List of California reptiles

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This is a list of California's lizards, snakes, and turtles.

• ^[e] Endemic species.

• ^[i] Introduced species.

Contents 1 Lizards 1.1 Family Anguidae 1.2 Family Anniellidae 1.3 Family Crotaphytidae 1.4 Family Gekkonidae 1.5 Family Helodermatidae 1.6 Family Iguanidae 1.7 Family Phrynosomatidae 1.8 Family Scincidae 1.9 Family Teiidae 1.10 Family Xantusiidae 1.11 Family Chamaeleonidae 2 Snakes

[edit] Lizards

[edit] Family Anguidae

Species	Common name
Elgaria coerulea	Northern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria multicarinata	Southern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria panamintina [e]	Panamint Alligator Lizard

[edit] Family Anniellidae

Species	Common name
Anniella pulchra	California Legless Lizard

[edit] Family Crotaphytidae

Species	Common name
Crotaphytus bicinctores	Great Basin Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus vestigium	Baja California Collared Lizard
Gambelia copeii	Cope's Leopard Lizard
Gambelia sila [e]	Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard
Gambelia wislizenii	Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

[edit] Family Gekkonidae

Species	Common name
Coleonyx switaki	Switak's Banded Gecko
Coleonyx variegatus	Western Banded Gecko
Phyllodactylus nocticolus	Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus [i]	Mediterranean House Gecko
Tarentola mauritanica [i]	Moorish Wall Gecko

[edit] Family Helodermatidae

Species	Common name
Heloderma suspectum	Gila Monster

[edit] Family Iguanidae

Species	Common name
Dipsosaurus dorsalis	Desert Iguana
Sauromalus ater	Common Chuckwalla

[edit] Family Phrynosomatidae

Species	Common name
Callisaurus draconoides	Zebra-tailed Lizard
Petrosaurus mearnsi	Banded Rock Lizard
Phrynosoma coronatum	Coast Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma douglasii	Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma mcallii	Flat-tail Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos	Desert Horned Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus	Common Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus magister	Desert Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis	Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus orcutti	Granite Spiny Lizard
Uma inornata [e]	Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma notata	Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma scoparia	Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard
Urosaurus graciosus	Long-tailed Brush Lizard
Urosaurus nigricaudus	Baja California Brush Lizard
Urosaurus ornatus	Ornate Tree Lizard
Uta stansburiana	Common Side-blotched Lizard

[edit] Family Scincidae

Species	Common name
Eumeces gilberti	Gilbert's Skink
Eumeces skiltonianus	Western Skink

[edit] Family Teiidae

Species	Common name
Aspidoscelis hyperythra	Orange-throated Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris	Tiger Whiptail

[edit] Family Xantusiidae

Species	Common name
Xantusia gracilis [e]	Sandstone Night Lizard
Xantusia henshawi	Granite Night Lizard
Xantusia riversiana [e]	Island Night Lizard
Xantusia sierrae [e]	Sierra Night Lizard
Xantusia vigilis	Desert Night Lizard
Xantusia wigginsi	Baja California Night Lizard

[edit] Family Chamaeleonidae

Species	Common name
Chamaeleo jacksonii [i]	Jackson's Chameleon

[edit] Snakes