The reptiles and amphibians are terrarium animals particularly popular.
In this list we show some of them. We will always have to take into account the species protection legislation of each country and always avoid the acquisition of species captured in their wild habitat in favor of species bred in captivity..
Origin: Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Gender: ---
Life expectancy: ---
Length: 10 - 15 cm. + 20 to 30 cm. (tail)
Red-headed rock agama – Jason Pratt, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Agamid Lizards are found in Europe, Africa, Asia
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2 Axolotl
- Ambystoma mexicanum
Origin: Mexico
Gender: Ambystoma
Life expectancy: 12 - 20 years
Length: 23 - 28 cm.
The Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), member of the family of caudados, found exclusively in a few high-altitude Mexican lakes,
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3 Turtle feeding
What do turtles eat in the terrarium?
The
Turtles they can be carnivorous, omnivorous or herbivorous and there are some species that change their diet as they grow and tend to go from
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4 Feeding the lizards
What do lizards eat in the terrarium?
The
lizards they feed mainly on living beings, usually from invertebrates. But this pattern does not work for all lizards. Some are always
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Each species of reptile has specific feeding requirements manifested in digestive and metabolic adaptations, that define water requirements, calories
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6 Green anole
- Anolis carolinensis
Origin: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, the United States, Cayman Islands, Colombia and Mexico.
Gender: Anolis
Life expectancy: 5 - 7 years in captivity
Length: 18 - 20 cm.
Very nice tree lizard also called
American chameleon, due to the ability to change color depending on the environment.
Anolis carolinensis,
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Origin: Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, Suriname, French Guiana, the brazilian amazon, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
Gender: Corallus
Life expectancy: 20 years in captivity
Length: 1,5 - 2 m
The
Amazon tree boa it is a popular pet with snake fanciers and is a fairly common export in the snake trade.
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8 Boa imperator
- Boa constrictor imperator
Origin: Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the island of San Andres in Colombia.
Gender: Boa
Life expectancy: 25 years
Length: 1,3 - 2.5 m
The
Boa imperator is twilight and nocturnal. During the day it hides in caves, hollow trees or other shelters and only comes out to take
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Origin: South America
Gender: Boa
Life expectancy: 20 - 40 years
Length: 2 - 3 m
In some countries, the possession of the
Boa constrictor is regulated by the regulations on the possession of so-called “potentially dangerous animals”
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Origin: Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Indonesian, the Moluccas, the bismarck archipelago, the Solomon Islands and the Tokelau Islands.
Gender: Candoia
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 60 to 90 cm.
The
New Guinea ground boa it is mainly nocturnal and moves on the ground and is only occasionally found in trees.
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Origin: Madagascar
Gender: Furcifer
Life expectancy: 3 years
Length: 17 - 25 cm.
The
Carpet chameleon, formerly known as Chamaeleo lateralis, is a beautiful species in high demand for the pet trade.
Furcifer lateralis,
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Origin: Kenya, Uganda
Gender: Trioceros
Life expectancy: 4 - 6 years
Length: Head - torso, until 10 cm.
The
Von Höhnel's chameleon (Trioceros hoehnelii) is a high-altitude species that ascends to more than 3.000 m on Mount Elgon.
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Origin: Cameroon and Nigeria
Gender: Trioceros
Life expectancy: 4 - 6 years
Length: 25 to 35 cm.
The
Four-horned chameleon, also known as
Cameroon bearded chameleon, it is recognizable not only by its four protruding horns, but also for
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Origin: Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gender: Trioceros
Life expectancy: 4 years
Length: 22 cm. females - 17 cm males
The
Montane side-striped chameleon (Trioceros ellioti) has a soft personality. Although no chameleon should be considered a pet to be kept and interacted with
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Origin: Tanzania
Gender: Kinyongia
Life expectancy: 4 - 6 years
Length: Head-torso: until 18 cm.
If a «
Fischer's chameleon» in a pet store or elsewhere, it's not uncommon to know
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Origin: Kenya, Tanzania, United States
Gender: Trioceros
Life expectancy: Until 10 years
Length: Head-torso: until 16 cm.
