Turtles (Order Testudines)

• Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
• Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
• Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
• Slider (Pseudemys scripta)

Lizards (Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia)

• Southeastern Five-lined Skink (Eumeces inexpectatus)
• Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps)
• Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
• Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Sceloporus undulatus sunning itself on a fallen log (Berry Reservoir, 3 April 2004)

Snakes (Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes)

• Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
• Northern Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata)
• Plainbelly Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster)
• Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus)
• Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)
• Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus)
• Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata guttata)
• Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)
• Racer (Coluber constrictor)
• Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
• Water Moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)*
• Timber/Canebrake Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)**

This list is based upon my own observations, and upon specimens collected by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford and John Graham  (collection, Berry College Department of Biology).  This is not a complete list.

* A population of Agkistrodon piscivorus has been identified by Brett Tyler, less than a thousand feet from the campus boundary.

**Both forms of Crotalus horridus are present on campus. Canebrakes are present on the ridgetop of Lavendar Mountain; the more typical timber rattlesnakes are present in the valley.

Last Updated 6 August 2015