerly in Crotalus viridis)
- Arizona black rattlesnake Crotalus cerberus (formerly in Crotalus viridis)
- Twin-spotted rattlesnake Crotalus pricei LC
- Red diamond rattlesnake Crotalus ruber LC
- Mojave rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus LC
- Panamint rattlesnake Crotalus stephensae
- Tiger rattlesnake Crotalus tigris LC
- Ridge-nosed rattlesnake Crotalus willardi LC
(New Mexico Ridgenosed Rattlesnake C. w. obscurus': Template:ESA status)
- Pigmy rattlesnakes
- Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus LC
- Pigmy rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius LC
- Copperhead and cottonmouth
- Subfamily: Crotalinae
- Family: Elapidae – 4 species
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- Western coral snake
- Sonoran coral snake Micruroides euryxanthus LC
- Eastern coral snake
- Harlequin coral snake Micrurus fulvius LC
- Texas coral snake Micrurus tener LC
- Western coral snake
- Subfamily: Hydrophiinae
- Pelagic sea snake
- Yellow-bellied seasnake Pelamis platurus LC
- Pelagic sea snake
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- Family: Leptotyphlopidae Slender blind snakes – 3 species
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- Blind snakes
- Texas threadsnake Leptotyphlops dulcis LC
- New Mexico threadsnake Leptotyphlops dissectus LC
(formerly in Leptotyphlops dulcis) - Western threadsnake Leptotyphlops humilis LC
- Blind snakes
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- Family: Acrochordidae File snakes – 1 species
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- Burmese python Python bivittatus * (P. (molurus) bivittatus: VU, introduced to Florida[7])
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See also
- List of threatened reptiles and amphibians of the United States
- List of North American birds
- List of birds of Canada and the United States
- List of mammals of North America
- List of North American amphibians
- List of U.S. state mammals
- List of U.S. state birds
- U.S. state reptiles
- List of U.S. state amphibians
- Lists of reptiles by region
- Lists of amphibians by region
References
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Further reading
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External links
- Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained, Ellin Beltz, 2006
- The Reptile Database, Uetz, P. and Jirí Hošek (eds.)
- Checklist of the Standard English Common Names of Amphibians & Reptiles, SSAR
- US Fish & Wildlife Service – Species Search, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Reptilia endangered species