The
Jackson's chameleon is diurnal and displays food-seeking behavior with few movements per minute and a speed of locomotion
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Origin: Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
Gender: Trioceros
Life expectancy: 12 years
Length: With the tail, 60 cm..
The
Meller's chameleon It is the largest chameleon on the African continent., large males usually reach 61 cm length
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Origin: Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Togo, Cameroon and Gambia
Gender: Chamaeleo
Life expectancy: 4 - 6 years
Length: Head - trunk: 14 cm.
The
Senegal chameleon comes from West Africa and requires special care, as it is quite fragile.
Chamaeleo senegalensis in Acacia
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Origin: Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Gender: Chamaeleo
Life expectancy: 7 years
Length: Until 20 cm.
Depending on local origin, males of
Veiled chameleon reach a length of 35 to 60 centimeters, the females of 20 to 45
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Origin: Madagascar
Gender: Furcifer
Life expectancy: 5 - 8 years
Length: Including the queue 68.5 cm.
The
Malagasy giant chameleon is considered the longest chameleon in the world (although exceptionally longer adults such as the
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Origin: Madagascar
Gender: Furcifer
Life expectancy: 5 - 7 years
Length: 30 - 51 cm. (Male), 20 - 36 cm. (Female)
The most fascinating feature that has the
Panther chameleon is its extraordinarily vibrant coloration.
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Origin: Madagascar
Gender: Brookesia
Life expectancy: 4 - 6 years
Length: Head-torso: until 10 cm.
The
Brygoo's chameleon it is a small to medium sized chameleon, earthy brown to blend in with leaf litter.
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23 Chameleons
- Chamaeleonidae - Maintenance in captivity
Origin: Africa
Gender: ---
Life expectancy: from five months to 15 years, depending on the species
Length: from three to 80 centimeters long, depending on the species
Chameleons are the artists of the transformation of the animal kingdom: Depending on your state of mind, may change color and shape.
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Origin: Mexico, United States
Gender: Sauromalus
Life expectancy: 30 - 40 years
Length: Among 30 and 50 cm.
The
Common chuckwalla found in deserts, where the air is warm and dry (of 9 to 45 degrees Celsius).
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Origin: Libya, Palestine, Israel, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
Gender: Uromastyx
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years
Length: 50 - 60 cm.
The
Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard It is the largest species of
Spiny-tailed lizards
Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard –
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Origin: Northeast Africa
Gender: Uromastyx
Life expectancy: 20 years in captivity
Length: 28 cm.
The
Ocellated spinytail is native to northeastern Africa, where it can be found in southern Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia (near
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Origin: Middle East, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Gender: Uromastyx
Life expectancy: 20 years in captivity
Length: 32 - 37 cm.
The
Ornate mastigure (Uromastyx ornata) is included in the Appendix 2 of the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
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Origin: West Africa
Gender: Boaedon
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 60 - 120 cm.
The
African house snake inhabits arid areas near the Atlantic coast, plains with formations of euphorbias and other bushes.
Snake
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Origin: Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesian, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Gender: Dendrelaphis
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years
Length: 120 cm.
The
Painted bronzeback It is the most common type of snakes of the genus
Dendrelaphis. Active during the day, usually wanders
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Origin: United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Belice, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Gender: Thamnophis
Life expectancy: 15 years
Length: 45 - 90 cm.
This species has a calm character. When the
Checkered garter snake feels threatened, usually flees.
(Thamnophis marcianus marcianus) from Hidalgo County,
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Origin: Afghanistan , Pakistan , Nepal , Bhutan , India , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Myanmar , Thailand , Malaysia , Viet Nam , Cambodia , Laos , China (South), Indonesian ( Sumatra ) and Singapore.
Gender: defaults
Life expectancy: 5 years
Length: 9-14cm. (head-torso length), 27-35cm. (tail length)
Although the
Oriental garden lizard can be found relatively frequently and at a fairly low price in the trade, it's not easy to
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Origin: Australia
Gender: Drive
Life expectancy: 15 - 18 years
Length: 40 - 61 cm.
