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.

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Taxonomy
« Back To Snakes and Lizards Order Squamata
- Snakes Suborder Serpentes
  - 3 Colubrid Snakes Family Colubridae
  - 3 Vipers Family Viperidae

Scarlet Snake ¹
Cemophora coccinea

Ribbon Snake ²
Thamnophis sauritus

Gray Ratsnake ³
Pantherophis spiloides

Cottonmouth ⁴
Agkistrodon piscivorus

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake ⁵
Crotalus adamanteus

Pigmy Rattlesnake ²
Sistrurus miliarius

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Gulf Islands National Seashore Reptiles

Scarlet Snake 1 Cemophora coccinea

Ribbon Snake 2 Thamnophis sauritus

Gray Ratsnake 3 Pantherophis spiloides

Cottonmouth 4 Agkistrodon piscivorus

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake 5 Crotalus adamanteus

Pigmy Rattlesnake 2 Sistrurus miliarius