Reptiles of the World is a photographic journey through over 100 different Turtles, Crocodilians, Beak-Heads, Amphisbaenians, and Lizards. Each species is represented by its common name, scientific name, one or more color photographs, and some explanatory text. The book contains 173 color photographs.

Originally written by Carl Gans and published by Bantam Books in the “Knowledge Through Color” series in 1975, the contents are now available online courtesy (in progress) of the Gans Collections and Charitable Fund.

• Reptiles of the World Introduction

Table of Contents

TURTLES

Chelydridae

• Common Snapping Turtle
• Alligator Snapping Turtle

Kinosternidae

• Stinkpot

Dermatemydidae

• Central American River Turtle

Platysternidae

• Big-headed Turtle

Emydidae

• Spotted Turtle
• Wood Turtle
• Indian Snail-eating Turtle
• Terrapin or Slider
• Common Box Turtle

Testudinidae

• Gopher Tortoise
• Jaboty or Forest Tortoise
• Galapagos Giant Tortoise
• Aldabra Giant Tortoise
• Leopard Tortoise
• Pancake Tortoise
• Greek Tortoise

Cheloniidae

• Loggerhead Turtle
• Green Turtle
• Hawksbill Turtle

Dermochelyidae

• Leatherback Turtle or Luth

Trionychidae

• Indian Soft-shelled Turtle
• Nile Soft-shelled Turtle

Carettochelyidae

• New Guinean Plateless Turtle

Pelomedusidae

• Arrau Turtle
• African Mud Turtle
• River Terekay

Chelidae

• Snake-necked River Turtle
• Mata-mata Turtle

CROCODILIANS

Crocodylidae

• American Alligator
• Spectacled Caiman
• Nile Crocodile
• Mugger
• Estuarine Crocodile
• West African Dwarf Crocodile

Gavialidae

• Gavial or Gharial

BEAK-HEADS

Sphenodontidae

• Tuatara

AMPHISBAENIANS

Amphisbaenidae

• White Amphisbaena
• South African Shield-snouted Amphisbaenian

Bipedidae

• Two-legged Amphisbaenian

Trogonophidae

• Somali Edge-snouted Amphisbaenian

LIZARDS

Dibamidae

• Mexican Snake Lizard

Geckonidae

• Tokay
• Skink-scaled Desert Gecko

Pygopodidae

• Black-headed Scaly Foot

Xanthusiidae

• Granite Night Lizard

Iguanidae

• Common Iguana
• Marine Iguana
• Chuckwalla
• Common Anole
• Forest Iguana
• Eastern Fence Lizard
• Coast Horned Lizard
• Mountain Iguana
• Plumed Basilisk

Agamidae

• Common Agama
• Princely Mastigure
• Moloch
• Blood Sucker
• Australian Bearded Lizard
• Asiatic Flying Lizard

Chameleonidae

• Common Chameleon
• Three-horned Chameleon
• Short-tailed Dwarf Chameleon

Scincidae

• Blue-tongued Skink
• African Snake Skink

Lacertidae

• Jeweled Lacerta

Teiidae

• Banded Tegu
• Caiman Lizard

Gerrhosauridae

• Yellow-throated Plated Lizard

Cordylidae

• Sungazer or Giant Zonure
• Imperial Flat Lizard
• Snake-like Girdle Tail

Anguidae

• Giant Glass Lizard or Scheltopusik

Anniellidae

• California Legless Lizard

Helodermatidae

• Gila Monster and Mexican Beaded Lizard

Varanidae

• Komodo Dragon
• Nile Monitor
• Sand Goanna

Lanthanotidae

• Bornean Earless Monitor

SNAKES

Leptotyphlopidae

• Western Slender Blind Snake

Typhlopidae

• Giant Blind Snake

Uropeltidae

• Red-blotched Shield Tail
• Blyth’s Lankan Shield Tail

Aniliidae

• South American Pipe Snake
• Blotched Pipe Snake

Xenopeltidae

• Sunbeam Snake

Acrochordidae

• Elephant Trunk Snake

Boidae

• Boa Constrictor
• Emerald Tree Boa
• Rubber Boa
• Green Tree Python
• Asiatic Ground Boa
• Anaconda
• Carpet Python
• Ball Python
• Reticulated Python
• African Rock Python
• Cuban Ground Boa

Colubridae

• Bull Snake
• Rat Snake
• Dhaman
• Egg-eating Snake
• African Slug-eating Snake
• Sri Lankan Ground Snake
• South American Snail-eating Snake
• Rainbow Snake
• Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
• Common Water Snake
• Red-bellied Snake
• Common Garter Snake
• Tentacled False Water Snake
• Mangrove Snake
• Scarlet Snake
• Flying Snake
• Blunt-headed Tree Snake
• Vine Snake
• Boomsiang

Elapidae

• Death Adder
• Blue Krait
• Green Mamba
• Common Coral Snake
• Central American False Coral Snake
• Common or Indian Cobra
• Spitting Cobra
• King Cobra

Hydrophiidae

• Blue-banded Sea Snake
• Pelagic Sea Snake

Viperidae

• Southern Mole Viper
• Gaboon Viper
• Puff Adder
• Saw-scaled Viper
• Common Viper
• Russell’s Viper or Daboya

Crotalinae

• Copperhead
• Mamushi
• Water Moccasin or Cottonmouth
• Fer-de-lance
• Mano-de-piedra
• Diamondback Rattlesnake
• Sidewinder Rattlesnake
• South American Rattlesnake
• Massasauga
• Bushmaster
• Bamboo Pit Viper