Reptiles of
Nova Scotia [Canada]

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Bibliography of the reptiles of Nova Scotia Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Nova Scotia Introduced species
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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.
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Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)
 
Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Behler & King 1979 Bleakney 1952 Bleakney 1958 Conant 1975 Cook 1984 Gilhen 2015 Mills 1948 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)
 
Opheodrys vernalis

Smooth Green Snake

Behler & King 1979 Bleakney 1952 Bleakney 1958 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Gilhen 2015 Grobman 1992 Mills 1948 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Stebbins 1985 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria occipitomaculata

North American Red-bellied Snake

Behler & King 1979 Bleakney 1952 Bleakney 1958 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Gilhen 2015 Mills 1948 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis saurita

Eastern Ribbon Snake

Behler & King 1979 Bleakney 1952 Bleakney 1958 Bleakney 1963 Cook 1984 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Gilhen 2015 Rossman 1970 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Garter Snake

Bleakney 1952 Bleakney 1958 Cook 1984 Fitch 1980 Gilhen 2015 Mills 1948 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wright & Wright 1952

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Bleakney 1958 Cook 1984 Gilhen 2015 Mills 1948 Pritchard 1979 Seburn & Brooks 2007
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

James, Martin & Dutton 2004 Seburn & Brooks 2007
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys kempii

Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Bleakney 1958 Conant 1975 Cook 1984 Gilhen 2015 Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Seburn & Brooks 2007
 Family Chelydridae (American Snapping Turtles)
Genus Chelydra (American Snapping Turtles)
 
Chelydra serpentina

North American Snapping Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Bleakney 1952 Bleakney 1958 Bleakney 1963 Cook 1984 Ernst & Barbour 1989 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Gilhen 2015 Mills 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Seburn & Brooks 2007
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Bleakney 1958 Cook 1984 Gilhen 2015 Mills 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Seburn & Brooks 2007
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)
 
Chrysemys picta

American Painted Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Bleakney 1952 Bleakney 1958 Bleakney 1963 Conant 1975 Cook 1984 Ernst & Barbour 1989 Gilhen 2015 Iverson 1992 Mills 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Seburn & Brooks 2007
Genus Emydoidea (Blanding's Turtle)
 
Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding's Turtle

Bleakney 1958 Bleakney 1963 Conant 1975 Congdon, Graham, Herman, Lang, Pappas & Brecke 2008 Cook 1984 Ernst & Barbour 1989 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Gilhen 2015 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Glyptemys (North American Wood Turtle and Bog Turtle)
 
Glyptemys insculpta

North American Wood Turtle

Behler & King 1979 Bleakney 1952 Bleakney 1958 Bleakney 1963 Conant 1975 Cook 1984 Ernst & Barbour 1989 Fisher, Joynt & Brooks 2007 Gilhen 2015 Mills 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Seburn & Brooks 2007 Wermuth & Mertens 1977