The Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) has a distribution range including: Argentina (north), Bolivia, Brazil (southeast), Paraguay and Uruguay. The Broad-Snouted Caiman is a highly aquatic species which is found primarily in mangroves, marshes and swamps (freshwater and … [Read more...]
African Spurred Tortoise
The African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) is also known as the Sulcata Tortoise, 'Grooved Tortoise', the 'Spur Tortoise' and the 'African Spur Thigh Tortoise'. It is a desert-dwelling tortoise whose range extends along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert from Senegal … [Read more...]
Schneider’s Dwarf Caiman
The Schneider's Dwarf Caiman has a distribution range including: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela. Much of its range overlaps with Cuviers Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus), however, it is not as extensive southwards … [Read more...]
Yacare Caimans
The Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare) has a distribution range including: Argentina (north), Brazil (south), Bolivia (south) and Paraguay.The Yacare Caiman is found in a variety of habitat types, similar to the Common Caiman (Caiman crocodilus), which include wetlands, rivers and … [Read more...]
Crocodile
The Crocodile is a large aquatic reptile that lives throughout the Tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodiles tend to congregate in freshwater habitats like rivers, lakes, wetlands and sometimes in brackish water (water that is saltier than fresh water, but … [Read more...]
Gharial
The Gharial (Gavialis Gangeticus) is one of two surviving members of the family Gavialidae, a long-established group of crocodile-like reptiles with long, narrow jaws. The Gharial (sometimes called the 'Indian gharial' or 'gavial') is the second-longest of all living … [Read more...]
Lizards
Lizards are small reptiles of the order Squamata, which they share with the snakes (Ophidians). Lizards are cold-blooded reptiles that have long tails and four legs.There are about 2,700 species of lizard on our planet, with only two species being poisonous, the Beaded lizard … [Read more...]
Snakes
Snakes are a very large group of long reptiles. There are over 2,500 different species of snakes on our planet.Snakes live in a variety of land and water habitats. The most abundant snakes and the largest snakes are found in tropical climates such as rainforests.Snakes … [Read more...]
Tortoise
A Tortoise is a land-dwelling reptile of the order Testudines.Tortoises are found worldwide with the most famous tortoise of all, the Giant Tortoise Lonesome George who lived on the Galapagos Islands near Ecuador. Tortoises, like their aquatic cousins, the Turtles, have a … [Read more...]
Tuatara
The Tuatara is a reptile of the family Sphenodontidae, endemic to New Zealand. The two species of tuatara are the only surviving members of the Sphenodontians who flourished around 200 million years ago.The tuataras resemble lizards, but are equally related to lizards and … [Read more...]