Reptiles
Children's Python
The Children's Python (Antaresia childreni), is a non-venomous python found in Australia. It is found mainly in the extreme north of Western Australia, the northern third of Northern territory, and in northeastern Queensland. It is also found on the is...
Colubrine Sea Krait
The Colubrine Sea Krait or Yellow-lipped Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina), is a species of sea snake found in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is common around East India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Borneo, Vietnam, Philippines, Nicobar I...
Madagascar Tree Boa
The Madagascar Tree Boa or Malagasy Tree Boa (Boa manditra), is a non-venomous species of boa endemic to the island of Madagascar. It is the only species in this genus or family. Its habitat is trees and shrubs near streams, rivers, ponds and swamps. ...
Madagascar Ground Boa
The Madagascar Ground Boa or Malagasy Ground Boa (Boa madagascariensis), is a non-venomous species of snake native to the island of Madagascar. It occurs mainly in the central and northern parts of the island. Its habitat is sparse, open woodland. It s...
Rainbow Boa
The Rainbow Boa or Slender Boa (Epicrates cenchria), is a non-venomous species of boa found in Central and South America. In central America it is found in Costa Rica and Panama. It is more widespread in South America. It is shy and nocturnal. Its habi...
Jamaican Boa
The Jamaican Boa (Epicrates subflavus), also known as the Yellow Snake, is a non-venomous species of boa native to Jamaica and the Goat Island. It is the only species in its genus and family. It is common in most limestone forests. Adults grow to an av...
Common Northern Boa
The Common Northern Boa (Boa constrictor imperator), is a species of boa native to Central America. It is one of the most common boa species found in captivity. In the wild it is found in Colombia, the Caribbean Islands, the Sonoran Desert of Mexico, a...
Abaco Island Boa
The Abaco Island Boa (Epicrates exsul), also known as the Northern Bahamas boa, is a non-venomous species of snake native to the Bahamas. It is the only species recognized in this genus and family. It is found on Grand Bahama Island and Great Abaco Isl...
Arafura File Snake
The Arafura File Snake (Acrochordus arafurae), is an aquatic species of snake found in northern Australia and New guinea. This quite common snake is often hunted by the indigenous people of northern Australia. They simply catch a snake and toss it on t...
Florida Redbelly Turtle
The Florida Redbelly Turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni) is a turtle species found in Florida and southern Georgia. These turtles can be found occasionally in brackish waters and during the day may be seen basking on logs. They are active year-round and can be ...
Barbour's Map Turtle
The Barbour's Map Turtle (Graptemys barbouri) is a species of turtle that is endemic to the eastern United States in rivers located in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. These specimens are outlawed from ownership in Georgia and Alabama. In Florida, up to ...
Black-knobbed Map Turtle
The Black-knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda) is endemic to the United States. It is a small to medium size turtle. Males average 4 inches in length with females being larger at about 7 inches in length. It has a narrow head like other map turtles...
Desert Box Turtle
The Desert Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola) is found from the Trans-Pecos region of Texas and southeastern Arizona south into Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Its habitat is arid, open prairie areas. They can live 25 years or longer. The colors of...
Gulf Coast Box Turtle
The Gulf Coast Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina major) is the largest subspecies of box turtle in North America. It is found along the Gulf Coast of Mexico from the state of Louisiana to the state of Florida. It commonly intergrades with other subspecies...
Blanding's Turtle
The Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) is a species of semi-aquatic turtle. The range of the Blanding's turtle extended from southern Ontario and northwestern Pennsylvania in the East, through Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and sou...
Spotted Turtle
The Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) is a turtle that is found in the eastern United States and southern Canada. This species inhabits a variety of shallow, freshwater regions such as marshes, wet meadows, bogs, and woodland streams. The Spotted Tur...
European Pond Terrapin
The European Pond Terrapin (Emys orbicularis) also known as the European Pond Tortoise or European Pond Turtle, is a species of turtle found in southern and central Europe, West Asia and North Africa. It inhabits slow-flowing waters and nearby areas. I...
Knight Anole
The Knight Anole, Anolis equestris, is a species of lizard in the family Polychrotidae. It is native to Cuba, but has been introduced into the Dade and Broward counties of Florida. Although these lizards are diurnal, after sunning themselves on asphalt...
Northern Ribbon Snake
The Northern Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis, is a species of garter snake and occurs in the United States and Canada. It can be found in southern Maine, Michigan, New York, northern Ohio and Indiana, in the United States and southern...
Green Vine Snake
The Green Vine Snake, Ahaetulla nasuta, is a slender tree snake found all over India except for very arid zones of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. This snake is diurnal and only mildly venomous. It is bright green or pal...
Rough Green Snake
The Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys aestivus, is a non-venomous snake found in North America. It ranges throughout the southeastern United States, from Kansas and Texas east to New Jersey and south to Florida. It is also found in northeastern Mexico. Its ...
Plain-bellied Water Snake
The Plain-bellied Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster, is a common species of non venomous, aquatic, colubrid snake found in the United States. Its range extends from Illinois to Delaware in the north, and Texas to northern Florida in the south. They a...
Coachwhip (Whip Snake)
The Coachwhip or Whip Snake, Masticophis flagellum, is a non-venomous snake of the snake family Colubridae. It is found throughout the southern United States from coast to coast. They can also be found in the northern part of Mexico. They live in open ...
Regal Ring-neck Snake
The Regal Ring-neck Snake, Diadophis punctatus regalis, is a subspecies of Ring-neck Snake found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Ring-necks are nocturnal, secretive snakes which spend most of their time hiding under rocks or grou...
Prairie or Western rattlesnake
The Prairie or Western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis, is a venomous species native to the western United States, southwestern Canada, and northern Mexico. In Canada it occurs in Alberta and Saskatchewan; in the USA in eastern Idaho, Montana, North Dako...
Cottonmouth (Water Moccasin)
The Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus, is a pit viper found in the United States. It is a close relative of the copperhead. The Cottonmouth is found along the eastern coast, southern, and Midwest areas of the United States. Along t...
Pine Snake
Pine Snakes, Pituophis melanoleucus, are a large species of non-venomous snakes in the family Colubridae. They are native to the United States. Pine snake generally refers to the Northern Pine Snake, unless otherwise stated. There are other species suc...
Gold-ringed Cat Snake (Mangrove Snake)
The Gold-ringed Cat Snake or Mangrove Snake, Boiga dendrophila, is a species of snake that belongs to the genus of Boiga. They are found throughout Indonesia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Borneo, Philippine, and Malaysia. They are one of th...
Dice Snake
The Dice Snake, Natrix tessellata, is a European non-venomous snake of the family Colubridae. It is found throughout Europe and Asia. Commonly found in Germany, Austria, France, Bosnia, Serbia, Italy, Albania, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, Russia, ...
Glossy Snake
The Glossy Snake, Arizona elegans, is a nocturnal snake found in the United States and Mexico in sandy plains and deserts. They are small and are similar in appearance to gopher snakes. They have narrow, pointed heads, and a variety of skin patterns an...
Yellow Sea Snake (Pelagic Sea Snake)
The Yellow Sea Snake or Pelagic Sea Snake, Pelamis platura, is a species of sea snake found in the tropical oceanic waters around the world. It is found in the Pacific Ocean from Japan, south to South China and coastal regions of Taiwan and Zhejiang. I...
