List of California reptiles - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

List of reptiles of California lists all of the snakes, turtles and lizards found in California.
Endemic species

Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...

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Introduced species

Introduced species

An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

Family Anguidae

Species	Common name
Elgaria coerulea	Northern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria multicarinata	Southern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria panamintina	Panamint Alligator Lizard

Family Anniellidae

Species	Common name
Anniella pulchra Anniella pulchra The California Legless Lizard is a limbless, burrowing lizard often mistaken for a snake.-Description:These lizards are around long from snout to vent...	California Legless Lizard

Family Crotaphytidae

Species	Common name
Crotaphytus bicinctores Crotaphytus bicinctores Crotaphytus bicinctores is a species of lizard known as the Desert Collared Lizard or the Mohave Black Collared Lizard. It is very similar to the Common Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, in shape and size, but it lacks the bright extravagant colors. Males can be brown to orange and some red or...	Great Basin Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus vestigium	Baja California Collared Lizard
Gambelia copeii	Cope's Leopard Lizard
Gambelia sila Gambelia sila Gambelia sila, also known as the Blunt-nosed leopard lizard is listed as a federal endangered species and is listed by the State of California as an endangered species and fully protected species...	Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard
Gambelia wislizenii	Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Family Gekkonidae

Species	Common name
Coleonyx switaki	Switak's Banded Gecko
Coleonyx variegatus Coleonyx variegatus The Western Banded Gecko is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico .-Description:...	Western Banded Gecko
Phyllodactylus nocticolus Phyllodactylus nocticolus The Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko is a medium sized gecko found in California and Baja California....	Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus Hemidactylus turcicus Mediterranean House Gecko, or more commonly Turkish Gecko as it is represented in its Latin name Hemidactylus turcicus is a species of gecko. They are nocturnal and insectivorous, rarely exceeding in length, have large, lidless eyes with elliptical pupils, and yellow- or tan-colored skin with...	Mediterranean House Gecko
Tarentola mauritanica	Moorish Wall Gecko

Family Helodermatidae

Species	Common name
Heloderma suspectum	Gila Monster

Family Iguanidae

Species	Common name
Dipsosaurus dorsalis	Desert Iguana
Sauromalus ater Sauromalus ater The Common Chuckwalla is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It inhabits the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico...	Common Chuckwalla

Family Phrynosomatidae

Species	Common name
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 Sceloporus magister Sceloporus magister, also known as the desert spiny lizard, is a reptile of the family Phrynosomatidae, which is native to the Chihuahuan Desert and the Sonoran Desert.-Geographic range:...	Desert Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis	Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus orcutti	Granite Spiny Lizard
Uma inornata	Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma notata	Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma scoparia Uma scoparia The Mojave fringe-toed lizard , is a species of medium-sized, white or grayish, black-spotted diurnal lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is adapted to living in sand dunes in the Mojave Desert. It ranges from Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County in California to...	Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard
Urosaurus graciosus Urosaurus graciosus The long-tailed brush lizard, Urosaurus graciosus, occurs in the Mojave and northwestern Sonoran Deserts in the states of California, Arizona, Nevada, Sonora, and Baja California. This species received its common name due to its tail, which is more than twice the body length, and since it is almost...	Long-tailed Brush Lizard
Urosaurus nigricaudus	Baja California Brush Lizard
Urosaurus ornatus Urosaurus ornatus The Tree lizard or Ornate Tree Lizard is a species of lizard that is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The species has been used to research the physiological changes in the body during the fight-or-flight response as related to stress and aggressive competition...	Ornate Tree Lizard
Uta stansburiana	Common Side-blotched Lizard

Family Scincidae

Species	Common name
Eumeces gilberti	Gilbert's Skink
Eumeces skiltonianus	Western Skink

Family Teiidae

Species	Common name
Aspidoscelis hyperythra	Orange-throated Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris	Tiger Whiptail

Family Xantusiidae

Species	Common name
Xantusia gracilis	Sandstone Night Lizard
Xantusia henshawi	Granite Night strawberry lizard
Xantusia riversiana	Island Night Lizard
Xantusia sierrae	Sierra Night Lizard
Xantusia vigilis	Desert Night Lizard
Xantusia wigginsi	Baja California Night Lizard

Family Chamaeleonidae

Species	Common name
Chamaeleo jacksonii Chamaeleo jacksonii Trioceros jacksonii is an African chameleon belonging to the chameleon family .- Taxonomy :...	Jackson's Chameleon

Family Lacertidae

Species	Common name
Podarcis siculus	Southern Italian Wall Lizard

Family Boidae

Species	Common name
Charina bottae	Northern Rubber Boa
Charina umbratica Charina umbratica Charina umbratica, known commonly as the Southern rubber boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family. It is found in the United States, in southern California....	Southern Rubber Boa
Lichanura trivirgata	Rosy Boa
Lichanura orcutti	Desert Rosy Boa

Family Colubridae

Species	Common name
Lampropeltis getula californiae	California kingsnake
Lampropeltis zonata	California mountain kingsnake
Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus	Alameda whipsnake
Masticophis lateralis lateralis	Chaparral whipsnake
Pituophis catenifer annectens	San Diego gopher snake
Pituophis catenifer catenifer Pituophis catenifer Pituophis catenifer is a harmless colubrid species found in North America. Six subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. The specific name catenifer is Latin for 'chain bearing', referring to the dorsal color pattern.-Description:Adults specimens are...	Pacific gopher snake
Pituophis catenifer pumilis	Santa Cruz gopher snake
Thamnophis atratus atratus	Santa Cruz garter snake
Thamnophis atratus hydrophilus	Oregon garter snake
Thamnophis couchii	Sierra garter snake
Thamnophis elegans elegans	Mountain garter snake
Thamnophis ordinoides	Northwestern garter snake
Thamnophis atratus zaxanthus	Diablo Range garter snake

Family Cheloniidae

Species	Common name
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas	Green Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata bissa	Pacific Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea	Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Family Chelydridae

Species	Common name
Chelydra serpentina serpentina	Eastern Snapping Turtle

Family Dermochelyidae

Species	Common name
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback Sea Turtle

Family Emydidae

Species	Common name
Chrysemys picta bellii	Western Painted Turtle
Actinemys marmorata marmorata	Northern Pacific Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorata pallida	Southern Pacific Pond Turtle
Trachemys scripta elegans	Red-eared Slider

Family Kinosternidae

Species	Common name
Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense	Sonoran Mud Turtle

Family Testudinidae

Species	Common name
Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise

Family Trionychidae

Species	Common name
Apalone spinifera emoryi	Texas Spiny Softshell

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