# Outline of reptiles

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to reptiles:
Reptile –

## What type of thing are reptiles?

A reptile can be described as all of the following:
* Lifeform
** Animal
*** Chordate
**** Vertebrate
***** Amniote
*** Ectotherm

## Types of reptiles

List of reptiles
* List of largest reptiles
** List of largest extant lizards
* Lists of reptiles by region
* List of U.S. state reptiles
* Marine reptile
** List of marine reptiles

### Reptile classifications

* List of reptile genera
* Testudines
* Crocodilia
* Squamata
* Rhynchocephalia

### Examples of reptiles

* Alligator
* Crocodile
* Lizard
** Gecko
** Iguana
*** Hybrid iguana
** Komodo dragon
* Snake
** Python
* Tortoise
* Tuatara
* Turtle

## History of reptiles

* Reptile egg fossil

### History of the study of reptiles

* 2014 in reptile paleontology
* 2015 in reptile paleontology
* 2017 in reptile paleontology
* 2018 in reptile paleontology
* 2019 in reptile paleontology
* 2020 in reptile paleontology
* 2021 in reptile paleontology
* 2022 in reptile paleontology
* 2023 in reptile paleontology

### Evolutionary history of reptiles
#### Evolution of reptiles

Evolution of reptiles
* Archosauromorpha
* Lepidosauromorpha

#### Extinct reptiles

* List of largest extinct lizards
* Parareptilia
* Captorhinidae
* Araeoscelidia
* Neodiapsida
* Drepanosauromorpha
* Younginiformes
* Ichthyosauromorpha
* Thalattosauria
* Lepidosauriformes

## Characteristics of reptiles

* Reptile scales

## Reptile reproduction

* Reptile incubation

## Human impact on reptiles

* Herpetoculture
* Herping
* Human uses of reptiles

## Reptile conservation

* Reptile centres
* Reptile organizations

### Endangered reptiles lists

* List of least concern reptiles
* List of data deficient reptiles
* List of near threatened reptiles
* List of vulnerable reptiles
* List of endangered reptiles
* List of critically endangered reptiles

## Reptile centres

Reptile centre
* Alice Springs Reptile Centre
* Armadale Reptile Centre
* Australian Reptile Park
* Clyde Peeling's Reptiland
* Colorado Gators Reptile Park
* Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre
* Indian River Reptile and Dinosaur Park
* Kentucky Reptile Zoo
* Komodo Indonesian Fauna Museum and Reptile Park
* Melaka Butterfly and Reptile Sanctuary
* Reptile Gardens
* Reptile World Serpentarium
* Sleeping Turtles Preserve
* Snakes Down Under Reptile Park and Zoo
* The Reptile Zoo
* West Australian Reptile Park

## Reptile organizations

* Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust
* British Herpetological Society
* Friends of Snakes Society
* International Reptile Rescue
* Katala Foundation
* Snake Cell Andhra Pradesh
* Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
* United States Association of Reptile Keepers

## Reptile publications
### Periodicals on reptiles

* Practical Reptile Keeping
* Reptiles

### Scientific journals covering reptiles

* African Journal of Herpetology
* Bibliotheca Herpetologica
* Caribbean Herpetology
* Chelonian Conservation and Biology
* Herpetologica
* Herpetological Conservation and Biology
* Herpetological Monographs
* Ichthyology & Herpetology

### Reptile databases

* Reptile Database

## Persons influential in reptile-related activities

* List of herpetologists