Herpetology for Kids - Page 1
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Lizards - Iquanas

• BBC - Nature - Science & Nature.
• Costa Rica-Iguana Park - A modern-day descendant of the dinosaur is now a major player in the fight to protect and preserve our rain forests.
• Cylura - Cyclura cornuta.
• Desert Iguana - Dipsosaurus dorsalis.
• Desert Iguana - Its scientific names, common names, description, behavior, range, habitats and life cycle.
• Galery of Reptiles
• Green Iguana - Iguana iguana.
• Land iguana - Conolophus subcristatus.
• Marine iguana - Amblyrhynchus cristatus.
• Photographs of Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dersalis) Iguanidae, Reptile Pictures, photos...
• San Diego Natural History Museum - A description of the Species accounts and supplemetal information about reptiles in Southern California and the Baja Peninsula.
• The Green Iguana Society - Dedicated to providing quality information on iguana care as well as information on current adoptions and rescues...
• The Lizard Lounge - Lizards are the one of the oldest and most prolific animals on our green earth.

Salamanders

• Andrias japonicus - Giant (Really Big) Salamanders.
• Cortland Herpetology Connection - Salamander Pictures, Salamanders of New York.
• Finding and watching salamanders - The best way to see salamanders in the wild is to take a flashlight and rubber boots and visit a pond some rainy spring night.
• Mole Salamanders - The mole salamanders belong to the family Ambystomatidae...
• NS Museum of Natural History - Nature of Nova Scotia - Animals -Salamanders.
• Ribbit Photography - Salamanders.
• Salamanders - Of South Carolina & Georgia...
• Salamanders - The tailed amphibians, are among the most abundant vertebrates on the Savannah River Site.
• Salamanders of Texas
• Tiger Salamander - USGS Diagnoses Causes of Many U.S. Amphibian Die-Offs.

Snakes

• Florida Museum of Natural History’s - Guide to Florida’s Venomous Snakes.
• Massachusetts Snake - Developed by University of Massachusetts Extension.
• Snakes of Florida - An online guide to all the snakes of Florida, with descriptions and photographs and information on their ecology and behavior...
• Snakes of North America - Class Reptila Order Squamata.
• Texas Poisonous (Venomous) Snakes
• Two-headed snake found
• Venomous Snakes - Venomous means poisonous!

Tuatara

• Checklist of crocodilians, tuatara, and turtles of the world: Herpetology at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
  
• The tuatara - Is only found in New Zealand and is in danger of becoming extinct!

Turtles, Tortoises, and Terrapins

• Galveston Lab Sea Turtles - Sea turtles inhabit all oceans of the world. There are five species of sea turtles found in the Gulf of Mexico...
• Green Sea Turtle Cleaning Station, Oahu
• Help Endangered Animals - Kemp's Ridley Turtles.
• In Search of Nesting Turtles - In a personal account, Smithsonian photographer Laurie Minor-Penland describes her trip to photograph nesting endangered Green Sea Turtles.
• NOAA, Office of Protected Resources - Sea turtles are graceful saltwater reptiles, well adapted to life in their marine world.
• Sea Turtle Survival League/Caribbean Conservation Corporation - Dedicated to protecting sea turtles through research, education, advocacy and protection of their habitats.
• Sea Turtles - Sea World.
• Sea Turtles Theme Page - P and E students/teachers and lists Web resources sea turtles.
• seaturtle.org - Sea turtle information resource, home of the Marine Turtle Newsletter and Noticiero de Tortugas Marinas.
• Turtle Trax - Dedicated to the wonder and beauty of sea turtles, showing people why sea turtles are threatened throughout the world.
• WWF - The Marine Turtles, Flatback Turtle, Green Turtle, Hawksbill Turtle, Kemp's Ridley Turtles, Leatherback Turtle, Loggerhead Turtle, Olive Ridley Turtle.

Vertebrates

1. Vertebrates - Animals possessing a vertebral column or backbone including birds, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.

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