List of reptiles of Arizona

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

Chelydridae

• Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Emydidae

• Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
• Desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)
• Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Kinosternidae

• Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon stejnegeri)
• Yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
• Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)

Testudinidae

• Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
• Sonoran Desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)

Trionychidae

• Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)

Lizards

Anguidae

• Madrean alligator lizard (Elgaria kingii)

Crotaphytidae

Eublepharidae

• Western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)

Gekkonidae

• Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

Helodermatidae

• Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)

Iguanidae

Phrynosomatidae

Scincidae

Teiidae

Xantusiidae

• Arizona night lizard (Xantusia arizona)
• Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi)
• Desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis)

Snakes

Boidae

• Desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata)

Colubridae

Elapidae

• Arizona coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus)

Leptotyphlopidae

• New Mexico threadsnake (Rena dissecta)
• Western threadsnake (Rena humilis)

Viperidae

• Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
• Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)

References