Reptiles beginning with S

Saba Racer - The Red-bellied Racer is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.
Sagebrush lizard - There are 3 recognized regional variations of the sagebrush lizard; The Southern Sagebrush Lizard lives in Southern California, and the Western and Northern Sagebrush variations are found in many western states including Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Sahara Agama - The Erg Agama is a species of lizard in the Agamidae family.
Salt Marsh Snake - The Salt Marsh Snake is a species of semiaquatic, non-venomous, colubrid snake found in the southeastern United States, in the brackish salt marshes along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas, with a population in northern Cuba.
San Clemente Night Lizard - The Island Night Lizard is a night lizard native to three of the Channel Islands of California: San Nicolas Island, Santa Barbara Island and San Clemente Island.
Sand Viper - Grows to a maximum length of 95 cm , although individuals usually measure less than 85 cm .
Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake - This species is relatively slender and stunted, growing to a maximum of 73.
Santa Fe Land Iguana - First described by American Zoologist Edmund Heller in 1903, it has been questioned whether C.
Scarlet snake - Scarlet snakes are relatively small snakes,growing to 14-20 inches at adult size.
Scelotes gronovii - The Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink is a species of skink in the Scincidae family.
Scortecci's Orangetail Lizard - Philochortus zolii is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.
Scutulatus - This species grows to an average of less than 100 cm in length, with a maximum of 137.
Senegal Soft-shelled Turtle - The Senegal Flapshell Turtle is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family.
Seychelles Day Gecko - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, plantations , rural gardens, and urban areas.
Seychelles Giant Day Gecko - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations , rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced vegetation.
Seychelles House Snake - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and rural gardens.
Seychelles mud turtle - The Seychelles Black Terrapin, Seychelles Mud Turtle, or Seychelles Terrapin was a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family.
Seychelles Surprise Gecko - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , rural gardens, and urban areas.
Seychelles Wolf Snake - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Shark Bay Ctenotus - The Hamelin Ctenotus is a species of skink in the Scincidae family.
Sharptail Snake - Sharp-tailed snakes are shy, secretive creatures most often encountered under rocks and logs, and rarely to never found in the open.
Shining Tree Iguana - Liolaemus nitidus, known as the Shining Tree Iguana is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family.
Siamese crocodile - In the wild they prefer slow moving waters like swamps, rivers, and some lakes.
Side-blotched lizard - The Common Side-blotched Lizard is a species of Side-blotched Lizard common on the Pacific coast of North America, from Washington to western Texas and NW Mexico.
Siebenrock's Snakeneck Turtle - It is not an aggressive species in a biting defense.
Silvery Legless Lizard - The family Anniellidae, known as American legless lizards contains two species in a single genus Anniella: A.
Simony's Lizard - Gallotia simonyi is a species of lacertid that can be found on the island of El Hierro, one of the Canary Islands.
Sinking Galliwasp - The Jamaica Giant Galliwasp is a species of lizard in the Anguidae family.
Six-tubercled river turtle - The Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle or Six-tubercled River Turtle is a species of turtle in the Podocnemididae family.
Skull Tree Iguana - Its natural habitat is sandy shores.
Slender glass lizard - Slender glass lizards have a yellow to brown body with six stripes and lateral grooves.
Slider - Many other types of pond slider exist including: Red-eared slider, Yellow-bellied slider, Cumberland slider, Big Bend Slider, just to name a few.
Small-fingered Psammodromus - Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and temperate grassland.
Smith's Arboreal Alligator Lizard - Abronia smithi is an arboreal alligator lizard described in 1993 by Campbell and Frost.
Smith's dwarf chameleon - The Smith's Dwarf Chamaeleon is a species of lizard in the Chamaeleonidae family.
Smooth earth snake - The Smooth Earth Snake is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake native to the eastern half of the United States, from Texas and Iowa to New Jersey and Florida.
Smooth Snakes - Adult specimens are 39-78 inches in length.
Smooth Tree Lizard - The Tree Lizard feeds on mostly insects and their larvae.
