List of reptiles of Alabama

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The U.S. state of Alabama is home to 93 indigenous reptile species, not including subspecies. Indigenous species include one species of crocodilian, 12 lizard species, 49 snake species, and 31 turtle species. Three native species have possibly been extirpated from the state. These include the eastern indigo snake, southern hognose snake and the mimic glass lizard.

There are four known introduced reptile species, all lizards. They include the Indo-Pacific gecko, brown anole, Texas horned lizard, and Mediterranean house gecko.

Human predation and habitat destruction has placed several reptile species and subspecies at risk of extirpation or extinction. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists the conservation status of each species within the state with a rank of lowest, low, moderate, high, and highest concern.

Alligator

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Family	Conservation concern
File:Alligator mississippiensis (1),.jpg	Alligator mississippiensis	American alligator	Alligatoridae	No longer listed as endangered, U.S. Fish and Wildlife now lists as threatened

Lizards

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Family	Conservation concern
File:Ophisaurus attenuatus. Colorado Co. TX; 30 Mar 2018.jpg	Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus	eastern slender glass lizard	Anguidae	Moderate
File:Mimic Glass Lizard (2289044746).jpg	Ophisaurus mimicus	mimic glass lizard	Anguidae	Possibly extirpated
File:925-2284.jpg	Ophisaurus ventralis	eastern glass lizard	Anguidae	Moderate
File:Hemidactylus garnotii - Mindanao, Philippines 5.jpg	Hemidactylus garnotii	Indo-Pacific gecko	Gekkonidae	Exotic
File:Mediterranean house gecko.JPG	Hemidactylus turcicus	Mediterranean house gecko	Gekkonidae	Exotic
File:Anolis carolinensis by Jeff Heard.jpg	Anolis carolinensis carolinensis	green anole	Dactyloidae	Lowest
File:Anolis sagrei.jpg	Anolis sagrei carolinensis	brown anole	Dactyloidae	Exotic
File:TexasHornedLizard.jpg	Phrynosoma cornutum	Texas horned lizard	Phrynosomatidae	Exotic
File:Sceloporus undulatus1.jpg	Sceloporus undulatus	eastern fence lizard	Phrynosomatidae	Low
File:Skink.jpg	Plestiodon anthracinus	coal skink	Scincidae	High
File:Eumeces egregius1.jpg	Plestiodon egregius	mole skink	Scincidae	Low/ Possibly declining
File:Fivelined skink.jpg	Plestiodon fasciatus	five-lined skink	Scincidae	Lowest
File:Eumeces inexpectatus skink.jpg	Plestiodon inexpectatus	southeastern five-lined skink	Scincidae	High
File:Kaldari Eumeces laticeps 02.jpg	Plestiodon laticeps	broad-headed skink	Scincidae	Low
File:Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis.jpg	Scincella lateralis	ground skink little brown skink	Scincidae	Low
File:Aspidoscelis sexlineata (male).jpg	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus	eastern six-lined racerunner	Teiidae	Moderate

Snakes

Alabama is home to sixty-six known snake species and subspecies. There are nine snake species and subspecies that are venomous to humans in the state. The remaining fifty-five species and subspecies pose no threat to humans.