At present they are known 8 species bearded dragons (Drive), of which two species are commonly bred in captivity: The
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Origin: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Gender: Acanthosaura
Life expectancy: More than 7 years
Length: 30 cm.
The
Mountain horned dragon is a beautiful lizard that is also called
asian chameleon, due to their color changes and customs
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Origin: Thailand, Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia and Burma
Gender: Physignathus
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 80 - 100 cm.
The Chinese water dragon the green (Physignathus cocincinus) lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, preferably near masses of
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Origin: China
Gender: - Diploderma
Life expectancy: 10 years
Length: 35 cm.
The
Green striped tree dragon is shy in nature and tends to panic. This can be counteracted with a good structure in
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36 Skinks
Family: Scincidae
Origin: North of Africa
Gender: Scincus
Life expectancy: 5 to 20 years
Length: 20 - 45 cm.
The lizards resembling
Skinks first appear in the fossil record about 140 millions of years, during the early Cretaceous ,
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Origin: Egypt, South Africa, Florida (USA)
Gender: Trachylepis
Life expectancy: ---
Length: 20 cm..
Nice small lizard of the family of the escindidos. As you can see, full of the stripes that give it its name.
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Origin: Bangladesh , Bhutan , Cambodia , India , Laos , Malaysia,
Gender: Eutropis
Life expectancy: ---
Length: 16 - 23 cm..
Beautiful skink from Indonesia with a robust appearance and with colors that make it look metallic. Maintenance is exactly the same as
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Origin: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Gender: Tribolonotus
Life expectancy: 10 - 12 years
Length: 17 - 20 cm.
Precious and very rare Indonesian lizard that nowadays is very difficult to find. It likes humid places so
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Origin: Papua New Guinea
Gender: Tiliqua
Life expectancy: 15 - 17 years
Length: 50 - 60 cm.
awesome lizards. This species is one of the best to keep as it is one of the calmest and most manageable. very easy animals,
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Origin: Australia
Gender: Tiliqua
Life expectancy: 25 - 30 years.
Length: 45 - 55 cm.
Its coloration ranges from gray to brown with perpendicular dark bands. reaches 60 cm in length and its is a species
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Origin: Australia
Gender: Cyclodomorphus
Life expectancy: 8 - 12 years
Length: 45 cm.
The
Pink-tongued skink it is a forest animal so in the terrarium we will put some humidity. very easy maintenance.
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Origin: Algeria, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia
Gender: Scicopus
Life expectancy: ---
Length: 20-25 cm.
Very rare and very little seen niger skink. It is an animal of terrestrial customs and dry areas, desert
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Origin: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesian, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
Gender: Eutropis
Life expectancy: ---
Length: 35 cm.
Another species of this genus so docile and friendly from Southeast Asia. They are just as easy to maintain as the others. It suits
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Origin: Central Asia , West Asia and North Africa
Gender: Eumeces
Life expectancy:
Length: 16,5 cm. + tail 20 cm..
The great skink North Africa and one of the most beautiful we can find, since the orange colors that
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46 Nelson's milksnake
- Lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni
Origin: Mexico
Gender: Lampropeltis
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 130 cm.
The
Nelson's milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni) it is a small to medium sized snake, with a length of 91-152 centimeters.
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Origin: Central America
Gender: Ctenosaura
Life expectancy: 22,4 years (captivity)
Length: 35 cm.
As to the nature, the
Oaxacan spinytail iguana is relatively tame, eats from the hand and does not get scared when you put
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Origin: Tanzania
Gender: Lygodactylus
Life expectancy: 5 - 10 years
Length: 5 - 8 cm.
The trade of
Electric blue gecko is now banned in the EU. They cannot be kept or sold in the EU without documentation and
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Origin: New Caledonia
Gender: Correlophus
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years
Length: 15 - 25 cm. + 10 - 15 cm. (tail)
The "Crested Gecko" in captivity is docile and tolerates regular handling – Jazium, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia
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Origin: Asia Minor and North Africa
Gender: Cyrtopodion
Life expectancy: ---
Length: 12 cm.
