# List of reptiles of Virginia

This is a list of reptiles found in the state of Virginia, including both native and introduced species with an established population.

## Testudines (turtles)

| Name | Species / subspecies | Family | Conservation status | Conservation status | Conservation status | Conservation status |
| Name | Species / subspecies | Family | IUCN Red List | Federal (ESA) | State (Virginia DWR) | State (NatureServe) |
| Loggerhead sea turtle | Caretta caretta | Cheloniidae | | Threatened | State threatened | Critically imperiled (S1) |
| Green sea turtle | Chelonia mydas | Cheloniidae | | Threatened | State threatened | |
| Hawksbill sea turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | Cheloniidae | | Endangered | State endangered | |
| Kemp's ridley sea turtle | Lepidochelys kempii | Cheloniidae | | Endangered | State endangered | Critically imperiled (S1) |
| Common snapping turtle | Chelydra serpentina | Chelydridae | | | | Secure (S5) |
| Leatherback sea turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | Dermochelyidae | | Endangered | State endangered | |
| Painted turtle | Chrysemys picta | Emydidae | | | | Secure (S5) |
| Spotted turtle | Clemmys guttata | Emydidae | | | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Eastern chicken turtle | Deirochelys reticularia reticularia | Emydidae | | | State endangered | Critically imperiled (S1) |
| Wood turtle | Glyptemys insculpta | Emydidae | | | State threatened | Imperiled (S2) |
| Bog turtle | Glyptemys muhlenbergii | Emydidae | | Endangered (S/A) | State endangered | Imperiled (S2) |
| Northern map turtle | Graptemys geographica | Emydidae | | | | Vulnerable (S3) |
| Northern diamondback terrapin | Malaclemys terrapin terrapin | Emydidae | | | | Vulnerable (S3) |
| River cooter | Pseudemys concinna | Emydidae | | | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Coastal plain cooter | Pseudemys floridana | Emydidae | | | | Vulnerable (S3) |
| Northern red-bellied cooter | Pseudemys rubriventris | Emydidae | | | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Eastern box turtle | Terrapene carolina carolina | Emydidae | | | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Pond slider | Trachemys scripta | Emydidae | | | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Striped mud turtle | Kinosternon baurii | Kinosternidae | | | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Eastern mud turtle | Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum | Kinosternidae | | | | Secure (S5) |
| Stripe-necked musk turtle | Sternotherus minor peltifer | Kinosternidae | | | | Imperiled (S2) |
| Eastern musk turtle | Sternotherus odoratus | Kinosternidae | | | | Secure (S5) |
| Northern spiny softshell turtle | Apalone spinifera spinifera | Trionychidae | | | | Imperiled (S2) |

## Lizards

| Name | Species / subspecies | Family | Conservation status | Conservation status | Conservation status |
| Name | Species / subspecies | Family | IUCN Red List | State (Virginia DWR) | State (NatureServe) |
| Eastern slender glass lizard | Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus | Anguidae | | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Eastern glass lizard | Ophisaurus ventralis | Anguidae | | State threatened | Critically imperiled (S1) |
| Eastern fence lizard | Sceloporus undulatus | Phrynosomatidae | | | Secure (S5) |
| Northern coal skink | Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus | Scincidae | | | Vulnerable (S3) |
| Common five-lined skink | Plestiodon fasciatus | Scincidae | | | Secure (S5) |
| Southeastern five-lined skink | Plestiodon inexpectatus | Scincidae | | | Secure (S5) |
| Broad-headed skink | Plestiodon laticeps | Scincidae | | | Secure (S5) |
| Little brown skink | Scincella lateralis | Scincidae | | | Secure (S5) |
| Eastern six-lined racerunner | Aspidocelis sexlineatus sexlineatus | Teiidae | | | Secure (S5) |

## Snakes

| Name | Species / subspecies | Family | Conservation status | Conservation status |
| Name | Species / subspecies | Family | IUCN Red List | State (NatureServe) |
| Eastern worm snake | Carphophis amoenus amoenus | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Northern scarlet snake | Cemophora coccinea copei | Colubridae | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Northern black racer | Coluber constrictor constrictor | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Ring-necked snake | Diadophis punctatus | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Eastern mud snake | Farancia abacura abacura | Colubridae | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Common rainbow snake | Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma | Colubridae | | Vulnerable (S3) |
| Rough earth snake | Haldea striatula | Colubridae | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Eastern hognose snake | Heterodon platirhinos | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Scarlet kingsnake | Lampropeltis elapsoides | Colubridae | | |
| Eastern kingsnake | Lampropeltis getula getula | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Eastern black kingsnake | Lampropeltis nigra | Colubridae | | Imperiled (S2) |
| Northern mole kingsnake | Lampropeltis rhombomaculata | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Eastern milk snake | Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Crayfish snake | Liodytes rigida | Colubridae | | Critically imperiled (S1) |
| Plain-bellied water snake | Nerodia erythrogaster | Colubridae | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Northern water snake | Nerodia sipedon sipedon | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Brown water snake | Nerodia taxispilota | Colubridae | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Northern rough green snake | Opheodrys aestivus aestivus | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Smooth green snake | Opheodrys vernalis | Colubridae | | Vulnerable (S3) |
| Eastern rat snake | Pantherophis quadrivittatus | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Central rat snake | Pantherophis alleghaniensis | Colubridae | | |
| Corn snake | Pantherophis guttatus | Colubridae | | Apparently secure (S4) |
| Northern pine snake | Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus | Colubridae | | Possibly extirpated |
| Queen snake | Regina septemvittata | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| DeKay's brown snake | Storeria dekayi | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Red-bellied snake | Storeria occipitomaculata | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Southeastern crown snake | Tantilla coronata | Colubridae | | Vulnerable (S3) |
| Eastern ribbonsnake | Thamnophis saurita saurita | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Eastern garter snake | Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Smooth earth snake | Virginia valeriae | Colubridae | | Secure (S5) |
| Eastern copperhead | Agkistrodon contortix | Viperidae | | Secure (S5) |
| Northern cottonmouth | Agkistrodon piscivorus | Viperidae | | Vulnerable (S3) |
| Timber rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus | Viperidae | | Apparently secure (S4) |

## Introduced reptiles

* Brahminy blindsnake (Indotyphlops braminus)
* Green anole (Anolis carolinensis) (naturalized?)
* Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus)
* Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
* Mississippi map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii)
* Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)