This is a list of reptile species and subspecies found in North Carolina, based mainly on checklists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.[1][2] Common and scientific names are according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles publications.[3][4][5]
- (I) - Introduced[1][2]
- (V) - Venomous snake[6]
Alligator
Order: Crocodilia
- Family: Alligatoridae
- American alligator Alligator mississippiensis
Turtles
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
- Family: Chelydridae
- Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina
- Family: Kinosternidae
- Striped mud turtle Kinosternon baurii
- Southeastern mud turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
- Stripe-necked musk turtle[broken anchor] Sternotherus minor peltifer
- Eastern musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus
- Family: Emydidae
- Eastern painted turtle Chrysemys picta picta
- Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata
- Eastern chicken turtle Deirochelys reticularia reticularia
- Bog turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii
- Northern map turtle Graptemys geographica
- Diamond-backed terrapin Malaclemys terrapin
- Eastern river cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna
- Coastal plain cooter Pseudemys concinna floridana
- Northern red-bellied cooter Pseudemys rubriventris
- Woodland box turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
- Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans (I)
- Yellow-bellied slider Trachemys scripta scripta
- Cumberland slider Trachemys scripta troostii
- Family: Dermochelyidae
- Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea
- Family: Cheloniidae
- Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta
- Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas
- Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii
- Family: Trionychidae
- Gulf Coast spiny softshell Apalone spinifera aspera
- Eastern spiny softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera
Lizards
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
- Family: Gekkonidae
- Mediterranean gecko Hemidactylus turcicus (I)
Suborder: Iguania
- Family: Iguanidae
- Green anole Anolis carolinensis
- Texas horned lizard Phrynosoma cornutum (I)
- Eastern fence lizard Sceloporus undulatus
Suborder: Autarchoglossa
- Family: Teiidae
- Eastern six-lined racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata
- Family: Scincidae
- Coal skink Plestiodon anthracinus
- Common five-lined skink Plestiodon fasciatus
- Southeastern five-lined skink Plestiodon inexpectatus
- Broad-headed skink Plestiodon laticeps
- Little brown skink Scincella lateralis
- Family: Anguidae
- Eastern slender glass lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus
- Mimic glass lizard Ophisaurus mimicus
- Eastern glass lizard Ophisaurus ventralis
Snakes
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
- Family: Colubridae
- Eastern wormsnake Carphophis amoenus amoenus
- Northern scarletsnake Cemophora coccinea copei
- Northern black racer Coluber constrictor constrictor
- Eastern coachwhip Coluber flagellum flagellum
- Northern ring-necked snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
- Southern ring-necked snake Diadophis punctatus punctatus
- Eastern mudsnake Farancia abacura abacura
- Common rainbow snake Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma
- Rough earthsnake Haldea striatula
- Eastern hog-nosed snake Heterodon platirhinos
- Southern hog-nosed snake Heterodon simus
- Scarlet kingsnake Lampropeltis elapsoides
- Eastern kingsnake Lampropeltis getula
- Northern mole kingsnake Lampropeltis rhombomaculata
- Eastern milksnake Lampropeltis triangulum
- Carolina swampsnake Liodytes pygaea paludis
- Eastern glossy swampsnake Liodytes rigida rigida
- Plain-bellied watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster
- Banded watersnake Nerodia fasciata fasciata
- Northern watersnake Nerodia sipedon sipedon
- Carolina watersnake Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi
- Brown watersnake Nerodia taxispilota
- Northern rough greensnake Opheodrys aestivus aestivus
- Smooth greensnake Opheodrys vernalis
- Eastern ratsnake Pantherophis alleghaniensis
- Red cornsnake Pantherophis guttatus
- Gray ratsnake Pantherophis spiloides
- Northern pinesnake Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus
- Queensnake Regina septemvittata
- Pine woods littersnake Rhadinaea flavilata
- Dekay's brownsnake Storeria dekayi
- Red-bellied snake Storeria occipitomaculata
- Southeastern crowned snake Tantilla coronata
- Common ribbonsnake Thamnophis saurita saurita
- Eastern gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
- Eastern smooth earthsnake Virginia valeriae valeriae
- Family: Elapidae
- Harlequin coralsnake Micrurus fulvius (V)
- Family: Viperidae
- Eastern copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix (V)
- Northern cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus (V)
- Eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus (V)
- Timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus (V)
- Carolina pygmy rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius miliarius (V)
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