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Table 5.8--Reptile species within the South that are listed as threatened (T) or endangered (E). Source: U. S. Department of the Interior (2000)

Group	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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