Snakehead Lizard - The Bronzeback Snake-lizard is a species of lizard in the Pygopodidae family.
Sonoran collared lizard - Crotaphytus nebrius or the Sonoran Collared lizard is a collared lizard that resides in Arizona, and Mexico.
Sonoran mud turtle - The Sonora Mud Turtle is a species of turtle in the Kinosternidae family.
Sonoran Shovelnose Snake - Sonoran Shovelnose Snake is a native of the Sonoran Desert.
Southeastasia Box Turtle - It is found in the Nicobar Islands, eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, central and southern Vietnam, West Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines , Indonesia , and possibly Sri Lanka.
Southeastern crowned snake - The Southeastern Crown Snake is a common species of snake found in the United States.
Southern Alligator Lizard - The southern alligator lizard has a long prehensile tail, up to twice the length of its body.
Southern Hognose Snake - Adults are 35.
Southern Smooth Snake - Found in Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia.
Southwestern Blackhead Snake - The Southwestern Blackhead Snake is a small snake, growing to a maximum of 15 inches, but typically average around 8 inches.
Soutpansberg rock lizard - The Soutpansberg Rock Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.
Spanish Cylindrical Skink - Major threats include modification of its habitat and changes in the population of the wild boar.
Spanish Keeled Lizard - Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and rocky areas.
Spanish Psammodromus - History and origin The Spanish Psammodromus was first described by Fitzinger in 1826, the scientific name of this species is Psammodromus hispanicus.
Spiny turtle - The origin of its common and specific name is immediately apparent from the sharp, pointed, spiky-edged carapace, and spiny keel, of this unique turtle, also known as the ‘cog-wheel turtle'.
Spot-tail Earless Lizard - The Spot-tailed Earless Lizard is a species of Phrynosomid lizard found in Mexico, in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, and in the United States, in south-central Texas.
Spotted False Monitor - Callopistes maculatus is a species of lizard in the Teiidae family.
Spotted turtle - Adult males have brown eyes, a brown or dark grey beak and chin; adult females have orange eyes, a yellow/orange coloured beak and chin.
Spottedpond Turtle - Carapace much elevated, with three interrupted keels or series of nodose prominences corresponding to the vertebral and costal shields; posterior border strongly serrated in the young, feebly in the adult; nuchal moderate, broader posteriorly than anteriorly; first vertebral not or scarcely broader anteriorly than posteriorly; second and third vertebrals broader than long in the young, nearly as long as broad in the adult, narrower than the costals.
St. Croix Ameiva - Growing to a size of between 35 and 77mm , it is noticeable for the pattern of light brown, dark brown and white longitudinal stripes down its back.
St. Croix Racer - The Saint Croix Racer was a species of snake in the Colubridae family.
Star Tortoise - Carapace very convex, dorsal shields often forming humps; lateral margins nearly vertical; posterior margin somewhat expanded and strongly serrated; no nuchal; supracaudal undivided, incurved in the male; shields strongly striated concentrically; first vertebral longer than broad, the others broader than long, third at least as broad as the corresponding costal.
Striped crayfish snake - Although rarely seen due to its secretive behavior, it can be found in large numbers in wet areas.
Striped Harlequin Snake - The Striped Harlequin Snake is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.
Striped racer - Whipsnakes are known to eat a variety of live animals including insects, lizards, snakes, birds, and small mammals .
Striped Whip Snake - The Striped Whipsnake is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake that is closely related to the California Whipsnake .
Subocularis - The Trans-Pecos rat snake , is a small , non-venomous rat snake native to the Chihuahuan Desert, that extends northward into Texas.
Swazi Rock Snake - The Swazi Rock Snake is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.
Swinhoe's Soft-shelled Turtle - Rafetus swinhoei have been known to inhabit the Yangtze River and Lake Taihu, situated on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, in eastern China; Gejiu, Yuanyang, Jianshui and Honghe in Yunnan province in southern China; and the Red River in the north of Vietnam.
Switak's Banded Gecko - Switak's Banded Gecko is a species of gecko that is native to Southern California in the United States and Baja California and Baja California Sur in Mexico.