Reptilia Latin Name Identification

Front 1

Eublepharis macularius

Back 1

Leopard Gecko

Hint 1

It has five officially recognized subspecies.

Front 2

Gekko gecko

Back 2

Tokay Gecko

Hint 2

It is considered the second-largest gecko species in the world.

Front 3

Alligator mississippiensis

Back 3

American Alligator

Hint 3

The smaller an individual of this species is, the more likely it is to be found in wetlands, where it uses the plant life as a means of protection from predators.

Front 4

Glyptemys insculpta

Back 4

Wood Turtle

Front 5

Glyptemys insculpta

Back 5

Wood Turtle

Hint 5

Most eggs never hatch; nest predation by raccoons, skunks, shrews, foxes, and other predators can typically result in high losses.

Front 6

Tarentola mauritanica

Back 6

Moorish Gecko

Hint 6

It has a spiky look due to the bumps across its body, also known as tubercles.

Front 7

Podarcis muralis

Back 7

Common Wall Lizard

Hint 7

Hibernation is from November until March or April and is often interrupted during warmer spells.

Front 8

Lacerta bilineata

Back 8

Western Green Lizard

Hint 8

The mating ritual is precise, and starts with a bite to the base of the female's tail.

Front 9

Timon lepidus

Back 9

Ocellated Lizard

Hint 9

This reptile is the embodiment of a cellular automaton, a type of discretized model made popular by John Conway’s Game of Life and used to simulate the spread of wildfires, the firing of neurons, and other phenomena.

Front 10

Malpolon monspessulanus

Back 10

Montpellier Snake

Hint 10

This snake is one of the back-fanged colubrids which have a certain venomous capability, though the back position of the venom fangs means injection is unusual.

Front 11

Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Back 11

Horseshoe Whip Snake

Hint 11

The smooth dorsal scales are arranged in 25-29 rows, and the ventrals number 220-258.

Front 12

Natrix maura

Back 12

Viperine Snake

Hint 12

It is known to strike like an adder, but not bite; however, when in water, it then looks like a grass snake and hunts its prey in the same way.

Front 13

Macroprotodon brevis

Back 13

Western False Smooth Snake

Hint 13

This species is a specialist predator of amphisbaenians (Blanus sp.) and skinks.

Front 14

Blanus cinereus

Back 14

Iberian Worm Lizard

Hint 14

It is often found in moist, sandy soils that are easy to burrow in and have a high level of humus.

Front 15

Psammodromus algirus

Back 15

Algerian Psammodromus

Hint 15

Females lay between 8 and 11 eggs.

Front 16

Coronella girondica

Back 16

Southern Smooth Snake

Hint 16

On the nape there is a dark U-shaped mark, or a pair of dark elongate spots.

Front 17

Psammodromus hispanicus

Back 17

Spanish Psammodromus

Hint 17

Molecular clock dating, together with population genetic analyses, indicate that the three lineages from which this species diverged experienced northward range expansions from southern Iberian refugia during Pleistocene glacial periods.

Front 18

Chalcides bedriagai

Back 18

Bedriaga's Skink

Hint 18

Females of this species give birth to live young.

Front 19

Chalcides chalcides

Back 19

Italian Three-toed Skink

Hint 19

It is threatened by urbanization and the degradation of its habitat by coastal development, but it is tolerant of some degree of habitat modification.

Front 20

Coluber constrictor

Back 20

Eastern Racer

Hint 20

They are curious, with excellent vision and are sometimes seen raising their heads above the height of the grass where they are crawling to view what is around them.

Front 21

Malayopython reticulatus

Back 21

Reticulated Python

Hint 21

The world's longest snake.

Front 22

Eunectes murinus

Back 22

Green Anaconda

Hint 22

Females of this species will usually, after mating, eat one or two males because after that those females will stay without food for about 7 months.

Front 23

Boa constrictor

Back 23

Boa Constrictor

Hint 23

Nine subspecies are recognized.

Front 24

Chelonoidis nigra

Back 24

Galapágos Tortoise

Hint 24

Members of this species often live to be over a hundred years old.

Front 25

Amblyrhynchus cristatus

Back 25

Marine Iguana

Hint 25

The divergence between this species and its land-living relatives has been estimated at 10.5 million years ago.

Front 26

Conolophus subcristatus

Back 26

Galapágos Land Iguana

Hint 26

Charles Darwin described them as "ugly animals, of a yellowish orange beneath, and of a brownish-red colour above: from their low facial angle they have a singularly stupid appearance."

Front 27

Conolophus pallidus

Back 27

Santa Fe Land Iguana

Hint 27

Because fresh water is scarce on the islands they inhabit, members of this species obtain the majority of their moisture from the prickly-pear cactus that makes up 80% of their diet.

Front 28

Ctenosaura palearis

Back 28

Motagua Spiny-tailed Iguana

Hint 28

An endangered species.

Front 29

Ctenosaura hemilopha

Back 29

Cape Spiny-tailed Iguana

Hint 29

The San Esteban Island subspecies (C. h. conspicuosa) coexists with the giant San Esteban chuckwalla, contrary to predictions of ecological niche theory.

