List of U.S. state reptiles

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This is a list of official U.S. state reptiles:

State	State reptile	Binomial nomenclature	Image	Year adopted
Alabama	Alabama red-bellied turtle	Pseudemys alabamensis		1990[1]
California	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii		1972
Colorado	Western Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta subspecies belli		2008
Florida	American Alligator	Alligator mississippiensis		1987
Georgia	Gopher tortoise	Gopherus polyphemus		1989
Hawaii	Gold dust day gecko	Phelsuma laticauda subspecies laticauda		Unofficial
Illinois	Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta		2005
Kansas	Ornate Box Turtle	Terrapene ornata subspecies ornata	T. ornata ornata at left	1986
Louisiana	American Alligator	Alligator mississippiensis		1983
Maryland	Diamondback terrapin	Malaclemys terrapin		1994
Massachusetts	Garter snake	Thamnophis (whole genus)		2006
Michigan	Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta		1995
Minnesota	Blanding's Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii		Unofficial[2]
Mississippi	American Alligator	Alligator mississippiensis		2005
Missouri	Three-toed box turtle	Terrapene carolina subspecies triunguis		2007
Nevada	Desert Tortoise	Gopherus agassizii		1989
New Mexico	New Mexico Whiptail Lizard	Cnemidophorus neomexicanus	C. neomexicanus at center	2003
New York	Common Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina		2006
North Carolina	Eastern Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina subspecies carolina		1979[3]
Ohio	Black Racer	Coluber constrictor subspecies constrictor		1995
Oklahoma	Collared Lizard	Crotaphytus collaris		1969
South Carolina	Loggerhead Sea Turtle	Caretta caretta		1988
Tennessee	Eastern Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina subspecies carolina		1995
Texas	Texas horned lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum		1993
West Virginia	Timber rattler[4]	Crotalus horridus		2008[5]
Wyoming	Horned lizard	Phrynosoma (whole genus)		1993

[edit] See also

• Lists of United States state insignia

[edit] References