Reptiles

The beginning of a seaturtle adventure inside the park.

NPS image by Ryan Fura

The following reptiles are documented at the park. They are sorted alphabetically by common name. An asterisk denotes an exotic species. The list is not exhaustive. Sightings of species not on this list may be submitted to the webmaster.

American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus

Black and white tegu, Tupinambis merianae*

Black Racer, Coluber constrictor

Black Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea

Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei*

Brown Basilisk, Basiliscus vittatus*

Burmese python, Python molurus bivittatus*

Common agama, Agama agama*

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 Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii compressicauda

Mangrove Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum

Mediterranean Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus*

Mole Skink, Eumeces egregius

Monitor lizard, Varanus sp.

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