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MatBio: REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS -Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

American Alligator 1
Alligator mississippiensis
Eastern Glass Lizard 2
Ophisaurus ventralis
Garnot's House Gecko 3
Hemidactylus garnotii
Green Anole 4
Anolis carolinensis
Cuban Brown Anole 5
Anolis sagrei
Southeastern Five-lined Skink 6
Plestiodon inexpectatus
Broadhead Skink 7
Plestiodon laticeps
Ground Skink 6
Scincella lateralis
Six-lined Racerunner 8
Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata
Loggerhead Sea Turtle 9
Caretta caretta
Green Turtle 10
Chelonia mydas
Kemp's Ridley 11
Lepidochelys kempii
Florida Snapping Turtle 12
Chelydra serpentina oceola
Leatherback Sea Turtle 13
Dermochelys coriacea
Spotted Turtle 14
Clemmys guttata
Florida Chicken Turtle 15
Deirochelys reticularia chrysea
Carolina Diamondback Terrapin 16
Malaclemys terrapin centrata
Florida Cooter 17
Pseudemys concinna floridana
Florida Red-bellied Cooter 18
Pseudemys nelsoni
Peninsular Cooter 19
Pseudemys peninsularis
Florida Box Turtle 20
Terrapene carolina bauri
Yellow-bellied Slider 21
Trachemys scripta scripta
Florida Mud Turtle 22
Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri
Eastern Mud Turtle 23
Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Gopher Tortoise 24
Gopherus polyphemus
Florida Softshell Turtle 25
Apalone ferox
Florida Scarlet Snake 15
Cemophora coccinea coccinea
Southern Black Racer 26
Coluber constrictor priapus
Southern Ringneck Snake 27
Diadophis punctatus punctatus
Eastern Indigo Snake 28
Drymarchon couperi
Yellow Rat Snake 29
Pantherophis alleghaniensis
Corn Snake 2
Pantherophis guttatus
Eastern Mud Snake 30
Farancia abacura abacura
Eastern King Snake 31
Lampropeltis getula getula
Scarlet Kingsnake 14
Lampropeltis elapsoides
Eastern Coachwhip 32
Coluber flagellum
Florida Watersnake 33
Nerodia fasciata pictiventris
Rough Green Snake 34
Opheodrys aestivus
Pine Woods Littersnake 14
Rhadinaea flavilata
Peninsula Ribbon Snake 35
Thamnophis sauritus nitae
Eastern Garter Snake 36
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Eastern Coral Snake 8
Micrurus fulvius
Florida Cottonmouth 37
Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake 30
Crotalus adamanteus
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake 38
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri
Striped Mud Turtle 2
Kinosternon baurii

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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