BREC's Fauna Conservation Park Guide

This guide provides a resource for a majority of the animals that you may come across within a BREC Conservation Area. Make sure you use it as a checklist to document what you see at our parks! From turtles and snakes, to beavers and dragonflies use this to learn more about your local ...more ↓

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Racer ¹
Coluber constrictor

Yellowbelly Water Snake ²
Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster

Mississippi Ringneck Snake
Diadophis punctatus stictogenys

Common Kingsnake ³
Lampropeltis getula

Diamondback Watersnake ⁴
Nerodia rhombifer

Broad-banded Water Snake ⁵
Nerodia fasciata confluens

Gray Ratsnake ⁶
Pantherophis spiloides

Eastern Ribbon Snake ⁷
Thamnophis sauritus sauritus

Western Ribbon Snake ⁸
Thamnophis proximus

Eastern Garter Snake ⁹
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Brown Snake ¹⁰
Storeria dekayi

Rough Green Snake ¹¹
Opheodrys aestivus

Cottonmouth ²
Agkistrodon piscivorus

Copperhead ¹²
Agkistrodon contortrix

Rainbow Snake ¹³
Farancia erytrogramma

Eastern Worm Snake ¹⁴
Carphophis amoenus

Eastern Hognose Snake ¹⁵
Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Mud Snake ¹⁴
Farancia abacura abacura

Scarlet Milksnake ¹³
Lampropeltis elapsoides

Corn Snake ²
Pantherophis guttatus

Mississippi Green Watersnake ¹³
Nerodia cyclopion

Western rat snake ¹³
Pantherophis obsoletus

Midland Water Snake ¹³
Nerodia sipedon pleuralis

Glossy Crayfish Snake ¹⁴
Regina rigida

Graham's Crayfish Snake ¹⁶
Regina grahamii

Southeastern Crowned Snake ¹⁴
Tantilla coronata

Western Earth Snake
Virginia valeriae elegans

Redbelly Snake ¹³
Storeria occipitomaculata

Timber Rattlesnake ¹⁷
Crotalus horridus

Western Pigmy Rattlesnake
Sistrurus miliarius streckeri

Rough Earthsnake ¹⁴
Virginia striatula

American Alligator ¹⁸
Alligator mississippiensis

Eastern Glass Lizard ²
Ophisaurus ventralis

Mediterranean House Gecko ⁸
Hemidactylus turcicus

Eastern Fence Lizard ¹²
Sceloporus undulatus

Prairie Lizard
Sceloporus consobrinus

Green Anole ¹⁹
Anolis carolinensis

Brown Anole ²⁰
Anolis sagrei

Little Brown Skink ⁸
Scincella lateralis

Broad-headed Skink ²¹
Plestiodon laticeps

Common Five-lined Skink ²²
Plestiodon fasciatus

Alligator Snapping Turtle ²³
Macrochelys temminckii

Snapping Turtle ²⁴
Chelydra serpentina

Mississippi Mud Turtle ²⁵
Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis

Keeled Musk Turtle ²⁶
Sternotherus carinatus

Southern Painted Turtle ²⁷
Chrysemys dorsalis

Eastern Chicken Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia reticularia

Common Musk Turtle ²⁸
Sternotherus odoratus

Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis

Red-eared Slider ²⁹
Trachemys scripta elegans

Mississippi Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

Eastern River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna

Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell ⁴
Apalone mutica

Eastern Box Turtle ³⁰
Terrapene carolina carolina

Eastern Spiny Softshell ³¹
Apalone spinifera

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BREC's Fauna Conservation Park Guide

Racer 1 Coluber constrictor

Yellowbelly Water Snake 2 Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster

Mississippi Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus stictogenys

Common Kingsnake 3 Lampropeltis getula

Diamondback Watersnake 4 Nerodia rhombifer

Broad-banded Water Snake 5 Nerodia fasciata confluens

Gray Ratsnake 6 Pantherophis spiloides

Eastern Ribbon Snake 7 Thamnophis sauritus sauritus

Western Ribbon Snake 8 Thamnophis proximus

Eastern Garter Snake 9 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Brown Snake 10 Storeria dekayi

Rough Green Snake 11 Opheodrys aestivus

Cottonmouth 2 Agkistrodon piscivorus

Copperhead 12 Agkistrodon contortrix

Rainbow Snake 13 Farancia erytrogramma

Eastern Worm Snake 14 Carphophis amoenus

Eastern Hognose Snake 15 Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Mud Snake 14 Farancia abacura abacura

Scarlet Milksnake 13 Lampropeltis elapsoides

Corn Snake 2 Pantherophis guttatus

Mississippi Green Watersnake 13 Nerodia cyclopion

Western rat snake 13 Pantherophis obsoletus

Midland Water Snake 13 Nerodia sipedon pleuralis

Glossy Crayfish Snake 14 Regina rigida

Graham's Crayfish Snake 16 Regina grahamii

Southeastern Crowned Snake 14 Tantilla coronata

Western Earth Snake Virginia valeriae elegans

Redbelly Snake 13 Storeria occipitomaculata

Timber Rattlesnake 17 Crotalus horridus

Western Pigmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius streckeri

Rough Earthsnake 14 Virginia striatula

American Alligator 18 Alligator mississippiensis

Eastern Glass Lizard 2 Ophisaurus ventralis

Mediterranean House Gecko 8 Hemidactylus turcicus

Eastern Fence Lizard 12 Sceloporus undulatus

Prairie Lizard Sceloporus consobrinus

Green Anole 19 Anolis carolinensis

Brown Anole 20 Anolis sagrei

Little Brown Skink 8 Scincella lateralis

Broad-headed Skink 21 Plestiodon laticeps

Common Five-lined Skink 22 Plestiodon fasciatus

Alligator Snapping Turtle 23 Macrochelys temminckii

Snapping Turtle 24 Chelydra serpentina

Mississippi Mud Turtle 25 Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis

Keeled Musk Turtle 26 Sternotherus carinatus

Southern Painted Turtle 27 Chrysemys dorsalis

Eastern Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia reticularia

Common Musk Turtle 28 Sternotherus odoratus

Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis

Red-eared Slider 29 Trachemys scripta elegans

Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

Eastern River Cooter Pseudemys concinna

Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell 4 Apalone mutica

Eastern Box Turtle 30 Terrapene carolina carolina

Eastern Spiny Softshell 31 Apalone spinifera