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Green Sea Turtle, Photographed by Ryan Hagerty, Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
This species is listed as ENDANGERED.
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Reptile species on the
earth are VANISHING at
an ALARMING rate...
Reptile species on the earth are vanishing
at an alarming rate -- 1,000 up to 10,000 times faster than their
natural rate of extinction.
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The following reptile species are currently listed
under the Endangered Species Act…
ESA Listed Reptile Species
Species photos,
info and distribution maps will be posted as they become available.
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Status |
Species Name
Common (Scientific) |
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T(S/A) |
Alligator, American (Alligator mississippiensis) |
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E |
Anole, Culebra Island giant (Anolis roosevelti) |
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T |
Boa, Mona (Epicrates monensis monensis) |
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E |
Boa, Puerto Rican (Epicrates inornatus) |
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E |
Boa, Virgin Islands tree (Epicrates monensis granti) |
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E |
Cooter (=turtle), Northern redbelly (=Plymouth) (Pseudemys
rubriventris bangsi) |
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E |
Crocodile, American (Crocodylus acutus) |
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E |
Gecko, Monito (Sphaerodactylus micropithecus) |
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T |
Iguana, Mona ground (Cyclura stejnegeri) |
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E |
Lizard, Blunt-nosed leopard (Gambelia silus) |
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T |
Lizard, Coachella Valley fringe-toed (Uma inornata) |
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T |
Lizard, Island night (Xantusia riversiana) |
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E |
Lizard, St. Croix ground (Ameiva polops) |
|
T |
Rattlesnake, New Mexican ridge-nosed (Crotalus willardi
obscurus) |
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E,T |
Sea turtle, Green (Chelonia mydas) |
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E |
Sea turtle, Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) |
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E |
Sea turtle, Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) |
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E |
Sea turtle, Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) |
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T |
Sea turtle, Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) |
|
T |
Sea turtle, Olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) |
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T |
Skink, Bluetail mole (Eumeces egregius lividus) |
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T |
Skink, Sand (Neoseps reynoldsi) |
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T |
Snake, Atlantic salt marsh (Nerodia clarkii taeniata) |
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T |
Snake, Concho water (Nerodia paucimaculata) |
|
T |
Snake, Copperbelly water (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) |
|
T |
Snake, Eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi) |
|
T |
Snake, Giant garter (Thamnophis gigas) |
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T |
Snake, Lake Erie water (Nerodia sipedon insularum) |
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E |
Snake, San Francisco garter (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) |
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T(S/A),T |
Tortoise, Desert (Gopherus agassizii) |
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T |
Tortoise, Gopher (Gopherus polyphemus) |
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E |
Turtle, Alabama red-belly (Pseudemys alabamensis) |
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T(S/A),T |
Turtle, Bog (=Muhlenberg) (Clemmys muhlenbergii) |
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T |
Turtle, Flattened musk (Sternotherus depressus) |
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T |
Turtle, Ringed map (Graptemys oculifera) |
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T |
Turtle, Yellow-blotched map (Graptemys flavimaculata) |
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T |
Whipsnake (=striped racer), Alameda (Masticophis lateralis
euryxanthus) |
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ESA Species Status Codes
E -- Endangered
T -- Threatened
EmE -- Emergency Listing, Endangered
EmT -- Emergency Listing Threatened
EXPE, XE -- Experimental Population, Essential
EXPN, XN -- Experimental Population, Non-Essential
SAE, E(S/A) -- Similarity of Appearance to an Endangered Taxon
SAT, T(S/A) -- Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Taxon
PE -- Proposed Endangered
PT -- Proposed Threatened
PEXPE, PXE -- Proposed Experimental Population, Essential
PEXPN, PXN -- Proposed Experimental Population, Non-Essential
PSAE, PE(S/A) -- Proposed Similarity of Appearance to an
Endangered Taxon
PSAT, PT(S/A) -- Proposed Similarity of Appearance to a
Threatened Taxon
C -- Candidate Taxon, Ready for Proposal
D3A -- Delisted Taxon, Evidently Extinct
D3B -- Delisted Taxon, Invalid Name in Current Scientific
Opinion
D3C -- Delisted Taxon, Recovered
DA -- Delisted Taxon, Amendment of the Act
DM -- Delisted Taxon, Recovered, Being Monitored First Five
Years
DO -- Delisted Taxon, Original Commercial Data Erroneous
DP -- Delisted Taxon, Discovered Previously Unknown Additional
Populations and/or Habitat
DR -- Delisted Taxon, Taxonomic Revision (Improved
Understanding)
AD -- Proposed Delisting
AE -- Proposed Reclassification to Endangered
AT -- Proposed Reclassification to Threatened.
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ALERT!
Reptile species on the earth are vanishing at an alarming rate --
1,000 up to 10,000 times faster than their natural rate of extinction.
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