Reptiles

This group includes turtles, snakes and lizards. They breathe with lungs and have horny scales.

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• Cone-head Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus

  

  The veiled chameleon is a large arboreal chameleon with grasping feet and a fully prehensile tail. In an indoor study of nine animals, it used its tail for support when crossing gaps.

• loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta

  

  A genome study reported about 2.13 billion base pairs in the loggerhead sea turtle assembly.

• Hermann's Tortoise Testudo hermanni

  

  Hermann’s tortoise is a terrestrial turtle found in southern Europe. Its rounded carapace is domed and can range from yellow, olive, or orange to dark brown.

• Brown Tree Lizard Anolis sagrei

  

  This lizard is native to Caribbean islands and parts of Central America. It is often brown, with darker markings on its back.

• European Pond Terrapin Emys orbicularis

  

  A study in eastern Poland found ampicillin resistance among Aeromonas isolates from turtles and water.

• Campbell's alligator lizard Abronia campbelli

  

  An arboreal lizard from Guatemala. In a 2009 survey, animals were found in old oak trees covered with dense plant growth.

• Toko Narrow-disked Gecko Gekko gecko

  This large gecko is active at night. Its blue-gray body has red or orange spots.

• St. Johann's Tree Snake Lycodryas maculatus

  A tree snake from Anjouan and Mayotte in the Comoros archipelago, mainly active at night.

• Western Japanese skink Plestiodon japonicus

  A smooth-scaled lizard of woodland edges and stone walls that basks during the day.

• Indo-Pacific crocodile Crocodylus porosus

  Male saltwater crocodiles tracked in northern Australia moved at sea toward their original capture sites after release elsewhere.

• Green turtle Chelonia mydas

  A sea turtle with a small head and hard shell. Adults feed mainly on seagrasses and algae.