Painted Turtle Spa Day - Roscoe Basin, Ohio
Alligator Smile (Birdon Road) - Big Cypress Nat. Preserve, Florida
Side-blotched Lizard - Utah
Grand Canyon Rattlesnake - Utah
Masked tree frog(Smilisca phaeota) - La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
Land Iguana - The Galapagos Islands
Submerged alligator - Florida
Toad - New York
Earless Lizard - Alkali Flat Trail, New Mexico
The basilisk sometimes runs as a biped. Basilisks have the unique ability to "walk" on water and, because of this, they have been dubbed as "The Jesus Lizard" - Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
Boa Constrictor - Yucatan, Mexico
Blue jean frog, or strawberry poison dart frog (Dendrobates pumilio) - La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
Granite Spiny Lizard - California
Gigantic Croc - Costa Rica
Cayman Blue Iguana - Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, Grand Cayman
Dusky Salamander - Tennessee
Bitter Cay Iguana - Bahamas
Gold Dust Gecko - Hawaii
Juvenile alligator - Shark Valley Trail, Everglades NP, Florida
Tree Lizard - Bahamas
Bull Frog - Ohio
Common Northern Water Snake - Ohio
Skink - Florida
Snapping Turle Pair, Ohio
Great Basin Gopher Snake - Utah
Painted Turtle - Ohio
Desert Spiny Lizard - Arizona
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) - La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
Canyon Tree Frog - Utah
Side-blotched Lizard on Petrified Wood - Utah
Ringneck Snake - Virginia
Collared Lizard - Arizona
Timber Rattlesnake - South Carolina
Earless Lizard - New Mexico
Land Iguana perched on a rock- The Galapagos Islands
Black Snake - Ohio
Iguana - Mexico
Marine Iguana - The Galapagos islands
Boa - Yucatan, Mexico
Red Eft - Tennessee
Spectacled Caiman - Caņo Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
Iguana - Paseo del Morro, Puerto Rico
Rock Iguana - Turks and Caicos
Spectacled caiman with mouth agape - Caņo Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
Tree frog - La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
Kododo blauw or Aruban whiptail lizard - Aruba
Gator - Anhinga Trail, Everglades NP, Florida
Iguana portrait - Restaurante Los Iguanas, Costa Rica
Blue Jean Frog - Costa Rica
Caiman eyes are watching - Caņo Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
Green Iguana - Costa Rica
Green Iguana - Caņo Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
Central American whiptail lizard - Arenal Hanging Bridges, Costa Rica
Caiman - Costa Rica
Emerald Basilisk (Jesus Christ Lizard) - Caņo Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
Ctenosaur - Carara National Park, Costa Rica
Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis calidryas) - La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
Iguana on a tree branch - Restaurante Los Iguanas, Costa Rica
Nice teefers - Shark Valley Trail, Everglades NP, Florida
Jesus Christ Lizard - Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
Gators on the bank (Route 29) - Florida
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog - California
Common Chuckwalla - Arizona
Whiptail Lizard - Curacao
Fence Lizard - Utah
Gator smile - Shark Valley Trail, Everglades NP, Florida
Red Eft - New York
Ctenosaur - Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
American crocodile - Florida
Submerged Alligator - Anhinga Trail, Everglades NP, Florida
Redback Salamander - Ohio
American Alligator - Florida
Garter Snake eating a Lizard - Utah
Young alligator - Florida
Desert Spiny Lizard - Utah
Alligator nap - Florida
Crocodile snout - Flamingo Marina, Florida
Crocodile - Riviera Maya, Mexico
Mama and baby - Big Cypress Boardwalk, Florida
Anole - Aruba
American Alligaotr (Route 29) - Florida
Water moccasin, aka Cottonmouth (juvenile) - Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida
Crocodile - Cancun, Mexico
Green Iguana - Aruba
Green iguana - Bubali Ponds, Aruba
Alligator in the Grass (Birdon Road) - Big Cypress Nat. Preserve, Florida
Alligator - Shark Valley Trail, Everglades NP, Florida
Florida Red-belly Turtle - Florida
Alligator - Florida
Alligator in the Sun - (Oasis Visitor Center) - Big Cypress Nat. Preserve, Florida
Alligator Eyes - Anhinga Trail, Everglades NP, Florida
Iguana posing - Restaurante Los Iguanas, Costa Rica
Alligator - Anhinga Trail, Everglades NP, Florida
Collared Lizard - Rattlesnake Canyon Arches, Colorado
American Crocodile - Everglades NP, Florida
Racer - Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida
Alligator Profile (Route 29) - Florida
Collared lizard - Utah
Basilisk - Cancun, Mexico
The rattle is composed of a series of nested, hollow beads which are actually modified scales from the tail tip. Each time the snake sheds its skin, a new rattle segment is added. They may shed their skins several times a year depending on food supply and growth rates. - Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona