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Species List by Geographic Range



AFGHANISTAN

Gharial

ALGERIA

Common chameleon

Horned viper

Sandfish

ANGOLA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

Southern burrowing asp

ARCTIC OCEAN

Leatherback seaturtle

ARMENIA

White-bellied wormlizard

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Green seaturtle

Leatherback seaturtle

Loggerhead turtle

AUSTRALIA

Black-headed python

Blackish blind snake

Death adder

Frilled lizard

Green python

House gecko

Little file snake

Pig-nose turtle

AUSTRIA

Sand lizard

BANGLADESH

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Reticulated python

BELARUS

Sand lizard

BELGIUM

Sand lizard

BELIZE

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Central American river turtle

Common caiman

Indigo snake

Milksnake

Snapping turtle

BENIN

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

BHUTAN

Gharial

Reticulated python

BOLIVIA

Boa constrictor

False coral snake

South American river turtle

White-bellied wormlizard

BOTSWANA

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Spiny agama

BRAZIL

Bachia bresslaui

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Crocodile tegu

Early blind snake

Emerald tree boa

False coral snake

Green anaconda

Indigo snake

Matamata

South American river turtle

White-bellied wormlizard

BRUNEI

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

BULGARIA

Sand lizard

BURKINA FASO

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

BURUNDI

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

CAMBODIA

Common sunbeam snake

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

CAMEROON

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

CANADA

Common garter snake

Eastern hog-nosed snake

Milksnake

Painted turtle

Snapping turtle

Spiny softshell

Stinkpot

Timber rattlesnake

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Nile crocodile

CHAD

Boomslang

Sandfish

CHINA

Big-headed turtle

Common sunbeam snake

King cobra

Red-tailed pipesnake

Sand lizard

Yellow-margined box turtle

COLOMBIA

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Crocodile tegu

Emerald tree boa

False coral snake

Green anaconda

Indigo snake

Matamata

Milksnake

Snapping turtle

South American river turtle

Southern bromeliad woodsnake

White-bellied wormlizard

COMOROS

Helmeted turtle

COSTA RICA

American crocodile

Black-headed bushmaster

Common caiman

Indigo snake

Milksnake

Neotropical sunbeam snake

Snapping turtle

Southern bromeliad woodsnake

CUBA

American crocodile

Milksnake

White-bellied wormlizard

CYPRUS

Common chameleon

CZECH REPUBLIC

Sand lizard

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

Southern burrowing asp

DENMARK

Sand lizard

DJIBOUTI

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Horned viper

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

American crocodile

Milksnake

White-bellied wormlizard


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ECUADOR

American crocodile

Common caiman

False coral snake

Galápagos tortoise

Matamata

Milksnake

Snapping turtle

EGYPT

Common chameleon

Horned viper

Sandfish

EL SALVADOR

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Indigo snake

Milksnake

Neotropical sunbeam snake

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

ERITREA

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Horned viper

Nile crocodile

ESTONIA

Sand lizard

ETHIOPIA

Agamodon anguliceps

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

FIJI

House gecko

FRANCE

Sand lizard

FRENCH GUIANA

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Emerald tree boa

False coral snake

Green anaconda

Indigo snake

Matamata

Milksnake

White-bellied wormlizard

GABON

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

GAMBIA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

GERMANY

Sand lizard

GHANA

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

GREECE

Common chameleon

GUATEMALA

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Central American river turtle

