Reptiles & Amphibians

It was difficult finding a list of herps for this county. I could only find state lists and since NC is so vast that didn't help me much. I checked out a book "Amphibians & Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia" by Jeffery C. Beane, Alvin L. Braswell, Joseph C. Mitchell, William M. Palmer, and Julian R. Harrison III. I flipped through all of the range maps for each species depicted and have come up with this list of species for Onslow according to this book. Also herpsofnc.org has range maps if you can't get ahold of this book.

Class Reptilia

Order Crocodilia

American Alligators Alligator mississippiensis

Order Testudines (Chelonia)

Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina

Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon baurii

Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum

Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus

Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata

Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia

Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin

River Cooter Pseudemys concinna

Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene Carolina

Yellow-bellied Slider Trachemys scripta

Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta

Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydes

Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys kempii

Order Squamata

Suborder Sauria (Lizards)

Green Anole Anolis carolinensis

Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum

Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus

Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus or Aspirdoscelis sexlineata

Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus or Plestiodon fasciatus

Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus or Plestiodon inexpectatus

Broad-headed Skink Eumeces laticeps or Plestiodon laticeps

Ground Skink Scincella lateralis

Mimic Glass Lizard Ophisaurus mimicus

Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus ventralis 

Suborder Serpentes (Snakes)

Eastern Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus

Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea

Black Racer Coluber constrictor

Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus

Corn Snake Elaphe guttata or Pantherophis guttatus

Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta or Pantherophis obsoletus

Mud Snake Faranica abacura

Rainbow Snake Farancia erytrogramma

Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos

Southern Hognose Snake Heterodon simus

Mole Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster

Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula

Scarlet Kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum or Coluber flagellum

Red-bellied Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster

Banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata

Brown Water Snake Nerodia taxispilota

Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus

Glossy Crayfish Snake Regina rigida

Pine Woods Snake Rhadinaea flavilata

Black Swamp Snake Seminatrix pygaea

Brown Snake Storeria dekayi

Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata

Southeastern Crowned Snake Tantilla coronata

Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus

Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis

Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula

Smooth Earth Snake Virginia valeriae

Eastern Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius

Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix

Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus

Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

Pigmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius

Class Amphibia

Order Caudata (Salamanders)

Lesser Siren Siren intermedia

Greater Siren Siren lacertina

Dwarf Waterdog Necturus lewis

Two-toed Amphiuma Amphiuma means

Mabee’s Salamander Ambystoma mabeei

Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens

Southern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus auriculatus

Southern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea cirrigera

Atlantic Slimy Salamander Plethodon chlorobryonis

Mud Salamander Pseudotriton montanus

Many-lined Salamander Stercochilus marginatus

Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)

Eastern Spadefoot Scaphiopus holbrookii

Fowler’s Toad Bufo fowleri or Anaxyrus fowleri

Oak Toad Bufo quercicus or Anaxyrus quercicus

Southern Toad Bufo terrestris or Anaxyrus terrestris

Southern Cricket Frog Acris gryllus

Pine Barrens Treefrog Hyla andersonii

Cope’s Gray Treefrog Hyla chrysoselis 

Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea

Pine Woods Treefrog Hyla femoralis

Barking Treefrog Hyla gratiosa

Squirrel Treefrog Hyla squirella

Brimley’s Chorus Frog Pseudacris brimleyi

Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer

Southern Chorus Frog Pseudacris nigrita

Little Grass Frog Pseudacris ocularis

Ornate Chorus Frog Pseudacris ornata

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis

Carolina Gopher Frog Rana capito or Lithobates capito

American Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana or Lithbates catesbeiana

Green Frog Rana clamitans or Lithobates clamitans

Southern Leopard Frog Rana sphenocephala or Lithobates spenocephala

Carpenter Frog Rana virgatipes or Lithobates virgatipes