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Reptilia

Crocodylia

Crocodylidae
	Alligator mississippiensis		American Alligator [T]

Chelonia (Testudines)

Chelydridae
	Chelydra serpentina serpentina		Eastern Snapping Turtle

Kinosternidae
	Kinosternon baurii	Striped Mud Turtle
	Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum	Eastern Mud Turtle
	Sternotherus minor peltifer	Stripe-necked Musk Turtle [SC]
	Sternotherus odoratus	Stinkpot

Emydidae
	Chrysemys picta picta	Eastern Painted Turtle
	Clemmys guttata	Spotted Turtle [PR]
	Clemmys muhlenbergii	Bog Turtle [T]
	Deirochelys reticularia reticularia	Eastern Chicken Turtle
	Malaclemys terrapin*	Diamond-backed Terrapin [SC]
	Pseudemys concinna concinna*	Eastern River Cooter
	P. concinna floridana*	Coastal Plain Cooter
	Pseudemys rubriventris*	Northern Red-bellied Cooter
	Terrapene carolina carolina	Eastern Box Turtle
	Trachemys scripta scripta	Yellow-bellied Slider
	T. scripta elegans (introduced)	Red-eared Slider

Trionychidae
	Apalone spinifera aspera	Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell
	Apalone spinifera spinifera	Eastern Spiny Softshell [SC]

Cheloniidae
	Caretta caretta	Loggerhead Seaturtle [T]
	Chelonia mydas	Green Seaturtle [T]
	Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata	Atlantic Hawksbill Seaturtle [E]
	Lepidochelys kempii	Kemp's Ridley Seaturtle [E]

Dermochelyidae
	Dermochelys coriacea		Leatherback Seaturtle [E]

Sauria

Iguanidae
	Anolis carolinensis	Green Anole
	Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus	Northern Fence Lizard
	Phrynosoma cornutum (introduced)	Texas Horned Lizard

Scincidae
	Eumeces anthracinus*	Coal Skink
	Eumeces fasciatus	Common Five-lined Skink
	Eumeces inexpectatus	Southeastern Five-lined Skink
	Eumeces laticeps	Broad-headed Skink
	Scincella lateralis	Little Brown Skink

Teiidae
	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus		Eastern Six-lined Racerunner

Anguidae
	Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus	Eastern Slender Glass Lizard
	Ophisaurus mimicus	Mimic Glass Lizard [SC]
	Ophisaurus ventralis	Eastern Glass Lizard

Snakes

Serpentes Colubridae
	Carphophis amoenus amoenus	Eastern Wormsnake
	Cemophora coccinea copei	Northern Scarletsnake
	Coluber constrictor constrictor*	Northern Black Racer
	Diadophis punctatus edwardsii	Northern Ring-necked Snake
	D. punctatus punctatus	Southern Ring-necked Snake
	Elaphe guttata guttata	Corn Snake
	Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta	Black Ratsnake
	E. obsoleta quadrivittata	Yellow Ratsnake
	Farancia abacura abacura	Eastern Mudsnake
	Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma	Common Rainbow Snake
	Heterodon platirhinos	Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
	Heterodon simus	Southern Hog-nosed Snake
	Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata	Mole Kingsnake
	Lampropeltis getula getula	Eastern Kingsnake
	Lampropeltis getula sticticeps	Outer Banks Kingsnake [SC]
	Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides	Scarlet Kingsnake
	L. triangulum triangulum	Eastern Milksnake
	Masticophis flagellum flagellum	Eastern Coachwhip
	Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster	Red-bellied Watersnake
	Nerodia fasciata fasciata	Banded Watersnake
	Nerodia sipedon sipedon	Common Watersnake
	Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi	Carolina Watersnake [SC]
	Nerodia taxispilota	Brown Watersnake
	Opheodrys aestivus aestivus	Northern Rough Greensnake
	Opheodrys vernalis (?)	Smooth Greensnake [SC]
	Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus	Northern Pinesnake [SC]
	Regina rigida rigida	Glossy Crayfish Snake
	Regina septemvittata	Queen Snake
	Rhadinaea flavilata	Pine Woods Littersnake
	Seminatrix pygaea paludis	Carolina Swampsnake
	Storeria dekayi*	DeKay's Brownsnake
	Storeria o. occipitomaculata*	Northern Red-bellied Snake
	Tantilla coronata	Southeastern Crowned Snake
	Thamnophis sauritus sauritus	Common Ribbonsnake
	Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis	Eastern Gartersnake
	Virginia striatula	Rough Earthsnake
	Virginia valeriae valeriae	Eastern Smooth Earthsnake

Elapidae
	Micrurus fulvius		Harlequin Coralsnake [PR]

Viperidae (subfamily Crotalinae)
	Agkistrodon contortrix*	Copperhead
	Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus	Eastern Cottonmouth
	Crotalus adamanteus	Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake [PR]
	Crotalus horridus	Timber Rattlesnake
	Sistrurus miliarius miliarius	Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake [PR]

*Taxonomic problems in N.C.
(?) May or may not occur in N.C.

Status in North Carolina:

[E] = Endangered
[T] = Threatened
[SC] = Special Concern
[PR] = Protected by Regulation

Bold type indicates changes to standard common or scientific names recommended by Crother (2000) publication.

References

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