# List of reptiles of Arizona

This is a list of the known extant reptiles of Arizona. The Arizona state reptile is the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi).

## Turtles and tortoises
### Snapping turtles (Chelydridae)

* Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) - introduced

### Pond turtles (Emydidae)

* Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
* Desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)
* Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) - introduced

### Mud turtles (Kinosternidae)

* Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon stejnegeri)
* Yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
* Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)

### Tortoises (Testudinidae)

* Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
* Sonoran Desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)

### Softshell turtles (Trionychidae)

* Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)

## Lizards
### Alligator lizards and glass lizards (Anguidae)

* Madrean alligator lizard (Elgaria kingii)

### Collared lizards (Crotaphytidae)

* Eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
* Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores)
* Sonoran collared lizard (Crotaphytus nebrius)
* Long-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii)

### Desert geckos (Eublepharidae)

* Western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)

### Typical geckos (Gekkonidae)

* Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) - introduced

### Beaded lizards (Helodermatidae)

* Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)

### Typical Iguanas (Iguanidae)

* Spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura macrolopha × conspicuosa) - introduced
* Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
* Common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)

### Desert lizards (Phrynosomatidae)

* Zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides)
* Greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)
* Lesser earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata)
* Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
* Greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
* Flat-tail horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii)
* Desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos)
* Regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare)
* Twin-spotted spiny lizard (Sceloporus bimaculosus)
* Clark's spiny lizard (Sceloporus clarkii)
* Southwestern fence lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)
* Yarrow's spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii)
* Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister)
* Slevin's bunchgrass lizard (Sceloporus slevini)
* Plateau fence lizard (Sceloporus tristichus)
* Yellow-backed spiny lizard (Sceloporus uniformis)
* Striped plateau lizard (Sceloporus virgatus)
* Mojave fringe-toed lizard (Uma scoparia)
* Long-tailed brush lizard (Urosaurus graciosus)
* Ornate tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)
* Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)

### Skinks (Scincidae)

* Mountain skink (Plestiodon callicephalus)
* Gilbert's skink (Plestiodon gilberti)
* Many-lined skink (Plestiodon multivirgatus)
* Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
* Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus)

### Whiptails (Teiidae)

* Arizona striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis arizonae)
* Canyon spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis burti)
* Chihuahuan spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)
* Gila spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis flagellicauda)
* New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana)
* Pai striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis pai)
* Sonoran spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis sonorae)
* Tiger whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris)
* Desert grassland whiptail (Aspidoscelis uniparens)
* Plateau striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox)
* Red-backed whiptail (Aspidoscelis xanthonota)

### Night lizards (Xantusiidae)

* Arizona night lizard (Xantusia arizona)
* Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi)
* Desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis)

## Snakes
### Boas (Boidae)

* Desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata)

### Colubrids (Colubridae)

* Glossy snake (Arizona elegans)
* Variable sandsnake (Sonora stramineus)
* Western shovelnose snake (Sonora occipitalis)
* Groundsnake (Sonora semiannulata)
* Sonoran shovel-nosed snake (Sonora palarostris)
* North American racer (Coluber constrictor)
* Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)
* Striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus)
* Ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus)
* Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake (Gyalopion canum)
* Thornscrub hook-nosed snake (Gyalopion quadrangulare)
* Mexican hog-nosed snake (Heterodon kennerlyi)
* Desert nightsnake (Hypsiglena chlorophaea)
* Chihuahuan nightsnake (Hypsiglena jani)
* Common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
* Sonoran mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana)
* Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
* Brown vinesnake (Oxybelis aeneus)
* Saddled leaf-nosed snake (Phyllorhynchus browni)
* Spotted leaf-nosed snake (Phyllorhynchus decurtatus)
* Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer)
* Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei)
* Western patch-nosed snake (Salvadora hexalepis
* Eastern patch-nosed snake (Salvadora grahamiae)
* Green ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)
* Sonoran lyresnake (Trimorphodon lambda)
* Smith's black-headed snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi)
* Plains black-headed snake (Tantilla nigriceps)
* Chihuahuan black-headed snake (Tantilla wilcoxi)
* Yaqui black-headed snake (Tantilla yaquia)
* Blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis)
* Western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans)
* Mexican garter snake (Thamnophis eques)
* Checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus)
* Narrow-headed garter snake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus)

### Coral snakes (Elapidae)

* Arizona coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus)

### Threadsnakes (Leptotyphlopidae)

* New Mexico threadsnake (Rena dissecta)
* Western threadsnake (Rena humilis)

### Vipers (Viperidae)

* Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
* Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
* Arizona black rattlesnake (Crotalus cerberus)
* Rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus)
* Speckled rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii)
* Black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus)
* Western rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus)
* Mohave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus)
* Tiger rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris)
* Prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
* Ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi)
* Western massasauga (Sistrurus tergeminus)