The following reptiles have been documented at Biscayne National Park. They are sorted alphabetically by common name. The list is not exhaustive, and documented sightings of species not on this list are welcome. Submit your sightings to the webmaster.





American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus
Atlantic Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea
Atlantic Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta

Black Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea

Corn Snake, Elaphe guttata

Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius barbouri

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus
Eastern Indigo Snake, Drymarchon corais couperi
Everglades Racer, Coluber constrictor paludicola
Everglades Rat Snake, Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni

Florida Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri
Florida Crowned Snake, Tantilla coronata wagneri
Florida Water Snake, Nerodia fasciata pictiventris

Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis
Green Treefrog, Hyla cinerea
Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas
Greenhouse Frog, Elutherodactylus ricordi planirostris
Ground Skink, Scincella lateralis

Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata

Kemps Ridley Turtle, Lepidochlys kempii

Leatherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta
Mangrove Diamondback, Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum
Mediterranean Gekko, Hemidactylus turcicus
Mole Skink, Eumeces egregius

Northern Coral Snake, Micrurus fulvius

Reef Gecko, Sphaerodactylus notatus
Ring-necked Snake, Diadophis punctatus
Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys aestivus

Southeastern five-lined Skink, Eumeces inexpectatus
Southern Ring-necked Snake, Diadophis punctatus punctatus
Striped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon baurii

Yellow Rat Snake, Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata