This list of reptiles of California includes the snakes, turtles and lizards found in the US state of California.
Lizards
editFamily Anguidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Elgaria multicarinata | Southern alligator lizard |
Elgaria panamintina [e] | Panamint alligator lizard |
Family Anniellidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Anniella alexanderae | Temblor legless lizard |
Anniella campi | Southern Sierra legless lizard |
Anniella grinnelli | Bakersfield legless lizard |
Anniella pulchra | Northern California legless lizard |
Anniella stebbinsi | Southern California legless lizard |
Family Crotaphytidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Crotaphytus bicinctores | Great Basin collared lizard |
Crotaphytus vestigium | Baja California collared lizard |
Gambelia copeii | Cope's leopard lizard |
Gambelia sila [e] | Blunt-nosed leopard lizard |
Gambelia wislizenii | Long-nosed leopard lizard |
Family Gekkonidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Coleonyx switaki | Switak's banded gecko |
Coleonyx variegatus | Western banded gecko |
Phyllodactylus nocticolus | Peninsular leaf-toed gecko |
Hemidactylus turcicus [i] | Mediterranean house gecko |
Family Helodermatidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Heloderma suspectum | Gila monster |
Family Iguanidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Dipsosaurus dorsalis | Desert iguana |
Sauromalus ater | Common chuckwalla |
Family Phrynosomatidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Callisaurus draconoides | Zebra-tailed lizard |
Petrosaurus mearnsi | Banded rock lizard |
Phrynosoma blainvilli | Coast horned lizard |
Phrynosoma douglasii | Pygmy short-horned lizard |
Phrynosoma mcallii | Flat-tail horned lizard |
Phrynosoma platyrhinos | Desert horned lizard |
Sceloporus graciosus | Common sagebrush lizard |
Sceloporus magister | Desert spiny lizard |
Sceloporus occidentalis | Western fence lizard |
Sceloporus orcutti | Granite spiny lizard |
Sceloporus uniformis | Yellow-backed spiny lizard |
Uma inornata [e] | Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard |
Uma notata | Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard |
Uma scoparia | Mojave fringe-toed lizard |
Urosaurus graciosus | Long-tailed brush lizard |
Urosaurus nigricauda | Baja California brush lizard |
Urosaurus ornatus | Ornate tree lizard |
Uta stansburiana | Common side-blotched lizard |
Family Scincidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Plestiodon gilberti | Gilbert's skink |
Plestiodon skiltonianus | Western skink |
Family Teiidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Aspidoscelis hyperythrus | Orange-throated whiptail |
Aspidoscelis tigris | Tiger whiptail |
Family Xantusiidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Xantusia gracilis [e] | Sandstone night lizard |
Xantusia henshawi | Granite night lizard |
Xantusia riversiana [e] | Island night lizard |
Xantusia sierrae [e] | Sierra night lizard |
Xantusia vigilis | Desert night lizard |
Xantusia wigginsi | Baja California night lizard |
Family Lacertidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Podarcis siculus [i] | Southern Italian wall lizard |
Snakes
editFamily Boidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Charina bottae | Northern rubber boa |
Charina umbratica [e] | Southern rubber boa |
Lichanura orcutti | Coastal rosy boa |
Lichanura trivirgata | Rosy boa |
Family Colubridae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Arizona elegans | Glossy snake |
Chionactis occipitalis | Western shovelnose snake |
Coluber constrictor | Eastern racer |
Contia longicaudae | Forest sharp-tailed snake |
Contia tenuis | Sharp-tailed snake |
Diadophis punctatus | Ringneck snake |
Hypsiglena chlorophaea | Desert nightsnake |
Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus | Coast night snake |
Lampropeltis californiae | California kingsnake |
Lampropeltis multifasciata | Coast mountain kingsnake |
Lampropeltis zonata | California mountain kingsnake |
Masticophis flagellum | Coachwhip |
Masticophis fuliginosus | Baja California coachwhip |
Masticophis lateralis | California striped whipsnake |
Masticophis taeniatus | Striped whipsnake |
Nerodia fasciata [i] | Banded water snake |
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus | Western leaf-nosed snake |
Pituophis catenifer | Gopher snake |
Rhinocheilus lecontei | Long-nosed snake |
Salvadora hexalepis | Western patch-nosed snake |
Sonora semiannulata | Western ground snake |
Tantilla hobartsmithi | Southwestern blackhead snake |
Tantilla planiceps | Western black-headed snake |
Thamnophis atratus | Aquatic garter snake |
Thamnophis couchii | Sierra garter snake |
Thamnophis elegans | Terrestrial garter snake |
Thamnophis gigas | Giant garter snake |
Thamnophis hammondii | Two-striped garter snake |
Thamnophis marcianus | Checkered garter snake |
Thamnophis ordinoides | Northwestern garter snake |
Thamnophis sirtalis | Common garter snake |
Trimorphodon lambda | Sonoran lyre snake |
Trimorphodon lyrophanes | California lyresnake |
Family Leptotyphlopidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Rena humilis | Western threadsnake |
Family Typhlopidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Indotyphlops braminus [i] | Brahminy blind snake |
Family Viperidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Crotalus oreganus | Western rattlesnake |
Crotalus ruber | Red diamond rattlesnake |
Crotalus cerastes | Sidewinder |
Crotalus pyrrhus | Southwestern speckled rattlesnake |
Crotalus scutulatus | Mojave rattlesnake |
Crotalus stephensi | Panamint rattlesnake |
Crotalus atrox | Western diamondback rattlesnake |
Turtles
editFamily Cheloniidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle |
Chelonia mydas | Green sea turtle |
Lepidochelys olivacea | Olive ridley sea turtle |
Family Chelydridae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Chelydra serpentina [i] | Common snapping turtle |
Family Dermochelyidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle |
Family Emydidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Chrysemys picta [i] | Western painted turtle |
Actinemys marmorata | Western pond turtle |
Trachemys scripta [i] | Red-eared slider |
Family Kinosternidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Kinosternon sonoriense | Sonoran mud turtle |
Family Testudinidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Gopherus agassizii | Mojave desert tortoise |
Family Trionychidae
editSpecies | Common name |
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Apalone spinifera [i] | Spiny softshell |
References
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