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Gulf Islands National Seashore Reptiles

A guide to the lizards, snakes, turtles, and alligators of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Prepared for the Gulf Islands National Seashore Bioblitz on May 21, 2016.

Green Anole 1
Anolis carolinensis
Eastern Glass Lizard 2
Ophisaurus ventralis
Eastern Fence Lizard 3
Sceloporus undulatus
Little Brown Skink 4
Scincella lateralis
Common Five-lined Skink 4
Plestiodon fasciatus
Broad-headed Skink 5
Plestiodon laticeps
Eastern Six-lined Racerunner 6
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus
Scarlet Snake 7
Cemophora coccinea
Ribbon Snake 8
Thamnophis sauritus
Gray Ratsnake 9
Pantherophis spiloides
Cottonmouth 10
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake 11
Crotalus adamanteus
Pigmy Rattlesnake 8
Sistrurus miliarius

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