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Wildlife of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach is home to many non-aquatic, aquatic, and semi-aquatic species. Here is a guide to them all.

ring-necked snake 1
Diadophis punctatus
North American Racer 2
Coluber constrictor
Scarlet Snake 3
Cemophora coccinea
Eastern Worm Snake 4
Carphophis amoenus
Common Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis sirtalis
Red-bellied Snake 6
Storeria occipitomaculata
Dekay's Brownsnake 3
Storeria dekayi
Rough Greensnake 7
Opheodrys aestivus
Brown Watersnake 8
Nerodia taxispilota
Common Watersnake 9
Nerodia sipedon
Banded Watersnake 6
Nerodia fasciata
Plain-bellied Watersnake 10
Nerodia erythrogaster
Eastern Kingsnake 3
Lampropeltis getula
Eastern Hognose Snake 11
Heterodon platirhinos
Rainbow Snake 12
Farancia erytrogramma
Mud Snake 13
Farancia abacura
Cottonmouth 14
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Copperhead 15
Agkistrodon contortrix
Timber Rattlesnake 16
Crotalus horridus
Eastern Glass Lizard 10
Ophisaurus ventralis
Slender Glass Lizard 3
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Eastern Fence Lizard 17
Sceloporus undulatus
Green Anole 18
Anolis carolinensis
Loggerhead Sea Turtle 19
Caretta caretta
Snapping Turtle 20
Chelydra serpentina
Eastern Musk Turtle 21
Sternotherus odoratus
Eastern Mud Turtle 9
Kinosternon subrubrum
Striped Mud Turtle 22
Kinosternon baurii
Painted Turtle 23
Chrysemys picta
Common Slider 24
Trachemys scripta
Common Box Turtle 25
Terrapene carolina
Northern Red-bellied Cooter 26
Pseudemys rubriventris
River Cooter 27
Pseudemys concinna
Diamondback Terrapin 6
Malaclemys terrapin
Afghan Tortoise 28
Testudo horsfieldii
Spotted Turtle 2
Clemmys guttata

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