A selection of species found in North Carolina.
Scientific Name: Coluber constrictor
Photo Credits: JD Wilson
This non-venomous snake is solid black with a white chin. They have slender bodies and smooth scales. Eating small rodents, lizards, frogs, and insects, the Racer is active during the day. It hunts with its head above the ground.
Scientific Name: Oncorhyncus mykiss
Classification: Game Fish
Abundance: Mountain region in the western part of the state.
Scientific Name: Elaphe obsoleta (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)
Classification: Nongame
Abundance: Common throughout the state
Photo Credit: JD Wilson
Scientific Name: Plethodon richmondi
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson
Scientific Name: Cambarus J. carolinus
Classification: Nongame Fish - Crustacean
Scientific Name: Vulpes vulpes
Classification: Game Species
Abundance: Common throughout state
The red fox is the one of two types of foxes found in North Carolina. The other is the gray fox.
Scientific Name: Pseudotriton ruber
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson
Scientific Name: Procambarus S. clarkii
Classification: Non-native
Scientific Name: Plethodon cinereus
Photo Credit: Todd Pierson
Scientific Name: Storeria occipitomaculata
Photo Credits: Mike Martin
This non-venomous snake eats slugs. The red-bellied watersnake is brownish black with three yellowish spots at the base of the neck, and the belly is either orange or red. They are usually found in moist woodlands, often under rotten logs.
Non-venomous watersnake
Scientific Name: Nerodia erythrogaster
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Scientific Name: Picoides borealis
Classification: Endangered
Abundance: Rare
Scientific Name: Buteo lineatus
Classification: Nongame Species
Abundance: Found statewide