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Category: Reptiles
Black-headed Python
A large python with a glossy black head and gray-brown body, using its dark head to absorb heat.
Madagascar Ground Boa
A large constrictor of Madagascar with dark blotches, terrestrial and powerful.
Mediterranean House Gecko
A light-colored gecko with dark banding, introduced to the Americas, active at night.
Green Spiny-tailed Iguana
A greenish iguana with spiny tail scales, agile climber of tropical forests.
Worm Lizard (Amphisbaenian)
A legless, worm-like burrowing reptile with reduced eyes, digging through soil with a hard head.
Angonoka Tortoise (Ploughshare)
One of the rarest tortoises on Earth, with a golden-yellow domed shell and a distinctive 'ploughshare' (gular)…
Smooth Snake
A rare harmless European snake with smooth scales, found in heathlands.
Eastern Coral Snake
A venomous snake with red, yellow and black bands, secretive burrower in US forests.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
The largest rattlesnake in North America, heavy-bodied with bold diamond pattern.
Woma Python
A hardy desert python of Australia with a banded body and broad head, calm and popular.
Dwarf Boa
A small tree-living boa of South America, slender and colorful, less common in trade.
Leaf-tailed Gecko
A camouflage master with a flattened leaf-shaped tail and mottled bark-like skin, blending perfectly into tree…
Mexican Spinytail Iguana
A gray-green iguana with a strongly spined tail, common in dry Mexican regions.
Thai Water Dragon
A bright green semi-aquatic agamid of Southeast Asia, with a high crest and long tail.
African Spurred Tortoise (Sulcata)
The third-largest tortoise species and the largest mainland African tortoise, easily recognised by the large s…
Chinese Water Snake
A semi-aquatic harmless snake of East Asia, common in paddy fields and ponds.
Inland Taipan
The most venomous land snake in the world, pale brown, living in arid central Australia.
Prairie Rattlesnake
A venomous rattlesnake of the Great Plains with a brown diamond-blotched pattern.
Amethystine Python
The longest Australian snake, with a shimmering iridescent sheen, a powerful rainforest constrictor.
Pacific Island Boa
A constrictor of Pacific islands including Fiji, with varied brown patterning.
Golden Gecko
A nocturnal golden-tan gecko with a prehensile tail, native to Southeast Asian forests.
Spiny Lizard
A common gray-brown lizard with spiny scales, basking on rocks across North America.
Red-footed Tortoise
A medium-sized tortoise with dark, rectangular scutes and bright red, orange, or yellow markings on the head, …
Asian Green Snake
A bright green harmless tree snake of Asia, arboreal and fast.
