List of reptiles of the Indiana Dunes facts for kids

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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 - common watersnake
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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