This list of reptiles of California includes the snakes, turtles and lizards found in the US state of California.

Lizards

Family Anguidae

Species Common name
Elgaria multicarinata Southern alligator lizard
Elgaria panamintina [e] Panamint alligator lizard

Family Anniellidae

Species Common name
Anniella alexanderae Temblor legless lizard
Anniella campi Southern Sierra legless lizard
Anniella grinnelli Bakersfield legless lizard
Anniella pulchra Northern California legless lizard
Anniella stebbinsi Southern California legless lizard

Family Crotaphytidae

Species Common name
Crotaphytus bicinctores Great Basin collared lizard
Crotaphytus vestigium Baja California collared lizard
Gambelia copeii Cope's leopard lizard
Gambelia sila [e] Blunt-nosed leopard lizard
Gambelia wislizenii Long-nosed leopard lizard

Family Gekkonidae

Species Common name
Coleonyx switaki Switak's banded gecko
Coleonyx variegatus Western banded gecko
Phyllodactylus nocticolus Peninsular leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus [i] Mediterranean house gecko

Family Helodermatidae

Species Common name
Heloderma suspectum Gila monster

Family Iguanidae

Species Common name
Dipsosaurus dorsalis Desert iguana
Sauromalus ater Common chuckwalla

Family Phrynosomatidae

Species Common name
Callisaurus draconoides Zebra-tailed lizard
Petrosaurus mearnsi Banded rock lizard
Phrynosoma blainvilli Coast horned lizard
Phrynosoma douglasii Pygmy short-horned lizard
Phrynosoma mcallii Flat-tail horned lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos Desert horned lizard
Sceloporus graciosus Common sagebrush lizard
Sceloporus magister Desert spiny lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis Western fence lizard
Sceloporus orcutti Granite spiny lizard
Sceloporus uniformis Yellow-backed spiny lizard
Uma inornata [e] Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard
Uma notata Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard
Uma scoparia Mojave fringe-toed lizard
Urosaurus graciosus Long-tailed brush lizard
Urosaurus nigricauda Baja California brush lizard
Urosaurus ornatus Ornate tree lizard
Uta stansburiana Common side-blotched lizard

Family Scincidae

Species Common name
Plestiodon gilberti Gilbert's skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus Western skink

Family Teiidae

Species Common name
Aspidoscelis hyperythrus Orange-throated whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris Tiger whiptail

Family Xantusiidae

Species Common name
Xantusia gracilis [e] Sandstone night lizard
Xantusia henshawi Granite night lizard
Xantusia riversiana [e] Island night lizard
Xantusia sierrae [e] Sierra night lizard
Xantusia vigilis Desert night lizard
Xantusia wigginsi Baja California night lizard

Family Lacertidae

Species Common name
Podarcis siculus [i] Southern Italian wall lizard

Snakes

Family Boidae

Species Common name
Charina bottae Northern rubber boa
Charina umbratica [e] Southern rubber boa
Lichanura orcutti Coastal rosy boa
Lichanura trivirgata Rosy boa

Family Colubridae

Species Common name
Arizona elegans Glossy snake
Chionactis occipitalis Western shovelnose snake
Coluber constrictor Eastern racer
Contia longicaudae Forest sharp-tailed snake
Contia tenuis Sharp-tailed snake
Diadophis punctatus Ringneck snake
Hypsiglena chlorophaea Desert nightsnake
Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus Coast night snake
Lampropeltis californiae California kingsnake
Lampropeltis multifasciata Coast mountain kingsnake
Lampropeltis zonata California mountain kingsnake
Masticophis flagellum Coachwhip
Masticophis fuliginosus Baja California coachwhip
Masticophis lateralis California striped whipsnake
Masticophis taeniatus Striped whipsnake
Nerodia fasciata [i] Banded water snake
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus Western leaf-nosed snake
Pituophis catenifer Gopher snake
Rhinocheilus lecontei Long-nosed snake
Salvadora hexalepis Western patch-nosed snake
Sonora semiannulata Western ground snake
Tantilla hobartsmithi Southwestern blackhead snake
Tantilla planiceps Western black-headed snake
Thamnophis atratus Aquatic garter snake
Thamnophis couchii Sierra garter snake
Thamnophis elegans Terrestrial garter snake
Thamnophis gigas Giant garter snake
Thamnophis hammondii Two-striped garter snake
Thamnophis marcianus Checkered garter snake
Thamnophis ordinoides Northwestern garter snake
Thamnophis sirtalis Common garter snake
Trimorphodon lambda Sonoran lyre snake
Trimorphodon lyrophanes California lyresnake

Family Leptotyphlopidae

Species Common name
Rena humilis Western threadsnake

Family Typhlopidae

Species Common name
Indotyphlops braminus [i] Brahminy blind snake

Family Viperidae

Species Common name
Crotalus oreganus Western rattlesnake
Crotalus ruber Red diamond rattlesnake
Crotalus cerastes Sidewinder
Crotalus pyrrhus Southwestern speckled rattlesnake
Crotalus scutulatus Mojave rattlesnake
Crotalus stephensi Panamint rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox Western diamondback rattlesnake

Turtles

Family Cheloniidae

Species Common name
Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle
Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea Olive ridley sea turtle

Family Chelydridae

Species Common name
Chelydra serpentina [i] Common snapping turtle

Family Dermochelyidae

Species Common name
Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle

Family Emydidae

Species Common name
Chrysemys picta [i] Western painted turtle
Actinemys marmorata Western pond turtle
Trachemys scripta [i] Red-eared slider

Family Kinosternidae

Species Common name
Kinosternon sonoriense Sonoran mud turtle

Family Testudinidae

Species Common name
Gopherus agassizii Mojave desert tortoise

Family Trionychidae

Species Common name
Apalone spinifera [i] Spiny softshell

References

  • "California Reptiles and Amphibians".
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