page_title: List of reptiles of North America
hierarchical_section_title: List of reptiles of North America
context_page_description: This is a checklist of American reptiles found north from Mexico, based primarily on SSAR publications. It includes all species of the United States and Canada, including recently introduced species such as Chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python. Subspecies are listed only in a few cases. The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.
  * alien species
  Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
  EX – Extinct, EW – Extinct in the wild
  CR – Critically endangered, EN – Endangered, VU – Vulnerable
  NT – Near threatened, LC – Least concern
  DD – Data deficient, NE – Not evaluated
  and Endangered Species Act:
  E – Endangered, T – Threatened
  XN, XE – Experimental non-essential or essential population
  E, T – Endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance
  Order: Crocodylia
  Family: Alligatoridae
  Alligators
  American alligator Alligator mississippiensis LR/lc T
  Spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus * LR/lc
  Family: Crocodylidae
  Subfamily: Crocodylinae
  Crocodiles
  American crocodile Crocodylus acutus VU E
  Order: Testudines
  Suborder: Cryptodira
  Family: Testudinidae Tortoises
context_section_description: This is a checklist of American reptiles found north from Mexico, based primarily on SSAR publications. It includes all species of the United States and Canada, including recently introduced species such as Chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python. Subspecies are listed only in a few cases. The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.
  * alien species
  Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
  EX – Extinct, EW – Extinct in the wild
  CR – Critically endangered, EN – Endangered, VU – Vulnerable
  NT – Near threatened, LC – Least concern
  DD – Data deficient, NE – Not evaluated
  (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014)
  and Endangered Species Act:
  E – Endangered, T – Threatened
  XN, XE – Experimental non-essential or essential population
  E(S/A), T(S/A) – Endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance
  (the data is current as of March 28, 2014)
  Order: Crocodylia
  Family: Alligatoridae
  Alligators
  American alligator Alligator mississippiensis LR/lc T(S/A)
  Spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus * LR/lc
  Family: Crocodylidae
  Subfamily: Crocodylinae
  Crocodiles
  American crocodile Crocodylus acutus VU E (FL: T only)
  Order: Testudines (Turtles)
  Suborder: Cryptodira
  Family: Testudinidae Tortoises
  Gopher tortoises
  Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus VU T
  Berlandier’s tortoise Gopherus berlandieri LR/lc
  Bolson tortoise Gopherus flavomarginatus VU
  Mohave Desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii VU T
  (AZ south and east of Colorado R.: T(S/A) only) and:
  Sonoran Desert tortoise Gopherus morafkai (formerly in G. agassizii)
  Typical tortoises
  Indian star tortoise Geochelone elegans * 
  Family: Emydidae Pond turtles
  Subfamily: Emydinae
  Pond turtles
  Species split from former Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) VU:
  Northwestern pond turtle Actinemys (marmorata) marmorata 
  Southwestern pond turtle Actinemys (marmorata) pallida 
  Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata EN
  Wood turtle Glyptemys insculpta EN
  Bog turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii CR T
  (GA, NC, SC, TN, VA: T(S/A) only)
  Blanding's turtle
  Blanding’s turtle Emydoidea blandingii EN
  Box turtles
  Eastern box turtle Terrapene carolina VU and:
  Florida box turtle Terrapene (carolina) bauri  (formerly in T. carolina)
  Ornate box turtle Terrapene ornata NT
  Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
  Sliders
  Pond slider Trachemys scripta LC
  Mexican plateau slider Trachemys gaigeae VU
  Jamaican slider Trachemys terrapen *  VU
  Painted turtles
  Painted turtle Chrysemys picta LC and:
  Southern painted turtle Chrysemys dorsalis  (formerly in Ch. picta)
  Chicken turtles
  Chicken turtle Deirochelys reticularia
  Map turtles
  Barbour’s map turtle Graptemys barbouri VU
  Cagle’s map turtle Graptemys caglei EN
  Escambia map turtle Graptemys ernsti NT
  Yellow-blotched map turtle Graptemys flavimaculata VU T
  Northern map turtle Graptemys geographica LC
  Pascagoula map turtle Graptemys gibbonsi EN and:
  Pearl river map turtle Graptemys pearlensis EN  (formerly in G. gibbonsi)
  Black-knobbed map turtle Graptemys nigrinoda LC
  Ringed map turtle Graptemys oculifera VU T
  Species split from the Ouachita map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) LC:
  Ouachita map turtle Graptemys (ouachitensis) ouachitensis 
  Sabine map turtle Graptemys (ouachitensis) sabinensis 
  False map turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica LC
  Alabama map turtle Graptemys pulchra NT
  Texas map turtle Graptemys versa LC
  Diamond-backed terrapin
  Diamond-backed terrapin Malaclemys terrapin LR/nt
  Redbelly turtles and cooters
  Alabama red-bellied cooter Pseudemys alabamensis EN E
  River cooter Pseudemys concinna LC and:
  Suwannee cooter Pseudemys suwanniensis  (formerly in P. concinna)
  Rio Grande cooter Pseudemys gorzugi NT
  Florida red-bellied cooter Pseudemys nelsoni LC
  Peninsula cooter Pseudemys peninsularis LC
  Northern red-bellied cooter Pseudemys rubriventris NT (Plymouth red-bellied turtle P. r. bangsi: E)
  Texas cooter Pseudemys texana LC
  Family: Cheloniidae
  Olive Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea VU T
  Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta EN (North Pacific: E, Northwest Atlantic
caption: Green anole Anolis carolinensis
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