Fierce Snake
The Fierce Snake, also known as the Small Scaled Snake and Inland Taipan, is a highly venomous snake that belongs to the Elapidae family. The Fierce Snake is the most venomous snake in the world. A single bite from this snake can kill as many as 100 hu...
Tree Lizard
The Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus, is a species of lizard native to the southwestern United States, and northern Mexico. This species of lizard has been used to research the physiological changes in the body during the fight-or-flight response relat...
Long-tailed Brush Lizard
The Long-tailed Brush Lizard, Urosaurus graciosus, occurs in the Mojave and northern Colorado Deserts in the states of California, Arizona, Nevada, and also in Baja California. This species received its common name due to its tail, which is more than t...
Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
The Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard, Uma inornata, is a species of lizard found in California. It is restricted to the fine wind-blown sand deposits in the sandy plains of the Coachella Valley. It is listed as an endangered species and since the 1...
Eastern Fence Lizard
The Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, is a medium sized lizard found along forest edges, rock piles, and rotting logs or stumps. They are found from southwestern Canada in the province of British Columbia, across the Great Plains of the easte...
Crevice Spiny Lizard
The Crevice Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus poinsettii, is a small phrynosomadtid lizard found in the Chihuahua Desert in the US states of Texas and New Mexico, and in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila. They prefer semi-arid habitats, often of lime...
Granite Spiny Lizard
The Granite Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus orcutti, is found in extreme southern California in the United States and south into Baja California. It can be observed perched atop boulders from a considerable distance. They are primarily associated with rocky h...
Texas Spiny Lizard
The Texas Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus olivaceus, is a species of lizard native to the south central United States and in northeastern Mexico. In the U.S. they are found in Texas and Oklahoma, and in Mexico they are found in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo L...
Emerald Swift or Green Spiny Lizard
The Emerald Swift or Green Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus malachiticus, is a species of small lizard in the Phrynosomatidae family, native to Central America. The Emerald Swift is found from Mexico's Yucatan region, to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvado...
Southern Sagebrush Lizard
The Southern Sagebrush Lizard, Sceloporus graciosus, is a small gray or brown species of lizard with contrasting blotches or crossbars on the dorsum, and black bars on shoulder. It has a rusty color on the neck and on the sides of the body. The dorsal ...
Desert Horned Lizard
The Desert Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma platyrhinos, is native to western North America. Two subspecies are recognized. The Northern Desert Horned Lizard is found in Idaho, Utah, Nevada and parts of Montana. The Southern Desert Horned Lizard is commonly f...
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard
The Flat-tailed Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma mcallii, is a found in a small area of the Sonoran Desert of southwestern California, southwestern Arizona, and extreme northern Mexico. They are threatened by development, agriculture, and other man-made intru...
Banded Rock Lizard
The Banded Rock Lizard, Petrosaurus mearnsi, is a flat-bodied lizard with an olive, brown or gray dorsum and white or bluish spots. It has a single black collar, a banded tail, and granular scales on its body with keeled tail and limb scales. It is 2.4...
Greater Earless Lizard
The Greater Earless Lizard, Cophosaurus texanus, is a species of lizard found in the southern American States of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. They are also found in Mexico in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas,...
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
The Long-nosed Leopard Lizard, Gambelia wislizenii, is a large predatory member of the Collared lizard family. Their range extends over most of the western United States and into northern Mexico. The epithet wislizenii is in honor of the German-America...
Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard
The blunt-nosed leopard lizard, Gambelia silus, is a relatively large lizard belonging to the Iguanidae family. It has a long, regenerative tail, powerful hind limbs, and a short, blunt snout. Adult males are slightly larger than females, ranging in si...
Rhinoceros Iguana
The Rhinoceros Iguana, Cyclura cornuta, is a medium-sized iguana that is found primarily on the Caribbean Islands. They are native to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. These are a threatened species and are prohibited in the pet trade. There are an est...
Desert Iguana
The Desert Iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, is one of the most common lizards of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. They also can be found on several islands in the Gulf of California. Their preferred...
Mona Ground Iguana
The Mona Ground Iguana, Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri, is a subspecies of the rhinoceros iguana and is endemic to Mona Island, Puerto Rico. It is the largest terrestrial iguana in Puerto Rico. They are scattered throughout the entire island, however they ...
Blue Iguana
The Blue Iguana, Cyclura lewisi, is a critically endangered species of lizard that is found on the island of Grand Cayman. It is estimated that only 25 of these animals still survive. It is expected that the population will be extinct within the first ...
Turks and Caicos Rock Iguana
The Turks and Caicos Rock Iguana, Cyclura carinata, is only found on the Caribbean Islands of Turks and Caicos. They are the most abundant rock iguanas in the Caribbean with populations estimated at 50,000. The Turks and Caicos Rock Iguana inhabits s...
Fiji Banded Iguana
The Fiji Banded Iguana, Brachylophus fasciatus, is found in Fiji, Tonga and other pacific islands. It is believed to have evolved from the Green Iguana from the Americas. Male banded iguanas are emerald green with light bluish bands. Females are solid ...
Marine Iguana
The Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, is a unique lizard that is capable of living and foraging in the sea. They are found only on the Galapagos Islands, but have spread to all the islands in the archipelago, and they are sometimes referred to as...
Brown Basilisk (Striped Basilisk)
The Brown Basilisk or Striped Basilisk, Basiliscus vittatus, is a species of lizard native to Central America, but have been introduced into the wild in the U.S. state of Florida. They are also called the common basilisk and, the "Jesus Lizard" becaus...
Hawksbill Turtle
The Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The species is distributed throughout all of the world's seas, but the Atlantic and pacific populations are divided into two subspe...
Arakan Forest Turtle
The Arakan Forest Turtle, Heosemys depressa, is an extremely rare species that is found only in the Arakan hills of western Myanmar (Burma). It was thought to be extinct since it was last seen in 1908. In 1994 it was rediscovered when a few specimens t...
Amboina Box Turtle
The Amboina Box Turtle, Cuora amboinensis, also known as the Southeast Asian Box Turtle, is a turtle found in India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, East Indonesia, and Indochina. In India it is fo...
Batagur
The Batagur, Batagur baska, also known as the mangrove terrapin, is a species of rare and endangered turtle. It is found in parts of India such as Bengal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Perak and Terengganu), Sumatr...
Florida Soft-shell Turtle
The Florida Soft-shell Turtle, Apalone ferox, is a species of turtle native to the eastern United States, primarily in Florida, but can also be found in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. These turtles are almost entirely aquatic, generally only eme...
Indian Flap-shelled Turtle
The Indian Flap-shelled Turtle, Lissemys punctata, is a species of turtle found in South Asia. They are widespread and not uncommon. Its range includes Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, and Burma (Irrawaddy and Salween rivers). It has b...
Mata mata
The Mata mata, Chelus fimbriatus, is a turtle native to South America. Once one has seen a mata mata, it is unlikely to ever be confused with any other turtle. It is truly a one-of-a-kind species. The name mata mata is derived and translated from the S...
Texas Night Snake
The Texas Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata jani, is a species of small colubrid snake native to the southern United States and Mexico. It ranges from southern Kansas to southern Colorado, and south throughout New Mexico, the western half of Texas to ce...
Tiger Snake
The Tiger Snake, Notechis scutatus, is a highly venomous species of elapid snake found in Australia. They most often found along inland waterways and around the lower lakes of the River Murray. There are two species recognized; The Common Tiger Snake a...
Buff-striped Keelback
The Buff-striped Keelback, Amphiesma stolatum, is a common species of non-venomous snake found across Asia. Its range extends from Pakistan to Sri Lanka, Philippines, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia (Borneo, Sabah), ...
Checkered Keelback (Asiatic Water Snake)
The Checkered Keelback or Asiatic Water Snake, Xenochrophis piscator, is a common species of non-venomous snake found in Asia. The species is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Indonesia, ...
Banded Krait
The Banded Krait, Bungarus fasciatus, is a venomous snake found in India and Southeast Asia. It occurs in the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region, the Malaysian peninsula and archipelago of Southern China. It has been recorded from northeast India thr...
Common Krait
The Common Krait, Bungarus caeruleus, is a type of krait that is found in the jungles of the Indian sub-continent. It is highly venomous and is one of the four most venomous snakes in India. The body colour varies from a dark steely blue-black to a ...
Brahminy Blind Snake
The Brahminy Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus, is also known as the Flowerpot Snake, Common Blind Snake, Island Blind Snake, or Hawaiian Blind Snake. The name Brahminy derives from the Latin form of the word "Brahmin", which means a caste among H...
Western Blind Snake
The Western Blind Snake, Leptotyphlops humilis, is a member of the reptile family Leptotyphlopidae. They are sometimes known as "˜thread snakes'. It is distributed throughout the western United States and Mexico. It prefers deserts and scrub where the...
Texas Blind Snake
The Texas Blind Snake, Leptotyphlops dulcis, or Plains Blind Snake is a species of harmless snake native to the United States. They spend most of their time buried in loose soil, only emerging to feed or when it rains and their habitat floods with wate...
Indian Earth Snake
The Indian Earth Snake, Uropeltis pulneyensis, is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India. Typically it is found in the Palni and Travancore hills at elevations of 5000 to 7000 feet. The male grows to about 12 inches long, where as the f...
Phipson's Shieldtail
Phipson's Shieldtail, Uropeltis phipsonii, is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India. The species is named after H. M. Phipson, one of the founders of the Bombay Natural History Society. Endemic to India, this snake has been reported at...
Salty Earth Snake
The Salty Earth Snake, Rhinophis sanguineus, is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India. The snake is found in mountainous areas typically over 3500 feet in elevation. The body is bluish-black with a bright red belly and mottled blac...
Gunther's Burrowing Snake
Gunther's Burrowing Snake, Plectrurus guentheri, is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India. It is named after Albert Gunther (1830-1914), German-born zoologist at the British Museum. The length was described to be about 13 inches lo...
Iridescent Shieldtail
The Iridescent Shieldtail, Melanophidium bilineatum, also known as the two-lined black Shieldtail, is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats. This species is known only from three specimens studied and very little is known about it in the wild. ...
Mexican Burrowing Snake
The Mexican Burrowing Snake, Loxocemus bicolor, is a henophid snake that lives along the Pacific coast of central Mexico south to Honduras and north-western Costa Rica. It is found in a variety of habitats including tropical, moist, and dry forests. It...
Brown Tree Snake
The Brown Tree Snake, Boiga irregularis, is an arboreal colubrid snake native to eastern and northern coastal Australia, Papua New Guinea, and a large number of islands in northwestern Melanesia. This is a nocturnal snake and is rarely seen by humans i...
Broad-banded Copperhead
The Broad-banded Copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus, is a subspecies of North American copperhead snake found in the southern United States. It can be found from Kansas through Oklahoma and throughout central Texas. It prefers lightly woode...
Salt Marsh Snake
The Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii, is a mostly aquatic, non-venomous, colubrid snake found in the southern United States. It is mainly found in the brackish salt marshes along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas. There is also a population of ...
Frill-necked Lizard
The Frill-necked Lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii, also known as the Frilled Lizard or Frilled Dragon, is found in southern New Guinea, the Kimberley and across northern Australia. It primarily inhabits savanna woodlands, but may also be found in tropic...
Ball Python
The Ball Python, Python regius, also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling, non-venomous snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa. The snake is mainly found in the countries of Ghana, Togo and Benin. The name Ball deri...
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
The Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta, is the only member of the genus Caretta. It is prevalent in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. There is a subspecies that is also found in the Greek Islands and in the waters off southwestern Turkey. Loggerheads...
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Kemp's Ridley, Lepiochelys kempii, is a critically endangered species of sea turtle. Their range includes the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. They are also the only turtle which almost all the females return to one single beach (Rancho Nuevo in ...
Texas Alligator Lizard
The Texas Alligator Lizard, Gerrhonotus infernalis, is a species of alligator lizard found in the central region of the American state of Texas, and south into Mexico. They are relatively slow moving, diurnal lizards, with good vision. They are often f...
Southern Alligator Lizard
The Southern Alligator Lizard, Elgaria multicarinata, is a lizard native to the Pacific coast of North America. It is common throughout Southern California and can be found in both grasslands and urban areas. Several subspecies can be distinguished, in...
Northern Alligator Lizard
The Northern Alligator Lizard, Elgaria coerulea, is a medium-sized lizard that lives in the North American west cost. It occurs along the Pacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountains from southern British Columbia through Washington, northern Idaho and we...
Southern Black Racer
The Southern Black Racer, Coluber constrictor priapus, Is one of the more common species of snakes in the southeastern United States. They are quite active during the day and are easily detected due to its daytime presence. The Southern black racer ...
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer
The Eastern Yellowbelly Racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, is a non-venomous colubrid snake. The eastern yellowbelly racer is found in the United States, from the states of Montana, North Dakota, east to Iowa and south to Texas, and southwest to ...
Buttermilk Racer
The Buttermilk Racer, Coluber constrictor anthicus, is a subspecies of non-venomous snake and part of the family Colubrid. The Buttermilk Racer is found only in the United States, in southern Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas. The Buttermilk Ra...
Gharial
The Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus, is one of two surviving members of the family Gavialidae. The Gharial (also known as gavial) is found in small numbers in India and other small populations in the Kaladan and Ayeyarwady River basins in Myanmar. Most gh...
Marginated Tortoise
The Marginated Tortoise, Testudo marginata, is a species of Mediterranean tortoise found in southern Greece, from the Peloponnesus to Mount Olympus. They are also found in isolated zones of the Balkans and Italy, with a somewhat broader range in northe...
Egyptian Tortoise
The Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni, is a critically endangered tortoise. They live in deserts and semi-desert habitats, usually with compact sand and gravel plains, scattered rocks, shallow, sandy wades, dry woodlands, shrubby areas, and coastal...
Russian Tortoise
The Russian Tortoise, Horsfield's Tortoise or Central Asian Tortoise, Testudo horsfieldii, is a species of tortoise that is named after the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield. The Russian Tortoise ranges from Afghanistan to north western China, throu...
Hermann's Tortoise
The Hermann's Tortoise, Testudo hermanni, is a species of tortoise in the Testudinidae family of tortoises. There are two subspecies: The Eastern Hermann's Tortoise and The Western Hermann's Tortoise. The eastern variety is found in Croatia, Macedonia,...
Greek Tortoise
The Greek Tortoise, Testudo graeca, is one of four European member of the Testudinidae family of tortoises. The other members of the family are Herman's Tortoise, Marginated Tortoise, and Horsfield's Tortoise. There are six noticeable differences be...
Florida Gopher Tortoise
The Florida Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, is a species of tortoise native to the coastal plains of the United States. They are predominantly found in the state of Florida, but also range into the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and ...
Texas Tortoise
The Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri, is one of four species of tortoise that are native to North America. Its range extends from southern Texas, southward into northern Mexico. The epithet berlandieri is in honor of the Belgian naturalist Jean Lou...
Desert Tortoise
The Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, is a species of tortoise native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The epithet agassizii is in honor of Swiss-American zoologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Ag...
Puerto Rican Boa
The Puerto Rican Boa, Epicrates inornatus, is an endangered boa that only lives in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. It is most common on the north-western tip of the island. It grows to between six and nine feet long. It feeds on small mammals, ...
Amazon Tree Boa
The Amazon Tree Boa, Corallus hortulanus, is a close relative to the Emerald Tree Boa and has been known to hybridize with them in captivity. They are found throughout South America, typically in regions below 300 meters (985 feet). These snakes gen...
Emerald Tree Boa
The Emerald Tree Boa, Corallus caninus, is a species of green snake that lives in the rainforests of South America. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, and Surinam. It prefers livi...
Dumeril's Boa
The Dumeril's Boa, Acrantophis dumerili, is a species of boa endemic to the island of Madagascar. Found along the western coast and southwestern regions of Madagascar, it is a semi-arid habitat that gets fairly low amounts of rainfall. Along with many ...
Red-tailed Boa
The Red-tailed Boa, Boa constrictor, is a species of boa and the second largest member of the Boidae family, following the Anaconda. The name "red-tailed" boa actually refers to the only one subspecies of boa constrictor, the true red-tailed boa. A...
Bearded Leaf Chameleon (Bearded Pygmy Chameleon)
The Bearded Leaf Chameleon or Bearded Pygmy Chameleon, Rhampholeon brevicaudatus, is found in the eastern Usambara and Uluguru mountains in northeastern Tanzania. It is easily distinguished from others in the Rhampholeon genus by the presence of a "bea...
Panther Chameleon
The Panther Chameleon, Furcifer pardalis, is a species of chameleon that is a member of the Chamaeleonidae family. It lives throughout the island of Madagascar, varying in color throughout the different regions it is found. It lives mainly in tropical ...
Jackson's Chameleon
Jackson's Chameleon, Chamaeleo jacksonii, is an African chameleon belonging to the family Chamaeleonidae. There are two other subspecies recognized: Dwarf Jackson's Chameleon and Yellow-crested Jackson's Chameleon. They are native to the humid, cooler ...
Veiled Chameleon
The Veiled Chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus, is a species of chameleon found in the mountainous regions of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It is also called the Yemen Chameleon. These are expert tree climbers and tree dwellers. They have feet specially designe...
Mussurana
The Mussurana, Pseudoboa clelia Serié, is a species of colubrid snake common from Guatemala to Brazil. Their preferred habitat is dense ground-level vegetation and its habit is Diurnal. This particular snake feeds on other snakes and is immune to th...
Diamondback Water Snake
The Diamondback Water Snake, Nerodia rhombifer, is a common species of water snake found throughout much of central United States along the Mississippi River Valley. It also ranges within the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mi...
Northern Water Snake
The Northern Water Snake, Nerodia sipedon, is a well-known colubrid of North America. They are active equally during day and night and are most often seen basking on rocks, stumps, or brush. Northern Water Snakes often share winter dens with other snak...
False Water Cobra
The False Water Cobra, Hydrodynastes gigas, is a venomous species found in South America. The common name (false water cobra) is an allusion to its ability to flatten its head, similar to a cobra as a defensive reaction to make it look larger and more ...
Smooth Snake
The Smooth Snake, Coronella austriaca, is a harmless species of colubrid snake found in northern Europe, but also as far east as northern Iran. They can be found in England, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. They are also f...
Texas Indigo Snake
The Texas Indigo Snake, Drymarchon corais erebennus, is a non-venomous, colubrid snake found in the southern end of the State of Texas, and into Mexico as far as Vera Cruz. They prefer lightly vegetated areas not far from permanent water sources. They ...
Western Hognose Snake
The Western Hognose Snake, Heterodon nasicus, is a colubrid species of snake found from southeastern Alberta and northwestern Manitoba in Canada, south to southeastern Arizona and Texas in the United States and into northern Mexico. There are smaller p...
Eastern Hognose Snake
The Eastern Hognose Snake, Heterodon platirhinos, is a species of colubrid snake native to the eastern United States. It ranges from central Minnesota to southern New Hampshire, south to Florida and west to eastern Texas and western Kansas. Adults a...
San Francisco Garter Snake
The San Francisco Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia, is a species of colubrid snake resident only in San Mateo County and extreme northern Santa Cruz County in the state of California. There are only 1,000 to 2,000 estimated numbers of this...
Texas Garter Snake
The Texas Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis annectens, is a subspecies of the common garter snake. It is found largely in eastern and central Texas, with a small population in Kansas. They are earthly and generally found in dry, lightly wooded areas. ...
Red-stripe Ribbon Snake
The Red-stripe Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus, is a species of garter snake found in the United States, in central Texas. It is semi-aquatic, spending most of its time on the edge of swamps, ponds, lakes, or slow moving streams. The...
Checkered Garter Snake
The Checkered Garter Snake, Thamnophis marcianus, is a species of garter snake native to the southern United States. The epithet marcianus is in honor of American Brigadier General Randolph B. Marcy, who lead surveying expeditions to the frontier areas...
Fox Snake
The Fox Snake is the common name given to two species of non-venomous snake: the Eastern Fox Snake, Pantherophis gloydi, and the Western Fox Snake, Pantherophis vulpina. Both species are native to North America. The eastern fox snake is found in the st...
Beauty Rat Snake
The Beauty Rat Snake, Elaphe taeniura, is a snake native to Asia. It is a slender and long snake and capable of growing up to 10 feet long, however most average 5-7 feet. They are quite temperamental creatures but can calm down in captivity. The sna...
Aesculapian Snake
The Aesculapian Snake, Elaphe longissima or Zamenis longissimus, is a snake native to Europe. It has a well established colony in North Wales since the 1970s. It can be found in United Kingdom, although it is considered an alien species there. It can a...
Baird's Rat Snake
The Baird's Rat Snake, Pantherophis bairdi or Elaphe bairdi, is a species of non-venomous rat snake native to the western Texas in the United States and Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas in northern Mexico. This snake is capable of growing f...
Bull Snake
The Bull Snake, Pituophis catenifer sayi, is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake found mostly in the central United States. It can be found in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dako...
Pueblan Milk Snake
The Pueblan Milk Snake, Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli, is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake. They are typically nocturnal, especially in the summer months when the heat is beyond tolerable. They are commonly found in southern Puebla, eastern...
Mexican Milk Snake
The Mexican Milk Snake, Lampropeltis triangulum annulata, is a species of milk snake native to northeastern Mexico in Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, and southern Texas in the United States. Their choice of habitat is semi-arid brush areas, wit...
Prairie King Snake
The Prairie King Snake, Lampropeltis calligaster, also known as the mole king snake is found throughout the southeastern United States. They are common from Nebraska to Virginia and Florida to Texas. Their preferred habitat is open grassland with loose...
