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. During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary list of the reptiles of the area.

Turtles (Testudinate)

• Chelydra serpentina serpentina - common snapping turtle
• Chrysemys picta marginata - painted turtle
• 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

Notes