Reptiles | Herps of Arkansas

Alligator (Crocodilia)

Alligator mississippiensis
American Alligator

Turtles (Testudines)

Chelydra serpentina
Common Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys temminckii
Western Alligator Snapping Turtle
Chrysemys dorsalis
Southern Painted
Deirochelys reticularia miaria
Western Chicken Turtle
Graptemys geographica
Northern Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis
Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii
Mississippi Map Turtle
Pseudemys concinna concinna
Eastern River Cooter
Terrapene carolina carolina
Woodland Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata
Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene triunguis
Three-toed Box Turtle
Trachemys scripta elegans
Red-eared Slider
Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis
Mississippi Mud Turtle
Sternotherus carinatus
Razor-backed Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
Eastern Musk Turtle
Apalone mutica mutica
Midland Smooth Softshell
Apalone spinifera ssp.
Spiny Softshell

Lizards (Squamata: Sauria/Lacertilia)

Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus
Western Slender Glass Lizard
Anolis (Ctenocercus) carolinensis
Green Anole
Crotaphytus collaris
Eastern Collared Lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum cornutum
Plains Horned Lizard
Sceloporus consobrinus
Prairie Lizard
Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis
Southern Coal Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon laticeps
Broad-headed Skink
Plestiodon obtusirostris
Southern Prairie Skink
Scincella lateralis
Little Brown Skink
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus viridis
Prairie Racerunner
Anolis (Trachypilus) sagrei
Brown Anole

- introduced exotic -
Hemidactylus turcicus
Mediterranean Gecko

- introduced exotic -

Snakes (Squamata: Ophidia/Serpentes)

Cemophora coccinea copei
Northern Scarletsnake
Coluber constrictor ssp.
North American Racer
Lampropeltis calligaster
Prairie Kingsnake
Lampropeltis gentilis – L. triangulum
Milksnake complex
Lampropeltis holbrooki
Speckled Kingsnake
Masticophis flagellum flagellum
Eastern Coachwhip
Opheodrys aestivus
Northern Rough Greensnake
Pantherophis emoryi - P. slowinskii
Great Plains Ratsnake / Slowinski’s Cornsnake complex
Pantherophis obsoletus
Western Ratsnake
Sonora episcopa
Great Plains Groundsnake
Tantilla gracilis
Flat-headed Snake
Carphophis amoenus helenae
Midwestern Wormsnake
Carphophis vermis
Western Wormsnake
Diadophis punctatus ssp.
Ring-necked Snake
Farancia abacura reinwardtii
Western Mudsnake
Heterodon platirhinos
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Liodytes rigida sinicola
Gulf Swampsnake
Nerodia cyclopion
Mississippi Green Watersnake
Nerodia erythrogaster transversa
Yellow-bellied Watersnake
Nerodia fasciata confluens
Broad-banded Watersnake
Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer
Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon pleuralis
Midland Watersnake
Regina grahamii
Graham’s Crawfish Snake
Regina grahamii
Graham’s Crayfish Snake
Storeria dekayi
Dekay’s Brownsnake
Storeria occipitomaculata
Red-bellied Snake
Thamnophis proximus proximus
Orange-striped Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Eastern Gartersnake
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Lined Snake
Virginia striatula
Rough Earthsnake
Virginia valeriae elegans
Western Smooth Earthsnake
Micrurus tener
Texas Coralsnake

- venomous -
Agkistrodon contortrix
Eastern Copperhead

- venomous -
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Northern Cottonmouth

- venomous -
Crotalus atrox
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake

- venomous -
Crotalus horridus
Timber Rattlesnake

- venomous -
Sistrurus miliarius streckeri
Western Pygmy Rattlesnake

- venomous -