Crocodile Monitor

Reptiles > Lizards and Geckos

The Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadorii), known locally in New Guinea as the ‘Artellia’, is an awe-inspiring, arboreal apex predator and the longest lizard in the world. Capable of exceeding ten feet in total length—with an astonishing, whip-like tail...

Williams’ Dwarf Gecko

Reptiles > Lizards and Geckos

Williams’ Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi), celebrated worldwide as the ‘Electric Blue Gecko’ or ‘Turquoise Dwarf Gecko’, is one of the most vividly colored lizards on the planet. Discovered in the 1950s in the lowland karst forests...

Anegada Ground Iguana

Reptiles > Iguanians

The Anegada Ground Iguana (Cyclura pinguis), also known as the Stout Rock Iguana or Anegada Rock Iguana, is an imposing, prehistoric lizard native to the coral island of Anegada in the British Virgin Islands. As the most basal and ancestral member of the genus...

Utila Spiny-tailed Iguana

Reptiles > Iguanians

The Utila Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri), affectionately known by islanders as the ‘Swamper’, is one of the world’s most specialized and endangered iguanid lizards. Restricted to an area of less than ten square kilometers of brackish...

Arafura File Snake

Reptiles > Snakes

The Arafura File Snake (Acrochordus arafurae), also widely known in Australia as the Wart Snake or Elephant Trunk Snake, is one of the most remarkable, primitive, and completely aquatic serpents on Earth. Belonging to the ancient family Acrochordidae, this...