Gray-banded King Snake
The Gray-banded King Snake, Lampropeltis alterna, is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake found in the Trans-Pecos Desert region of western Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Mexico. Their natural range is sparsely populated with humans. T...
Queen Snake
The Queen Snake, Regina septemvittata, is a non-venomous member of the Colubrid family of snakes. The species ranges through the temperate regions of North America east of the Mississippi River from western New York State to Wisconsin and south to Alab...
File Snake
The File Snake is one of three primitive species of snake known as xenophidian that are from the family Acrochordidae. They are found in Australia and Indonesia. They are becoming a rare species as their hides are used for leather products. File Sna...
Four-lined Skink
The Four-lined Skink, Eumeces tetragrammus, is a member of the skink family Eumeces. It occurs in northern Mexico and along the Mexican Gulf coast and in western and central Texas. They prefer lightly wooded areas, rocky areas, and grasslands. There ar...
Broad-headed Skink
The Broad-headed Skink, Eumeces laticeps, is, along with the Great Plains Skink, the largest skink in the family Eumeces. Although these skinks occur in urban areas, their main habitat is humid forest areas with abundant leaf litter. They particularly ...
Coal Skink
The Coal Skink, Eumeces anthracinus, is a North American lizard lives in humid portions of wooded hillsides with abundant leaf litter or loose stones. Their habitat may also include areas around springs and rocky bluffs overlooking creek valleys. They ...
Cunningham's Skink
Cunningham's Skink, Egernia cunninghami, is a large skink native to southeastern Australia that is capable of growing up to 12 inches in length and is often confused with blue-tongued lizards. It prefers rocky outcrops in woodland. Cunningham's Skin...
Percival's Legless Lizard
Percival's Legless Lizard, Acontias percivali, is a species of skink from Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Angola, and Tanzania. It inhabits savannas by burrowing just below the surface of the soil This animal is often seen in pet s...
European Copper Skink
The European Copper Skink, Ablepharus kitaibelii, also known as the Juniper Skink or Snake-eyed Skink, is a species of lizard from the skink family Scincidae. This lizard is found in Eastern Europe and southwestern Asia. It is found under stones and le...
Diamondback Terrapin
The Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, is a species of turtle native to the brackish coastal swamps of the eastern and southern United States. They are found from as far north as Cape Cod, Massachusetts to as far south as Corpus Christi, Texas....
Indian Cobra (Spectacled Cobra)
The Indian Cobra or Spectacled Cobra, Naja naja, is a species of venomous snake native to the Indian subcontinent. The Indian Cobra is one of the four most venomous snakes in India, but is accountable for few human fatalities. Like other cobras, the...
Egyptian Cobra
The Egyptian Cobra, Naja haje, is a type of venomous snake native to North Africa and the Middle East. The Egyptian Cobra is the most common cobra in Africa. It lives from the Sahara Desert to the Syrian Desert. This cobra preys on small mammals, lizar...
Eastern Green Mamba
The Eastern Green Mamba, Dendroaspis angusticeps, is a venomous arboreal snake native to the east coast of southern Africa. They are found from the coastal forest of the Eastern Cape in South Africa through Mozambique into Zimbabwe and the Malawian coa...
Desert Death Adder
The Desert Death Adder, Acanthophis pyrrhus, is a species of Death Adder native to Australia and is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. The Desert Death Adder occurs over much of Central and Western Australia, protruding west of the Northern ...
Common Death Adder
The Common Death Adder, Acanthophis antarcticus, is a species of death adder native to Australia and is one of the most poisonous land snakes in the world. It occurs over much of eastern and coastal southern Australia including Queensland, New South Wa...
Collett's Snake
The Collett's Snake, also known as the Down's Tiger Snake and Collett's Black Snake, is a venomous snake native to Australia. The Collett's Snake is found exclusively in Queensland, Australia. It is primarily found to the west of Queensland and spreadi...
Black Mamba
The Black Mamba, Dendroaspis polylepis, is a venomous snake from Africa. They can be found in scrub land, bushes and small trees. They tend to live in permanent lairs for long periods if not disturbed. They usually make their homes in vacated insect ...
Cuban Crocodile
The Cuban Crocodile, Crocodylus rhombifer, is found only in Cuba's Zapata Swamp and the Isle of Youth, and highly endangered, though it formerly ranged throughout the Caribbean. This croc appears to favor freshwater habitat such as swamps, marshes, and...
Saltwater or Estuarine Crocodile
The Saltwater or Estuarine Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, is the largest of all existing reptiles. It is found in suitable habitat throughout Southeast Asia and northern Australasia. These are known as "˜salties' in the Northern territory of Australia...
Mugger Crocodile
The Mugger Crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, also called the Iranian, Marsh, or Persian Crocodile, is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding countries. These countries include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Iran. Mainly a ...
Nile Crocodile
The Nile Crocodile is one of the three species of crocodile found in Africa, and the second largest species of crocodile. Its range covers most of Africa south of the Sahara and the island of Madagascar. The preferred habitat of Nile crocodiles is alon...
Freshwater Crocodile
The Freshwater Crocodile, also known as Johnston's Crocodile, is found in the northern regions of Australia. They are found in the states of Western Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory. Main habitats include freshwater wetlands, billabo...
Orinoco Crocodile
The Orinoco Crocodile, Crocodylus intermedius, is found in freshwater in northern South America, in particular the Orinoco river. It is restricted heavily to the Orinoco river drainage basin and the Meta river drainage basin in Colombia and Venezuela. ...
American Crocodile
The American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, is one of 4 species of New World crocodile and the most widespread in range. It occurs from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico through Central America and in South America as far as Peru and Ve...
Dwarf Crocodile
The Dwarf Crocodile, Osteolaemus tetraspis, is one of three existing African species of crocodile. They range across tropical lowland regions of sub-Saharan West Africa and West Central Africa. Individuals reside in permanent ponds and swamps and areas...
Round-tail Horned Lizard
The Round-tail Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma modestum, is the smallest species of horned lizard. They are found in the United States, in western Texas, New Mexico and eastern Arizona, and three states in Mexico. They prefer a sandy, semi-arid habitat with ...
Texas Horned Lizard
The Texas Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum, is one of fourteen North American species of spike-bodied reptiles, called horned lizards. The Texas species ranges from Colorado and Kansas to northern Mexico, and from southeastern Arizona to Louisian...
Spectacled Caiman
The Spectacled Caiman, Caiman crocodilus, is a crocodilian reptile found in much of Central and South America. It lives in a range of lowland wetland and river habitat and can tolerate salt water as well as fresh. Due to this adaptable behavior, it is...
American Alligator
The American Alligator, Alligator Mississippians, is one of two species of living Alligator. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it inhabits wetlands that frequently overlap with human populated areas. It is larger than the other liv...
Chinese Alligator
The Chinese Alligator, Alligator sinensis, is one of two living species of Alligator. The Chinese Alligator is native to only China. This species' wild habitat has been reduced to little more than a few ponds along the lower Yangtze River system. Its p...
False Gharial (Malayan Gharial)
The False Gharial or Malayan Gharial, Tomistoma schlegelii, is a fresh-water reptile, resembling a crocodile. This animal is native to six river systems in Sumatra and Malaysia. It is also found in Borneo, Java, Vietnam, Thailand and possibly Sulawesi....
Stump-tailed Skink
The Stump-tailed skink, Tiliqua rugosa, is a species of lizard found in Australia. There are four subspecies recognized: the Common Shingleback the Eastern Shingleback the Island Shingleback the Shark Bay Shingleback This lizard has a hea...
