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Practical uses of reptiles include the manufacture of snake antivenom and the farming of crocodiles, principally for leather but also for meat. Reptiles still pose a threat to human populations, as snakes kill some tens of thousands each year, while crocodiles attack and kill hundreds of people per year in Southeast Asia and Africa.
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
List of Reptiles native to the United States by state or territory: . List of reptiles of Alabama; List of reptiles of Alaska; List of reptiles of American Samoa; List of reptiles of Arizona
In the United States, around 2.3 million households are home to reptiles, which includes these shelled reptiles. That accounts for 1.8% of all American households that have a pet.
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to as a gator, or common alligator is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States and a small section of northeastern Mexico.
Reptiles of North America includes: Northern America. List of reptiles of Canada; Middle America. List of reptiles of Mexico; Central America and the Caribbean
Middle American indigo snake; Midwestern worm snake; Milk snake; Mississippi map turtle; Mohawk Dunes fringe-toed lizard; Mojave fringe-toed lizard; Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Rainier National Park; Mud snake
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (devoted to the scientific study of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles) uses “turtle” to describe all species of chelonians, regardless ...