As is the case with mammals and birds, I only record reptiles I have seen in the wild. Also, unlike mammals and birds, I do not normally seek out reptiles so any I have recorded are simply those I have happened to see in my travels.
Some reptiles I have only seen in captivity of interest for this include tuatara, pig-nosed turtles and gila monsters.
I have seen 3 Orders and 26 Families. To add interest, I have included the number of species seen from each taxon.
Order Testudines 13
Order Rhynchocephalia
Order Squamata 105
Order Crocodilia 6
Order Testudines (turtles, tortoises, terrapins)
Family Chelydridae (snapping turtles)
Family Emydidae (pond turtles, terrapins, sliders) 5
Family Testudinidae (tortoises) 1
Family Geoemydidae (asian river turtles and allies) 1
Family Platysternidae (big-headed turtle)
Family Carettochelyidae (pig-nosed turtle)
Family Trionychidae (softshell turtles) 1
Family Dermatemydidae (central american river turtle)
Family Kinosternidae (mud turtles, musk turtles)
Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) 2
Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle)
Family Chelidae (austro-american sideneck turtles) 3
Family Pelomedusidae (afro-american sideneck turtles)
Family Podocnemididae (madagascan big-headed turtle, american sideneck river turtles)
Order Rhynchocephalia (“beak-heads”)
Family Sphenodontidae (tuatara)
Order Squamata (scaled reptiles)
Family Dibamidae (blind lizards)
Family Gekkonidae (geckos) 9
Family Phyllodactylidae 1
Family Spaerodactylidae
Family Eublepharidae (eyelid geckos)
Family Pygopodidae (legless lizards)
Family Diplodactylidae (stone geckos)
Family Carphodactylidae (knob-tailed geckos) 1
Family Cordylidae (spinytail lizards)
Family Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards)
Family Scincidae (skinks) 24
Family Xantusiidae (night lizards)
Family Alopoglossidae
Family Gymnophthalmidae (spectacled lizards)
Family Teiidae (whiptails) 4
Family Lacertidae (true lizards) 2
Family Rhineuridae (north american worm lizards)
Family Amphisbaenidae (tropical worm lizards)
Family Trogonophidae (shorthead worm lizards)
Family Bipedidae (two-legged worm lizards)
Family Cadeidae (cuban worm lizards)
Family Blanidae (mediterranean worm lizards)
Family Agamidae (agamas) 17
Family Chamaeleonidae (chameleons) 3
Family Corytophanidae (casquehead lizards) 1
Family Crotaphytidae (collared lizards, leopard lizards)
Family Dactyloidae (anoles) 7
Family Hoplocercidae (wood lizards)
Family Iguanidae (iguanas) 4
Family Leiocephalidae (curlytail lizards) 2
Family Leiosauridae (leiosaurs)
Family Liolaemidae (south american swifts)
Family Opluridae (madagascan iguanas)
Family Phrynosomatidae (horned lizards and allies) 2
Family Polychrotidae (bush anoles)
Family Tropiduridae (neotropical ground lizards)
Family Anguidae (glass lizards and allies)
Family Anniellidae (american legless lizards)
Family Diploglossidae (galliwasps)
Family Xenosauridae (knob-scaled lizards)
Family Helodermatidae (gila monsters)
Family Shinisauridae (chinese crocodile lizard)
Family Lanthanotidae (earless monitor lizard)
Family Varanidae (monitor lizards) 9
Family Acrochordidae (file snakes)
Family Aniliidae (false coral snake)
Family Anomochilidae (dwarf pipe snakes)
Family Atractaspididae (stiletto snakes)
Family Boidae (boas)
Family Bolyeriidae (round island boa)
Family Colubridae (colubrids) 6
Family Cyclocoridae
Family Cylindrophiidae (asian pipe snakes)
Family Elapidae (elapids) 10
Family Homalopsidae (mudsnakes)
Family Lamprophiidae (lamprophiids)
Family Loxocemidae (mexican python)
Family Pareidae
Family Prosymnidae (african shovel-snout snakes)
Family Psammophiidae
Family Pseudaspididae
Family Pseudoxyrhophiidae (african sand snakes and relatives) 1
Family Pythonidae (pythons) 3
Family Tropidophiidae (dwarf boas)
Family Uropeltidae (shield-tailed snakes) 1
Family Viperidae (vipers) 2
Family Xenodermidae
Family Xenopeltidae (sunbeam snakes)
Family Xenophidiidae (spinejaw snakes)
Family Anomalepididae (primitive blind snakes)
Family Gerrhopilidae (indo-malayan blind snakes)
Family Leptotyphlopidae (slender blind snakes)
Family Typhlopidae (typical blind snakes)
Family Xenotyphlopidae (malagasy blind snakes)
Order Crocodilia (crocodilians)
Family Crocodylidae (crocodiles) 5
Family Alligatoridae (alligators, caimans) 1
Family Gavialidae (gharials)
Some reptiles I have only seen in captivity of interest for this include tuatara, pig-nosed turtles and gila monsters.
