List of reptiles of Alabama
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The U.S. state of Alabama is home to 93 indigenous reptile species, not including subspecies. Indigenous species include one species of crocodilian, 12 lizard species, 49 snake species, and 31 turtle species. Three native species have possibly been extirpated from the state. These include the eastern indigo snake, southern hognose snake and the mimic glass lizard.{{cite book |title=The Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama |last=Mount |first=Robert H. |year=1975 |publisher=Auburn Printing Company |location=Auburn, Alabama |oclc=1958638 |pages=150–315 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/reptiles/ |title=Reptiles in Alabama |work=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030151334/http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/Reptiles/ |archive-date=October 30, 2012 }}
There are four known introduced reptile species, all lizards.{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/reptiles/Lizards/ |title=Lizards |work=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914044232/https://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/reptiles/lizards/ |archive-date=September 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }} They include the Indo-Pacific gecko, brown anole, Texas horned lizard, and Mediterranean house gecko.{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/education/generalinfo/ans/exotics.cfm |title=Exotic Animals Established in Alabama |work=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913183413/https://www.outdooralabama.com/education/generalinfo/ans/exotics.cfm |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Human predation and habitat destruction has placed several reptile species and subspecies at risk of extirpation or extinction. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists the conservation status of each species within the state with a rank of lowest, low, moderate, high, and highest concern.{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/reptiles/Snakes/ |title=Snakes |work=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914002404/https://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/reptiles/Snakes/ |archive-date=September 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/reptiles/Turtles/ |title=Turtles |work=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914031842/https://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/reptiles/turtles/ |archive-date=September 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/reptiles/Alligators/ |title=Alligators |work=Outdoor Alabama |publisher=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050907051832/http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/Reptiles/Alligators/ |archive-date=September 7, 2005 |url-status=dead }}
Alligator
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| 180px | Alligator mississippiensis | American alligator | Alligatoridae | No longer listed as endangered, U.S. Fish and Wildlife now lists as threatened |
Lizards
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| 180px | Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus | eastern slender glass lizard | Anguidae | Moderate |
| 180px | Ophisaurus mimicus | mimic glass lizard | Anguidae | Possibly extirpated |
| 180px | Ophisaurus ventralis | eastern glass lizard | Anguidae | Moderate |
| 180px | Hemidactylus garnotii | Indo-Pacific gecko | Gekkonidae | Exotic |
| 180px | Hemidactylus turcicus | Mediterranean house gecko | Gekkonidae | Exotic |
| 180px | Anolis carolinensis carolinensis | green anole | Dactyloidae | Lowest |
| 180px | Anolis sagrei carolinensis | brown anole | Dactyloidae | Exotic |
| 180px | Phrynosoma cornutum | Texas horned lizard | Phrynosomatidae | Exotic |
| 180px | Sceloporus undulatus | eastern fence lizard | Phrynosomatidae | Low |
| 180px | Plestiodon anthracinus | coal skink | Scincidae | High |
| 180px | Plestiodon egregius | mole skink | Scincidae | Low/ Possibly declining |
| 180px | Plestiodon fasciatus | five-lined skink | Scincidae | Lowest |
| 180px | Plestiodon inexpectatus | southeastern five-lined skink | Scincidae | High |
| 180px | Plestiodon laticeps | broad-headed skink | Scincidae | Low |
| 180px | Scincella lateralis | ground skink little brown skink | Scincidae | Low |
| 180px | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus | eastern six-lined racerunner | Teiidae | Moderate |
Snakes
Alabama is home to sixty-six known snake species and subspecies. There are nine snake species and subspecies that are venomous to humans in the state. The remaining fifty-five species and subspecies pose no threat to humans.{{cite book |title=The Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama |last=Mount |first=Robert H. |year=1975 |publisher=Auburn Printing Company |location=Auburn, Alabama |oclc=1958638 |pages=172–259 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0597/ANR-0597.pdf |title=Identification and Control of Snakes in Alabama |work=Alabama Cooperative Extension System |publisher=Alabama A&M University and Auburn University |access-date=June 6, 2012}}
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| 180px | Agkistrodon contortrix | eastern copperhead | Viperidae | Yes | Lowest |
| 180px | Agkistrodon conanti | Florida cottonmouth green-tailed moccasin | Viperidae | Yes | Lowest |
| 180px | Agkistrodon piscivorus | northern cottonmouth water moccasin | Viperidae | Yes | Lowest |
