California Academy of Sciences, Rainforest Gallery

Step inside a living 4-story rainforest, where dripping water sets the beat for a symphony of croaking frogs and chirping birds. Meet chameleons from Madagascar, climb into the treetops of Costa Rica to find free flying birds and butterflies. Finally, descend in a glass elevator into the ...more ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Vertebrates Subphylum Vertebrata
- Reptiles Class Reptilia
  - 22 Snakes and Lizards Order Squamata
  - 2 Turtles and Tortoises Order Testudines

Boa constrictor constrictor

Anaconda ¹
Eunectes murinus

Mata Mata ²
Chelus fimbriatus

Arrau ³
Podocnemis expansa

Common Water Monitor ⁴
Varanus salvator

Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyi ⁵

Wagler's pit viper ⁶
Tropidolaemus wagleri

Red-tailed Green Ratsnake ⁷
Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Gliding gecko ⁶
Ptychozoon kuhli

Paradise Flying Snake ⁸
Chrysopelea paradisi

Cope's Vine Snake ⁹
Oxybelis brevirostris

Stream Anole ¹⁰
Anolis oxylophus

Chicken Snake ¹¹
Spilotes pullatus

Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake ¹²
Langaha madagascariensis

Oustalet's Giant Chameleon ¹³
Furcifer oustaleti

Blaesodactylus sakalava ¹⁴

Panther Chameleon ¹⁵
Furcifer pardalis

Yellow-headed Day Gecko ⁹
Phelsuma klemmeri

Malagasy Tree Boa ¹⁶
Sanzinia madagascariensis

Brookesia ¹²

Madagascar Day Gecko ¹⁷
Phelsuma grandis

Giant leaf-tail gecko ¹⁶
Uroplatus fimbriatus

Banded Day Gecko ¹⁸
Phelsuma standingi

Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko ¹⁹
Uroplatus henkeli

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California Academy of Sciences, Rainforest Gallery

Boa constrictor constrictor

Anaconda 1 Eunectes murinus

Mata Mata 2 Chelus fimbriatus

Arrau 3 Podocnemis expansa

Common Water Monitor 4 Varanus salvator

Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyi 5

Wagler's pit viper 6 Tropidolaemus wagleri

Red-tailed Green Ratsnake 7 Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Gliding gecko 6 Ptychozoon kuhli

Paradise Flying Snake 8 Chrysopelea paradisi

Cope's Vine Snake 9 Oxybelis brevirostris

Stream Anole 10 Anolis oxylophus

Chicken Snake 11 Spilotes pullatus

Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake 12 Langaha madagascariensis

Oustalet's Giant Chameleon 13 Furcifer oustaleti

Blaesodactylus sakalava 14

Panther Chameleon 15 Furcifer pardalis

Yellow-headed Day Gecko 9 Phelsuma klemmeri

Malagasy Tree Boa 16 Sanzinia madagascariensis

Brookesia 12

Madagascar Day Gecko 17 Phelsuma grandis

Giant leaf-tail gecko 16 Uroplatus fimbriatus

Banded Day Gecko 18 Phelsuma standingi

Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko 19 Uroplatus henkeli