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Reptiles of Acadiana Park

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Snakes

NON-VENOMOUS SNAKES

Family Colubridae
Black-masked racer
   (Coluber constrictor latrunculus)
Mississippi ring-necked snake
   (Diadophis punctatus stictogenys)
Texas rat snake
   (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri)
Western mud snake
   (Farancia abacura reinwardtii)
Eastern hog-nosed snake
   (Heterodon Platyrhinos)
Speckled kingsnake
   (Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki)
Western green water snake
   (Nerodia cyclopion)
Yellow-bellied water snake
   (Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster)
Broad-banded water snake
   (Nerodia fasciata confluens)
Diamond-backed water snake
   (Nerodia rhombifera)
Rough green snake
   (Opheodrys aestivus)
Brown snake
   (Storeria dekayi)
Western ribbon snake
   (Thamnophis proximus)
Common garter snake
   (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Rough earth snake
   (Virginia Striatula)

VENOMOUS SNAKES

Family Viperidae
Copperhead
   (Agkistrodon contortrix)
Water moccasin (a.k.a. cottonmouth)
   (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
Family Elapidae
Coral
   (Micrurus fulvius)

Turtles

Family Chelydridae
Snapping Turtle
   (Chelydra serpentina)
Family Emydidae
Painted Turtle
   (Chrysemys picta)
Eastern Box Turtle
   (Terrapene carolina)
Red-eared Slider
   (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Family Kinosternidae
Stinkpot
   (Sternotherus odoratus)
Family Trionychidae
Spiny Softshell
   (Apalone spinifera)

Geckos

Family Gekkonidae
Mediterranean Gecko
   (Hemidactylus turcicus)

Anoles

Family Iguanidae
Green Anole
   (Anolis carolinensis)

Skinks

Family Scincidae
Five-lined Skink
   (Eumeces fasciatus)
Broad-headed Skink
   (Eumeces laticeps)
Ground Skink
   (Scincella lateralis)

Alligators -    (Not documented at the park)

Family Crocodylidae
American Alligator
   (Alligator Mississippiensis)