This is a list of reptiles found in the state of Virginia, including both native and introduced species with an established population.
Testudines (turtles) NameSpecies / subspeciesFamilyConservation statusPhotoIUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Loggerhead sea turtleCaretta carettaCheloniidaeThreatenedState threatenedCritically imperiled (S1)Green sea turtleChelonia mydasCheloniidaeThreatenedState threatenedHawksbill sea turtleEretmochelys imbricataCheloniidaeEndangeredState endangeredKemp's ridley sea turtleLepidochelys kempiiCheloniidaeEndangeredState endangeredCritically imperiled (S1)Common snapping turtleChelydra serpentinaChelydridaeSecure (S5)Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriaceaDermochelyidaeEndangeredState endangeredPainted turtleChrysemys pictaEmydidaeSecure (S5)Spotted turtleClemmys guttataEmydidaeApparently secure (S4)Eastern chicken turtleDeirochelys reticularia reticulariaEmydidaeState endangeredCritically imperiled (S1)Wood turtleGlyptemys insculptaEmydidaeState threatenedImperiled (S2)Bog turtleGlyptemys muhlenbergiiEmydidaeEndangered (S/A)State endangeredImperiled (S2)Northern map turtleGraptemys geographicaEmydidaeVulnerable (S3)Northern diamondback terrapinMalaclemys terrapin terrapinEmydidaeVulnerable (S3)River cooterPseudemys concinnaEmydidaeApparently secure (S4)Coastal plain cooterPseudemys floridanaEmydidaeVulnerable (S3)Northern red-bellied cooterPseudemys rubriventrisEmydidaeApparently secure (S4)Eastern box turtleTerrapene carolina carolinaEmydidaeApparently secure (S4)Pond sliderTrachemys scriptaEmydidaeApparently secure (S4)Striped mud turtleKinosternon bauriiKinosternidaeApparently secure (S4)Eastern mud turtleKinosternon subrubrum subrubrumKinosternidaeSecure (S5)Stripe-necked musk turtleSternotherus minor peltiferKinosternidaeImperiled (S2)Eastern musk turtleSternotherus odoratusKinosternidaeSecure (S5)Northern spiny softshell turtleApalone spinifera spiniferaTrionychidaeImperiled (S2)
Lizards NameSpecies / subspeciesFamilyConservation statusPhotoIUCN Red ListState (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)Eastern slender glass lizardOphisaurus attenuatus longicaudusAnguidaeApparently secure (S4)Eastern glass lizardOphisaurus ventralisAnguidaeState threatenedCritically imperiled (S1)Eastern fence lizardSceloporus undulatusPhrynosomatidaeSecure (S5)Northern coal skinkPlestiodon anthracinus anthracinusScincidaeVulnerable (S3)Common five-lined skinkPlestiodon fasciatusScincidaeSecure (S5)Southeastern five-lined skinkPlestiodon inexpectatusScincidaeSecure (S5)Broad-headed skinkPlestiodon laticepsScincidaeSecure (S5)Little brown skinkScincella lateralisScincidaeSecure (S5)Eastern six-lined racerunnerAspidocelis sexlineatus sexlineatusTeiidaeSecure (S5)
Snakes NameSpecies / subspeciesFamilyConservation statusPhotoIUCN Red ListState (NatureServe)Eastern worm snakeCarphophis amoenus amoenusColubridaeSecure (S5)Northern scarlet snakeCemophora coccinea copeiColubridaeApparently secure (S4)Northern black racerColuber constrictor constrictorColubridaeSecure (S5)Ring-necked snakeDiadophis punctatusColubridaeSecure (S5)Eastern mud snakeFarancia abacura abacuraColubridaeApparently secure (S4)Common rainbow snakeFarancia erytrogramma erytrogrammaColubridaeVulnerable (S3)Rough earth snakeHaldea striatulaColubridaeApparently secure (S4)Eastern hognose snakeHeterodon platirhinosColubridaeSecure (S5)Scarlet kingsnakeLampropeltis elapsoidesColubridaeEastern kingsnakeLampropeltis getula getulaColubridaeSecure (S5)Eastern black kingsnakeLampropeltis nigraColubridaeImperiled (S2)Northern mole kingsnakeLampropeltis rhombomaculataColubridaeSecure (S5)Eastern milk snakeLampropeltis triangulum triangulumColubridaeSecure (S5)Crayfish snakeLiodytes rigidaColubridaeCritically imperiled (S1)Plain-bellied water snakeNerodia erythrogasterColubridaeApparently secure (S4)Northern water snakeNerodia sipedon sipedonColubridaeSecure (S5)Brown water snakeNerodia taxispilotaColubridaeApparently secure (S4)Northern rough green snakeOpheodrys aestivus aestivusColubridaeSecure (S5)Smooth green snakeOpheodrys vernalisColubridaeVulnerable (S3)Yellow ratsnakePantherophis quadrivittatusColubridaeSecure (S5)Central ratsnakePantherophis alleghaniensisColubridaeCorn snakePantherophis guttatusColubridaeApparently secure (S4)Northern pine snakePituophis melanoleucus melanoleucusColubridaePossibly extirpatedQueen snakeRegina septemvittataColubridaeSecure (S5)DeKay's brown snakeStoreria dekayiColubridaeSecure (S5)Red-bellied snakeStoreria occipitomaculataColubridaeSecure (S5)Southeastern crown snakeTantilla coronataColubridaeVulnerable (S3)Eastern ribbonsnakeThamnophis saurita sauritaColubridaeSecure (S5)Eastern garter snakeThamnophis sirtalis sirtalisColubridaeSecure (S5)Smooth earth snakeVirginia valeriaeColubridaeSecure (S5)Eastern copperheadAgkistrodon contortixViperidaeSecure (S5)Northern cottonmouthAgkistrodon piscivorusViperidaeVulnerable (S3)Timber rattlesnakeCrotalus horridusViperidaeApparently secure (S4)
Introduced reptiles
Brahminy blindsnake (Indotyphlops braminus) Green anole (Anolis carolinensis) (naturalized?) Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Mississippi map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii) Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
External links
List of Native and Naturalized Fauna of Virginia April, 2022 Virginia Threatened and Endangered Faunal Species FWS ECOS Listed species with spatial current range believed to or known to occur in Virginia NatureServe Explorer