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Category: Reptiles
Corn Snake
A popular, docile rat snake of the southeastern US, orange-red with saddle patterns, bred in many morphs.
King Cobra
The world's longest venomous snake, with a narrow hood and intelligence, feeding mainly on other snakes.
Common European Adder
The most widespread venomous snake in Europe, with a dark zigzag stripe along the back.
Blind Snake
A tiny, worm-like burrowing snake with reduced eyes, feeding on ants and termites, harmless.
Burmese Python
A very large, heavy constrictor with a tan body and dark blotches, among the largest snakes.
Boa Constrictor
A heavy-bodied constrictor with a reddish-brown tail, one of the most popular large pet snakes, native to Cent…
Green Iguana
A large green lizard with a dorsal crest and long tail, a popular but demanding pet needing a huge enclosure a…
Sand Lizard
A slender lizard with sandy-brown color and bold side stripes, living in open sandy habitats.
Blue-tongued Skink
A large, slow-moving skink with a bright blue tongue used to startle predators, docile and popular as a pet.
Veiled Chameleon
A chameleon with a tall casque crest on the head, vivid green color and the famous color-changing ability.
Komodo Dragon
The largest living lizard, a powerful apex predator of the Komodo islands, with venomous saliva and a strong b…
Green Anole
A small green lizard of the southeastern US, can change to brown, with a pink dewlap in males.
Six-lined Racerunner
A fast, slender lizard of North America with six pale stripes, among the quickest runners.
Texas Horned Lizard
A flat, spiny 'horny toad' with prominent head horns, able to squirt blood from its eyes to deter predators.
Slow Worm (Legless Lizard)
A legless lizard resembling a snake, but with eyelids and a detachable tail, shiny brown-gray, harmless.
Plumed Basilisk
A green lizard famous for running on water with its fringed hind feet, called the 'Jesus Christ lizard'.
Leopard Gecko
A ground-dwelling gecko with a thick tail, spotted pattern and distinct movable eyelids, one of the most popul…
Green Sea Turtle
The most widespread sea turtle, named for the green colour of its fat rather than its shell.
California Kingsnake
A glossy black-and-white banded snake, immune to venom, an excellent constrictor and pet.
Indian Cobra
A classic cobra with a spectacles-shaped hood mark, one of India's 'big four' venomous snakes.
Saharan Horned Viper
A desert viper with horn-like scales above each eye, sidewinding across sand.
Sunbeam Snake
A burrowing snake with an iridescent rainbow sheen over its scales, from Southeast Asia.
Ball Python
A popular, docile constrictor that coils into a ball when threatened, bred in hundreds of morphs.
Emerald Tree Boa
A vivid green arboreal boa with white zigzag markings, coiling on branches in Amazonian forests.
