List of reptiles of Northern America

This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR).

[1][2][3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.

The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.

[4] * alien species Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.

Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: and Endangered Species Act:

IUCN conservation statuses Extinction Extinction Extinct in the wild Critically Endangered Endangered species Vulnerable species Near Threatened Threatened species Least Concern Least Concern
American alligator
( Alligator mississippiensis )
Mohave Desert tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii )
Black-knobbed map turtle
( Graptemys nigrinoda ) hatchlings
Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas )
Spiny softshell ( Apalone spinifera )
Eastern collared lizard
( Crotaphytus collaris )
Common chuckwalla ( Sauromalus ater )
Desert horned lizard
( Phrynosoma platyrhinos )
Green anole ( Anolis carolinensis )
Texas banded gecko
( Coleonyx brevis )
Eastern glass lizard
( Ophisaurus ventralis )
Florida wormlizard ( Rhineura floridana )
Eastern ratsnake
( Pantherophis alleghaniensis )
Glossy snake ( Arizona elegans )
Rough greensnake ( Opheodrys aestivus )
Saltmarsh watersnake ( Nerodia clarkii )
Copperhead ( Agkistrodon contortrix )
camouflaged in dead leaves
Cottonmouth ( Agkistrodon piscivorus )
Texas threadsnake ( Rena dulcis )