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Reptiles
Snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises and crocodilians. Organized by scientific classification: pick an order, then a family.
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25 species · 10 familiesLizardsLacertiliaSkinks, Monitor lizards, Chameleons, Leopard, banded and cave geckos
10 species · 3 familiesSnakesSerpentesPythons, Boas, Colubrid snakes
7 species · 3 familiesTurtles and tortoisesTestudinesTortoises, Pond turtles and box turtles, Mud and musk turtles
1 species · 1 familyAlligators and caimansCrocodyliaAlligators and caimansIn-depth sheets start here
In-depthAckie (spiny-tailed) monitor
Varanus acanthurus
A pint-sized monitor with a huge personality.
Pet trade
In-depthAmerican alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
A 50-year, 10-foot commitment.
Zoos & aquariums
In-depthAsian water monitor
Varanus salvator
An intelligent, swimming giant: the "gentle giant" of monitors.
Pet trade
In-depthBall python
Python regius
The calm, curl-up classic of pet snakes.
Pet trade
In-depthBearded dragon
Pogona vitticeps
Sun-loving, friendly and endlessly popular.
Pet trade
In-depthBurmese python
Python bivittatus
A heavy-bodied giant with a famously calm reputation.
Pet trade
In-depthCentral African rock python
Python sebae
Africa's largest snake, powerful and spirited.
Pet trade
In-depthCommon blue-tongued skink
Tiliqua scincoides
Docile, chunky and flashes a blue tongue.
Pet trade
In-depthCommon boa constrictor (red-tailed boa)
Boa constrictor
A powerful but famously steady big snake.
Pet trade
In-depthCorn snake
Pantherophis guttatus
Hardy, colorful and Clint's Reptiles' top-scoring snake.
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In-depthCrested gecko
Correlophus ciliatus
A sticky-toed fruit-lover that hates heat.
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In-depthGreen anaconda
Eunectes murinus
The heaviest snake on Earth, at home in the water.
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In-depthGreen iguana
Iguana iguana
A 6-foot vegetarian with a whip of a tail.
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In-depthLeopard gecko
Eublepharis macularius
Maybe the best beginner lizard there is.
Pet trade
In-depthLeopard tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis
A spotted savanna grazer.
Pet trade
In-depthNile monitor
Varanus niloticus
Africa's longest lizard, fast, bold and powerful.
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In-depthPanther chameleon
Furcifer pardalis
The most colorful chameleon of all.
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In-depthRed-eared slider
Trachemys scripta elegans
America's classic pet turtle, built to last decades.
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In-depthRed-footed tortoise
Chelonoidis carbonarius
A humid-forest tortoise that eats fruit.
Pet trade
In-depthReticulated python
Malayopython reticulatus
The world's longest snake, and a brilliant, active giant.
Pet trade
In-depthRussian tortoise
Testudo horsfieldii
Small, tough and a great first tortoise.
Pet trade
In-depthSulcata (African spurred) tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
The giant backyard tortoise, best adopted.
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In-depthVeiled chameleon
Chamaeleo calyptratus
Color-shifting, independent, look-don't-touch.
Pet trade
In-depthWestern hognose snake
Heterodon nasicus
Dramatic bluffs from a tiny, upturned-nose snake.
Pet trade