Florida Softshell Turtle

Reptiles > Turtles & Tortoises

The Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox) is a massive, formidable, and highly aquatic freshwater chelonian native to the sun-drenched waterways, cypress swamps, and spring runs of the southeastern United States. Holding the undisputed title as the largest...

Javan File Snake

Reptiles > Snakes

The Javan File Snake (Acrochordus javanicus), internationally famous across herpetology and folklore as the Elephant Trunk Snake, is one of the most bizarre, primitive, and completely aquatic non-venomous serpents on Earth. Endemic to the warm, muddy rivers, coastal...

Mexican Alligator Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

The Mexican Alligator Lizard (Abronia graminea), also widely celebrated as the Terrestrial Arboreal Alligator Lizard or Green Alligator Lizard, is a breathtakingly gorgeous, jewel-toned arboreal reptile endemic exclusively to the misty, cloud-shrouded montane forests...

Solomon Islands Skink

Reptiles > Lizards

The Solomon Islands Skink (Corucia zebrata), internationally renowned among herpetologists and naturalists as the Prehensile-tailed Skink, Monkey-tailed Skink, or Giant Solomon Lizard, is the undisputed titan of the scincid family and one of the most evolutionarily...

Dugite

Reptiles > Snakes

The Dugite (Pseudonaja affinis) is an infamous, highly venomous, and ecologically successful elapid snake endemic to the coastal dunes, eucalyptus woodlands, and agricultural wheatbelts of southwestern Australia. Derived from the traditional Indigenous Noongar...

Massasauga

Reptiles > Snakes

The Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus), historically celebrated in Ojibwe folklore as the ‘great river mouth’ serpent, is a small, heavy-bodied, and ecologically specialized wetland rattlesnake native to the Great Lakes basin of North America. As the sole...

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Reptiles > Snakes

The Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius), affectionately known throughout the American South as the ‘Ground Rattler,’ is a diminutive, exquisitely colored, and feisty pit viper native to the pine flatwoods, sandhills, and bottomland hardwood forests of...

Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Reptiles > Snakes

The Black-tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus) is one of the most magnificent, strikingly patterned, and behaviorally docile pit vipers inhabiting the dramatic landscapes of the American Southwest and the highland plateaus of Mexico. Characterized by its...

King Brown Snake

Reptiles > Snakes

The King Brown Snake (Pseudechis australis), also universally known across the Australian Outback as the Mulga Snake, is one of the most formidable, widespread, and ecologically dominant venomous elapids on the Australian continent. Despite its common name, the...

Red Diamond Rattlesnake

Reptiles > Snakes

The Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) is one of the largest, most visually magnificent, and behaviorally placid pit vipers native to North America. Endemic to the rugged coastal ranges, arid chaparral hillsides, and desert bajadas of southern California and the...