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are cold blooded, and amphibians need to be near the water to breed. They do better in the warmer
climates, like Florida-Virginia, where temperatures rarely are below freezing. The greatest number of
salamanders is in North Carolina and Virginia, both of which have mountain habitats with a lot of diverse
micro-habitats where salamanders thrive and speciate.

Example 3: South Carolina is home to 14 species of lizards representing a wide diversity of physical
characteristics and habitat selection. 11 of these species are native, while 3 species have been
introduced to the area.

Lizard Coastal Zone Coastal Sandhills Piedmont Blue Ridge
Plains
Slender Glass 18 20 18 38 15
Lizard
Island Glass 6 4
Lizard
Mimic Glass 18
Lizard
Eastern Glass 45 60
Lizard
Green Anole 47 38 40 42 36

Brown Anole 2 14 12 8
(introduced)
Mediterranean 14 20 31 12 8
House Gecko
(introduced)
Eastern Fence 12 45 43 13 10
Lizard
Texas Horned 20 2
Lizard
(introduced) –
Common 18 18 22 38 44
Five-Lined
Skink
Southeastern 15 37 45 22 26
Five-Lined
Skink
Broad-headed 18 12 33 28 12
Skink
Ground Skink 12 24 44 50 60

Six-Lined 6 8 14 12 8
Racerunner

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