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Category: Reptiles
Rhinoceros Iguana
A heavy gray-brown iguana with horn-like bumps on the snout, herbivorous and endangered in the wild.
Viviparous Lizard
A brown lizard giving birth to live young, widespread across Europe and northern Asia.
Shingleback Skink
A short-tailed, heavily armored skink with a rough pinecone-like appearance, living in pairs for life.
Panther Chameleon
A spectacular chameleon known for vivid blue, red and green color phases, arboreal and solitary.
Asian Water Monitor
A large semi-aquatic monitor common in Southeast Asia, excellent swimmer and scavenger.
Brown Anole
A brown anole with a red or orange dewlap in males, now invasive across the southeastern US.
Blue Whiptail Lizard
A whiptail lizard with a blue tail, many species are all-female and reproduce by parthenogenesis.
Desert Horned Lizard
A flat desert lizard with head horns and a sand-colored body, excellent camouflage.
Eastern Glass Lizard
A legless lizard with distinct grooves and a long fragile tail that easily breaks, common in US grasslands.
Flying Lizard (Draco)
A small lizard with wing-like membranes between the ribs, gliding between trees in Southeast Asian forests.
African Fat-tailed Gecko
A chunky gecko with a large fat tail, brown banded body and calm temperament, an excellent beginner pet.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Distinguished by its large, block-like head and powerful crushing jaws adapted to feed on hard-shelled prey su…
Milk Snake
A colorful colubrid with red, black and white banding, mimicking coral snakes, found from Canada to South Amer…
Chinese Cobra
A cobra with a broad hood, found in southern China and Southeast Asia, dangerously venomous.
Saw-scaled Viper
A small aggressive viper that produces a rasping sound by rubbing scales, among the most dangerous.
Egg-eating Snake
A slender snake specialized in eating bird eggs, swallowing them and regurgitating the crushed shell.
Reticulated Python
The longest snake in the world, with an intricate net-like pattern, a powerful constrictor of Southeast Asian …
Amazon Tree Boa
A tree boa that varies from gray to orange, active at night in Amazonian canopy.
Blue Iguana
A large blue-gray iguana endemic to Grand Cayman, one of the longest-lived lizards, herbivorous.
Western Green Lizard
A bright green lizard with blue throats in males, sunning on rocks and vegetation.
Chinese Blue-tailed Skink
A brown skink with a bright blue tail in juveniles, common in East Asian fields.
Jackson's Chameleon
A green chameleon with three prominent horns on the head, viviparous (live-bearing).
Nile Monitor
A large aquatic monitor of Africa with a yellow-spotted body, powerful swimmer and hunter.
Knight Anole
The largest anole, bright green with a light stripe, native to Cuba and established in Florida.
