Reptiles of OhioReptiles of Ohio

Common Snapping TurtleChelydra serpentina

Midland Painted TurtleChrysemys picta

Eastern Box TurtleTerrapene carolina

Features of the Male Box Turtle

Spotted TurtleClemmys guttata

Common Musk TurtleSternotherus odoratus

Common Musk Turtle Hatchling

Spiny Softshell TurtleApalone spinifera

Other Ohio TurtlesOther Ohio TurtlesNot in our collectionNot in our collection

Common Map Turtle – Common Map Turtle – Graptemys geographicaGraptemys geographica

Red-eared Slider - Red-eared Slider - Trachemys scriptaTrachemys scripta

Smooth Softshell - Smooth Softshell - Apalone muticaApalone mutica

Wood Turtle - Wood Turtle - Clemmys insculptaClemmys insculpta

Smooth Scales have a smooth surface that reflects the light. If you are not sure it has smooth scales, but your snake has a shiny, glossy or irridescent color pattern, chances are it has smooth scales.

Keeled Scales usually have a dull, no-gloss surface. If you are not sure it has keeled scales, but your snake is not shiny and its color pattern is dusty, drab or dull, chances are it has keeled scales.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/FL-GUIDE/smovskldscales.htm

Anal plate = scale just before cloaca

Black RacerColuber constrictor

Black Rat SnakeScotophis obsoletus

Eastern Milk SnakeLampropeltis triangulum

Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Queen SnakeRegina septemvittata

Eastern Garter SnakeThamnophis sirtalis

Eastern Ribbon SnakeThamnophis sauritus

Smooth Green SnakeLiochlorophis vernalis

Midland Brown SnakeStoreria dekayi

Northern Redbelly SnakeStoreria occipitomaculata

Northern Ringneck SnakeDiadophis punctatus

Worm SnakeCarphophis amoenus

Northern CopperheadAgkistrodon contrtrix

Timber RattlesnakeCrotalus horridus

Eastern Massasauga RattlesnakeSistrurus catenatus

Other Ohio SnakesOther Ohio SnakesNot in our collectionNot in our collection

Butler’s Garter Snake – Butler’s Garter Snake – Thamnophis butleriThamnophis butleri

Rough Green Snake – Rough Green Snake – Opheodrys aestivusOpheodrys aestivus

Black Kingsnake – Black Kingsnake – Lampropeltis getulusLampropeltis getulus

Kirtland’s Snake – Kirtland’s Snake – Clonophis kirtlandiiClonophis kirtlandii

Smooth Earth Snake – Smooth Earth Snake – Virginia valeriaeVirginia valeriae

Copperbelly Water Snake – Copperbelly Water Snake – Nerodia erythrogasterNerodia erythrogaster

Lake Erie Water Snake - Lake Erie Water Snake - Nerodia s. insularum Nerodia s. insularum

Northern Fence LizardSceloporus undulatus

Five-lined SkinkPletiodon fasciatus

Other Ohio LizardsOther Ohio LizardsNot in our CollectionNot in our Collection

Ground Skink - Ground Skink - Scincella lateralisScincella lateralis

European Wall Lizard - European Wall Lizard - Podarcis muralisPodarcis muralis

Blanding’s TurtleEmydoidea blandingii

Eastern Fox SnakeMinotonius vulpinus

Eastern Hognose SnakeEastern Hognose SnakeHeterodon platyrhinoHeterodon platyrhino

Broad-head SkinkPlestiodon laticeps