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This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
The Texas horned lizard is the largest-bodied and most widely distributed of the roughly 21 species of horned lizards in the western United States and Mexico. The Texas horned lizard exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the females being larger with a snout-vent length of around 5 in (13 cm), whereas the males reach around 3.7 in (9.4 cm).
Topographic map of Texas. This is a list of mammals of Texas. Mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Texas are listed first. Introduced mammals, whether intentional or unintentional, are listed separately. The varying geography of Texas, the second largest state, provides a large variety of habitats for mammals.
Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the ...
The Southeastern U.S. doesn’t just have coronavirus on its hands, the region is now contending with an invasion of massive Argentine black-and-white tegu lizards, which can grow as large as 4 ...
Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i z / ⓘ) and native to warmer parts of the Americas, ranging from southeastern United States to Paraguay. [1] [2] Instead of treating it as a family, some authorities prefer to treat it as a subfamily, Dactyloinae, of the family Iguanidae.
The dunes sagebrush lizard, also known as the sand dune lizard, is a spiny lizard native to dunelands and shrublands in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. This two-inch lizard inhabits the ...
Found throughout East Texas, from Red River south to the Gulf of Mexico [120] LC [121] Ambystoma talpoideum: Mole salamander: Found in the Gulf Coastal Plain of east Texas [122] LC [123] Ambystoma texanum: Smallmouth salamander: Eastern Texas [124] LC [125] Ambystoma tigrinum: Eastern tiger salamander: Distributed throughout Texas except ...