Herpetology Practical 2: Lizards and Snakes

Common Name, Family, Sci Name, SC resident, Habitat, Diet

Eastern Pine Snake, Colubridae, Pituophis melanoleucus, Eastern SC, flatwoods, pine-oak forests, small mammals and rodents

Common Name, Family, Sci Name, SC resident, Habitat, Diet

5 lined skink, Plestiodon inexpectatus, Scincidae, All of SC, Wooded areas in SE US, insects and other skinks

Common Name, Family, Sci Name, SC resident, Habitat, Diet

Broad Headed Skink, Pleistodon laticeps, Scincidae, All of SC, Arboreal oak forests, insects, gastropods, spiders

Family, common Name

veranidae, monitor lizard

Order, Family, Common Name, Native Country

Rhincocephala, Sphenodontidae, Tuatara, New Zealand

Suborder, Family

Lacertilia, Veranidae

Suborder, Family

Lacertilia, Hemodermatidae

Suborder, Family

Lacertilia, Iguanidae

Suborder, Family, Quadrate type

Serpentius, Pythonidae, Henophidian

Suborder, Family, Quadrate Type

Serpentius, Boidae, Henophidian

Suborder, family, quadrate type

Serpentinus, pythonidae, henophidian

common name, scientific name, family, SC resident, Habitat, diet

Eastern Hognose Snake, Herodon platyrhinos, Colubridae, All of SC, open wooded fields, river valleys sandy soil, amphibians

Common Name, Scientific Name, Family, SC resident, Habitat, Diet

Southern Hognose Snake, Heterodon simus, Colubridae, Eastern SC, Sandy woods, fields, groves, Drier river floodplains, amphibians and small mammals

Common Name, sci name, Family, SC resident, Habitat

Garter Snake, Thamnophis sp., Colubridae, All of SC,

Common Name, Sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

scarlet snake, Cemophora coccinea, Colubridae, All of SC except NW corner, soft soils in hardwood forests, Lizards, small rodents, eggs

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

corn snake, Pantherophis guttata, Colubridae, all of SC, pine and hardwood forests, rodents

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

Black racer, Colluber constrictor, Colubridae, Eastern SC, prairies fields and grasslands, small mammals, birds, reptiles/amphibs generalist

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

mudsnake, Farancia abacura, Colubridae, Eastern SC, swamps, wet lowlands, amphibians

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

yellow rat snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensis, Colubridae, eastern SC, rocky timbered hillsides, rodents, birds, bird eggs

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

worm snake, Carphophis amoenus, Colubridae, north and nw SC, moist woodlands, earthworms and soft bodied inverts

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

Pine woods Snake, Rhadinaea flavilata, Colubridae, Eastern SC , damp woodlands, lizards and amphibians

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

canebreak rattlesnake, Crotius horridus, viperidae, all of SC, timbered areas near rocky outcroppings, rodents, birds, amphibians, generalist

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

Banded water snake, Neroidia fasciata, colubridae, eastern SC, streams ponds, swamps marshes any fw

Family, common name

Elapid, king cobra

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

Copperhead, Agkistrodan contortrix, viperidae, All of SC, deciduous forests, rodents, birds, smaller reptiles

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

Cotton Mouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus, viperidae, eastern SC, fish and amphibians

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

Eastern Fence Lizard, Scleropus undulatus, Phyrnosomatidae, All of SC, elevated perches, fences, logs and stumps, insects

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis, Anguidae, Eastern SC, wet meadows and grasslands, insects and arthropods

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

carolia anole, Anolis carolinensis, Dactyloidae, all of SC, trees, shrubs fences, insectivores

common name, sci name, family, SC resident, habitat, diet

Six lined race runner, Aspidoscelis sexlineata, all of SC, open areas with sand or loose soil, insectivore