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Reptiles of Golden Gate National Recreation Area

A guide to the reptiles of the park

Western Pond Turtle 1
Actinemys marmorata
Northern Rubber Boa 2
Charina bottae
Eastern Painted Turtle 3
Chrysemys picta
Western Yellow-bellied Racer 4
Coluber constrictor mormon
Sharp-tailed Snake 5
Contia tenuis
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake 6
Crotalus oreganus oreganus
Ringneck Snake 7
Diadophis punctatus
San Francisco Alligator Lizard 8
Elgaria coerulea coerulea
California Alligator Lizard 9
Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata
California King Snake 10
Lampropeltis californiae
Pacific Gopher Snake 11
Pituophis catenifer catenifer
Western Skink 12
Plestiodon skiltonianus
Western Fence Lizard 13
Sceloporus occidentalis
Aquatic Garter Snake 14
Thamnophis atratus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 3
Thamnophis elegans
San Francisco Garter Snake 15
Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia
Red-eared Slider 16
Trachemys scripta elegans

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