List of reptiles of Arizona

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This is a list of the known extant reptiles of Arizona. [1] The Arizona state reptile is the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake ( Crotalus willardi willardi ). [2]

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Turtles and tortoises

Snapping turtles (Chelydridae)

Western painted turtle A4 Western painted turtle.jpg
Western painted turtle

Pond turtles (Emydidae)

Mud turtles (Kinosternidae)

Sonoran Desert tortoise Sonoran Desert Tortoise Paton's Patagonia AZ 2019-07-26 09-02-04 (48422330161).jpg
Sonoran Desert tortoise

Tortoises (Testudinidae)

Softshell turtles (Trionychidae)

Lizards

Alligator lizards and glass lizards (Anguidae)

Great Basin collared lizard Great Basin Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus bicinctores.jpg
Great Basin collared lizard

Collared lizards (Crotaphytidae)

Desert geckos (Eublepharidae)

Reticulate Gila monster RETICULATE GILA MONSTER (Heloderma suspectum) (5-17-11) patagonia lake, scc, az -02 (5731511803).jpg
Reticulate Gila monster

Typical geckos (Gekkonidae)

Beaded lizards (Helodermatidae)

Desert iguana Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) (20526299159).jpg
Desert iguana

Typical Iguanas (Iguanidae)

Greater short-horned lizard Pregenant female Greater Short-Horned Lizard.jpg
Greater short-horned lizard
Common side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana - Flickr - aspidoscelis (3).jpg
Common side-blotched lizard

Desert lizards (Phrynosomatidae)

Western skink Juvenile Western Skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus).JPG
Western skink
Tiger whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris-1.jpg
Tiger whiptail

Skinks (Scincidae)

Whiptails (Teiidae)

Night lizards (Xantusiidae)

Snakes

Boas (Boidae)

Colubrids (Colubridae)

Coral snakes (Elapidae)

Threadsnakes (Leptotyphlopidae)

Vipers (Viperidae)

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References

  1. ↑ Brennan, Thomas (2008). "Reptiles of Arizona". Reptiles of AZ. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Arizona Rattlesnakes". Arizona Department of Game and Fish. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
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