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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
edit- Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
- Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
- Desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)
- Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
- Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon stejnegeri)
- Yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
- Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)
- Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
- Sonoran Desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)
- Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)
Lizards
edit- Madrean alligator lizard (Elgaria kingii)
- Western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)
- Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
- Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)
- Arizona night lizard (Xantusia arizona)
- Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi)
- Desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis)
Snakes
editBoidae
edit- Desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
- Arizona coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus)
- New Mexico threadsnake (Rena dissecta)
- Western threadsnake (Rena humilis)
- Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
- Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
References
edit- ^ Brennan, Thomas (2008). "Reptiles of Arizona". Reptiles of AZ. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ "Arizona Rattlesnakes". Arizona Department of Game and Fish. Retrieved May 17, 2019.