Reptiles

Reptiles

Crocodilians

• American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
• Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinesis)
• Cuban Crocodile
• Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
• Spectacled Caiman

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Lizards

Agamid Lizards

• Asian Water Dragon
• Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
• Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
• Uromastyx/Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx spp.)

Monitors

• Savannah Monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
• Water Monitor
• White-throated Monitor (Varanus albigularis)

Skinks

• African Gold Skink (aka Schneider’s Skink) (Eumeces schneideri)
• Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides)
• Prehensile-tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata)
• Shingleback Skink
  

Iguanas/Chuckwallas

• Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys)
• Common Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
• Cuban Iguana (Cyclura nubila)
• Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana
• San Esteban Chuckwalla
• Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
• Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

Geckos

• Crested Gecko
• Fat-tailed Gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)
• Henkel’s Leaf-Tailed Gecko (Uroplatus henkeli)
• New Caledonian Crested Gecko
• Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
• Knob-tailed Gecko
• Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)

Other

• Argentine Black and White Tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
• Glass Lizard (aka Scheltopusik) (Ophisaurus apodus)
• Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)

Turtles & Tortoises

Tortoises

• African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)
• Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
• Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
• Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
• Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys homeana)
• Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
• Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis)
• Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
• Radiated Tortoise (Geochelone radiata)
• Red-footed Tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)
• Russian Tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii)
• Texas Tortoise
• Yellow-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulata)

New World Turtles

• Blandings Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
• Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)
• Common Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
• Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus oderatus)
• Common Snapping Turtle
• Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
• Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornate)
• Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata)
• Painted Turtle
• Pond Slider
• Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
• Wood Turtle

Old World Turtles

• Giant Hill Turtle (aka Giant Asian Pond Turtle)
• Malayan Box Turtle
• Reeve’s Turtle

Snakes

Boas

• Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)
• Dumeril’s Ground Boa (Acrantophis dumerili)
• Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus)
• Madagascar Tree Boa (Sanzinia madagascarensis)
• Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria)
• Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
• Rubber Boa (Charina bottae)
• Solomon Islands Tree Boa
• Virgin Islands Boa

Pythons

• Ball Python (Python regius)
• Carpet Python
• Dwarf Reticulated Python (Broghammerus reticulatus)
• Indian Python (aka Burmese Python)
• Spotted Python
• Woma Python (Aspidites ramsayi)

Rat Snakes

• Beauty Rat Snake
• Cave Rat Snake (Elaphe taeniurus ridleyi)
• Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata guttata)
• Fox Snake
• Mandarin Rat Snake (Elaphe mandarina)
• Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)
• Trans-Pecos Rat Snake (Bogertrophis subocularis)

Milksnakes/ Kingsnakes

• Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
• California Mountain Kingsnake
• Grey-banded Kingsnake
• Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus)
• Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
• Prairie Kingsnake
• Sinaloan Milksnake

Other Snakes

• Bullsnake (aka Gopher Snake) (Pituophis catenifer sayi)
• Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans)
• Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)
• Long-nosed Snake
• Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
• Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus)
• Sunbeam Snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)
• Western Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus)

Documents & Resources

• Check out sample animal policies, handling sheets, and fact sheets on our Example Policies & Guidelines page
• View past issues of Program Animal SAG Newsletters
  • See: Ambassador Animal SAG Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 3: Temperature and Transport: Welfare Implications for Ambassador Ectotherms
• Choice, Control, and Training in Ectotherms, By Carrie Kish
• Stress Management in Reptiles and Frogs
• Reptile Lighting Information
• Check out the Advancing Herpetological Husbandry Facebook group. They have also published several newsletters (see Reptiles page for links).
  • AHH -January 2018 Quarterly Newsletter
    • See Article: Temperature and Heat for Reptiles By Roman Muryn
  • AHH – April 2018 Quarterly Newsletter
  • AHH – July 2018 Quarterly Newsletter
    • See Article: Environmental Enrichment for Reptiles By Charlotte James

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