Reptiles > Lizards
The Round-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) is a small, specialized desert lizard endemic to the rocky limestone flats and bajadas of the Chihuahuan Desert. Famous for its master-class camouflage, this diminutive reptile does not resemble spiny desert...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi), historically known as the Greater Short-horned Lizard, is a fascinating, cold-adapted reptile native to the windswept plains and mountain plateaus of western North America. Inhabiting elevations up to 3,000...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Western Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris), sometimes known as the Tiger Whiptail, is an active, highly energetic lizard widespread across the arid deserts and sagebrush plains of western North America. Recognized by its intricate marbled black-and-tan patterning and...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata) is a slender, lightning-fast whiptail lizard native to open, sun-baked landscapes across the eastern and central United States. Named for the six crisp, light-colored longitudinal stripes running down its back, this...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Green Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva), often called the Giant Ameiva or South American Ground Lizard, is a fast-moving, brightly colored whiptail relative native to open woodlands and savannas across Central and South America. Renowned for its energetic, high-speed...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Gold Tegu (Tupinambis teguixin), also known as the Golden Tegu or Colombian Black and Gold Tegu, is a large, powerful teiid lizard native to the tropical rainforests and river basins of northern South America. Reaching over one meter in length, this robust...
Reptiles > Tortoises
The Flat-tailed Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda), known locally in Madagascar as Kapidolo (the ‘ghost tortoise’), is one of the rarest, most secretive, and most critically endangered chelonians on Earth. Inhabiting the dry deciduous forests of western...
Reptiles > Snakes
Jameson’s Mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni) is a highly venomous, exceptionally agile elapid snake native to the dense tropical rainforest canopies of equatorial Africa. With its slender, elongated body, vibrant green coloration, and potent neurotoxic venom, it is a...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Red Tegu (Salvator rufescens), celebrated across South America as the ‘Tegu Colorado’, is a colossal, intelligent, rust-colored dragon of the arid Gran Chaco. Stretching up to four and a half feet in length and tipping the scales at over twenty pounds,...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Southern Hognose Snake (Heterodon simus) is the charming, sharply upturned-nosed fossorial marvel of the southeastern American sandhills. The smallest and rarest of the North American hognose snakes, this stout, harmless colubrid is specialized for life in the...
