REPTILES
The species listed below are likely to occur within or near the vicinity of the park. However, the park itself may or may not support viable populations of all species due to localized distribution patterns or to lack of appropriate habitat within the park boundaries. Species recorded from the park are indicated with an "X."
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Scientific name
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Common name
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Record for park
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ALLIGATORS
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Alligator mississippiensis
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Alligator
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X
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TURTLES
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Apalone spinifera
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Spiny softshell turtle
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Chelydra serpentina
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Common snapping turtle
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X
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Chrysemys picta
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Eastern painted turtle
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X
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Clemmys guttata
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Spotted turtle
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Gopherus polyphemus
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Gopher tortoise
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Kinosternon subrubrum
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Eastern mud turtle
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X
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Pseudemys concinna
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Eastern river cooter
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X
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Pseudemys floridana
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Florida cooter
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Sternotherus minor
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Loggerhead musk or stripeneck musk turtle
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Sternotherus odoratus
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Common musk turtle
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X
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Terrapene carolina
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Eastern box turtle
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X
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Trachemys scripta
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Yellow-bellied slider
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X
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LIZARDS
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Anolis carolinensis
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Green anole
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X
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Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
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Six-lined racerunner
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X
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Eumeces egregius
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Mole skink
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Eumeces fasciatus
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Five-lined skink
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X
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Eumeces inexpectatus
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Southeastern five-lined skink
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X
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Eumeces laticeps
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Broadhead skink
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X
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Ophisaurus attenuatus
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Slender glass lizard
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Ophisaurus ventralis
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Eastern glass lizard
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Sceloporus undulatus
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Fence lizard
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X
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Scincella lateralis
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Ground skink
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X
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SNAKES
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Agkistrodon contortrix
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Copperhead
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X
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Agkistrodon piscivorus
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Cottonmouth
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X
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Carphophis amoenus
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Worm snake
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X
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