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard
The Eastern Blue-tongued lizard, Tiliqua scincoides scincoides, is a variety of skink which is common throughout Australia. They are often found in bush land and suburban areas where conditions are suitable. They are known as blue-tongues because their...
Pygmy Rattlesnake
The Pygmy Rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius, is a species of venomous rattlesnake found in the southeastern United States. There are three subspecies of this snake. They are generally a small species that grow to between 15 to 31 inches in length. Ph...
Desert Massasauga
The Desert Massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii, is a subspecies of the Massasauga rattlesnake. It is found in the southwestern United States, primarily in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. There are also small populations in Colorado, Oklahoma, Cali...
Massasauga
The Massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus, is a species of venomous rattlesnake found in the United States, primarily in the Great Lakes region from New York to Illinois, including Ontario in Canada. Some isolated populations are found as far south as northe...
Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake
The Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake, Crotalus willardi, is a small species of venomous rattlesnake found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is rarely found outside habitats of high elevation. They are found primarily in wooded mountain ranges p...
Hopi Rattlesnake
The Hopi Rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis nuntius, is a species of venomous rattlesnake native mainly to the desert plateau of the northeastern area of Arizona, but also ranges into northwestern New Mexico. Named for the Native American Hopi tribe, which ...
Mojave Rattlesnake
The Mojave Rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus, also known as the Mojave rattler, desert diamondback, and scutulated rattlesnake, is a venomous pit viper species commonly found in the southwestern United States and central Mexico. They are primarily found...
Black-tailed Rattlesnake
The Black-tailed Rattlesnake, Crotalus molossus, is a species of venomous rattlesnake found in the South-Western United States and Mexico. Although they are good climbers and expert swimmers, they are mostly terrestrial and can be found in grasslands, ...
Speckled Rattlesnake
The Speckled Rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii, is a species of rattlesnake found in the Southwestern United States, and in northern Mexico. There are three subspecies currently recognized. The Angel de la Guarda Speckled Rattlesnake and the El Muert...
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
The Banded Rock Rattlesnake, Crotalus lepidus klauberi, is a subspecies of venomous rock rattlesnake found in the southern United States, including Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and into northern Mexico. They are often found in canyons, hilly slopes, ...
Sidewinder
The Sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes, is a species of rattlesnake that inhabits lowland deserts of the southwestern United States, including Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah, and northern Mexico. This species is nocturnal during hot months and diurna...
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox, is a species of venomous rattlesnake found in the United States and Mexico. It is found in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. It prefers flatlands and prairies to the rocky hills an...
Western Green Mamba
The Western Green Mamba, Dendroaspis viridis, also called the West African green mamba, is a venomous snake native to West Africa, including Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. Its habitat is rainforest. This snake grows to a length of 6.5 feet and is t...
Red-bellied Black Snake
The Red-bellied Black Snake, Pseudechis porphyricus, is a venomous and dangerous species of snake native to eastern Australia. It is common in woodlands, forests, and in swamplands. It is one of Australia's best known snakes, as it is common in urban a...
King Cobra
The King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, is the longest of the venomous land snakes. It thrives in much of mainland India, southern China, Malaysia, the Philippines, and throughout the dense highland forests of southeastern Asia. The snake has a preference ...
Beaded Lizard (Mexican Beaded Lizard)
The Beaded Lizard or Mexican Beaded Lizard, Heloderma horridum, is a venomous lizard found in Mexico and the southern United States. Adult Mexican Beaded Lizards range from 13 to 18 inches in length. Until recently, the beaded lizard and the Gila M...
Lace Monitor (Lace Goanna)
The Lace Monitor or Lace Goanna, Varanus varius, is a lizard found in Australia. Their range extends from Cape Bedford on Cape York Peninsula to south-eastern South Australia. They frequent both open and closed forests and forage over long distances (u...
Timor Monitor (Spotted Tree Monitor)
The Timor Monitor or Spotted Tree Monitor, Varanus timorensis, is a species of small lizard native to Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. More specifically they are found on the islands of Timor, Savu and Rote in Indonesia. They are found in Samoa in ...
Water Monitor
The Water Monitor, Varanus salvator, is perhaps the most prevalent of monitor lizards in Asia. They range from Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and various islands of Malaysia. They live mostly in tropical forested areas. These liza...
Nile Monitor
The Nile Monitor, Varanus niloticus, is a large member of the lizard family Varanidae. They are native to Africa and commonly found along the Nile River, from where it gets its name. Nile Monitors grow to about 6 feet in length. They have muscular b...
Perentie
The Perentie is the largest monitor lizard native to Australia. They are found west of the Great Dividing Range in the arid regions of Australia. They are not a common sight and can usually escape detection before it has a chance to be seen. An adu...
Savannah Monitor
The Savannah Monitor, varanus exanthematicus, is a lizard which habitat extends from Senegal as far as Eritrea and northern Zaire. The majority of lizard skin used in the leather trade is derived from this species. This is a robust creature, with p...
Bengal Monitor
The Bengal Monitor, Varanus bengalensis, also known as the Common Indian Monitor, is a smaller lizard found throughout Bangladesh and India. Although they are usually found on the ground, the young are often seen in trees. They shelter in burrows or cr...
Black Tree Monitor
The Black Tree Monitor, Varanus beccari, is a relatively small member of the Varanidae family. It is native to the forest of the Aru Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is well adapted to living in trees. This species has a particularly long tail, some...
Baja California collared lizard
The Baja California collared lizard, Crotaphytus vestigium, is a large-bodied species of uncommon lizard native to Baja California. It prefers rocky areas and washes. It is a powerful bipedal runner. Adults can inflict a painful bite. This lizard h...
Eastern Collared Lizard (Common Collared Lizard)
The Eastern Collared Lizard or Common Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, Is a North American lizard that thrives in temperatures above 80 degrees. They are commonly found in dry, arid climates in the western United States. This lizard grows up ...
Baja California leopard lizard
The Baja California leopard lizard, Gambelia copei, is an uncommon species of lizard native to Baja California. They prefer dense areas of shrub or small trees. It is between 3 and 5.5 inches long, and has a smoky gray color and darker gray or black...
African fat-tailed gecko
The African fat-tailed gecko, Hemitheconyx caudicinctus, is a nocturnal, ground-dwelling gecko from the subfamily Eublepharinae. They are found in West Africa, from Senegal to Cameroon. Their habitat is dry and arid, although they will spend most of th...
Texas Banded Gecko
The Texas Banded Gecko, Coleonyx brevis, is a species of small gecko native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They are most commonly found in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico in the United States, and in Chihuahua, Coahuil...
Leopard Tortoise
The Leopard Tortoise, Geochelone pardalis, is a large, grazing tortoise that favors semi-arid, thorny to grassland habitats in the west of Africa from Sudan to South Africa. On average, they are about 16 to 18 inches long and weigh 40 to 50 pounds,...
Radiated Tortoise
The Radiated Tortoise, Geochelone radiata, is a species of tortoise in the genus Geochelone. Although native to southern Madagascar, it has been introduced to the rest of the country and also the islands of Reunion and Mauritius. These tortoises ar...
African Spurred Tortoise
The African Spurred Tortoise, Geochelone sulcata, is a species of tortoise which inhabits the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa. Coming as they do from the southern Sahara, they are well adapted to hot, dry climates. They derive mos...