Front 30

Ctenosaura hemilopha

Back 30

Cape Spiny-tailed Iguana

Hint 30

The San Esteban Island subspecies (C. h. conspicuosa) coexists with the giant San Esteban chuckwalla, contrary to predictions of ecological niche theory.

Front 31

Ctenosaura acanthura

Back 31

Northeastern Spiny-tailed Iguana

Hint 31

They are diurnal and fast moving, employing their speed to escape predators but will lash with their tails and bite if cornered.

Front 32

Ctenosaura melanosterna

Back 32

Black-chested Spiny-tailed Iguana

Hint 32

The population is less than 5,000 individuals among 2 range areas, making it an endangered species.

Front 33

Ctenosaura bakeri

Back 33

Utila Spiny-tailed Iguana

Hint 33

It is the only species of iguana and one of only two species of lizard to exclusively inhabit brackish mangrove swamps, forced there due to competition from larger species.

Front 34

Ctenosaura defensor

Back 34

Yucatán Spiny-tailed Iguana

Hint 34

A foot-long specimen was found scurrying across a loading dock on July 29, 2010 at Ford Motor Co.'s Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and was a stowaway in auto parts crates shipped from the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico.

Front 35

Ctenosaura flavidorsalis

Back 35

Yellow-backed Spiny-tailed Iguana

Hint 35

The holotype was SMF 75845, male.

Front 36

Tupinambis teguixin

Back 36

Gold Tegu

Hint 36

To tell the difference between this species and the Argentine, look between the eye and the nostril (the loreal scale); if there is one scale, you have this species, and if it has two scales, you have an Argentine.

Front 37

Varanus exanthematicus

Back 37

Savannah Monitor

Hint 37

Until 1989, the White-throated Monitor and this species were considered to be the same species.

Front 38

Varanus prasinus

Back 38

Emerald Tree Monitor

Hint 38

It is known for its unusual coloration, which consists of shades from green to turquoise, topped with dark, transverse dorsal banding.

Front 39

Varanus indicus

Back 39

Mangrove Monitor

Hint 39

It has created a nuisance on many islands preying on domesticated chickens and scavenging the eggs of endangered sea turtles.

Front 40

Varanus melinus

Back 40

Quince Monitor

Hint 40

Only known to science since 1997, its wild habits remain mysterious.

Front 41

Varanus jobiensis

Back 41

Peach-throated Monitor

Hint 41

It is hunted for human consumption in New Guinea.

Front 42

Varanus auffenbergi

Back 42

Peacock Monitor

Hint 42

They are calm and shy compared to other monitor lizards.

Front 43

Varanus glauerti

Back 43

Kimberley Rock Monitor

Hint 43

V. glauerti lives almost exclusively on rocky cliff faces, but is found in humid forests.

Front 44

Varanus gilleni

Back 44

Pygmy Mulga Monitor

Hint 44

The nostrils are positioned on the sides of the muzzle, about halfway between the tip of the snout and the eye.

Front 45

Varanus brevicauda

Back 45

Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor

Hint 45

It is the second smallest living monitor lizard in the world with a maximum length of 25 cm.

Front 46

Varanus mitchelli

Back 46

Mitchell's Water Monitor

Hint 46

In captivity, it is reported to be very nervous and shy.

Front 47

Varanus glebopalma

Back 47

Black-palmed Rock Monitor

Hint 47

This varanid is secretive, eluding casual observers and poorly recorded in surveys.

Front 48

Varanus rosenbergi

Back 48

Rosenberg's Monitor

Hint 48

In February and March, the female digs into an active termite mound, creating a spherical nest chamber beneath the hardened shell—found under the loose outer layer of the mound—by collapsing the internal structure of tunnels and chambers.

Front 49

Varanus pilbarensis

Back 49

Pilbara Rock Monitor

Hint 49

Like other rock dwelling varanids in the Pilbara region, one of around ten species in the herpetological "hotspot", the population has become geographically isolated and diverged as a distinguishable genetic lineage.

Front 50

Chelonia mydas

Back 50

Green Sea Turtle

Hint 50

The only herbivore of its family.

Front 51

Eretmochelys imbricata

Back 51

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Hint 51

Unique to this species is a pair of claws on each flipper.

Front 52

Chelus fimbriata

Back 52

Mata Mata

Hint 52

Its name means "kill, kill" in Spanish.

Front 53

Macrochelys temminckii

Back 53

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Hint 53

The average lifespan is 80-100 years.

Front 54

Sistrurus miliarius

Back 54

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Hint 54

This is the smallest rattlesnake in the US.

Front 55

Uromastyx acanthinura

Back 55

Bell's Dabb Lizard

Hint 55

Individuals are known to live for 11.4 years.

Front 56

Pogona henrylawsoni

Back 56

Rankin's Dragon

Hint 56

It has only been a defined species since the 1980s.

Front 57

Pogona minor

Back 57

Western Bearded Dragon

Hint 57

Like other Pogona species, they will wave one of their fore legs to trigger a response from a potential rival or mate.

Front 58

Pogona barbata

Back 58

Eastern Bearded Dragon

Hint 58

This species was originally described in 1829 by Georges Cuvier, who named it Amphibolurus barbatus.