Hoosier Herpetological Society

Amphibians of Indiana

Order: Caudata
(Hellbenders, Mudpuppies and Waterdogs, Mole salamanders, Newts, Lungless Salamanders, Sirens)
Order: Anura
(North American Spadefoots, True Toads, Treefrogs, True frogs)

Reptiles of Indiana

Order: Testudines
(Snapping Turtles, Mud and Musk Turtles, Box and Water Turtles, Softshell Turtles)
Order: Squamata
(Spiny Lizards, Glass and Alligator Lizards, Whiptails and Racerunners, Skinks, Harmless Live-Bearing Snakes, Harmless Egg-Laying Snakes, Slender Rear-Fanged Snakes, Robust Rear-Fanged Snakes, Pit Vipers)

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Reptiles of Indiana

Order: Testudines

Family		Genus	Species	Common Name
Chelydridae	Snapping Turtles	Chelydra	serpentina	Eastern Snapping Turtle
		Macrochelys	temminckii	Alligator Snapping Turtle
Kinosternidae	Mud and Musk Turtles	Sternotherus	odoratus	Stinkpot Turtle
		Kinosternon	subrubrum	Eastern Mud Turtle
Emydidae	Box and Water Turtles	Clemmys	guttata	Spotted Turtle
		Emydoidea	blandingii	Blanding's turtle
		Terrapene	carolina	Eastern Box Turtle
		Terrapene	ornata	Ornate Box Turtle
		Graptemys	geographica	Common Map Turtle
		Graptemys	pseudogeographica	False Map Turtle
		Graptemys	ouachitensis	Ouachita Map turtle
		Chrysemys	picta	Painted Turtle
		Pseudemys	concinna	Hieroglyphic River Cooter
		Trachemys	scripta	Red-eared Slider
Trionychidae	Softshell Turtles	Apalone	mutica	Smooth Softshell Turtle
		Apalone	spinifera	Spiny Softshell Turtle

Order: Squamata

Family		Genus	Species	Common Name
Phrynosomatidae	Spiny Lizards	Sceloporus	undulatus	Eastern Fence Lizard
Anguidae	Glass and Alligator Lizards	Ophisaurus	attenuatus	Slender Glass Lizard
Teiidae	Whiptails and Racerunners	Cnemidophorus	sexlineatus	Six-lined Racerunner
Scincidae	Skinks	Eumeces	laticeps	Broadhead Skink
		Eumeces	fasciatus	Five-lined Skink
		Scincella	lateralis	Ground Skink
Natricidae	Harmless Live-Bearing Snakes	Thamnophis	butleri	Butler's Gartersnake
		Thamnophis	sirtalis	Common Gartersnake
		Thamnophis	sauritus	Eastern Ribbonsnake
		Thamnophis	radix	Plains Gartersnake
		Thamnophis	proximus	Western Ribbonsnake
		Nerodia	erythrogaster neglecta	Copperbelly Watersnake
		Nerodia	rhombifer	Diamondback Watersnake
		Nerodia	sipedon	Northern Watersnake
		Nerodia	sipedon pleuralis	Midland Banded Watersnake
		Regina	septemvittata	Queen Snake
		Clonophis	kirtlandii	Kirtland's Snake
		Storeria	dekayi	DeKay's Brownsnake
		Storeria	occipitomaculata	Red-bellied Snake
		Virginia	valeriae	Smooth Earthsnake
Colubridae	Harmless Egg-Laying Snakes	Coluber	constrictor	Eastern Racer
		Coluber	constrictor priapus	Southern Black Racer
		Opheodrys	aestivus	Rough Greensnake
		Opheodrys	vernalis	Smooth Greensnake
		Elaphe	obsoleta	Western Ratsnake
		Elaphe	spiloides	Midland Ratsnake
		Elaphe	vulpina	Western Foxsnake
		Pituophis	catenifer sayi	Bull Snake
		Lampropeltis	getula nigra	Black Kingsnake
		Lampropeltis	triangulum triangulum	Eastern Milksnake
		Lampropeltis	calligaster calligaster	Prairie Kingsnake
		Lampropeltis	triangulum syspila	Red Milksnake
		Cemophora	coccinea	Scarletsnake
		Tantilla	coronata	Southeastern Crowned Snake
Dipsadidae	Slender Rear-Fanged Snakes	Diadophis	punctatus	Ringneck Snake
		Carphophis	amoenus	Eastern Wormsnake
Xenodontidae	Robust Rear-Fanged Snakes	Heterodon	platirhinos	Eastern Hognose Snake
		Farancia	abacura	Mud Snake
Crotalidae	Pit Vipers	Agkistrodon	contortrix	Copperhead
		Agkistrodon	piscivorus	Cottonmouth
		Sistrurus	catenatus	Massasauga
		Crotalus	horridus	Timber Rattlesnake