Common caiman

Indigo snake

Knob-scaled lizard

Milksnake

Neotropical sunbeam snake

Snapping turtle

GUINEA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

GUINEA-BISSAU

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

GUYANA

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Emerald tree boa

False coral snake

Green anaconda

Indigo snake

Matamata

Milksnake

White-bellied wormlizard

HAITI

American crocodile

Milksnake

White-bellied wormlizard

HONDURAS

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Indigo snake

Milksnake

Neotropical sunbeam snake

Snapping turtle

HUNGARY

Sand lizard

INDIA

Gharial

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Nilgiri burrowing snake

INDIAN OCEAN

Green seaturtle

Leatherback seaturtle

Loggerhead turtle

Sea krait

INDONESIA

Blind lizard

Common sunbeam snake

Flying lizard

House gecko

King cobra

Komodo dragon

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

IRAQ

Sandfish

ISRAEL

Common chameleon

Horned viper

Sandfish

IVORY COAST

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

JAMAICA

American crocodile

Milksnake

JORDAN

Common chameleon

Horned viper

Sandfish

KENYA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Jackson's chameleon

Nile crocodile

LAOS

Big-headed turtle

Common sunbeam snake

House gecko

King cobra

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

LATVIA

Sand lizard

LEBANON

Common chameleon

Sandfish

LESOTHO

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

LIBERIA

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

LIBYA

Common chameleon

Horned viper

Sandfish

LITHUANIA

Sand lizard

LUXEMBOURG

Sand lizard

MACEDONIA

Sand lizard

MADAGASCAR

Armored chameleon

Helmeted turtle

House gecko

Nile crocodile

MALAWI

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

MALAYSIA

Blind lizard

Common sunbeam snake

False blind snake

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

MALI

Boomslang

Nile crocodile

Sandfish

MALTA

Common chameleon

MAURITANIA

Horned viper

Sandfish

MAURITIUS

Splitjaw snake

MEXICO

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Cape spinytail iguana

Central American river turtle

Common caiman

Common chuckwalla

Desert night lizard

Desert tortoise

Eastern box turtle

Gila monster

Green anole

House gecko

Indigo snake

Knob-scaled lizard

Milksnake

Neotropical sunbeam snake

North American coral snake

Six-lined racerunner

Snapping turtle

Spiny softshell

Texas alligator lizard

Texas blind snake

Two-legged wormlizard

Western banded gecko

MOLDOVA

Sand lizard

MOROCCO

Common chameleon

Horned viper

MOZAMBIQUE

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

Southern burrowing asp

MYANMAR

Big-headed turtle

Common sunbeam snake

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

NAMIBIA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Southern burrowing asp

Spiny agama

NEPAL

Gharial

King cobra

NETHERLANDS

Sand lizard

NEW ZEALAND

Tuatara

NICARAGUA

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Indigo snake

Milksnake

Neotropical sunbeam snake

Snapping turtle

Southern bromeliad woodsnake

NIGER

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Sandfish

NIGERIA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

PACIFIC OCEAN

Green seaturtle

Leatherback seaturtle

Loggerhead turtle

Sea krait

PAKISTAN

Gharial

PANAMA

American crocodile

Black-headed bushmaster

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Indigo snake

Snapping turtle

Southern bromeliad

woodsnake

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Blind lizard

Crocodile monitor

Frilled lizard

Green python

House gecko

Little file snake

Pig-nose turtle

PARAGUAY

Bachia bresslaui

Boa constrictor

Early blind snake

White-bellied wormlizard

PERU

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

False coral snake

South American river turtle

PHILIPPINES

Blind lizard

House gecko

Little file snake

Reticulated python

POLAND

Sand lizard

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

ROMANIA

Sand lizard

RUSSIA

Sand lizard

RWANDA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

SAMOA

House gecko

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

SENEGAL

Black-necked spitting cobra

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

Sandfish

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

Sand lizard

SIERRA LEONE

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

SINGAPORE

Common sunbeam snake

False blind snake

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

SLOVAKIA

Sand lizard

SLOVENIA

Sand lizard

SOLOMON ISLANDS

House gecko

Prehensile-tailed skink

SOMALIA

Agamodon anguliceps

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

SOUTH AFRICA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Cape flat lizard

Helmeted turtle

Southern burrowing asp

Spiny agama

SPAIN

Common chameleon

SRI LANKA

House gecko

Little file snake

SUDAN

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Horned viper

Nile crocodile

SURINAME

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Emerald tree boa

False coral snake

Green anaconda

Indigo snake

Matamata

Milksnake

White-bellied wormlizard

SWAZILAND

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Southern burrowing asp

SWEDEN

Sand lizard

SYRIA

Common chameleon

Horned viper

Sandfish

TAIWAN

Yellow-margined box turtle

TANZANIA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Jackson's chameleon

Nile crocodile

Southern burrowing asp

THAILAND

Big-headed turtle

Blind lizard

Common sunbeam snake

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

TIMOR-LESTE

House gecko

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

TOGO

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

TUNISIA

Common chameleon

Horned viper

TURKEY

Common chameleon

TUVALU

House gecko

UGANDA

Black-necked spitting cobra

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

UKRAINE

Sand lizard

UNITED KINGDOM

Sand lizard

UNITED STATES

American alligator

Broad-headed skink

Common chuckwalla

Common garter snake

Cottonmouth

Desert night lizard

Desert tortoise

Eastern box turtle

Eastern hog-nosed snake

Florida wormlizard

Gila monster

Green anole

House gecko

Indigo snake

Milksnake

North American coral snake

Painted turtle

Six-lined racerunner

Snapping turtle

Spiny softshell

Stinkpot

Texas alligator lizard

Texas blind snake

Timber rattlesnake

Western banded gecko

URUGUAY

Boa constrictor

White-bellied wormlizard

VANUATU

House gecko

VENEZUELA

American crocodile

Boa constrictor

Common caiman

Crocodile tegu

Emerald tree boa

False coral snake

Green anaconda

Indigo snake

Matamata

Milksnake

South American river turtle

White-bellied wormlizard

VIETNAM

Blind lizard

Common sunbeam snake

House gecko

King cobra

Little file snake

Red-tailed pipesnake

Reticulated python

YEMEN

Common chameleon

Helmeted turtle

Horned viper

ZAMBIA

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

Southern burrowing asp

ZIMBABWE

Boomslang

Helmeted turtle

Nile crocodile

Southern burrowing asp

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