Reptiles

Snakes

Southern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix	Eastern Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus	Black Racer Snake Coluber constrictor	Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus (venomous)
Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta	Banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata	Yellow Rat Snake Pantherophis alleghaniensis	Corn Snake Pantherophis guttatus

 

Lizards

Green Anole Anolis carolinensis

Brown Anole Anolis sagrei

Southeastern Five-lined Skink Plestiodon inexpectatus

Ground Skink Scincella laterali

 

Turtles

 

Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta

Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin

Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina

 

Crocodilians

American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis

 

Georgia is home to dozens of reptiles, cold-blooded vertebrates such as turtles, alligators, lizards, and snakes. Reptiles are defined by the following unique traits:

• They have dry skin with scales.
• They reproduce with eggs.
• They breathe through lungs.

Walking around the grounds, you’ll most likely spot a snake, skink, or lizard in the grass or on the trees. Turtles and alligators are rarer to spot since they tend to avoid human interaction, but they also call Fort Frederica home.