Amphibians and Reptiles of Pender County, NC

Alligators
Common Name Scientic Name Observations Last Recorded
American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis 15 2020-05-10
Frogs
Lizards
Salamanders
Snakes
Common Name Scientic Name Observations Last Recorded
Banded Watersnake Nerodia fasciata 206 2022-11-11
Brown Snake Storeria dekayi 5 2022-10-26
Brown Watersnake Nerodia taxispilota 42 2022-07-09
Carolina Swamp Snake Seminatrix pygaea 26 2023-04-28
Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis 60 2022-11-11
Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix 288 2022-09-27
Corn Snake Elaphe guttata 116 2022-09-14
Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus 80 2022-10-24
Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum 24 2022-10-09
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos 20 2022-10-15
Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula 63 2021-09-09
Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus 38 2021-09-19
Eastern Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus 16 2020-06-04
Glossy Crayfish Snake Regina rigida 37 2021-06-30
Milksnake Lampropeltis triangulum 1 2007-03-03
Mole Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster 33 2022-05-01
Mud Snake Farancia abacura 35 2022-05-23
Pigmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius 58 2022-10-17
Pine Woods Snake Rhadinaea flavilata 11 2022-04-04
Racer Coluber constrictor 293 2023-04-29
Rainbow Snake Farancia erytrogramma 6 2020-04-08
Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta 125 2022-08-29
Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata 47 2022-11-01
Redbelly Watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster 63 2022-08-05
Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus 20 2022-04-16
Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula 13 2021-05-13
Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus 134 2021-10-26
Scarlet kingsnake Lampropeltis elapsoides 19 2022-10-24
Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea 44 2022-06-02
Smooth Earth Snake Virginia valeriae 18 2022-05-01
Southeastern Crowned Snake Tantilla coronata 35 2022-10-10
Southern Hognose Snake Heterodon simus 1 2017-10-07
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus 73 2023-05-07
Turtles
Common Name Scientic Name Observations Last Recorded
Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia 1 2017-02-22
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina 132 2022-07-17
Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum 12 2018-10-25
River Cooter Pseudemys concinna 3 2022-04-28
Slider Trachemys scripta 27 2023-05-21
Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina 19 2022-09-04
Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata 22 2023-04-27
Stinkpot Sternotherus odoratus 1 2016-06-03
Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon baurii 14 2023-02-10