Indonesian Blue-tongued Skink

Reptiles > Skinks

The Indonesian Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua gigas) is a robust, fascinating terrestrial lizard native to the warm, rain-drenched jungles of New Guinea and the Moluccan Islands. Famous worldwide for its fleshy, cobalt-blue tongue that it sticks out in a dramatic threat...

Banded Alligator Lizard

Reptiles > Alligator Lizards

The Banded Alligator Lizard (Abronia taeniata), also known as the Bromeliad Arboreal Alligator Lizard, is an exquisite, dragon-like reptile endemic to the misty cloud forests of eastern Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental. Resembling a miniature jewel-encrusted...

Meller’s Chameleon

Reptiles > Chameleons

Meller’s Chameleon (Trioceros melleri), famously revered as the ‘Giant One-horned Chameleon,’ is the colossal monarch of African chameleons, reigning as the largest chameleon species native to the African mainland. Dominating the high canopies of...

Blue-spotted Tree Monitor

Reptiles > Monitors & Lizards

The Blue-spotted Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei) is widely celebrated as the most visually spectacular monitor lizard in the world. Described by science in 2001 and endemic exclusively to a single tiny island in the remote Raja Ampat archipelago of Indonesia, this...

Giant Leaf-tailed Gecko

Reptiles > Geckos & Lizards

The Giant Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) is widely acclaimed as Mother Nature’s undisputed master of camouflage. Reaching an astounding 13 inches in length as the second-largest living gecko species, this nocturnal wonder of Madagascar’s...

Long-nosed Snake

Reptiles > Snakes

The Long-nosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) is a harmless, exquisitely patterned nocturnal colubrid native to the arid desert basins and grasslands of the American West. Famous for its striking tricolor banding of black, cream, and brilliant crimson—resembling a...

Sonoran Collared Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

The Sonoran Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus nebrius) is a bold, athletic desert reptile celebrated for its vivid coloration and astonishing ability to sprint bipedally on its hind legs across rocky terrain. Inhabiting sun-baked volcanic boulder fields in the Sonoran...

Arizona Black Rattlesnake

Reptiles > Venomous Snakes

The Arizona Black Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerberus) is an aristocratic, high-altitude pit viper that reigns as one of the most enigmatic rattlesnakes in North America. Inhabiting the cool, pine-scented mountain ranges of the Mogollon Rim and Sky Islands, this formidable...

Western Patch-nosed Snake

Reptiles > Colubrids

The Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis) is an extraordinarily swift, sun-loving colubrid snake native to the arid desert basins and chaparral hills of the American Southwest. Famous for the unique, enlarged, shield-like rostral scale wrapped over the tip...

Western Ground Snake

Reptiles > Colubrids

The Western Ground Snake (Sonora semiannulata) is one of the most wildly polymorphic and color-variable snakes on Earth. Inhabiting the rocky canyons and sandy washes of the American West, individuals from the exact same litter can look like completely different...