Indian Star Tortoise
The Indian Star Tortoise, Geochelone elegans, is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forest in India and Sri Lanka. Although raising these animals in captivity is extremely difficult, this species is quite popular in the exotic pet trade...
Red-footed tortoise
The Red-footed tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria, known in Brazil as Jabuti, is a tortoise from South America. They live in tropical forests and grasslands in northern South America and some islands of the Caribbean. It draws its name from the red an...
Madagascar Big-headed Turtle
The Madagascar Big-headed Turtle inhabits permanent slow moving rivers and lakes in Western Madagascar. It is listed as the thirteenth most endangered turtle in the world. These turtles are disappearing due to loss of habitat from land development ...
Common Snake-neck Turtle
The Common Snake-neck Turtle, Chelodina longicollis, also known as the Eastern long-neck turtle, is found in the inland slow-moving freshwater habitats of eastern Australia. They prefer waters with a soft, sandy bottom and will bask on logs or rocks du...
Spiny Soft-shell Turtle
The Spiny Soft-shell Turtle, Apalone spinifera, is one of the largest freshwater turtle species in North America. It is found throughout much of the United States, as well as north into the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and south into the M...
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
The Aldabra Giant Tortoise, Geochelone gigantea, is one of the largest tortoises in the world. It is found on the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. The atoll has been protected from human influence and is home to some 152,000 giant tortoi...
Eastern Box Turtle
The Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, is a subspecies within a group of hinge-shelled turtles, normally called box turtles. This species is native to an eastern part of the United States. Occasionally, it is referred to as the Common Box...
Red-eared Slider
The Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta elegans, called the Red-eared Terrapin in the UK, is native to the southern United States, and has become common in the United Kingdom. It is a member of the turtle family. They are almost totally aquatic, but le...
Green Sea Turtle
The Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, is a large sea turtle. Its distribution extends throughout tropical, subtropical and some warmer temperate waters. In the Atlantic, they are found off the coast of Florida and around the U.S. Virgin Islands and Cos...
Australasian Pig-nose Turtle
The Australasian Pig-nose Turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, is a species of soft-shelled turtle native to freshwater streams, lagoons and rivers of the Northern Territory of Australia and southern New Guinea. This species is unlike any other species ...
Painted Turtle
The Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta, is a reptile common to North America. It is a water turtle related to other water turtles such as sliders and cooters. It lives in ponds, lakes, marshes, and in slow-moving rivers that have soft, muddy bottoms. ...
Leatherback Sea Turtle
The Leatherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, is the biggest of all living turtles. It reaches a length of over 8.8 feet and a weight of 2,000 pounds. It is the world's 4th largest reptile. It is found in all tropical and subtropical oceans. It is ...
Agamas
Agamas (or Agamids) are the Agamidae family of lizards. This family contains more than 300 species located throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. They are very similar to the American sister group of iguanas. Agamas are activ...
Barbour's day gecko
Barbour's day gecko (Phelsuma barbouri LOVERIDGE 1942) is a species of geckos that is diurnal and lives in central Madagascar. It typically dwells on rocks and feeds on insects and nectar. Description This lizard is a middle sized day gecko, reac...
Bearded Dragon
The Central or Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) is a type of agamid lizard found in the desert regions of Australia. Of the several species of the Pogona genus, P. vitticeps is the most commonly seen in pet stores. Bearded dragons are omnivo...
Black Rat Snake
A Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) is a species of rat snake that snake prefers heavily wooded areas. They are known for having excellent climbing ability, including the ability to climb the trunk of large mature trees without the aid of bran...
Broad-headed Skink
The Broad-headed Skink (Eumeces laticeps) is, together with the Great Plains Skink, the largest of the Eumeces-skinks, growing to a total length of 6 to 13 inches 1 (5 to nearly 33 cm). The Broad-headed Skink gets its name from the wide jaws which g...
Brown Anole
The Brown Anole ( Norops sagrei) is a lizard of the anole family that is native to Cuba and the Bahamas. It has been widely introduced and is now common in southern Florida, other Caribbean islands, and elsewhere in the region. Its introduction in the ...
Carolina Anole
The Carolina Anole (Anolis carolinensis), also known as the Green Anole, is an aboreal lizard found primarily in the southeastern parts of the United States and some Caribbean islands. It was described by Voigt in 1832 and Carolus Linnaeus in 1758 (as ...
Chameleon
Chameleons are small to mid-size reptiles that belong to one of the best known lizard families (Chamaeleonidae). They are famous for their ability to change their color also because of their elongated tongue and their eyes which can be moved independen...
Chuckwalla
Chuckwallas (less commonly known as Chuckawallas) are large, bulky lizards found mainly in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, although some are found on coastal islands. There are five species of Chuckwalla, all within ...
Common Garter Snake
The Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is common to North America. T.s. parietalis has also been introduced to northern Holland in Sweden, where it thrives. The habitat of these snakes can range from forests, fields and prairies to streams, wetl...
Coral snake
The coral snakes (Micrurus and Micruroides) are two genera of about 65 snake species, found in tropical South America and southern USA. They are venomous and related to Old World cobras. Most notable are their red, yellow and black colored bands. Th...
Corn Snake
The Corn Snakes (Elaphe guttata) are a species of Rat Snake "“ they are known for being somewhat smaller than other Rat Snake species. Their average length is about 4 feet long. They are found throughout south-eastern and central North America as wel...
Cottonmouth
The Cottonmouth, or water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorous), is a venomous snake which is closely related to the copperhead. It is a pit viper, with a heat-sensing organ in its nose that allows it to locate warm blooded prey. The cottonmouth is a very...
Desert night lizard
The Desert Night Lizard is a night lizard native to southern California. Like all night lizards, the desert night lizard is viviparous, giving birth to live young.
Dull day gecko
Dull day gecko (Phelsuma dubia (BOETTGER 1881)) is a diurnal species of geckos. It is about 15 cm in length and lives on the western coast of Madagascar, in the Comoros, and the coast of East Africa. It typically inhabits trees and can also be found ne...
Water dragon
The so-called water dragons are large diurnal arboreal agamid lizards in the genus Physignathus, which includes Physignathus cocincinus, the Green or Chinese Water Dragon, and Physignathus lesueurii, the Australian Water Dragon. They are sometimes kept...
Cobra
Cobras are venomous snakes of family Elapidae, and part of several genera. They generally inhabit tropical and desert regions of Asia and Africa. These snakes kill their prey, usually small rodents and birds, by injecting a neurotoxin through their hol...
Erhard's wall lizard
The Erhard's wall lizard (Podarcis erhardii) lives in the Balkan Peninsula as well as the Aegean islands. In the mainland it ranges from Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and southern Bulgaria to the northeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula in G...
Five-lined Skink
The Five-lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus) is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. as well as one of the five species of lizards in Canada. Other common names given this lizard include blue-tailed skink and red-headed skink. Description ...
Flat-tailed day gecko
The Flat-tailed day gecko (Phelsuma serraticauda) is a diurnal gecko that is found in eastern Madagascar. It typically inhabits rainforests and dwells on trees and feeds on insects and nectar. Description The male lizard can reach an average tota...
Gecko
Geckos are small to moderately large lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae. These lizards are found in warm climates throughout the world. Geckos are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with o...
