reptiles images - Joel Sartore

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A Fiji Island banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) at the LA Zoo.

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An endangered Chinese big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) at the Houston Zoo.

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A male and female critically endangered red-crowned roof turtle (Batagur kachuga) at the Kukrail Gharial and Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in Lucknow, Upper Pradesh, India. The male is one-third the size of the female, and there are less than 500 breeding adult animals left in the wild.

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Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm.

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A Cuban boa (Epicrates angulifer) at the Palm Beach Zoo.

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BocourtÕs arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia vasconcelosii) at Urban Ark Conservation

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis couro) at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis couro) at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis couro) at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis couro) at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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A critically endangered timor snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi timorensis) at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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A critically endangered timor snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi timorensis) at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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A critically endangered timor snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi timorensis) at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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A critically endangered timor snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi timorensis) at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila levitoni) at Eltoro Zoo de la Castellana, Inc., on Negros Island, Philippines.

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Mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila levitoni) at Eltoro Zoo de la Castellana, Inc., on Negros Island, Philippines.

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Pacific island boa (Candoia paulsoni) at Eltoro Zoo de la Castellana, Inc., on Negros Island, Philippines.

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Pacific island boa (Candoia paulsoni) at Eltoro Zoo de la Castellana, Inc., on Negros Island, Philippines.

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Pacific island boa (Candoia paulsoni) at Eltoro Zoo de la Castellana, Inc., on Negros Island, Philippines.

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A slowworm or legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) at the Biodiversity Hall of Natural History and Science Museum.

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A slowworm or legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) at the Biodiversity Hall of Natural History and Science Museum.

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A slowworm or legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) at the Biodiversity Hall of Natural History and Science Museum.

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A slowworm or legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) at the Biodiversity Hall of Natural History and Science Museum.

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A Biak tree monitor (Varanus kordensis) at Taman Safari.

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A Biak tree monitor (Varanus kordensis) at Taman Safari.

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A male western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) at the Houston Zoo.

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A male western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) at the Houston Zoo.

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A male western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) at the Houston Zoo.

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An Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) at the Nashville Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN. This animal lost a leg due to an animal attack, but it has been an educational animal at the Nashville Zoo for 22 years. Her name is Hickory.