Reptiles

Reptiles of Appomattox Court House NHP

Common name

Scientific name

Notes

Order Testudines: Turtles

Eastern snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

 

Eastern painted turtle

Chrysemys picta

 

Eastern mud turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

 

Eastern musk turtle (stinkpot)

Sternotherus odoratus

 

Eastern box turtle

Terrapene carolina


Order Squamata, Family Lacertilia: Lizards

Eastern six-lined racerunner

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

 

Five-lined skink

Eumeces fasciatus

 

Broad-headed skink

Eumeces laticeps

 

Northern fence lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

 

Little brown skink

Scincella lateralis

 

Order Squamata, Family Serpentes: Snakes

Northern copperhead

Agkistrodon contortix

 

Eastern worm snake

Carphophis amoenus

 

Northern black racer

Coluber constrictor

 

Northern ring-necked snake

Diadophis punctatus

 

Cornsnake

Elaphe guttata

 

Eastern ratsnake

Elaphe alleghaniensis

 

Eastern hog-nosed snake

Heterodon platirhinos


Mole kingsnake

Lampropeltis calligaster

 

Eastern kingsnake

Lampropeltis getula

 

Northern watersnake

Nerodia sipedon

 

Rough greensnake

Opheodrys aestivus

 

Queen snake

Regina septemvittata


Northern brownsnake

Storeria dekayi

 

Northern red-bellied snake

Storeria occipitomaculata

 

Eastern ribbonsnake

Thamnophis sauritus


Eastern gartersnake

Thamnophis sirtalis

 

Eastern smooth earthsnake

Virginia valeriae

 


 

Did You Know?

General Custer Receiving the Flag of Truce

General George Armstrong Custer, of Little Bighorn fame, received the flag of truce at Appomattox Court House that brought about a cessation of hostilities leading to the surrender meeting between Lee and Grant. The Original Truce Flag is exhibited at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.