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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 Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Holman 1971  Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas) Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)   Sceloporus undulatus Eastern Fence Lizard Barbour 1971  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   Plestiodon anthracinus Coal Skink Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Moriarty & Evans 1983   Plestiodon fasciatus North American Five-lined Skink Barbour 1971   Plestiodon inexpectatus Southeastern Five-lined Skink Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Steiner 1986   Plestiodon laticeps North American Broad-headed Skink Barbour 1971 Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)   Scincella lateralis North American Ground Skink Barbour 1971 Brooks 1975  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)   Aspidoscelis sexlineatus Six-lined Whiptail Barbour 1971

	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 Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Cemophora (North American Scarlet Snakes)   Cemophora coccinea Eastern Scarlet Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Williams 1985 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Clonophis (Ohio Valley Water Snake)   Clonophis kirtlandii Ohio Valley Water Snake Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Rossman & Powell 1985 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Coluber (North American Racer)   Coluber constrictor North American Racer Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)   Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Farancia (American Mud and Rainbow Snakes)   Farancia abacura American Mud Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)   Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hognose Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)   Lampropeltis calligaster Prarie Kingsnake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Conant & Collins 1998 Ernst & Ernst 2003 Markel 1990 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Lampropeltis elapsoides Scarlet Kingsnake Behler & King 1979 Collins 1964 [as doliata] Markel 1990 Meade 1991 Ruane 2015 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014   Lampropeltis holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Lampropeltis nigra Eastern Black Kingsnake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Lampropeltis triangulum Eastern Milk Snake Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Collins 1964 Markel 1990 Meade 1991 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)   Masticophis flagellum Common Coachwhip Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Collins & Hirschfeld 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wilson 1973 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Nerodia (North American Water Snakes)   Nerodia cyclopion Western Green Water Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Nerodia erythrogaster Plain-bellied Water Snake Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Collins 1964 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 McCranie 1990 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Nerodia fasciata North American Banded Water Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991   Nerodia rhombifer Diamondback Water Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 McAllister 1985 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Nerodia sipedon Northern Water Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)   Opheodrys aestivus Rough Green Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes)   Pantherophis alleghaniensis Grey Rat Snake Barbour 1971 [as spiloides] Burbrink 2001 [as spiloides] Collins 1964 [as spiloides] Schulz 1996 [as spiloides]   Pantherophis guttatus Red Corn Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Dowling 1952 Meade 1991 Schulz 1996 Wright & Wright 1952   Pantherophis quadrivittatus Eastern Rat Snake Barbour 1971 [as Elaphe o. obsoleta] Collins 1964 [as obsoletus] Meade 1991 [as obsoletus] Schulz 1996 [as obsoletus] Wright & Wright 1952 [as obsoletus] Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)   Pituophis melanoleucus Common Pine Snake Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Regina (Queen Snakes)   Regina septemvittata Queen Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)   Storeria dekayi Common Brown Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Storeria occipitomaculata North American Red-bellied Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla coronata Southeastern Centipede Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)   Thamnophis proximus Western Ribbon Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991   Thamnophis saurita Eastern Ribbon Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Thamnophis sirtalis Common Garter Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Virginia (Smooth Earth Snake)   Virginia valeriae Smooth Earth Snake Barbour 1971 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Powell, Collins & Fish 1992 Wright & Wright 1952  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)   Agkistrodon contortrix Eastern Copperhead Barbour 1971 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Collins 1964 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952   Agkistrodon piscivorus Northern Cottonmouth Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Collins 1964 Ernst 1992 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)   Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake Barbour 1971 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Collins 1964 Meade 1991 Wright & Wright 1952 Genus Sistrurus (Pygmy Rattlesnakes)   Sistrurus miliarius North American Pygmy Rattlesnake Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ernst 1992 Meade 1991 Snyder, Burchfield & Nall 1967

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Chelydridae (American Snapping Turtles) Genus Chelydra (American Snapping Turtles)   Chelydra serpentina North American Snapping Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Macrochelys (Alligator Snapping Turtles)   Macrochelys temminckii Western Alligator Snapping Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles) Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)   Chrysemys picta American Painted Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Graptemys (Map Turtles)   Graptemys geographica Northern Map Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Graptemys ouachitensis Ouachita Map Turtle Barbour 1971 Brown, Temple-Miller, Roosenburg & White 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Graptemys pseudogeographica False Map Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)   Pseudemys concinna River Cooter Barbour 1971 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)   Terrapene carolina Eastern Box Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)   Trachemys scripta Common Slider Barbour 1971 Behler & King 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles) Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)   Kinosternon subrubrum Common Mud Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Sternotherus (North American Musk Turtles)   Sternotherus odoratus Common Musk Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)   Apalone mutica Smooth Softshell Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Apalone spinifera Spiny Softshell Turtle Barbour 1971 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021