The
Rough-tailed gecko needs a dry sandy terrarium with shelter and a small log to climb on or under.
Gecko
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Origin: Australia
Gender: Underwoodisaurus
Life expectancy: 10 - 12 years
Length: 12 - 14 cm.
The
Thick-tailed gecko They have the nickname "Barking Gecko" because they can make the corresponding sounds. If they feel upset, can complain in
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Origin: Madagascar
Gender: Phelsuma
Life expectancy: 10 - 15 years
Length: 20 - 24 cm.
Thanks to the special adhesive foils on your fingers, the
Madagascar day gecko not only moves on the smoothest surfaces, but
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Origin: Madagascar
Gender: Phelsuma
Life expectancy: 4 - 8 years
Length: 10 - 13cm.
The
Gold dust day gecko is commonly known as the mascot of
GEICO Insurance, and also the main character of the series
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Origin: Viet Nam
Gender: Gekko
Life expectancy: 8 - 10 years
Length: 25 cm.
The
Golden gecko golden yellow in color is a splendid host of the terrarium, since they are very easy to maintain and are also completely
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Origin: Kenya and Somalia
Gender: Lygodactylus
Life expectancy: 10 - 20 years
Length: 8 - 9 cm..
The
Dwarf yellow-headed gecko is widely traded in the exotic animal trade.
A "Yellow-headed Dwarf Gecko". Lygodactylus
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Origin: West Africa and Central Africa
Gender: Lygodactylus
Life expectancy: 5 - 8 years
Length: 6 - 8 cm.
Extraordinary arboreal dwarf lizard that will soon replace those already only very rarely seen in terrariums
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57 Cat gecko
- Aeluroscalabotes felinus
Origin: Indonesian, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand
Gender: Aeluroscalabotes
Life expectancy: 10 - 12 years
Length: 18 cm..
The
Cat gecko is an elegant gecko highly sought after by gecko collectors. It's relatively easy to create, but it can be difficult
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58 Leopard gecko
- Eublepharis macularius
Origin: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal
Gender: Eublepharis
Life expectancy: 25 - 30 years in captivity
Length: 18 - 28 cm.
The
Leopard gecko they are peaceful and friendly creatures. They can be kept individually, as a couple or in a group without any problem.
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Origin: Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Gender: Teratoscincus
Life expectancy: 10 - 12 years
Length: 18 cm.
The
Common wonder gecko it inhabits the ground in deserts and semi-deserts with sparse vegetation. High daytime and low nighttime temperatures.
«Gecko
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Origin: Indonesian , New Guinea , Palau and the Solomon Islands
Gender: Gekko
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years in captivity
Length: 20 - 25 cm.
Gecko arborícola big size and nice design. This type of gecko also has the advantage of being totally docile at the time
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61 Marbled gecko
- Christinus marmoratus
Origin: Australia
Gender: Christinus
Life expectancy: 12 years in captivity
Length: 15 cm.
Very nice
asian gecko, with a splendid contrast of colors in its range of grays, black and white. It is an animal that like the
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Origin: The 5 Continents
Gender: Gekkonidae
Life expectancy: 8 - 15 years
Length: 4 to 60 cm..
Gekko gecko – Robert Michniewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Geckos – a brief profile
The Geckos are, without a doubt,
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Origin: Grand Cayman
Gender: Cyclura
Life expectancy: Up to the 70 years
Length: 51 - 76 cm. (No queue)
The
Blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) came to have only between 10 and 25 specimens in the wild.
Grand Cayman blue iguana
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Origin: fiji
Gender: Brachylophus
Life expectancy: About 25 years
Length: head-torso: until 20 cm.
The
Lau banded iguana is considered a national treasure by the government of this country, and his image has appeared on stamps of
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Origin: Cuba
Gender: Cyclura
Life expectancy: 40 - 45 years
Length: Until 160 cm.
