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]

Turtles and Tortoises[]

Chelydridae[]

  • Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Emydidae[]

  • Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
  • Desert Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)
  • Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Kinosternidae[]

  • Arizona Mud Turtle (Kinosternon stejnegeri)
  • Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
  • Sonora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)

Testudinidae[]

  • Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
  • Sonoran Desert Tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)

Trionychidae[]

  • Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)

Lizards[]

Anguidae[]

  • Madrean Alligator Lizard (Elgaria kingii)

Crotaphytidae[]

Eublepharidae[]

  • Western Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)

Gekkonidae[]

  • Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

Helodermatidae[]

  • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)

Iguanidae[]

Phrynosomatidae[]

Scincidae[]

Teiidae[]

Xantusiidae[]

Snakes[]

Boidae[]

  • Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata)

Colubridae[]

Elapidae[]

  • Arizona coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus)

Leptotyphlopidae[]

Viperidae[]


References[]

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