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Table 8--Reptile species within the South that are listed as threatened (T) or endangered (E). Source: U. S. Department of the Interior (2000)

Scientific Name	Common name	Areas of occurrence
Turtles
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead (T)	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA
Chelonia mydas	Green turtle (E)	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA
Clemmys muhlenbergii	Bog turtle (T)	GA, NC, SC, VA
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback; tinglar (E)	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA
Eretmochelys imbricata	Hawksbill (E)	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA
Gopherus polyphemus	Gopher tortoise (T)	AL, LA, MS
Graptemys flavimaculata	Yellow-blotched map turtle (T)	MS
Lepidochelys kempii	Kemp's or Atlantic ridley (E)	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC TX, VA
Pseudemys alabamensis	Alabama red-belly turtle (E)	AL
Sternothesis depressus	Flattened musk turtle (T)	AL
Lizards
Eumeces egregius lividus	Bluetail mole skink (T)	FL
Snakes
Drymarchon corais couperi	Eastern indigo snake (T)	AL, FL, GA, MS, SC
Nerodia clarkii taeniata	Atlantic salt marsh snake (T)	AL
Nerodia paucimaculata	Concho water snake (T)	TX
Other reptiles
Alligator mississippiensis	American alligator (T)	AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX
Crocodylus acutus	American crocodile (E)	FL

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