Reptiles are vertebrates that include lizards, turtles, and snakes, with an estimated 10,000 living species. The Class Reptilia evolved around 315 million years ago based on current evidence. Characteristics of Reptilia generally include air-breathing, cold-blooded, scales, and lay eggs on land.
Kingdom: Animalia
-Phylum: Chordata
–Class: Reptilia
I have photographs 15 Reptiles across three Orders so far:
Order: Testudines (Turtles)
–Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
–Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
–Spiny Soft-shelled Turtle (Apalone spinifera)
–Turtles (unidentified)
Order: Crocodilia (Crocodiles, Alligators)
–American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Order: Squamata (Lizards, Snakes)
–Family: Lacertidae (Wall Lizards, True Lizards)
—Atlantic Lizard (Gallotia atlantica)
—Boettger’s Lizard (Galloria caesaris caesaris)
—Gallot’s Lizard (or Tenerife Lizard) (Gallotia galloti)
—Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti) – soon to be combined with Gallot’s Lizard
–Family: Dactyloidae (Anole)
—Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
– Family: Gekkonidae (Geckos)
—Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma laticuada)
–Family: Phrynosomatidae (Spiny Lizards)
—Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
—Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
– Family: Viperidae (Venomous Snakes)
—Water Moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
–Family: Colubridae (Snakes)
—Plain-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster)