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Reptiles and Amphibians

Sea turtles and sea kraits, crocodiles and monitors, chameleons, and the first eastern North American species of a new chapter.

13 photos · Observations on iNaturalist

Nile CrocodileCrocodylus niloticusKhwai, North-West, Botswana · 2024Floodplain and inland wetland Africa
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasHawaiʻi, USA · 2018Coral reef Hawaiʻi
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasOʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA · 2020Coral reef Hawaiʻi
Hawksbill Sea TurtleEretmochelys imbricataNgemelis Reefs, Koror, Palau · 2017Coral reef Pacific Islands
Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List).
Eastern Painted TurtleChrysemys picta ssp. pictaKings Park, New York, USA · 2018Floodplain and inland wetland Eastern North America
Oriental Garden LizardCalotes versicolorMalé, Maldives · 2021Indian Ocean
Yellow-crested Jackson's ChameleonTrioceros jacksonii ssp. xantholophusMaunawili, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA · 2020Tropical lowland forest Hawaiʻi
Galápagos Land IguanaConolophus subcristatusSanta Cruz, Parque Nacional Galápagos, Galápagos, Ecuador · 2015Eastern Pacific
Vulnerable (IUCN Red List).
Emerald Tree SkinkLamprolepis smaragdinaMeyungs, Koror, Palau · 2017Tropical lowland forest Pacific Islands
Nile MonitorVaranus niloticusChobe, Botswana · 2024Floodplain and inland wetland Africa
Northern Black RacerColuber constrictor ssp. constrictorShirley, New York, USA · 2018Temperate forest Eastern North America
Eastern Garter SnakeThamnophis sirtalis ssp. sirtalisSouth Fork, Pennsylvania, USA · 2016Temperate forest Appalachia
Yellow-lipped Sea KraitLaticauda colubrinaBatangas, Philippines · 2023Coral reef Coral Triangle