List of reptiles of Arizona
# List of reptiles of Arizona

This is a list of the known extant reptiles of Arizona. The Arizona state reptile is the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi).

## Turtles and tortoises

### Chelydridae

* Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

### Emydidae

* Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
* Desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)
* Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

### Kinosternidae

* Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon stejnegeri)
* Yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
* Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)

### Testudinidae

* Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
* Sonoran Desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai)

### Trionychidae

* Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)

## Lizards

### Anguidae

* Madrean alligator lizard (Elgaria kingii)

### Eublepharidae

* Western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)

### Gekkonidae

* Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

### Helodermatidae

* Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)

### Xantusiidae

* Arizona night lizard (Xantusia arizona)
* Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi)
* Desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis)

## Snakes

### Boidae

* Desert rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata)

### Elapidae

* Arizona coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus)

### Leptotyphlopidae

* New Mexico threadsnake (Rena dissecta)
* Western threadsnake (Rena humilis)

### Viperidae

* Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
* Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
