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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.) Genus Ophisaurus (North American Glass Lizards)   Ophisaurus attenuatus Slender Glass Lizard Behler & King 1979 Holman 1971 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994   Ophisaurus ventralis Eastern Glass Lizard Conant & Collins 1991 Mitchell 1994 Pague, Mitchell & Merkle 1983  Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas) Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)   Sceloporus undulatus Eastern Fence Lizard Leache & Reeder 2002 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   Plestiodon anthracinus Coal Skink Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994   Plestiodon fasciatus North American Five-lined Skink Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002   Plestiodon inexpectatus Southeastern Five-lined Skink Behler & King 1979 Mitchell 1994   Plestiodon laticeps North American Broad-headed Skink Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)   Scincella lateralis North American Ground Skink Brooks 1975 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)   Aspidoscelis sexlineatus Six-lined Whiptail Mitchell 1994

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Carphophis (North American Worm Snakes)   Carphophis amoenus Eastern Worm Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Cemophora (North American Scarlet Snakes)   Cemophora coccinea Eastern Scarlet Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Mitchell 1994 Williams 1985 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Coluber (North American Racer)   Coluber constrictor North American Racer Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)   Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Farancia (American Mud and Rainbow Snakes)   Farancia abacura American Mud Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 McDaniel & Karges 1983 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952   Farancia erytrogramma Rainbow Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1982 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Haldea (Rough Earth Snake)   Haldea striatula Rough Earth Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)   Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hognose Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)   Lampropeltis elapsoides Scarlet Kingsnake Markel 1990 Ruane 2015 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014   Lampropeltis getula Eastern Kingsnake Behler & King 1979 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952   Lampropeltis nigra Eastern Black Kingsnake Mitchell 1994   Lampropeltis rhombomaculata Brown King Snake Blaney 1979 [as calligaster] Ernst & Ernst 2003 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 [as calligaster] Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952   Lampropeltis triangulum Eastern Milk Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Ruane 2015 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Liodytes (North American Swamp Snakes)   Liodytes rigida Glossy Crayfish Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Nerodia (North American Water Snakes)   Nerodia erythrogaster Plain-bellied Water Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 McCranie 1990 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952   Nerodia sipedon Northern Water Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952   Nerodia taxispilota American Brown Water Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 McCranie 1983 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)   Opheodrys aestivus Rough Green Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952   Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Green Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes)   Pantherophis guttatus Red Corn Snake Dowling 1952 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Mitchell 1994 Schulz 1996 Wright & Wright 1952   Pantherophis quadrivittatus Eastern Rat Snake Burbrink 2001 [as alleghaniensis] Mitchell 1994 [as Elaphe o. obsoleta] Schulz 1996 [as obsoletus] White & White 2002 [as Elaphe o. obsoleta] Wright & Wright 1952 [as obsoletus] Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)   Pituophis melanoleucus Common Pine Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Regina (Queen Snakes)   Regina septemvittata Queen Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)   Storeria dekayi Common Brown Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952   Storeria occipitomaculata North American Red-bellied Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla coronata Southeastern Centipede Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Telford 1982 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)   Thamnophis saurita Eastern Ribbon Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952   Thamnophis sirtalis Common Garter Snake Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Virginia (Smooth Earth Snake)   Virginia valeriae Smooth Earth Snake Behler & King 1979 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Powell, Collins & Fish 1992 Wright & Wright 1952  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)   Agkistrodon contortrix Eastern Copperhead Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Wright & Wright 1952   Agkistrodon piscivorus Northern Cottonmouth Behler & King 1979 Burbrink & Guiher 2015 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)   Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Gibbons & Dorcas 2005 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Wright & Wright 1952

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Pritchard 1979 White & White 2002 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Keinath, Musick & Swingle 1991 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys kempii Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Chelydridae (American Snapping Turtles) Genus Chelydra (American Snapping Turtles)   Chelydra serpentina North American Snapping Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 White & White 2002  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Ernst & Gilroy 1979 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 White & White 2002  Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles) Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)   Chrysemys picta American Painted Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 White & White 2002 Genus Clemmys (American Spotted Turtle)   Clemmys guttata American Spotted Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 White & White 2002 Genus Deirochelys (Chicken Turtle)   Deirochelys reticularia Chicken Turtle Behler & King 1979 Buhlmann, Gibbons & Jackson 2008 Iverson 1992 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Glyptemys (North American Wood Turtle and Bog Turtle)   Glyptemys insculpta North American Wood Turtle Behler & King 1979 Iverson 1992 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Glyptemys muhlenbergii Bog Turtle Behler & King 1979 Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Graptemys (Map Turtles)   Graptemys geographica Northern Map Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Graptemys pseudogeographica False Map Turtle Savitzky & Mitchell 2001 Genus Malaclemys (Diamondback Terrapin)   Malaclemys terrapin Diamondback Terrapin Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 White & White 2002 Genus Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)   Pseudemys concinna River Cooter Behler & King 1979 Iverson 1992 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Ward & Jackson 2008   Pseudemys floridana Florida Cooter Behler & King 1979 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Pseudemys rubriventris Northern Red-bellied Cooter Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 White & White 2002 Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)   Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 White & White 2002 Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)   Trachemys scripta Common Slider Behler & King 1979 Iverson 1992 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles) Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)   Kinosternon baurii Striped Mud Turtle Iverson 1992 Johnston, Dodd & Wilson 2021 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Kinosternon subrubrum Common Mud Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 White & White 2002 Genus Sternotherus (North American Musk Turtles)   Sternotherus odoratus Common Musk Turtle Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Sternotherus peltifer Stripe-necked Musk Turtle Behler & King 1979 Iverson 1992 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Scott, Glenn & Rissler 2018  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)   Apalone spinifera Spiny Softshell Turtle Martof, Palmer, Bailey & Harrison 1980 Mitchell 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021