As the largest member of its kind, the
Cuban iguana (Cyclura nubila) reaches a total length of 150 cm and a head-torso length of
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Origin: Mexico
Gender: Sauromalus
Life expectancy: 17 years in captivity
Length: 31.7 cm. (Head - trunk)
The
Angel Island chuckwalla it is the second largest species of the genus
Sauromalus (chuckwallas), reaching 44 cm of body length and 64 cm length
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Origin: Mexico
Gender: Ctenosaura
Life expectancy: 10 years in captivity
Length: 1,3 m (Including the queue)
The
Western spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) It is one of the largest members of the Spinytail iguanas (Ctenosaura) and can reach a length
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Origin: Central America and Mexico
Gender: Ctenosaura
Life expectancy: 22 years (captivity)
Length: 1.3 m (Including the queue)
The
Black iguana it is a large and bulky lizard, and adult males reach 45 cm long with a tail of 30
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Origin: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
Gender: Cyclura
Life expectancy: 16 years
Length: 1,10 m (Including the queue)
The
Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) It is one of the most requested pets by iguana keepers., but due to its size and
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Origin: Central America, South America, Caribbean
Gender: Iguana
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: Among 30 and 40 cm. (Head - trunk)
The
Green iguana is a large reptile with a powerful body that can reach a length of almost two meters.
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Origin: United States, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America, Madagascar y Fiyi
Gender: Iguanidae
Life expectancy: 10 - 20 years
Length: Until 2 m
Lau banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) – H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Due to its requirements
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Origin: north west africa
Gender: Uromastyx
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 45 cm.
The
North African mastigure It is one of the most representative reptiles of the Sahara desert. It is medium in size:
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Origin: Algeria, Mali and Nigeria
Gender: Uromastyx
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 35 cm.
The
Saharan spiny-tailed lizard it is a relatively small and slender species for the genus, with an average total length (including the
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Origin: Benin, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, India and Madagascar
Gender: Religion
Life expectancy: 7 - 12 years in captivity.
Length: 17 - 30 cm.
The
Red-headed rock agama (Agama agama) It is one of the most colored lizards that we can find, since even the females are quite colorful. Son
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Origin: East and central Africa
Gender: Gerrhosaurus
Life expectancy: 20 - 25 years
Length: 55 cm.
How they are easily domesticated and relatively easy to maintain, the
Sudan plated lizard is a very popular terrarium animal.
Gerrhosaurus
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Origin: Africa, Asia central, Middle East and India
Gender: Uromastyx
Life expectancy: 10 - 20 years
Length: 25 - 75cm.
The
Spiny-tailed lizards They have perfectly adapted to their natural habitat and the conditions that prevail there, such as heat and
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Origin: Australia, Papua New Guinea
Gender: Morelia
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 1,80 m
The
Green tree python has two different poses, depending on whether you are resting or hunting. In the resting position, the body of the snake is
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Origin: India
Gender: Python
Life expectancy: 25 years
Length: 6 m
The
Indian python it is the dream snake for many terrarium keepers. His attractive appearance, its imposing size and its temperament, generally
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Origin: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, Congo, Zaire, Uganda and Angola.
Gender: Python
Life expectancy: 30 years
Length: 182 cm.
At birth, the
Ball python measured between 25 and 43 centimeters in length and grows up to 1 or 1,5 meters in adulthood.
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Origin: South-eastern Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines
Gender: Malayopython
Life expectancy: 25 - 30 years
Length: 6 - 8 m
The great demand for exotic animals has grown, what makes the
Reticulated python be caught in the pet market to be
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Origin: South America, Central America and Equatorial Africa
Gender: Hymenochirus and Pipa
Life expectancy: 5 - 25 years
Length: 4 - 17 cm.
The
African clawed frog was bred for decades to perform pregnancy tests and thus spread throughout the world.
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Origin: Southeast Asian
Gender: Kaloula
Life expectancy: 11 years
Length: until 8 cm.
