Species names Flashcards
Poison arrow frog
Dendrobates auratus (“Gilded tree climber”)
Alligator snapping turtle
Macrochelys temminckii (“Large turtle of Temminck”)
Asian brown tortoise
Manouria emys emys
Ball python
Python regius (“Regal python”)
Broad-nosed caiman
Caiman Latrostris (“Large-nose caiman”)
Corn snake
Pantherophis guttatus (“Spotted rat-eating/cat snake”)
Common kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula (“Small radiant shield snake”)
Common musk turtle
Sternotherus odoratus (“Smelly wild animal”)
Dusky pygmy rattlesnake
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri (“Thousand tail rattler”)
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Crotalus adamanteus (“Steel rattle”)
Eastern indigo snake
Drymarchon couperi (“Lord of the forest”)
False water cobra
Hydrodynastes gigas (“Nasty water giant”)
Florida box turtle
Terrapene carolina bauri
Florida pine snake
Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus (“Black and white pine snake”)
Florida softshell
Apalone ferox (“Fierce softshell”)
Galapagos tortoise
Chelonoidis nigra (“Black tortoise”)
Gopher tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus
Leopard gecko
Eublepharis macularius (“Spotted eyelids”)
Leopard tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis (“Spotted leopard tortoise”)
Ornate diamondback terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota (“Large crest turtle”)
Peninsula cooter
Pseudemys floridana peninsularis (“Turtle of the Florida peninsula”)
Prehensiled-tailed skink
Corucia zebrata (“shimmering zebra”)
Red-eared slider
Trachemys scripta elegans (“Elegant writing turtle”)
Red-foot tortoise
Chelonoidis carbonarius
Scheltopusik
Ophisaurus apodus (“Snake lizard”)
Sinaloan milksnake
Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae (“Three pointed shield”)
Southern copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (“Twisted fishhook”)
Tokay gecko
Gekko gecko
West African dwarf croc
Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis (“Bone shied throat”)
Yellowbelly slider
Trachemys scripta scripta (“Writing writing turtle”)
Chilean rose tarantula
Grammostola rosea (“Heavy rose shield(?)”)
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
