List of reptiles of the Indiana Dunes

The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, USA. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009.[1] During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary list of the reptiles of the area.[2]

Turtles (Testudinate)

  1. Chelydra serpentina serpentina[3] - Common Snapping Turtle
  2. Chrysemys picta marginata[3] - Painted Turtle[4]
  3. Emydoidea blandingi][3] - Blanding's Turtle
  4. Pseudemys scripta elegans[3] - cooter
  5. Sternotherus odoratus[3] - Common Musk Turtle

Lizards (Sauris)

  1. Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis[3][4] - Prairie Racerunner
  2. Plestiodon fasciatus[3] - Five-lined Skink
  3. Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus - Slender Glass Lizard[4]

Snakes (Serpentes)

  1. Coluber constrictor flaviventris[3] - Eastern Racer
  2. Heterodon platyrhinos[3] - Eastern Hognose Snake[4]
  3. Lampropeltis triangulum - Milk snake[4]
  4. Nerodia sipedon sipedon[3] - Northern Water Snake[4]
  5. Storeria dekayi wrightorum[3] - Midland Brown Snake[4]
  6. Thamnophis proximus Western ribbon snake[4]
  7. Thamnophis sirtalis[4] - Common Garter Snake
  8. Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis[3] - Eastern Garter Snake
  9. Thamnophis radix radix[3] - Eastern Plains Garter Snake

Notes

  1. ↑ Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
  2. ↑ Temporary list of Species found (June 6, 2009)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 Ecology of Miller Woods, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Research Program, Report 90-01; National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Porter Indiana; 1990
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Environmental Assessment, Portage Lakefront, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; National Park Service; May 2007