This curious terrestrial frog comes from Southeast Asia, from wetlands, what we will take into account to install the terrarium.
balloon frog
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Origin: Central and South America
Gender: Dendrobatidae
Life expectancy: 25 years
Length: 2 - 6 cm.
All
climbing frogs are subject to species protection legislation and require confirmation of origin.
Oophaga pumilio (previously
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Origin: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesian, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Gender: Occidozyga
Life expectancy: 4 - 5 years
Length: 3,5 cm.
The
Green puddle frog It is a nice guest for the aquaterrarium and very easy to maintain..
Green puddle frog in
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Origin: America, Eurasia and North Africa
Gender: Hylidae
Life expectancy: 5 - 12 years
Length: 6 - 14 cm.
The
tree frog has a slightly toxic skin discharge that can cause irritation when it comes in contact with human skin.
Rana
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Origin: South America
Gender: Ceratophrys
Life expectancy: 6 - 10 years
Length: 18 cm.
The
South American horned frogs They are originally from South America., but now they are bred in many color varieties.
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Origin: Mediterranean region
Gender: Hemidactylus
Life expectancy: 10 years
Length: 12 cm.
The
Mediterranean house gecko is active at sunset and at night. It only activates sporadically during the day, especially when it is sunny in the
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Origin: United States and Mexico
Gender: the Bible
Life expectancy: 4 - 9 years (captive)
Length: 8 - 18 cm.
The
Colorado River toad reaches dimensions to take into account when housing in the terrarium. Very animal
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Origin: Korea, China and Russia
Gender: Bombina
Life expectancy: 10 - 15 years
Length: 4 - 5 cm.
The Oriental fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis), attractive colors, It is one of the most common amphibian species.. Your area of
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Origin: Everyone
Gender: Anura
Life expectancy: 10 years
Length: 5 - 25 cm.
some species (for example, the
Phrynomantis and more
toads) can produce a poisonous skin discharge and should never be handled with bare hands.
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Origin: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesian, Viet Nam, South China and Taiwan
Gender: Hypsiscopus
Life expectancy: 15 years
Length: 72 cm.
The
Rice paddy snake, mostly nocturnal, comes out at night to hunt fish and amphibians.
aquatic snake
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Origin: Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra
Gender: Homalopsis
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 100 - 140 cm.
The
Puff-faced water snake inhabits freshwater bodies, like swamps, forest ponds and streams.
Homalopsis buccata of East Kalimantan –
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Origin: Southeast Asian
Gender: Pareas
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 75 - 120 cm.
The
Keeled slug-eating snake is a predominantly lowland resident. It is rarely found near human settlements and areas of
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Origin: Sub-Saharan Africa, Saudi Arabia, Middle East and South Africa
Gender: Dasypeltis
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years
Length: 70 - 90 cm.
This is the famous
Egg-eating snake. We are probably facing the easiest snake to feed there is, From a visual point of view
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Origin: Central Africa
Gender: Boaedon
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 60 - 100 cm.
the care of the
Striped house snake in a terrarium it is quite simple, since it does not pose special requirements in terms of levels
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96 Diadem snake
- Spalerosophis diadema
Origin: Algeria, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey.
Gender: Spalerosophis
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years
Length: 1.8 m
Quite large, reaching some 150-200 cm length. the head of the
Diadem snake is elongated, slightly triangular and clearly separated from the neck.
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97 Honduran milk snake
- Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis
Origin: Honduras
Gender: Lampropeltis
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 1,30 m
The name of
Honduran milk snake has its origin in the erroneous belief that they drank milk from the udders of cows,
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Origin: Southeast Asia
Gender: Gonyosoma
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 1,6 - 2,3 m
The
Arboreal ratsnake it is diurnal and lives exclusively in the trees of the tropical forest, especially near bodies of water
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99 Corn snake
- Pantherophis guttatus
Origin: United States
Gender: Pantherophis
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 130 cm.
The
Corn snake also known as
Red rat snake. The common name "Corn Snake" is believed to have its origin
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Origin: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
Gender: Ahaetulla
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 80 - 100 cm.
The
Sri Lankan green vine snake diurnal inhabits trees and shrubs on farmland and in forests. They feed on frogs, lizards and
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Origin: Indo-Australian Archipelago
Gender: Lycodon
Life expectancy: 15 years
Length: 40-80 cm.
Although the
Oriental wolf snake it is poisonous, this poison is relatively mild. Even when they bite humans, the impact is usually not harmful.
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Origin: China, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, west malaysia, la isla de Penang, the island of singapore, East Malaysia, Indonesian, Philippines
Gender: Xenopeltis
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 1 m
The
Sunbeam snake They are constrictors and kill their prey by suffocating them in their muscular coils..
This close-up clearly shows
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Origin: United States, Mexico
Gender: Lampropeltis
Life expectancy: 25 years
Length: 100 - 140 cm.
Primary habitat varies by subspecies. The
Eastern kingsnake can be found in forests, Meadows, deserts and urban areas.
oven «Snake
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Origin: indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Philippines.
Gender: Chrysopelea
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: 130 cm.
The
Golden tree snake is accustomed by nature to tree life (on the floor) in tropical jungles.
Golden Snake (Chrysopelea ornata
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Origin: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda
Gender: Pelusios
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years
Length: 23 cm.
The
African forest turtle not exactly a colorful turtle. But with its hinge on the abdominal shell, which allows it to fold up
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Origin: United States and Canada
Gender: Sternotherus
Life expectancy: 30 - 50 years
Length: 10 cm.
The
Common musk turtle owes its name
musk (colloquially stinky) to their musk glands, with whose help it can secrete a strongly odorous secretion to drive away
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Origin: United States
Gender: Sternotherus
Life expectancy: 20 - 30 years
Length: 15 cm.
Like all species of the genus
Sternotherus, the
Razor-backed musk turtle it is a very aquatic species that rarely comes out of the water to drink
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Origin: China, Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, Vietnam and Japan.
Gender: Pelodiscus
Life expectancy: 35 years
Length: 28 cm.
The
Chinese softshell turtle it is completely different from all other turtles, if only for the soft shell.
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Origin: China, Taiwan and Vietnam
Gender: Mauremys
Life expectancy: 20 years in captivity
Length: Until 25 cm..
To the
Chinese stripe-necked turtle he likes sunbathing. It is quite a resistant species., peaceful and good swimmer. No hibernation.
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Origin: Australia, New Guinea
Gender: Emydura
Life expectancy: 15 - 20 years
Length: Until 26 cm.
Are you looking for an active and colorful turtle that does not need to spend the winter? So, the
Red-bellied short-necked turtle is ideal for you!
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Origin: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Madagascar and Tanzania
Gender: Pelomedusa
Life expectancy: 30 - 50 years
Length: Until 30 cm.
The
African helmeted turtle is very popular among turtle fans. Animals live in both water and
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Origin: Ethiopia, Mali, Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Sudan
Gender: Centrochelys
Life expectancy: 70 years
Length: until 80 cm.
The
African spurred tortoise It is the third largest tortoise after the
Galápagos giant tortoise and
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Origin: United States
Gender: Kinosternon
Life expectancy: 20 - 30 years
Length: Until 12 cm.
The
Eastern mud turtle uses tactile senses and vision when searching for food. They use vision to search for their prey and
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Origin: United States
Gender: Kinosternon
Life expectancy: 50 years
Length: 10 - 12 cm.
The
Striped mud turtle inhabits stagnant and slow-flowing waters of all kinds, including temporary.
Kinosternon baurii in the
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Origin: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Gender: Rhinoclemmys
Life expectancy: 20 years
Length: Until 28 cm.
The
Spot-legged wood turtle it is a semi-aquatic species. Lives most of the time in swamps, coastal streams and marshes.
Rhinoclemmys
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Origin: United States
Gender: Pseudemys
Life expectancy: 30 years
Length: until 30 cm..
The
Florida red-bellied cooter only suitable for keeping in a pond in summer. Since this tortoise does not hibernate with the
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Origin: west and central africa
Gender: Pelusios
Life expectancy: 25 - 40 years
Length: 20 - 38 cm.
