The endangered American crocodile is frequently sighted along Biscayne's shorelines.
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
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American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus
Black Racer, Coluber constrictor
Black Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea
Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei
Brown Basilisk, Basiliscus vittatus
Burmese python, Python molurus bivittatus
Corn Snake, Elaphe guttata
Cosmopolitan (or Tropical) House Gecko, Hemidactylus mabouia
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 Water Snake, Nerodia fasciata pictiventris
Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis
Green Iguana, Iguana iguana
Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas
Ground Skink, Scincella lateralis
Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle, Lepidochlys kempii
Leatherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta
Mangrove Diamondback, Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum
Mediterranean Gecko, 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 Black Racer, Coluber constrictor priapus
Southern Ring-necked Snake, Diadophis punctatus punctatus
Striped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon baurii
Yellow Rat Snake, Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata