Home›Reptiles›Where It LivesBrowse ByWhere It LivesWhere it lives names the country or region a species actually calls home. Wikipedia describes the giant panda as a species "endemic to China," found nowhere else in the wild. This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.FactsWhere It LivesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedOviparous (Egg-Laying) 1Where It LivesFilter Results137 entriesCommon GroupAllChameleons (9)Crocodilians (19)Extinct Reptiles And Dinosaurs (7)Geckos (21)Lizards (Lacertilia) (47)Monitor Lizards (14)Snakes (Serpentes) (51)Tuatara (Rhynchocephalia) (1)Turtles And Tortoises (Testudines) (120)Everyday GroupAllChameleons (9)Crocodilians (19)Extinct Reptiles And Dinosaurs (7)Geckos (21)Lizards (Lacertilia) (47)Monitor Lizards (14)Snakes (Serpentes) (51)Tuatara (Rhynchocephalia) (1)Turtles And Tortoises (Testudines) (120)HabitatAllBog (10)Chaparral (18)Coral Reef (48)Desert (18)Estuary (1)Freshwater (35)Freshwater Marsh (41)Freshwater Swamp Forest (15)Grassland (50)Intertidal Zone (59)Lake (85)Mangrove Forest (10)Marine (54)Neritic Zone (58)Open Ocean (58)Riparian Zone (23)River (86)Salt Marsh (1)Savanna (32)Seagrass Meadow (47)Temperate Forest (21)Tropical Dry Forest (4)Tropical Rainforest (40)Wetlands (21)Xeric Shrubland (2)Conservation StatusAllCritically Endangered (55)Data Deficient (1)Endangered (25)Extinct (1)Least Concern (118)Near Threatened (12)Not Evaluated (1)Vulnerable (96)DietAllCarnivore (114)Detritivore or Scavenger (1)Herbivore (69)Insectivore (19)Omnivore (105)Piscivore (9)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (88)Marine (77)Marine and Freshwater (2)Terrestrial (93)Terrestrial and Freshwater (5)Terrestrial and Marine (4)Living or ExtinctAllYes (137)ThreatsAllBiological Resource Use (4)Climate Change and Severe Weather (1)Invasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (6)Relationship to PeopleAllEaten or Drunk by People (2)Ecotourism and Research (1)Farmed or Commercially Raised (26)Hunted or Fished (91)Invasive or Introduced Species (91)Kept as Pets (59)Natural Pest Control (10)No Significant Interaction with Humans (4)Pollinator (1)Used in Traditional Medicine (15)Venomous or Dangerous to Humans (14)CITES AppendixAllAppendix I (80)Appendix II (69)Appendix III (1)Not Listed (93)NatureServe RankAllG1 Critically Imperiled (2)G2 Imperiled (53)G3 Vulnerable (82)G4 Apparently Secure (75)G5 Secure (88)GNR Unranked (22)EcosystemAllAfrican Great Lakes (4)Amazon Rainforest (5)Arabian Desert (8)Chagos Archipelago (47)Chihuahuan Desert (4)Coral Reef Systems (3)Doñana (9)Everglades (19)Galapagos (2)Gran Chaco (1)Great Barrier Reef (57)Great Lakes (15)Great Plains (2)Gulf of California (71)Heath (12)Kakadu (3)Llanos (10)Madagascar Rainforests (1)Mediterranean Basin (6)Mesoamerican Reef (47)Mojave Desert (2)Moorland (7)New Guinea Rainforest (1)Okavango Delta (4)Pantanal (23)Sahara Desert (3)Sahel (11)Scandinavian Taiga (8)Serengeti (6)Sonoran Desert (2)Sundarbans (2)Thar Desert (2)Western Ghats (1)TaxonomyAllAcrochordidae (2)Agamidae (5)Alligator (4)Anguidae (8)Bitis (7)Boidae (10)Boiga (5)Brachylophus (1)Caiman (10)Carphodactylidae (1)Chamaeleonidae (9)Chelidae (7)Cheloniidae (57)Chelonoidis (5)Chelydridae (25)Chordata (7)Chrysemys (15)Colubridae (6)Corytophanidae (6)Crocodilia (1)Crocodylus (12)Crotalus (5)Cyclura (2)Dendroaspis (6)Dermochelyidae (49)Diplodactylidae (1)Drymarchon (2)Elapidae (8)Emydidae (3)Eublepharidae (12)Gekko (11)Geoemydidae (1)Gopherus (2)Helodermatidae (2)Iguana (23)Iguanidae (1)Kinosternidae (4)Lacertidae (18)Lepidochelys (62)Naja (1)Natrix (8)Osteolaemus (1)Pantherophis (12)Pelomedusidae (5)Phelsuma (6)Phrynosomatidae (2)Phyllodactylidae (1)Podocnemididae (5)Pythonidae (24)Rhynchocephalia (1)Sauromalus (1)Scincidae (4)Squamata (16)Teiidae (6)Terrapene (5)Testudinidae (13)Trachemys (30)Trionychidae (25)Typhlopidae (13)Uroplatus (2)Varanus (14)Vipera (7)Viperidae (3)Area (sq km)All160.5 (1)181.43 (1)261 (1)344 (1)439 (1)440 (1)457 (1)2040 (1)2235 (1)2586.4 (1)4033 (1)10,991 (1)11,300 (1)13,880 (1)15,007 (1)17,364 (1)18,274 (1)18,575 (1)20,272 (1)22,072 (1)22,966 (1)23,200 (1)27,700 (1)28,050 (1)28,748 (1)30,355 (1)30,689 (1)36,125 (1)36,197 (1)38,395 (1)41,291 (1)41,865 (1)43,094 (1)45,335 (1)48,671 (1)51,179.92 (1)100,472 (1)108,889 (1)110,860 (1)110,993.6 (1)112,492 (1)114,763 (1)120,000 (1)120,538 (1)132,049 (1)147,181 (1)148,460 (1)176,215 (1)181,035 (1)200,105 (1)207,600 (1)214,969 (1)236,800 (1)238,397 (1)239,567 (1)242,500 (1)245,857 (1)263,310 (1)267,668 (1)272,000 (1)283,561 (1)302,069 (1)312,696 (1)315,331 (1)322,462 (1)330,803 (1)331,338 (1)338,455 (1)342,000 (1)347,681 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)385,207 (1)390,757 (1)438,317 (1)450,295 (1)475,442 (1)491,210 (1)505,983 (1)1,098,581 (1)1,141,748 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,246,700 (1)1,267,000 (1)1,285,216 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,886,068 (1)1,904,569 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,345,409 (1)2,381,741 (1)2,724,910 (1)2,780,085 (1)3,287,263 (1)14,200,000 (1)17,075,400 (1)17,840,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)30,370,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 137 options.Country CountAll12 (1)23 (1)30 (1)49 (1)54 (1)Government TypeAllAbsolute Monarchy (3)Constitutional Monarchy (25)One-Party (5)Republic (84)Highest Elevation (m)All4892 (1)5895 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (50)Low (10)Lower-Middle (28)Upper-Middle (40)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1139 (1)1492 (1)1523 (1)1768 (1)1769 (1)1776 (1)1795 (1)1801 (1)1804 (1)1806 (1)1810 (1)1811 (1)1816 (1)1818 (1)1820 (1)1821 (5)1822 (1)1825 (2)1830 (1)1832 (1)1839 (1)1844 (1)1848 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1877 (1)1901 (1)1902 (1)1903 (1)1905 (1)1907 (1)1908 (1)1910 (1)1912 (2)1917 (1)1918 (4)1919 (1)1922 (2)1923 (1)1932 (1)1945 (3)1946 (1)1947 (4)1948 (2)1949 (2)1953 (2)1956 (1)1957 (2)1958 (1)1960 (9)1962 (3)1963 (1)1965 (2)1966 (4)1968 (3)1970 (2)1971 (3)1973 (1)1974 (2)1975 (5)1976 (2)1977 (1)1978 (1)1979 (2)1980 (1)1981 (2)1983 (1)1984 (1)1986 (2)1990 (1)1991 (8)1992 (1)1993 (2)LandlockedAllNo (108)Yes (19)PopulationAll0 (1)37,548 (1)41,237 (1)106,365 (1)114,621 (1)121,355 (1)184,100 (1)264,596 (1)281,998 (1)397,483 (1)398,165 (1)458,600 (1)491,233 (1)1,025,200 (1)1,066,809 (1)1,235,260 (1)1,236,126 (1)1,341,737 (1)1,362,954 (1)1,382,000 (1)1,512,779 (1)1,588,670 (1)1,795,834 (1)1,842,226 (1)2,080,000 (1)2,116,427 (1)2,135,107 (1)2,335,930 (1)2,359,609 (1)2,422,712 (1)2,647,400 (1)2,824,913 (1)3,022,401 (1)3,412,000 (1)3,499,451 (1)3,600,000 (1)3,657,000 (1)4,571,189 (1)5,044,197 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,186,738 (1)10,610,485 (1)10,915,839 (1)11,027,129 (1)11,365,333 (1)11,424,031 (1)11,532,151 (1)11,867,634 (1)11,906,096 (1)15,170,420 (1)17,166,852 (1)17,483,326 (1)17,521,167 (1)17,638,801 (1)18,130,208 (1)18,636,532 (1)19,043,151 (1)19,629,588 (1)20,547,909 (1)23,299,132 (1)25,950,000 (1)27,801,023 (1)28,814,878 (1)30,987,821 (1)31,122,387 (1)31,500,000 (1)31,800,000 (1)31,964,956 (1)32,283,000 (1)34,352,720 (1)34,374,300 (1)34,881,007 (1)35,000,000 (1)35,039,451 (1)36,604,681 (1)37,314,000 (1)41,417,056 (1)46,118,793 (1)46,735,004 (1)47,400,000 (1)49,752,000 (1)51,106,229 (1)103,439,000 (1)109,139,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)116,452,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)213,421,037 (1)241,499,431 (1)288,315,089 (1)340,587,000 (1)434,254,119 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 137 options.Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AfghanistanWhere It Lives1 entryAfricaWhere It Lives46 entriesAlbaniaWhere It Lives3 entriesAlgeriaWhere It Lives3 entriesAngolaWhere It Lives5 entriesAntarcticaWhere It Lives1 entryAntigua and BarbudaWhere It Lives7 entriesArgentinaWhere It Lives10 entriesAsiaWhere It Lives1 entryAustraliaWhere It Lives35 entriesAustriaWhere It Lives1 entryBahamasWhere It Lives8 entriesBahrainWhere It Lives6 entriesBangladeshWhere It Lives5 entriesBarbadosWhere It Lives6 entriesBelarusWhere It Lives1 entryBelgiumWhere It Lives31 entriesBelizeWhere It Lives5 entriesBeninWhere It Lives5 entriesBhutanWhere It Lives1 entryBoliviaWhere It Lives2 entriesBosnia and HerzegovinaWhere It Lives1 entryBotswanaWhere It Lives6 entriesBrazilWhere It Lives15 entriesBruneiWhere It Lives5 entriesBulgariaWhere It Lives1 entryCabo VerdeWhere It Lives4 entriesCambodiaWhere It Lives3 entriesCameroonWhere It Lives5 entriesCanadaWhere It Lives8 entriesChileWhere It Lives7 entriesChinaWhere It Lives13 entriesColombiaWhere It Lives20 entriesComorosWhere It Lives1 entryCosta RicaWhere It Lives7 entriesCote d'IvoireWhere It Lives5 entriesCubaWhere It Lives7 entriesCyprusWhere It Lives7 entriesCzechiaWhere It Lives2 entriesDemocratic Republic of the CongoWhere It Lives5 entriesDenmarkWhere It Lives10 entriesDjiboutiWhere It Lives5 entriesDominicaWhere It Lives6 entriesDominican RepublicWhere It Lives8 entriesEcuadorWhere It Lives16 entriesEgyptWhere It Lives5 entriesEquatorial GuineaWhere It Lives4 entriesEritreaWhere It Lives5 entriesEstoniaWhere It Lives1 entryEswatiniWhere It Lives5 entriesShowing 1 to 50 of 137, page 1 of 3.123Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Reptiletier 2WikipediaReptile, lead sectionQuote, Reptile, lead sectionMost reptiles are oviparous with shelled eggs, although several species of squamates are viviparous, as were some extinct marine reptile clades.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.