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.Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary list of the reptiles of the area.Temporary list of Species found (June 6, 2009)

Turtles (Testudinate) Chelydra serpentina serpentinaEcology of Miller Woods, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Research Program, Report 90-01; National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Porter Indiana; 1990 - common snapping turtle Chrysemys picta marginata - painted turtleEnvironmental Assessment, Portage Lakefront, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; National Park Service; May 2007 Emydoidea blandingi - Blanding's turtle Pseudemys scripta elegans - cooter Sternotherus odoratus - common musk turtle

Lizards (Sauris) Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis - prairie racerunner Plestiodon fasciatus - five-lined skink Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus - slender glass lizard

Snakes (Serpentes) Coluber constrictor flaviventris - eastern racer Heterodon platyrhinos - eastern hognose snake Lampropeltis triangulum - milk snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon - common watersnake Storeria dekayi wrightorum - midland brown snake Thamnophis proximus - western ribbon snake Thamnophis sirtalis - common garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - eastern garter snake Thamnophis radix radix - eastern plains garter snake

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