British Columbia
British Columbia (along with Ontario) has more
families of reptiles than any other province. It also has more
species of
lizards than anywhere else in Canada (although the Pygmy
Short-horned Lizard has
been extirpated from the province). Many of BC's reptiles are
found
nowhere else in Canada. The variety of habitats and moderate
climate all help
ensure the diversity of BC's reptiles.
Turtles
Pond
and Marsh Turtles
Painted Turtle -- Tortue Peinte --
Chrysemys
picta
Western Pond Turtle -- Clemmys marmorata
Slider -- Trachemys scripta
Sea Turtles
Green Turtle -- Chelonia mydas
Leatherback -- Dermochelys coriacea
Lizards
Short-horned
Lizards
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard -- Iguane
à Petites
Cornes de Douglas -- Phrynosoma douglasi
Alligator Lizards
Northern Alligator Lizard --
Lézar-alligator Boréal -- Elgaria
coerulea
Wall Lizards
Common Wall Lizard..-- Podarcis muralis
Skinks
Western Skink -- Scinque de l'Ouest --
Eumeces skiltonianus
Snakes
Boas
and
Pythons
Rubber Boa -- Boa Caoutchouc -- Charina
bottae
Typical Snakes (Colubrids)
Racer -- Couleuvre Agile -- Coluber
constrictor
Sharptail Snake -- Couleuvre à
Queue Fine -- Contia tenuis
Night Snake -- Couleuvre Nocturne --
Hypsiglena torquata
Gopher Snake -- Couleuvre à Nez Mince
-- Pituophis catenifer
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake -- Couleuvre
de l'Ouest
-- Thamnophis elegans
Northwestern Garter Snake -- Couleuvre du
Nord-Ouest -- Thamnophis ordinoides
Common Garter Snake -- Couleuvre
Rayée -- Thamnophis sirtalis
Pit Vipers
Western Rattlesnake -- Crotale de l'Ouest --
Crotalus oreganus
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