Gila monster
The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is one of the two known species of venomous lizards. This lizard lives in the deserts of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico. It is a heavy, slow moving lizard and can measure up to 2 feet (60 cm) in leng...
Gilbert's Skink
Gilbert's Skink (Eumeces gilberti) is a heavy-bodied medium-sized lizard found in the south-western United States. It grows to about 2.75 to 4.75 inches (7 to 12 cm) total length. Taxonomy Eumeces gilberti was first described by Van Denburgh in 1...
Grass Snake
The Grass Snake (Natrix natrix), sometimes called the Ringed Snake or Water Snake, is a European non-venomous snake. The Grass Snake is typically dark green or brown in color with a characteristic yellow collar behind the head, which explains the al...
Great Plains Skink
The Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus) is - together with the Broad-headed Skink - the largest skink of the genus Eumeces. It reaches a length of 3.5 to 5 inches (9 to 13 cm) from snout to vent or up to nearly 13.5 in (34 cm) total length (includin...
Green Iguana
The green iguana (Iguana iguana) is a large, arboreal lizard from Central and South America. They are typically about 2 meters in length from head to tail and can weigh up to 5 kg. It is possible to determine the sex of a green iguana by examining the ...
Gold dust day gecko
Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda laticauda) is a diurnal subspecies of geckos. It lives in northern Madagascar and on the Comoros. It typically inhabits trees and can sometimes be found in houses. The Gold dust day gecko feeds on insects and nec...
Komodo Dragon
The Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest lizard in the world, growing to a length of about 10 feet (3 meters) and weighing between 175 to 310 lb (80 and 140 kg). It is a member of the monitor lizard family, Varanidae. Dragons have keen...
Goanna
Australian lizards belonging to the Varanus genus (monitor lizards) are called Goannas. This name is thought to be derived from the word iguana, as early European settlers likened them to the South American lizards. There are around 20 species of goann...
Madagascar day gecko
Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis madagascariensis) is a diurnal subspecies of geckos. It lives on the eastern coast of Madagascar and typically inhabits rainforests and dwells on trees. The Madagascar day gecko feeds on insects and necta...
Rattlesnake
Rattlesnakes are a group of venomous New World snakes (genera Crotalus and Sistrurus) which have a small jointed rattle on their tails. They use this rattle as a warning device when they feel threatened. The rattle is composed of a series of nested, ho...
Mole Skink
Mole Skinks (Eumeces egregius) are small lizards found in Florida. Taxonomy The species is further subdivided in five subspecies: Florida Keys Mole Skink, E.e. egregius Baird 1859: occurs only on some of the Florida Keys. Cedar Key Mole Skink...
Otago skink
The Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense) is an endangered species of large skinks native to the central Otago region of New Zealand. A member of the genus Oligosoma, it was described by Geoff Patterson in 1997. Physical characteristics Otago skinks a...
Phelsuma modesta leiogaster
Phelsuma modesta leiogaster MERTENS 1973 is a subspecies of geckos. Scientific synonyms Phelsuma lineata leiogaster MERTENS 1973 Phelsuma lineata leiogaster - MEIER 1982 Phelsuma leiogaster - MEIER 1989 Phelsuma leiogaster leiogaster - GLAW & ...
Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra
Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra is a small diurnal subspecies of geckos. It lives in the Comoros and typically inhabits trees and bushes. Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra feeds on insects and nectar. Description This lizard belongs to the smallest day geckos. I...
Plumed Basilisk
The plumed basilisk is a species of lizard native to Latin America. Its natural range covers a swath from Mexico to Ecuador. Plumed basilisks eat insects, small mammals like rodents, and even some smaller species of lizards. The females of this s...
Robert Merten's day gecko
Robert Merten's day gecko (Phelsuma robertmertensi) is diurnal species of geckos. It lives on the Comoros and typically inhabits banana trees. Robert Merten's day gecko feeds on insects and nectar. Description This lizard species is one of the sm...
Rodrigues day gecko
Rodrigues day gecko (Phelsuma edwardnewtoni) is a now extinct diurnal species of geckos. It lived on the island of Rodrigues and typically inhabited forests and dwelt in trees. The Rodrigues day gecko fed on insects and nectar. Scientific synonyms ...
Sand Skink (Neoseps)
There is only one species known of the genus Neoseps, the Neoseps reynoldsi, commonly known as the (Florida) Sand Skink. The species has been described by Leonhard Hess Stejneger in 1910 and named in honor of one A. G. Reynolds, who had collected the h...
Short-horned Lizard
The Short-horned Lizard is a small lizard that occurs in North America. Like other horned lizards, it is often wrongly called the "Horned Toad", but it is not a toad at all. It is a reptile, not an amphibian. It is also one of five species of lizards f...
Sidewinder (snake)
The Sidewinder is the most common name of a species (Crotalus cerastes) of highly nocturnal rattlesnake found in the southwestern United States. It is also called the horned rattlesnake. The sidewinder is named for its unusual form of movement acros...
Slow worm
The slow worm (also known as blindworm or blind worm, scientific name: Anguis fragilis) is a limbless lizard. The skin of the varieties of slow worm is smooth with scales that do not overlap one another. Like all other lizards, slow worms autotomize...
Southeastern five-lined Skink
The Southeastern five-lined Skink (Eumeces inexpectatus) is a common skink in the southeastern United States. Its scientific name E. inexpectatus ("the unexpected") is possibly a reference to the unexpected discovery of this species. As their name s...
Basiliscus
Basiliscus is a genus of lizards that includes the basilisks. Classification Genus Basiliscus Basiliscus basiliscus: Common Basilisk Basiliscus galeritus: Red-headed Basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons: Plumed Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus: Strip...
Veiled Chameleon
The Veiled Chameleon is a large species of chameleon found in the mountain regions of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It is also sometimes referred to as the Yemeni Chameleon. The male veiled chameleon has a green base color and, depending on its mood, this...
Western Fence Lizard
The Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), also known as the Blue-belly or Swift, is a common spiny lizard found throughout California. Although California is the heart of this lizard's rang, it is also found in eastern Oregon, southwest I...
Western Skink
The Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus) is a small, smooth-scaled lizard with relatively small limbs, measuring about 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) from snout to vent. It is one of five species of lizards in Canada. Taxonomy Baird and Girard describ...
Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard
The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) is a night lizard ranging from central Mexico to Panama. It includes two subspecies: Lepidophyma flavimaculatum flavimaculatum and Lepidophyma flavimaculatum obscurum. Yellow-...
Yellow-throated day gecko
Yellow-throated day gecko (Phelsuma flavigularis) is a diurnal species of geckos from eastern Madagascar. It typically inhabits rainforests and dwells on trees. The Yellow-throated day gecko feeds on insects and nectar. Description This lizard is...
Zebra-tailed Lizard
Zebra-tailed lizards are lizards of the genus Callisaurus in the reptile order Sauamata. These lizards live in open desert with fairly hard-packed soil, scattered vegetation and/or scattered rocks, typically desert flats, washes and plains. They range ...
Alligator Snapping Turtle
The Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) is a larger yet less aggressive relative of the common snapping turtle. It is characterized by a large, heavy head and a thick tail with a dorsal ridge of large scales which gives it a primitive ap...
American copperhead
The American copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) is a species of venomous viper native to eastern North America. Mature copperheads have a beautiful coppery colored head and neck. They tend to be smallish snakes, generally about 1.5 ft long (50 cm), bu...