This is a list of reptile species and subspecies found in North Carolina, based mainly on checklists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Common and scientific names are according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles publications.
(I) - Introduced
(V) - Venomous snake
Alligator
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
American alligator Alligator mississippiensis
Turtles
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Chelydridae
Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina
Family: Kinosternidae
Striped mud turtle Kinosternon baurii
Southeastern mud turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Stripe-necked musk turtle Sternotherus minor peltifer
Eastern musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus
Family: Emydidae
Eastern painted turtle Chrysemys picta picta
Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata
Eastern chicken turtle Deirochelys reticularia reticularia
Bog turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii
Northern map turtle Graptemys geographica
Diamond-backed terrapin Malaclemys terrapin
Eastern river cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna
Coastal plain cooter Pseudemys concinna floridana
Northern red-bellied cooter Pseudemys rubriventris
Woodland box turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans (I) Yellow-bellied slider Trachemys scripta scripta Cumberland slider Trachemys scripta troostii Family: Dermochelyidae Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea Family: Cheloniidae Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata Kemp's ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii Family: Trionychidae Gulf Coast spiny softshell Apalone spinifera aspera Eastern spiny softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera
Lizards
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Mediterranean gecko Hemidactylus turcicus (I)
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Green anole Anolis carolinensis
Texas horned lizard Phrynosoma cornutum (I) Eastern fence lizard Sceloporus undulatus