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Wednesday, February 25th
Board Meeting, Dick Schmelz's house (email a board member for directions).
Wednesday, March 18th
General Membership Meeting, special speaker to be determined.
Meetings start promptly at 8pm in the main building of Medaille College.
Wednesday, February 25th
Board Meeting, Dick Schmelz's house (email a board member for directions).
Wednesday, March 18th
General Membership Meeting, special speaker to be determined.
Meetings start promptly at 8pm in the main building of Medaille College.
New York State's Reptiles
Listed below are New York's native species of reptiles and their status.
| Common Name | Latin Name | Federal Status | State Status |
| Snapping Turtle | Chelydra serpentina | None | Game with Season |
| Common Musk Turtle | Sternotherus odoratus | None | Game with No Season |
| Eastern Mud Turtle | Kinosternon subrubrum | None | Endangered Game with No Season |
| Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata | None | Special Concern Game with No Season |
| Bog Turtle | Clemmys muhlenbergii | Threatened CITES I |
Endangered Game with No Season |
| Wood Turtle | Clemmys insculpta | CITES II | Special Concern Game with No Season |
| Eastern Box Turtle | Terrapene carolina | None | Special Concern Game with No Season |
| Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin | Malaclemys terrapin | None | Special Regulations |
| Northern Map Turtle | Graptemys geographica | None | Game with No Season |
| Red-eared Slider | Trachemys scripta | None | Game with No Season |
| Painted Turtle | Chrysemys picta | None | Game with No Season |
| Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii | None | Threatened Game with No Season |
| Eastern Spiny Softshell | Apalone spinifera | None | Special Concern Game with No Season |
| Common Green Seaturtle | Chelonia mydas | Threatened CITES I |
Threatened Game with No Season |
| Loggerhead Seaturtle | Caretta caretta | Threatened CITES I |
Threatened Game with No Season |
| Kemp's Ridley Seaturtle | Lepidochelys kempii | Endangered CITES I |
Endangered Game with No Season |
| Leatherback Seaturtle | Dermochelys coriacea | Endangered CITES I |
Endangered Game with No Season |
| Northern Fence Lizard | Sceloporus undulatus | None | Threatened Game with No Season |
| Italian Wall Lizard | Podarcis sicula | None | Game with No Season |
| Common Five-lined Skink | Eumeces fasciatus | None | Game with No Season |
| Northern Coal Skink | Eumeces anthracinus | None | Game with No Season |
| Common Watersnake | Nerodia sipedon | None | Game with No Season |
| Queen Snake | Regina septemvittata | None | Endangered Game with No Season |
| Northern Brownsnake | Storeria dekayi | None | Game with No Season |
| Northern Redbelly Snake | Storeria occiptomaculata | None | Game with No Season |
| Eastern Gartersnake | Thamnophis sirtalis | None | Game with No Season |
| Shorthead Gartersnake | Thamnophis brachystoma | None | Game with No Season |
| Common Ribbonsnake | Thamnophis sauritus | None | Game with No Season |
| Eastern Hog-nosed Snake | Heterodon platirhinos | None | Special Concern Game with No Season |
| Northern Ring-necked Snake | Diadophis punctatus | None | Game with No Season |
| Eastern Worm Snake | Carphophis amoenus | None | Special Concern Game with No Season |
| Northern Black Racer | Coluber constrictor | None | Game with No Season |
| Smooth Greensnake | Opheodrys vernalis | None | Game with No Season |
| Black Ratsnake | Elaphe obsoleta | None | Game with No Season |
| Eastern Milk Snake | Lampropeltis triangulum | None | Game with No Season |
| Northern Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix | None | Game with No Season |
| Eastern Massasauga | Sistrurus catenatus | None | Endangered Game with No Season |
| Timber Rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus | None | Threatened Game with No Season |
This information is to be used only as a guide. Please contact your local authorities or the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for the latest and most accurate information.
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