Appendix 3 Table 3-18 Reptiles
Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Table 3-18 REPTILES
Count of Habitat Associations by Ecoregion
Aquatic SGCN - Habitat Associations 2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
Scientific Name
Common Name
T(S/A) T
6
6 3 3
X
X
Alligator mississippiensis Apalone spinifera spinifera
American alligator
SC
X, N X
Eastern Spiny Softshell Loggerhead Sea Turtle Northern Scarlet Snake
2
T
T
1
X
X
Caretta caretta
X X
Cemophora coccinea copei
T
T
1
3 9
X
X X
Chelonia mydas Clemmys guttata
Green Sea Turtle
X X
Spotted Turtle
H H M
1 1 1
At-Risk E
X, N X X X, N X X
Crotalus adamanteus
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
SC SC
Crotalus horridus
Timber Rattlesnake
7 Deirochelys reticularia reticularia Eastern Chicken Turtle
X, N
X X
H
2 2 4
E E E E
1 1
6
X
Dermochelys coriacea
Leatherback Sea Turtle
0 Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle
X X X X
6 Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma Rainbow Snake
H
5 5 5
T(S/A) T
10 Glyptemys muhlenbergii
X
X
Bog Turtle
VH
2 2
SC
2
X, N X X X
Graptemys geographica Heterodon platirhinos
Northern Map Turtle
6
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Southern Hognose Snake
T
X, N X X
Heterodon simus Kinosternon baurii
H
3
7
X X X X X X X, N X X X X X X X
Striped Mud Turtle Scarlet Kingsnake Eastern Kingsnake
M
3
Lampropeltis elapsoides
X
Lampropeltis getula
SC
Lampropeltis getula sticticeps Outer Banks Kingsnake Lampropeltis rhombomaculata Mole Kingsnake
Y
Eastern Milk Snake
Lampropeltis triangulum
Lampropeltis triangulum temporalis Coastal Plain Milk Snake
E E
1 1
2 6
X
X
Lepidochelys kempii Malaclemys terrapin
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Diamondback Terrapin
SC SC
X, N X
H
X, N X X X, N X X
Masticophis flagellum flagellum Coachwhip
E
Micrurus fulvius
H
Eastern Coral Snake
X X X, N X X, N X X, N X X X
X
Nerodia erythrogaster
Red-bellied Water Snake
SC SC
1
3 Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi Carolina Saltmarsh (Water) Snake Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus Eastern Slender Glass Lizard
M H H H H H M
Y
E
Ophisaurus mimicus Ophisaurus ventralis
Mimic Glass Lizard Eastern Glass Lizard
T
X, N X X
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus Northern Pine Snake
X X X X X X X X X X X, N X
Plestiodon anthracinus Pseudemys rubriventris
Coal Skink
Northern Red-bellied Cooter
3
6 Regina [= Liodytes] rigida rigida Glossy Crayfish Snake
Regina septemvittata Rhadinaea flavilata
Queen Snake
Pine Woods Snake
H
SC SC SC
4
4
Seminatrix pygaea paludis Sistrurus miliarius miliarius
Carolina (Black) Swamp Snake Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake
M M
X, N X X
2
X, N X X X
Sternotherus peltifer
Stripe-necked Musk Turtle
H
6
Tantilla coronata
Southeastern Crowned Snake
See Excel file for detailed habitat associations
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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