REPTILES OF THE OAK RIDGE RESERVATION 1, 2

Family Scientific Name Common Name ORDER Testudines Chelydridae Chelydra serpentina serpentina Common snapping turtle Emydidae Chrysemys picta Painted turtle Graptemys geographica Common map turtle Graptemys ouachitensis Ouachita map turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica False map turtle Pseudemys concinna concinna Eastern river cooter Terrapene carolina carolina Eastern box turtle Trachemys scripta elegans Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta troostii Cumberland slider Kinosternidae Sternotherus minor minor Loggerhead musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus Common musk turtle Trionychidae Apalone spinifera spinifera Eastern spiny softshell turtle

ORDER Squamata Colubridae Carphophis amoenus amoenus Eastern worm snake Cemophora coccinea Scarlet snake Coluber constrictor Racer Diadophis punctatus edwardsii Northern ringneck snake Pantherophis guttatus guttatus Corn snake Pantherophis obsoletus Rat snake, Texas rat snake Heterodon platirhinos Eastern hog-nosed snake Lampropeltis calligaster Mole kingsnake rhombomaculata Lampropeltis getula nigra Black kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum Eastern milk snake Nerodia sipedon Northern water snake Opheodrys aestivus Rough green snake, Rough greensnake Regina septemvittata Queen snake, Queensnake Storeria dekayi Brown snake, Dekay's brown snake, Dekay's brownsnake Storeria occipitomaculata Northern red-bellied snake occipitomaculata Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Common garter snake Virginia valeriae valeriae Eastern smooth earth snake Phrynosomatidae Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus Northern fence lizard Scincidae Eumeces fasciatus Five-lined skink Eumeces inexpectatus Southeastern five-lined skink Eumeces laticeps Broadhead skink Scincella lateralis Ground skink, Little brown skink Teiidae Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Six-lined racerunner Viperidae Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Northern copperhead 1 Updated November 2011 2 Taxonomic source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, http://www.itis.gov