<P> As of 2016, Louisiana black bears are no longer endangered . </P> <P> The American alligator is the official state reptile of Louisiana . Perhaps the most iconic of Louisiana wetlands' animals, the American alligator has bounced back from near extinction to being relatively commonplace . An abundance of snake species make their home in Louisiana, including the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Texas coral snake, eastern yellowbelly racer, mud snake, western pigmy rattlesnake, northern scarlet snake, rainbow snake, buttermilk racer, tan racer, western cottonmouth, red cornsnake, pit vipers and kingsnake . </P> <P> America's largest freshwater turtle, the alligator snapping turtle, shares the habitat with its cousin, the common snapping turtle . The green American chameleon also lives in the wetlands, along with the lizard - like tiger salamander, which is an amphibian . Other examples of reptiles in Louisiana are the gopher tortoise, razor - backed musk turtle, broad - headed skink, coal skink and the slender glass lizard . </P> <P> According to the Louisiana Alligator Council, there are over one million alligators in the state in 2014 and the number is continuously increasing . Alligators like swamps, rivers, lakes or wherever they can have an adequate habitat . Louisiana has several varieties of venomous snakes . The eastern coral snake, Texas coral snake, copperhead, western cottonmouth, western pygmy rattlesnake, and the eastern diamondback rattlesnake and canebrake rattlesnake can all be found in Louisiana . </P>

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