title: List of reptiles of California
text: # List of reptiles of California
  
  This list of reptiles of California includes the snakes, turtles and lizards found in the US state of California.
  
  * Endemic species.
  * Introduced species.
  
  ## Lizards
  
  ### Family Anguidae
  
  | Species | Common name |
  | - | - |
  | Elgaria multicarinata | Southern alligator lizard |
  | Elgaria panamintina | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Sandstone night lizard |
  | Xantusia henshawi | Granite night lizard |
  | Xantusia riversiana | Island night lizard |
  | Xantusia sierrae | Sierra night lizard |
  | Xantusia vigilis | Desert night lizard |
  | Xantusia wigginsi | Baja California night lizard |
  
  ### Family Lacertidae
  
  | Species | Common name |
  | - | - |
  | Podarcis siculus | Southern Italian wall lizard |
  
  ## Snakes
  
  ### Family Boidae
  
  | Species | Common name |
  | - | - |
  | Charina bottae | Northern rubber boa |
  | Charina umbratica | 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 | 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 | 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 | Common snapping turtle |
  
  ### Family Dermochelyidae
  
  | Species | Common name |
  | - | - |
  | Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle |
  
  ### Family Emydidae
  
  | Species | Common name |
  | - | - |
  | Chrysemys picta | Western painted turtle |
  | Actinemys marmorata | Western pond turtle |
  | Trachemys scripta | 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 | Spiny softshell |
  