Reptiles > Snakes
The Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes cenchoa) is one of the most anatomically extreme and visually bizarre reptiles of the Neotropical rainforests. Possessing an impossibly thin, thread-like body and a shockingly disproportionate, bulbous head dominated by gigantic...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Barred Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica) is a large, gentle, and semi-aquatic colubrid snake native to the wetlands, streams, and damp meadows of Western Europe. Recognized for centuries as a subspecies of the widespread grass snake (Natrix natrix), rigorous genomic...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Milos Wall Lizard (Podarcis milensis) is an exceptionally striking, brilliantly colored lacertid lizard endemic exclusively to the volcanic Milos island group in the Aegean Sea of Greece. Widely recognized as one of the most vividly patterned reptiles in Europe,...
Reptiles > Lizards
Erhard’s Wall Lizard (Podarcis erhardii) is an iconic, highly adaptable lacertid lizard that dominates the sun-scorched, rocky landscapes of the southern Balkans and the Aegean islands of Greece. Famed among evolutionary biologists as a premier model of island...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Eastern Slow Worm (Anguis colchica) is a fascinating, completely legless squamate lizard native to the cool, moist landscapes of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and western Asia. Historically lumped together with the Western Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis), rigorous...
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