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This page contains a taxanomic outline of reptiles found within the Augusta Creek watershed. Reptiles belong to the Phylum Chordata (vertebrates) and Class Reptilia (skin dry with scales).

 

 


 

 
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Class Reptilia
  Order Testudines

 
Turtles and Tortoises
 

(Suborder Cryptodira - Straight-Necked Turtles)

Family Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles

  • Cheldra serpentina - Common Snapping Turtle (photo)

Family Kinosternidae - Musk and Mud Turtles

  • Sternotherus odoratus - Common Musk Turtle (photo)

Family Emydidae - Pond and Box Turtles

  • Clemmys guttata - Spotted Turtle (Mich. Natural Features Inventory) (photo)
  • Terrapene carolina carolina - Eastern Box Turtle.
    (photo     - top view)   (photo - bottom view)
    Uncommon to rare. Declining due to habitat loss, collecting for pets, and road mortality. Protected by Michigan law.
  • Emydoidea blandingii - Blanding's Turtle (photo)
  • Graptemys geographica - Common Map Turtle (photo)
  • Chrysemys picta - Painted Turtle (photo)

Family Trionychidae - Softshell Turtles

  • Apalone spinifera spinifera - Spiny Softshell Turtle (photo)

Unless otherwise credited, the information on reptiles was obtained from "Michigan Turtles and Lizards: A field guide and pocket reference" written by James H. Harding and J. Alan Holman. This book is available through Michigan State University's Extension Service and Museum in E. Lansing, MI., and Kellogg Bird Sancturary near Hickory Corners, MI. Copies may also be obtained from the Michigan United Conservation Club, your local library and bookstore.

Photographs of turtles were scanned from the "Turtles of Michigan" poster published by MDNR, Wildlife Division, Nongame Wildlife Program. Original copyrights retained by photographers.

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Class Reptilia
  Order Squamata

 

Lizards and Snakes

(Suborder Sauria - Lizards)

Family Scincidae - Skinks

  • Eumeces fasciatus - Five-Lined Skink (photo)

(Suborder Serpentes - Snakes)

Family Colubridae

(Subfamily Natricinae)

  • Nerodia sipedon sipedon - Northern Water Snake (photo)
  • Regina septemvittata - Queen Snake (photo)
  • Storeria dekayi (subspecies) - Brown Snake (photo)
  • Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata - Northern Red-bellied Snake (photo)
  • Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern Garter Snake (photo)
  • Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis - Northern Ribbon Snake (photo)

(Subfamily Xenodontinae)

  • Diadophis punctatus edwardsi - Northern Ringneck Snake (photo)
  • Heterodon platyrhinos - Eastern Hognose Snake (photo)

(Subfamily Colubrinae)

  • Coluber constrictor foxi - Blue Racer (photo)
  • Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta - Black Rat Snake (photo)
  • Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum - Eastern Milk Snake (photo)
  • Opheodrys vernalis vernalis - Eastern Smooth Green Snake (photo)

Family Viperidae - Rattlesnakes

(Subfamily Crotalinae)

Photographs of lizards and snakes were scanned from the Field Guide and Pocket Reference series: "Michigan Turtles and Lizards" and "Michigan Snakes" - a publication of Michigan State University's Cooperative Extension Service, E. Lansing, MI. This series is available through Michigan State University's Extension Service and Museum in E. Lansing, MI., and Kellogg Bird Sancturary near Hickory Corners, MI. Copies may also be obtained from the Michigan United Conservation Club, your local library and bookstore.

Acknowledgements for photography of the lizards and snakes go to R. W. VanDevender, James Harding, William Leonard and Sharon Cummings.

 

Augusta Creek Watershed Association

 
 
Vertebrates of Augusta Creek
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