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Threatened and Endangered Reptiles of the US

Reptiles Protected by the Endangered Species Act

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The following list is an adaptation of data published at the The US Fish & Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program Website. For the most current data, please refer to US Fish & Wildlife Service database.

Threatened and Endangered Reptiles

Alligator, American (Alligator mississippiensis)
Anole, Culebra Island giant (Anolis roosevelti)
Boa, Mona (Epicrates monensis monensis)
Boa, Puerto Rican (Epicrates inornatus)
Boa, Virgin Islands tree (Epicrates monensis granti)
Cooter (=turtle), northern redbelly (=Plymouth) (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi)
Crocodile, American (Crocodylus acutus)
Gecko, Monito (Sphaerodactylus micropithecus)
Iguana, Mona ground (Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri)
Lizard, blunt-nosed leopard (Gambelia silus)
Lizard, Coachella Valley fringe-toed (Uma inornata)
Lizard, Island night (Xantusia riversiana)
Lizard, St. Croix ground (Ameiva polops)
Rattlesnake, New Mexican ridge-nosed (Crotalus willardi obscurus)
Sea turtle, green (Chelonia mydas)
Sea turtle, hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Sea turtle, Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
Sea turtle, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
Sea turtle, loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
Sea turtle, olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Skink, bluetail mole (Eumeces egregius lividus)
Skink, sand (Neoseps reynoldsi)
Snake, Atlantic salt marsh (Nerodia clarkii taeniata)
Snake, Concho water (Nerodia paucimaculata)
Snake, copperbelly water (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)
Snake, eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Snake, giant garter (Thamnophis gigas)
Snake, Lake Erie water (Nerodia sipedon insularum)
Snake, San Francisco garter (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)
Tortoise, desert (Gopherus agassizii)
Tortoise, gopher (Gopherus polyphemus)
Turtle, Alabama red-belly (Pseudemys alabamensis)
Turtle, bog (=Muhlenberg) (Clemmys muhlenbergii)
Turtle, flattened musk (Sternotherus depressus)
Turtle, ringed map (Graptemys oculifera)
Turtle, yellow-blotched map (Graptemys flavimaculata)
Whipsnake (=striped racer), Alameda (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus)

Source

US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Reptiles' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed December 24, 2005.

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