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Swampy conditions prevailed in Tennessee during the later part of the Mississippian epoch. [8] During the Pennsylvanian epoch Tennessee was home to vast river systems flowing toward the west. These rivers formed huge deltas covered in swamps. The contemporary local swamps were densely vegetated with a flora that included horsetails and scale ...
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
Saururus cernuus (lizard's tail, water-dragon, dragon's tail, swamp root) is a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America. It grows in wet areas or shallow water, and can be up to about a meter tall. [ 1 ]
The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), also known as the cane-cutter, swamper, or cane jake, is a large cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States. The species is herbivorous , territorial , and nocturnal .
The eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) is a species of legless lizard in the family Anguidae and the longest and heaviest species of glass lizards in the genus Ophisaurus, [5] [failed verification] endemic to the Southeastern United States. The streamlined, legless species is often confused with snakes.
According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, out of the 33 species of snakes in Tennessee, only four are venomous. Although snakes, particularly venomous snakes, are certainly nothing to ...
List of reptiles of Mexico; Central America and the Caribbean List of reptiles of Guatemala; List of reptiles of El Salvador; List of reptiles of Costa Rica; List of reptiles of Puerto Rico; List of reptiles of Barbados; List of reptiles of Saint Lucia; List of reptiles of Martinique; List of reptiles of Guadeloupe; List of reptiles of Trinidad ...
Category: Lizards by location. ... Lizards of the Caribbean (6 C, 138 P) Lizards of Central America (36 P) G. Geckos by location (10 C, 2 P) L. Lizards of New Guinea ...