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Family	Venomous to humans	Conservation concern
File:Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix CDC-a.png	Agkistrodon contortrix	eastern copperhead	Viperidae	Yes	Lowest
File:Agkistrodon-piscivorus.jpg	Agkistrodon conanti	Florida cottonmouth green-tailed moccasin	Viperidae	Yes	Lowest
File:Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma.jpg	Agkistrodon piscivorus	northern cottonmouth water moccasin	Viperidae	Yes	Lowest
File:Carphophis amoenus amoenus.jpg	Carphophis amoenus amoenus	eastern worm snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Midwestern worm snake.jpg	Carphophis amoenus helenae	midwestern worm snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Northern Scarlet Snake (Cemophora coccinea copei) (8715614817).jpg	Cemophora coccinea copei	northern scarlet snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Coluber constrictorPCCP20030613-1137B.jpg	Coluber constrictor constrictor	northern black racer	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Blackracer111805.JPG	Coluber constrictor priapus	southern black racer	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Crotalus adamanteus (5).jpg	Crotalus adamanteus	eastern diamondback rattlesnake	Viperidae	Yes	High
File:Timber Rattlesnake Image 004.jpg	Crotalus horridus	timber rattlesnake canebrake rattlesnake	Viperidae	Yes	Low
File:Diadophis punctatus edwardsii crop.jpg	Diadophis punctatus edwardsii	northern ringneck snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:06-08-29 SRingneckSnakeGdsd.jpg	Diadophis punctatus punctatus	southern ringneck snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Diadophis punctatus01.jpg	Diadophis punctatus stictogenys	Mississippi ringneck snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Eastern Indigo Snake.jpg	Drymarchon couperi	eastern indigo snake	Colubridae	No	Highest, Possibly extirpated
File:Farancia abacura abacura juvenile 2.jpg	Farancia abacura abacura	eastern mud snake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Western Mud Snake.jpg	Farancia abacura reinwardtii	western mud snake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Rainbow Snake taken in Southern Georgia in June 2003 2.jpg	Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma	rainbow snake	Colubridae	No	Highest
File:Heterodon platirhinos2.jpg	Heterodon platirhinos	eastern hognose snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:H Simus.jpg	Heterodon simus	southern hognose snake	Colubridae	No	Highest, Possibly extirpated
File:Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster.jpg	Lampropeltis calligaster	prairie kingsnake	Colubridae	No	High
File:Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata.jpg	Lampropeltis rhombomaculata	mole kingsnake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:G-Bartolotti juv SK.jpg	Lampropeltis elapsoides	scarlet kingsnake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Lampropeltis getula getula.jpg	Lampropeltis getula	eastern kingsnake	Colubridae	No	High
File:Black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula niger).jpg	Lampropeltis nigra	black kingsnake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Tennessee milksnake.jpg	Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum	eastern milk snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:Red milk snake.JPG	Lampropeltis triangulum syspila	red milk snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:Masticophis flagellum flagellum.jpg	Masticophis flagellum flagellum	eastern coachwhip	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:Coral 009.jpg	Micrurus fulvius	eastern coral snake	Elapidae	Yes	High
File:Gulf Salt Marsh Snake (Nerodia clarkii).jpg	Nerodia clarkii clarkii	Gulf salt marsh snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:Mississippi Green Water Snake.jpg	Nerodia cyclopion	Mississippi green water snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster, Abwehrhaltung.jpg	Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster	redbelly water snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Nerodia erythrogasterPCSL03705B.jpg	Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster	yellowbelly water snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:BandedWaterSnakeFeedingCoosaRiver.JPG	Nerodia fasciata confluens	broad-banded water snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Nerodia fasciata CDC.png	Nerodia fasciata fasciata	southern banded water snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Nerodia fasciata pictiventris.jpg	Nerodia fasciata pictiventris	Florida banded water snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Florida Green Water Snake 2.jpg	Nerodia floridana	Florida green water snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:Daimondback Watersnake.jpg	Nerodia rhombifer	diamondback water snake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Nerodia sipedonPCSL02111B1.jpg	Nerodia sipedon pleuralis	midland water snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Brown Water Snake.jpg	Nerodia taxispilota	brown water snake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Rough Green Snake 0589.jpg	Opheodrys aestivus	rough green snake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Kornnatter.jpg	Pantherophis guttatus guttatus	corn snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:Black Rat Snake2.jpg	Pantherophis alleghaniensis	central rat snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Black Pine Snake.jpg	Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi	black pine snake	Colubridae	No	Highest
File:Washington DC Zoo - Pituophis melanoleucus 1.jpg	Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus	northern pine snake	Colubridae	No	High
File:G-Bartolotti FL pine.jpg	Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus	Florida pine snake	Colubridae	No	High
File:Gulf Crayfish Snake.jpg	Liodytes rigida sinicola	Gulf crayfish snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Regina septemvittataPCCA20060513-3674B.jpg	Regina septemvittata	queen snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:G-Bartolotti pinewoods levy.jpg	Rhadinaea flavilata	pine woods snake	Colubridae	No	Moderate
File:Seminatrix pygaea.jpg	Liodytes pygaea pygaea	North Florida swamp snake	Colubridae	No	High
File:Sistrurus miliaris barbouri 2.jpg	Sistrurus miliarius barbouri	dusky pigmy rattlesnake Florida ground rattlesnake	Viperidae	Yes	Moderate
File:Sistrurus miliaris miliaris CDC.png	Sistrurus miliarius miliarius	Carolina pigmy rattlesnake ground rattlesnake	Viperidae	Yes	Moderate
File:Sistrurus miliarius streckeri.jpg	Sistrurus miliarius streckeri	western pigmy rattlesnake ground rattlesnake	Viperidae	Yes	Moderate
File:Storeriadekayidekayi.jpg	Storeria dekayi dekayi	northern brown snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Marsh Brown Snake.jpg	Storeria dekayi limnetes	marsh brown snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Storeria dekayi 1.jpg	Storeria dekayi wrightorum	midland brown snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Redbelly Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata.jpg	Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata	northern redbelly snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Southeastern Crown Snake.jpg	Tantilla coronata	southeastern crown snake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:EasternRibbonSnake.jpg	Thamnophis saurita saurita	eastern ribbon snake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Wooster.jpg	Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis	common garter snake	Colubridae	No	Low
File:Virginia striatula.jpg	Virginia striatula	rough earth snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
File:Virginia valeriae, Oberseite.jpg	Virginia valeriae elegans	western smooth earth snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest
	Virginia valeriae valeriae	eastern smooth earth snake	Colubridae	No	Lowest

Turtles

Alabama law makes it illegal to take, sell or possess turtles, turtle parts, or turtle eggs from the wild for commercial purposes.