| 180px | Carphophis amoenus amoenus | eastern worm snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Carphophis amoenus helenae | midwestern worm snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Cemophora coccinea copei | northern scarlet snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Coluber constrictor constrictor | northern black racer | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Coluber constrictor priapus | southern black racer | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Crotalus adamanteus | eastern diamondback rattlesnake | Viperidae | Yes | High |
| 180px | Crotalus horridus | timber rattlesnake canebrake rattlesnake | Viperidae | Yes | Low |
| 180px | Diadophis punctatus edwardsii | northern ringneck snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Diadophis punctatus punctatus | southern ringneck snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Diadophis punctatus stictogenys | Mississippi ringneck snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Drymarchon couperi | eastern indigo snake | Colubridae | No | Highest, Possibly extirpated |
| 180px | Farancia abacura abacura | eastern mud snake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Farancia abacura reinwardtii | western mud snake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma | rainbow snake | Colubridae | No | Highest |
| 180px | Heterodon platirhinos | eastern hognose snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Heterodon simus | southern hognose snake | Colubridae | No | Highest, Possibly extirpated |
| 180px | Lampropeltis calligaster | prairie kingsnake | Colubridae | No | High |
| 180px | Lampropeltis rhombomaculata | mole kingsnake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Lampropeltis elapsoides | scarlet kingsnake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Lampropeltis getula | eastern kingsnake | Colubridae | No | High |
| 180px | Lampropeltis nigra | black kingsnake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum | eastern milk snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Lampropeltis triangulum syspila | red milk snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Masticophis flagellum flagellum | eastern coachwhip | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Micrurus fulvius | eastern coral snake | Elapidae | Yes | High |
| 180px | Nerodia clarkii clarkii | Gulf salt marsh snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Nerodia cyclopion | Mississippi green water snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster | redbelly water snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster | yellowbelly water snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Nerodia fasciata confluens | broad-banded water snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Nerodia fasciata fasciata | southern banded water snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Nerodia fasciata pictiventris | Florida banded water snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Nerodia floridana | Florida green water snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Nerodia rhombifer | diamondback water snake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Nerodia sipedon pleuralis | midland water snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Nerodia taxispilota | brown water snake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Opheodrys aestivus | rough green snake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Pantherophis guttatus guttatus | corn snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Pantherophis alleghaniensis | central rat snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi | black pine snake | Colubridae | No | Highest |
| 180px | Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus | northern pine snake | Colubridae | No | High |
| 180px | Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus | Florida pine snake | Colubridae | No | High |
| 180px | Liodytes rigida sinicola | Gulf crayfish snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Regina septemvittata | queen snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Rhadinaea flavilata | pine woods snake | Colubridae | No | Moderate |
| 180px | Liodytes pygaea pygaea | North Florida swamp snake | Colubridae | No | High |
| 180px | Sistrurus miliarius barbouri | dusky pigmy rattlesnake Florida ground rattlesnake | Viperidae | Yes | Moderate |
| 180px | Sistrurus miliarius miliarius | Carolina pigmy rattlesnake ground rattlesnake | Viperidae | Yes | Moderate |
| 180px | Sistrurus miliarius streckeri | western pigmy rattlesnake ground rattlesnake | Viperidae | Yes | Moderate |
| 180px | Storeria dekayi dekayi | northern brown snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Storeria dekayi limnetes | marsh brown snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Storeria dekayi wrightorum | midland brown snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata | northern redbelly snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| 180px | Tantilla coronata | southeastern crown snake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Thamnophis saurita saurita | eastern ribbon snake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis | common garter snake | Colubridae | No | Low |
| 180px | Virginia striatula | rough earth snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| frameless | Virginia valeriae elegans | western smooth earth snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
| Virginia valeriae valeriae | eastern smooth earth snake | Colubridae | No | Lowest |
Turtles
Alabama law makes it illegal to take, sell or possess turtles, turtle parts, or turtle eggs from the wild for commercial purposes.
