List of reptiles of the Indiana Dunes

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.[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) Archived February 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. Ecology of Miller Woods, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Research Program, Report 90-01; National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Porter Indiana; 1990
4. Environmental Assessment, Portage Lakefront, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; National Park Service; May 2007