Reptiles
Strawberry Plains is home to two orders of reptiles found in a variety of terrestrial and aquatic habitats ranging from permanent ponds, ephemeral pools, sandy-bottom creeks, meadows, woodlands and more.
SQUAMATA (Lizards & Snakes)
Iguanidae: Lizards
Eastern Fence lizard - Sceloporus undulatus
Five Lined Skink - Plestiodon fasciatus
Southeastern Five Lined Skink - Plestiodon inexpectatus
Six Lined Race Runner - Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Little Brown Skink - Scincella lateralis
Serpentes: Snakes
Speckled King snake - Lampropeltis holbrooki
Prarie King snake - Lampropeltis calligaster
Black Masked Racer - Coluber constrictor latrunculucs
Eastern Hog Nose snake - Heterodon platirhinos
Rough Green snake - Opheodrys aestivis
Corn snake - Pantherophis guttatus
Gray Rat snake - Pantherophis spiloides
Common Garter snake - Thamnophis sirtalis
Southern Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
Cottonmouth - Agkistrodon piscivorus
Mississippi Ring Neck snake - Diadophis puntatus stictogenys
Coachwhip - Masticophis flagellum
Diamond Backed Water snake - Nerodia rhombifer
Plain Bellied Water snake - Nerodia erythrogaster
CRYPTODIRA (Turtles & Tortoises)
Emydidae (Pond & Marsh Turtles)
River Cooter - Pseudemys coninna
Eastern Musk turtle - Sternotherus odoratus
Eastern Mud turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Three Toed Box turtle - Terrapene carolinia triunguis
Red Eared Slider - Tracheymys scripta elegans
Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina
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