American Crocodile
Crocodylus acutus
INTERESTING FACT
Crocodiles can swim up to 25 mph with the
help of their powerful tails.
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys temminckii
INTERESTING FACT
These turtles use their worm-like tongues as
fishing lures to attract pray.
Argentine Red Tegu
Tupinambis rufescens
INTERESTING FACT
These brightly colored lizards
have bumpy, beaded scales.
Carpet Python
Morelia spilota
INTERESTING FACT
The name Carpet Python refers to their
beautiful markings resembling
an Oriental carpet.
Carpet Python
Morelia spilota
INTERESTING FACT
Snakes use their forked tongues to collect
particles from the air to sense their surroundings.
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
INTERESTING FACT
Alligators have a second pair of eyelids called nictitating membranes that are used like goggles to see under water.
Learn More about American AlligatorsBlue-Tongued Skink
Tiliqua scincoides
INTERESTING FACT
These lizards stick out their brightly
colored tongues to scare away predators.
African Spur-Thigh
Tortoise
Geochelone sulcata
INTERESTING FACT
These tortoises can grow to over
2.5 feet long, weigh over 200 lbs,
and live for more than 100 years.
Burmese Python
Python bivittatus
INTERESTING FACT
Albino snakes lack color pigments in
their scales making it difficult to
camouflage in the wild.