I have seen 3 Orders and 26 Families. To add interest, I have included the number of species seen from each taxon.
Order Testudines 13
Order Rhynchocephalia
Order Squamata 105
Order Crocodilia 6
Order Testudines (turtles, tortoises, terrapins)
Family Chelydridae (snapping turtles)
Family Emydidae (pond turtles, terrapins, sliders) 5
Family Testudinidae (tortoises) 1
Family Geoemydidae (asian river turtles and allies) 1
Family Platysternidae (big-headed turtle)
Family Carettochelyidae (pig-nosed turtle)
Family Trionychidae (softshell turtles) 1
Family Dermatemydidae (central american river turtle)
Family Kinosternidae (mud turtles, musk turtles)
Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) 2
Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle)
Family Chelidae (austro-american sideneck turtles) 3
Family Pelomedusidae (afro-american sideneck turtles)
Family Podocnemididae (madagascan big-headed turtle, american sideneck river turtles)
Order Rhynchocephalia (“beak-heads”)
Family Sphenodontidae (tuatara)
Order Squamata (scaled reptiles)
Family Dibamidae (blind lizards)
Family Gekkonidae (geckos) 9
Family Phyllodactylidae 1
Family Spaerodactylidae
Family Eublepharidae (eyelid geckos)
Family Pygopodidae (legless lizards)
Family Diplodactylidae (stone geckos)
Family Carphodactylidae (knob-tailed geckos) 1
Family Cordylidae (spinytail lizards)
Family Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards)
Family Scincidae (skinks) 24
Family Xantusiidae (night lizards)
Family Alopoglossidae
Family Gymnophthalmidae (spectacled lizards)
Family Teiidae (whiptails) 4
Family Lacertidae (true lizards) 2
Family Rhineuridae (north american worm lizards)
Family Amphisbaenidae (tropical worm lizards)
Family Trogonophidae (shorthead worm lizards)
Family Bipedidae (two-legged worm lizards)
Family Cadeidae (cuban worm lizards)
Family Blanidae (mediterranean worm lizards)
Family Agamidae (agamas) 17
Family Chamaeleonidae (chameleons) 3
Family Corytophanidae (casquehead lizards) 1
Family Crotaphytidae (collared lizards, leopard lizards)
Family Dactyloidae (anoles) 7
Family Hoplocercidae (wood lizards)
Family Iguanidae (iguanas) 4
Family Leiocephalidae (curlytail lizards) 2
Family Leiosauridae (leiosaurs)
Family Liolaemidae (south american swifts)
Family Opluridae (madagascan iguanas)
Family Phrynosomatidae (horned lizards and allies) 2
Family Polychrotidae (bush anoles)
Family Tropiduridae (neotropical ground lizards)
Family Anguidae (glass lizards and allies)
Family Anniellidae (american legless lizards)
Family Diploglossidae (galliwasps)
Family Xenosauridae (knob-scaled lizards)
Family Helodermatidae (gila monsters)
Family Shinisauridae (chinese crocodile lizard)
Family Lanthanotidae (earless monitor lizard)
Family Varanidae (monitor lizards) 9
Family Acrochordidae (file snakes)
Family Aniliidae (false coral snake)
Family Anomochilidae (dwarf pipe snakes)
Family Atractaspididae (stiletto snakes)
Family Boidae (boas)
Family Bolyeriidae (round island boa)
Family Colubridae (colubrids) 6
Family Cyclocoridae
Family Cylindrophiidae (asian pipe snakes)
Family Elapidae (elapids) 10
Family Homalopsidae (mudsnakes)
Family Lamprophiidae (lamprophiids)
Family Loxocemidae (mexican python)
Family Pareidae
Family Prosymnidae (african shovel-snout snakes)
Family Psammophiidae
Family Pseudaspididae
Family Pseudoxyrhophiidae (african sand snakes and relatives) 1
Family Pythonidae (pythons) 3
Family Tropidophiidae (dwarf boas)
Family Uropeltidae (shield-tailed snakes) 1
Family Viperidae (vipers) 2
Family Xenodermidae
Family Xenopeltidae (sunbeam snakes)
Family Xenophidiidae (spinejaw snakes)
Family Anomalepididae (primitive blind snakes)
Family Gerrhopilidae (indo-malayan blind snakes)
Family Leptotyphlopidae (slender blind snakes)
Family Typhlopidae (typical blind snakes)
Family Xenotyphlopidae (malagasy blind snakes)
Order Crocodilia (crocodilians)
Family Crocodylidae (crocodiles) 5
Family Alligatoridae (alligators, caimans) 1
Family Gavialidae (gharials)
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