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This is a list of the known extant reptiles of Arizona.[1] The Arizona State Reptile is the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi).[2]

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Turtles and Tortoises

Chelydridae

• Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Emydidae

• Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
• Desert Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)
• Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Kinosternidae

• Arizona Mud Turtle (Kinosternon stejnegeri)
• Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
• Sonora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)

Testudinidae

• Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
• Sonoran Desert Tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)

Trionychidae

• Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)

Lizards

Anguidae

• Madrean Alligator Lizard (Elgaria kingii)

Crotaphytidae

Eublepharidae

• Western Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)

Gekkonidae

• Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

Helodermatidae

• Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)

Iguanidae

Phrynosomatidae

Scincidae

Teiidae

Xantusiidae

• Arizona Night Lizard (Xantusia arizona)
• Bezy's Night Lizard (Xantusia bezyi)
• Desert Night Lizard (Xantusia vigilis)

Snakes

Boidae

• Desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata)

Colubridae

Elapidae

• Arizona coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus)

Leptotyphlopidae

• New Mexico Threadsnake (Rena dissecta)
• Western Threadsnake (Rena humilis)

Viperidae

• Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
• Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)

References

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