Observed Reptiles List

Kentucky corn snake sunning itself on a tree stump in early spring
Kentucky Corn Snake sunning itself on a tree stump in early spring

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Lizards
Five-lined Skink
Fence Lizard
Ground Skink

Turtles
Common Snapping Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle

Snakes
Black Racer
Copperhead
Eastern Garter Snake
Northern Water Snake
Ringneck Snake
Western Earth Snake
Worm Snake

Two websites that provide photographs and helpful biological information about retiles are:

https://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/hwhiteman/Field/reptiles/reptilegallery/common_reptiles_of_kentucky.htm

https://kysnakes.ca.uky.edu

(Listing of these websites does not and is not intended to imply endorsement by the National Park Service of any commerical sevices or products associated with these sites.)

Last updated: December 3, 2021

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