List of reptiles of the Indiana Dunes facts for kids
Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary list of the reptiles of the area.
Turtles (Testudinate)
- Chelydra serpentina serpentina - Common snapping turtle
- Chrysemys picta marginata - Painted turtle
- Emydoidea blandingi] - Blanding's turtle
- Pseudemys scripta elegans - cooter
- Sternotherus odoratus - Common musk turtle
Lizards (Sauris)
- Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis - Prairie Racerunner
- Plestiodon fasciatus - Five-lined Skink
- Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus - Slender Glass Lizard
Snakes (Serpentes)
- Coluber constrictor flaviventris - Eastern Racer
- Heterodon platyrhinos - Eastern Hognose Snake
- Lampropeltis triangulum - Milk snake
- Nerodia sipedon sipedon - Northern Water Snake
- Storeria dekayi wrightorum - Midland Brown Snake
- Thamnophis proximus Western ribbon snake
- Thamnophis sirtalis - Common Garter Snake
- Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern Garter Snake
- Thamnophis radix radix - Eastern Plains Garter Snake
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