The
West African mud turtle it is extremely adaptable and can be found in all types of waters. Pools, ponds, lakes, rivers…
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Origin: United States, Mexico
Gender: Pseudemys
Life expectancy: 20 - 30 years
Length: Until 38 cm.
The
Rio Grande cooter it is a medium to large sized aquatic turtle with pronounced sexual dimorphism in body size
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Origin: Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Gender: Rhinoclemmys
Life expectancy: In captivity 20 years
Length: 15 cm.
The
Painted wood turtle it is a very striking turtle thanks to its colors and therefore it is easy to find it as a pet.
Turtle, Rhinoclemmys
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Origin: Central and South America.
Gender: Kinosternon
Life expectancy: 45 years
Length: Until 20 cm.
The
Scorpion mud turtle is a
Kinosternidae (mud turtle) medium to large in size with an oval shell (top shell) with a length of
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121 False map turtle
- Graptemys pseudogeographica
Origin: United States
Gender: Graptemys
Life expectancy: 35 years
Length: 20 cm.
The
False map turtle is a strong swimmer and prefers rivers and large streams with moderate currents.
False map turtle
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Origin: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana.
Gender: Mesoclemmys
Life expectancy: 20 - 25 years
Length: 23 to 30 cm.
The
Toadhead turtle It is a shy species with nocturnal and aquatic habits that prefers the bottom of bodies of water.. These turtles change
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Origin: Ethiopia, Angola, Botswana, Djibouti, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda
Gender: Stigmochelys
Life expectancy: 60 years
Length: Until 55 cm.
The
Leopard tortoise it is a magnificent representative of African tortoises in terms of shell. Young animals in particular have a pattern of
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Origin: United States
Gender: Graptemys
Life expectancy: 30 - 35 years
Length: 20 cm.
The
Mississippi map turtle it is a popular pet among aquarists and is very pleasant to watch.
Mississippi map turtle
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Origin: About Europa
Gender: Testudo
Life expectancy: Until 100 years
Length: Until 40 cm.
The
Marginated tortoise You can live up 100 years. This should be taken into account when buying a young animal. It is advisable to think about inheritance
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Origin: Spain, France, Italy
Gender: Testudo
Life expectancy: 70 years
Length: 20 cm.
The
Hermann's tortoise You can live up 70 years. This should be taken into account when buying a young animal: who will stay with my animal
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Origin: Asia, North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean
Gender: Testudo
Life expectancy: 80 years
Length: Until 30 cm.
The
Greek tortoise You can live up 80 years. This should be taken into account when buying a young animal. So, it is advisable to think
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Origin: Australia, West Papua, Indonesian
Gender: Elseya
Life expectancy: 15 to 20 years in captivity.
Length: Until 30 cm..
Like other freshwater turtles, the
New Guinea snapping turtle alternate periods in the water with time to take the
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Origin: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
Gender: Trachemys
Life expectancy: 30 - 40 years
Length: Male: 29,6 cm. - Female: 37,2 cm.
The
Nicaraguan slider lives in all kinds of watercourses: lazy rivers, lakes, swamps, ponds, voice,… They adapt to almost any aquatic environment,
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Origin: Russia, Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistán y Uzbekistán.
Gender: Testudo
Life expectancy: 40 years
Length: 25 cm.
The
Russian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) during very hot summers, they burrow to spend a period of summer dormancy. In countries where
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Origin: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and Panama
Gender: Chelonoidis
Life expectancy: 100 years
Length: 45 cm.
The
Red-footed tortoise impresses with bright yellowish or red markings on the shell. Unlike the other turtles, needs a lot
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Origin: Cambodia, Indonesian (Bangka, Belitung, Borneo, Java, Riau archipelago, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Gender: Boiga
Life expectancy: 12 years
Length: 180 - 210 cm.
The toxin of the
Mangrove snake, call
denmotoxina, it is especially useful for hunting its main prey, birds.
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