Reptiles > Varanids & Squamata
The Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator), known locally across Southeast Asia as the biawak or water monitor, is a colossal, semi-aquatic carnivorous monitor lizard belonging to the monitor family Varanidae within the order Squamata. Native to the rich tropical...
Reptiles > Cheloniids & Testudines
The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta), renowned worldwide across marine biology as the colossal, armored ocean voyager of the high seas, is a massive, long-lived pelagic testudine belonging to the hard-shelled sea turtle family Cheloniidae within the order...
Reptiles > Pythonids & Squamata
The Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis), celebrated across the herpetological world as the undisputed jewel of the Australasian rainforest canopy, is a breathtaking, highly specialized arboreal boid serpent belonging to the python family Pythonidae within the order...
Reptiles > Helodermatids & Squamata
The Mexican Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum), celebrated across Mexico as the escorpion or lagarto de cuentas, is a massive, heavily built venomous helodermatid lizard belonging to the family Helodermatidae within the order Squamata. Native to the Pacific drainage...
Reptiles > Viperids & Squamata
The Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), historically recognized as one of the most familiar and common venomous serpents in the eastern United States, is an attractive, medium-sized pit viper belonging to the subfamily Crotalinae within the viper family Viperidae...
Reptiles > Viperids & Squamata
The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), celebrated across the American Southwest as the legendary ‘coon-tail’ rattler, is a massive, heavy-bodied venomous pit viper belonging to the subfamily Crotalinae within the viper family Viperidae...
Reptiles > Viperids & Squamata
The Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), historically revered in early American history as the iconic coiled serpent featured on the famous ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ Gadsden flag, is a heavy-bodied, venomous pit viper belonging to the subfamily...
Reptiles > Emydids & Testudines
The Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) is a beloved, charismatic, terrestrial chelonian belonging to the American box turtle family Emydidae within the order Testudines. Native to the rich deciduous woodlands, oak-hickory forests, and moist meadows of the eastern...
Reptiles > Corytophanids & Squamata
The Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons), internationally renowned across nature lore by the dramatic epithet ‘Jesus Christ lizard,’ is a vivid, emerald-green corytophanid lizard belonging to the family Corytophanidae within the order Squamata. Endemic...
Reptiles > Viperids & Squamata
The Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) is a thick-bodied, heavily built venomous viper belonging to the true viper family Viperidae within the squamate suborder Serpentes. Ubiquitous across nearly the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa—from the southern borders of the Sahara...
