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List of reptiles of the Indiana Dunes


List of reptiles of the Indiana Dunes


Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary list of the reptiles of the area.

Turtles (Testudinate)

  • Chelydra serpentina serpentina - common snapping turtle
  • Chrysemys picta marginata - painted turtle
  • Emydoidea blandingi - Blanding's turtle
  • Pseudemys scripta elegans - cooter
  • Sternotherus odoratus - common musk turtle

Lizards (Sauris)

  • Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis - prairie racerunner
  • Plestiodon fasciatus - five-lined skink
  • Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus - slender glass lizard

Snakes (Serpentes)

  • Coluber constrictor flaviventris - eastern racer
  • Heterodon platyrhinos - eastern hognose snake
  • Lampropeltis triangulum - milk snake
  • Nerodia sipedon sipedon - common watersnake
  • Storeria dekayi wrightorum - midland brown snake
  • Thamnophis proximus - western ribbon snake
  • Thamnophis sirtalis - common garter snake
  • Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - eastern garter snake
  • Thamnophis radix radix - eastern plains garter snake

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Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: List of reptiles of the Indiana Dunes by Wikipedia (Historical)