Animal type
Reptiles
Reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates with dry, scaly skin, and most lay eggs on land. Snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises and crocodiles are all reptiles, and many bask in the sun to warm up.
All 23 reptiles in the library, from the agama lizard to the viper. Most of them live in Asia and Africa.
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Agama Lizard
Agama agama
Lives 8-15 years
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Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea
Lives over 100 years; possibly 200
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Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis and Alligator sinensis
Lives 30-50 years in the wild
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Anaconda
Eunectes murinus
Lives about 10 years in the wild; up to 30 in captivity
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Boa Constrictor
Boa constrictor
Lives 20-30 years; over 40 in captivity
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Chameleon
Chamaeleonidae (family, about 200 species)
Lives 2-7 years; larger species up to 10
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Cobra
Naja (Indian cobra: Naja naja)
Lives about 20 years in the wild
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Crocodile
Crocodylidae (family, about 14-16 species)
Lives 30-70 years, depending on species
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Frilled Lizard
Chlamydosaurus kingii
Lives 10-20 years in captivity; less in the wild
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Gharial
Gavialis gangeticus
Lives 50-60 years
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Gila Monster
Heloderma suspectum
Lives 20-30 years in the wild; over 35 in captivity
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House Lizard
Hemidactylus frenatus
Lives about 5 years; longer indoors
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Iguana
Iguanidae (family); figures from the green iguana, Iguana iguana
Lifespan: Not well documented in the wild
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King Cobra
Ophiophagus hannah
Lives about 20 years
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Komodo Dragon
Varanus komodoensis
Lives about 30 years
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Python
Pythonidae (family, about 40 species)
Lives 15-30 years; over 40 in captivity
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Rattlesnake
Crotalus and Sistrurus (two genera, about 30-50 species)
Lives 15-20 years or more in the wild
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Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin (diamondback); terrapin is a common name, not a taxonomic group
Lives 25-40 years
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Tortoise
Testudinidae (Galapagos giants: Chelonoidis)
Lives 50-100 years; giants over 150
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Tuatara
Sphenodon punctatus
Lives 60-100 years; a century is not unusual
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Turtle
Testudines (order, about 360 species)
Lives 20-100 years, depending on species
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Uromastyx
Uromastyx (genus, about 15 species)
Lives over 25 years; reports approaching 60
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Viper
Viperidae (family, more than 300 species)
Lifespan: Varies widely by species
No reptiles match those filters.
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