List of Massachusetts reptiles
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This is a list of Massachusetts reptiles. It includes all reptiles currently found in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

. It does not include species found only in captivity. Some species are identified as indicated below:
  • (I) = Introduced
    Introduced species
    An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

    population established solely as result of direct or indirect human intervention; synonymous with non-native and non-indigenous.
  • (A) = Accidental occurrence based on one or a few records, and unlikely to occur regularly.
  • (ex) = Extirpated; no longer occurs in area of interest, but other populations still exist elsewhere.

Turtles

  • Eastern Snapping Turtle Chelydra s. serpentina
  • Blanding's Turtle
    Blanding's Turtle
    Blanding's turtle is a semi-aquatic turtle of the family Emydidae. It is considered to be an endangered species throughout much of its range.-Taxonomy:...

     Emydoidea blandingii
  • Spotted Turtle
    Spotted Turtle
    The Spotted turtle , the only current species of Clemmys, is a small, semi-aquatic turtle that reaches a carapace length of upon adulthood. Their broad, smooth, low dark-colored upper shell, or carapace, ranges in its exact colour from black to a bluish black with a number of yellow tiny round spots...

     Clemmys guttata
  • Wood Turtle
    Wood Turtle
    The wood turtle is a turtle endemic to North America. It is in the genus Glyptemys, a designation given to only one other turtle: the bog turtle. The wood turtle reaches a carapace length of , its defining characteristic being the pyramidal pattern on its upper shell...

     Gleptemys insculpta
  • Bog Turtle
    Bog turtle
    The bog turtle is a semiaquatic turtle endemic to the eastern United States. It was first scientifically described in 1801 after an 18th century survey of Pennsylvania. It is the smallest North American turtle, measuring about long when fully grown...

     Gleptemys muhlenbergii
  • Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene c. carolina
  • Red-eared Slider
    Red-eared slider
    The red-eared slider is a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is a subspecies of pond slider. It is the most popular pet turtle in the United States and also popular in the rest of the world...

     Trachemys scripta (I)
  • Eastern Painted Turtle
    Painted Turtle
    The painted turtle is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to Louisiana and northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The turtle is the only species of the genus Chrysemys, which is part of the pond turtle...

     Chrysemys p. picta
  • Northern Diamondback Terrapin
    Diamondback terrapin
    The diamondback terrapin or simply terrapin, is a species of turtle native to the brackish coastal swamps of the eastern and southern United States. It belongs to the monotypic genus, Malaclemys...

     Malaclemmys t. terrapin
  • Northern Red-bellied Turtle Pseudemys rubriventris
  • Common Musk Turtle, or Stinkpot
    Sternotherus odoratus
    Sternotherus odoratus is a species of small turtle native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States. It is also known as the common musk turtle or stinkpot due to its ability to release a foul musky odor to deter predation...

     Sternotherus odoratus
  • Loggerhead Sea Turtle
    Loggerhead Sea Turtle
    The loggerhead sea turtle , or loggerhead, is an oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around long when fully grown, although larger specimens of up to have been discovered...

     Caretta caretta
  • Kemp's Ridley
    Kemp's Ridley
    Kemp's ridley sea turtle , or Atlantic ridley sea turtle is the rarest sea turtle and is critically endangered. It is one of two living species in the genus Lepidochelys Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), or Atlantic ridley sea turtle is the rarest sea turtle and is critically...

     Lepidochelys kempii
  • Green Sea Turtle
    Green Sea Turtle
    The Green sea turtle or green turtle is a large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia. Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...

     Chelonia mydas
  • Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata (A)
  • Leatherback Sea Turtle
    Leatherback Sea Turtle
    The leatherback sea turtle is the largest of all living sea turtles and the fourth largest modern reptile behind three crocodilians. It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys. It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell. Instead, its...

     Dermochelys coriacea

Snakes

  • Northern Copperhead
    Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen
    Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in the eastern United States.-Description:The Northern copperhead grows to an average length of 61-91 cm , with a maximum of 134.6 cm ....

     Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen
  • Eastern Worm Snake
    Carphophis
    Carphophis is a genus of small colubrid snakes. The genus consists of two species.- Physical description :...

     Carphophis a. amoenus
  • Northern Black Racer
    Coluber constrictor
    Coluber constrictor is a species of nonvenomous, colubrid snakes commonly referred to as the eastern racers. They are primarily found throughout the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, but they range north into Canada, and south into Mexico, Guatemala and Belize...

     Coluber constrictor constrictor
  • Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
  • Northern Ring-necked Snake
    Diadophis punctatus
    The ringneck snake or ring-necked snake is a colubrid snake species. It is found throughout much of the United States, central Mexico, and south eastern Canada. Ring-necked snakes are secretive, nocturnal snakes that are rarely seen during the day time...

     Diadophis p. punctatus
  • Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta
  • Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos
  • Eastern Milksnake Lampropeltis t. triangulum
  • Northern Water Snake
    Northern Water Snake
    The Northern water snake is a large, nonvenomous, well-known snake in the Colubridae family that is native to North America.-Behavior:...

     Nerodia s. sipedon
  • Smooth Green Snake
    Smooth Green Snake
    The smooth green snake is a non-venomous North American colubrid. It is also referred to as the grass snake.-Description:...

     Opheodrys vernalis
  • DeKay's Brown Snake
    Storeria dekayi
    Storeria dekayi, commonly known as the brown snake or De Kay's snake, is a small species of colubrid snake.-Geographic range:...

     Storeria dekayi
  • Red-bellied Snake
    Storeria
    Storeria is a genus of colubrid snakes. The genus consists of four species, three of which are known as brown snakes, and the other is known as the redbelly snake. They are found primarily in the United States and Mexico but range as far north as southern Canada, and as far south as Central America...

     Storeria occipitomaculata
  • Northern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis
  • Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
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