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Family	Conservation concern
File:Loggerhead sea turtle.jpg	Caretta caretta	loggerhead sea turtle	Cheloniidae	Highest
File:Green turtle swimming over coral reefs in Kona.jpg	Chelonia mydas	green sea turtle	Cheloniidae	Highest
File:Kemp's Ridley sea turtle nesting.JPG	Lepidochelys kempii	Atlantic ridley sea turtle	Cheloniidae	Highest/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered
File:Chelydra serpentina USGS.jpg	Chelydra serpentina	common snapping turtle	Chelydridae	Lowest
File:Alligator snapping turtle.jpg	Macrochelys temminckii	alligator snapping turtle	Chelydridae	Wheeler Wildlife Refuge lists as endangered
File:LeatherbackTurtle.jpg	Dermochelys coriacea	leatherback sea turtle	Dermochelyidae	Highest/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered
File:Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta).jpg	Chrysemys picta picta	eastern painted turtle	Emydidae	Lowest
File:A3 Southern painted turtle.jpg	Chrysemys picta dorsalis	southern painted turtle	Emydidae	Lowest
File:Male Painted Turtle Basking Mirror Image.jpg	Chrysemys picta marginata	midland painted turtle	Emydidae	Lowest
File:Deirochelys reticularia.jpg	Deirochelys reticularia reticularia	eastern chicken turtle	Emydidae	Low
File:Barbour's Map Turtle kame.jpg	Graptemys barbouri	Barbour's map turtle	Emydidae	High
File:Graptemys ernsti 18Jun09 EscambiaRiver 2z.JPG	Graptemys ernsti	Escambia map turtle	Emydidae	Moderate
File:Northern Map Turtle, sunning.jpg	Graptemys geographica	northern map turtle	Emydidae	Low
File:Graptemys nigrinoda.jpg	Graptemys nigrinoda delticola	delta map turtle southern black-knobbed sawback	Emydidae	Moderate
File:Graptemys nigrinoda hatchlings.jpg	Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda	black-knobbed map turtle northern black-knobbed sawback	Emydidae	Moderate
File:Graptemys ouachitensis hatchling.jpg	Graptemys ouachitensis	Ouachita map turtle	Emydidae	Lowest
File:Alabama Map Turtle.jpg	Graptemys pulchra	Alabama map turtle	Emydidae	Moderate
File:Diamondback turtle adult female.jpg	Malaclemys terrapin pileata	Mississippi diamondback terrapin	Emydidae	Highest
File:Alabama red-bellied turtle US FWS cropped.jpg	Pseudemys alabamensis	Alabama red-bellied cooter (Designated as official state reptile)	Emydidae	Highest/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered
File:Pseudemys concinna concinna.jpg	Pseudemys concinna concinna	eastern river cooter	Emydidae	Lowest
File:Painted turtle f1.jpg	Pseudemys concinna floridana	coastal plain cooter	Emydidae	Lowest
File:RedEaredSlider05.jpg	Trachemys scripta elegans	red-eared slider	Emydidae	Lowest
File:Trachemys scripta scripta al sole.jpg	Trachemys scripta scripta	yellow-bellied slider	Emydidae	Lowest
File:In go the legs.jpg	Terrapene carolina carolina	eastern box turtle	Emydidae	Low
File:Terrapene carolina major 2.jpg	Terrapene carolina major	Gulf Coast box turtle	Emydidae	Low
File:Three-toed Box Turtle.jpg	Terrapene carolina triunguis	three-toed box turtle	Emydidae	Low
File:Kinosternon subrubrum.jpg	Kinosternon subrubrum	eastern mud turtle	Kinosternidae	Lowest
File:Sternothernus minor.jpg	Sternotherus minor minor	loggerhead musk turtle	Kinosternidae	Low
File:Sternotherus minor peltifer Jungtier ca. 2 Monate alt.jpg	Sternotherus minor peltifer	stripe-necked musk turtle	Kinosternidae	Low
File:Sternotherus depressus.jpg	Sternotherus depressus	flattened musk turtle	Kinosternidae	High
File:Stinkpot Turtle.jpg	Sternotherus odoratus	common musk turtle stinkpot turtle	Kinosternidae	Lowest
File:Gopherus polyphemus.jpg	Gopherus polyphemus	gopher tortoise	Testudinidae	High
File:Floridasoftshellturtle-cropped.jpg	Apalone ferox	Florida softshell turtle	Trionychidae	Moderate
File:Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone mutica mutica) (9236915356).jpg	Apalone mutica	smooth softshell turtle	Trionychidae	Low
File:Apalone spinifera.jpg	Apalone spinifera	spiny softshell turtle	Trionychidae	Low
File:3959 aquaimages.jpg	Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata	Atlantic hawksbill	Cheloniidae	Highest/U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered