Reptiles > Scincidae & Skinks
The Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink (Egernia depressa) is a fascinating, heavily armored miniature lizard endemic to the sun-scorched outback of arid Western Australia. Renowned for its extraordinarily flattened torso and short, club-like tail bristling with ferocious keeled...
Reptiles > Gekkonidae & Leaf-tailed Geckos
The Spearpoint Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui) is an extraordinary master of camouflage endemic strictly to the lush primary rainforests of northern and eastern Madagascar. Serving as the smallest living representative of the famed leaf-tailed gecko genus...
Reptiles > Monitors & Lizards
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Reptiles > Eublepharidae & Ground Geckos
The Tokunoshima Ground Gecko (Goniurosaurus splendens) is a rare, relict eyelid gecko strictly endemic to the tiny subtropical island of Tokunoshima in the Amami archipelago of southwest Japan. Belonging to the primitive family Eublepharidae, it represents an ancient...
Reptiles > Chelidae & Side-necked Turtles
The Western Swamp Turtle (Pseudemydura umbrina) is Australia’s rarest reptile and the most critically endangered freshwater chelonian on the continent. Endemic strictly to a microscopic strip of ephemeral claypan swamps in the Swan Coastal Plain near Perth,...
Reptiles > Viperidae & Pit Vipers
The Aruba Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor), known locally as the ‘Cascabel,’ is one of the rarest and most geographically restricted viper species on Earth. Endemic strictly to a tiny, arid hilly corner of the Caribbean island of Aruba, this pale,...
Reptiles > Chamaeleonidae & Leaf Chameleons
The Mount d’Ambre Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia tuberculata) is a miraculous miniature reptile and one of the smallest vertebrates known to science. Endemic exclusively to the cool, mist-covered mountain rainforests of Montagne d’Ambre in northern Madagascar,...
Reptiles > Trionychidae & Giant Softshell Turtles
The Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle (Chitra chitra), also known as the Siamese narrow-headed softshell turtle, is a titanic freshwater reptile that ranks among the largest and most critically endangered chelonians on Earth. Reaching shell lengths of up to 1.5...
Reptiles > Eublepharidae & Cave Geckos
The Hainan Cave Gecko (Goniurosaurus hainanensis) is an exquisitely colored, nocturnal rupicolous reptile endemic strictly to the rugged limestone karst forests of Hainan Island in southern China. Belonging to the family Eublepharidae—the eyelid geckos—this striking...
