Below are selected pictures of reptiles. More photographs of reptiles are available in the country sections found on the left and here.
Except where noted, all images are the property of Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2004. Contact me with questions regarding use, reproduction, or purchase of any of the pictures.
Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor) |
Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) eating a frog |
Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake swallowing a frog |
Cave rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it |
Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it |
Cave Dwelling Rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by |
Cave Dwelling snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by |
Cave Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat |
Close up on the lizard with blue eyes found in the Malaysian rainforest |
Close up headshot of the blue-eyed forest dragon of the Malaysian jungle |
Bronzeback snake in a tree |
Green vine snake in Malaysia |
Caiman, Brazil |
Caiman, Brazil |
Caiman, Brazil |
Lizard, Costa Rica |
Boa, Costa Rica |
Male Iguana, Costa Rica |
Rainbow Ameivas, Honduras |
Anole lizard showing its bright orange dewlap in a territorial display |
Unknown bright green lizard in the Peruvian Amazon |
Ancient Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) |
Green bush viper (Atheris species) |
Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) |
Headshot of the colorful blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) |
Juvenile Elliott's Chameleon |
Female Blue-headed Tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) |
Baby sea turtle
| Brookesia minima chameleon size comparison
| Brookesia minima on pack of gum
Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes lentiferus) |
Unknown bright green lizard in the Peruvian Amazon |
Tortoises mating on a lawn |
Green bush viper (Atheris species) in Kibale Forest |
Blue-headed Tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) on a tree trunk |
Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) |
Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) |
Elliot's Chameleon (Chamaeleo ellioti), close headshot |
Brown skink with white spots |
Stranded green sea turtle |
Yellow margined Box turtle (Cistoclemmys flavomarginata) from southern China |
Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) |
Green sea turtle |
Green sea turtle |
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) |
Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii) |
Blood Python (Python curtus) |
Fly River Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) |
Green Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus) |
Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus) |
Matamata Turtle (Chelus fimbriatus) |
Basilisk |
Iguana |
Panther chameleon's prehensile tail |
Pardalis chameleon near Maroantsetra
| Brookesia chameleon in soil
| Fucifer chameleon on arm
| Panther Chameleon catching insect with tongue |
Brookesia superciliaris |
Brookesia peyrierasi chameleon in palm
Uroplatus fimbriatus, close head shot from above |
Uroplatus fimbriatus - head shot from side |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Leaf-tailed gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Leaf-tailed gecko |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus on trunk |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus - full body |
Uroplatus phantasticus gecko |
Zonosaurus ornatus lizard |
Gecko |
Alligator mississippiensis |
Surveying crocodile hatchlings |
Green agama dragon lizard on tree trunk |
Bright green lizard (Bronchocela cristatella?) on tree trunk in Java, Indonesia |
Sphenomorphus skink species on Java |
Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) on a branch above the Seikonyer River |
Water monitor (Varanus salvator) making its way through the Borneo swamp forest |
Tropidophorus micropus skink |
Hemidactylus gecko species with black markings |
House gecko in Sulawesi |
House gecko |
Sphenomorphus skink species in Sulawesi
Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) |
Painted Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) |
Wild Mountain Horned Dragon (Acanthosaurus armata) on tree trunk |
Mountain Horned Dragon lizard (Acanthosaurus armata) |
Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor) |
Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor) |
Small water monitor lizard sunning itself |
Small water monitor lizard taking in the sun on the grass |
Varanus salvator monitor lizard on the move |
Gmelin's Bronzeback snake snake eating a frog |
Painted Bronzeback Gmelin snake swallowing a frog |
Cave Dwelling Racer (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat |
Blue-eyed forest lizard in the Malaysian jungle; greenish-brown body |
Blue-eyed forest dragon of the Malaysian jungle |
Monitor Lizard, Australia |
Monitor Lizard, Australia |
Spiny tail Iguana, Costa Rica |
Anole, Costa Rica |
Black Iguana, Costa Rica |
spiney lizard, Grand Canyon |
spiney lizard rock, Grand Canyon |
Anole, Honduras |
Uroplatus Gecko, Madagascar |
Several side-necked turtles (Podocnemis sp.) on log |
Brown anole lizard |
Yellow spotted Side-necked turtle (Podocnemis sp.) on log |
Anole lizard |
Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru |
Bright green male anole lizard on canopy tower |
Male anole lizard on trunk of Kapok tree
Male anole lizard displaying its bright orange dewlap |
Male Green Anolis lizard in canopy |
Anole lizard on vine |
Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes lentiferus) |
Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) |
Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) |
Dwarf caiman (Palpebrosus trigonatus) in rainforest pond |
Examining a large snake |
Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru |
Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru |
Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru |
Anole lizard (Anolis fuscoauratus) in Peru |
Cicada and anole lizard sharing a tree trunk |
Mabuya bistriata skink |
Agama, Cambodia |
Water Monitor, Thailand |
Water Monitor, Thailand |
Lizard, Venezuela |
Agamid lizard |
Tortoises mating |
Green bush viper (Atheris sp) in Kibale |
Blue-headed Tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) on a tree trunk |
Female blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) |
Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) |
Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) [mature adult male] |
Male blue-headed agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) on a tree |
Green tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) on a tree trunk |
Female tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) on a tree trunk |
Elliot's Chameleon (Chamaeleo ellioti) on a plant leaf |
Montane Side-striped Chameleon (Chamaeleo ellioti) resting on a leaf |
Blue-headed agamid |
Blue-headed tree agamid |
Green Tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) |
Sea turtle digging nest |
Female green sea turtle |
Sea turtle hatchling |
Green sea turtle marked for research |
Sea turtle on beach at sunrise |
Moss-backed or Green Haired turtle (Mauremys mutica) |
South American turtle at the Shanghai aquarium
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