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
Last updated: February 26, 2015
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