Melissa
Kaplan |
 This
enthusiast, who authored the book "Iguanas for Dummies" has built up an
excellent website with information about keeping various types of reptiles.
The website used to have a nicely annotated list
of reptile websites, but for some reason when she redeveloped her site
she got rid of the descriptions. Her need to reduce server
bandwidth requirements by doing away with photographs prevents the website
from getting five stars. |
| Basilisken
links |
This
page on a German website contains about 30 links to websites in various
languages, including English, describing different species of basilisk
lizard. |
| VenomousReptiles.org |
 The
"Southeastern Hot Herp Society" covers all venomous reptiles, meaning snakes
apart from the only two venomous lizard species. It has a good page
of links to photo
galleries, including a
gallery where you can post snakes for identification. Last
visited in March of 2006. |
 |
 Richard
Adam's website bills itself as a "huge resource for those interested in
snakes, as well as other exotic pets including lizards, turtles and tarantulas".
It's way too commercial for my taste, and I wouldn't list it at all if
it weren't for the forums
where you can ask other people about reptiles (not just snakes) you've
found. Last visited in March of 2006. |
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This
vast and sprawling website dedicated to turtles and tortoises isn't beautiful,
but what it lacks in style it definitely makes up for in sheer quantity
and quality of information. There are sections in many different
languages and a huge links
page including links to turtle forums. There is also a
photo
gallery ordered either geographically
or by family. |
Asia
| Ecology
Asia |
This
private individual's website has good lizard, snake and turtle photo galleries
with good pictures and text. Last visited in October of 2009. |
| Nature
Malaysia: reptiles |
This
website has several galleries of photos arranged by family with text, and
a single relatively small photo. The site has slightly intrusive
advertising. Last visited in October of 2009. |
Belize
| Rare
Images Gallery |
True
to its name, this website doesn't have any text, but there are very good
single-page photo galleries of lizards
and snakes
which are identified by their common and scientific names.
Last visited in August of 2009. |
Costa
Rica
Japan
| Encyclopedia
of Japanese Reptiles |
This
website is a truncated English version of the author's Japanese website.
Despite his protestations to the contrary, his English is very good, and
the website is comprehensive, covering all species of reptiles found in
Japan, including snakes,
lizards and amphibians. The website's URL bothers me - I suspect
the website might move one day. |
USA
| California
Reptiles and Amphibians |
Gary
Nafis's very professional website claims to list all the "herps" which
live in California, and he's trying to put together identification
guides for different categories of animal - snakes, lizards, frogs,
toads, etc. The only reason it doesn't get five stars is because
it's not entirely complete yet, and because font sizes on some pages are
so tiny that the pages are illegible. |
| Digimorph:
Horned Lizards |
The
Digimorph website contains three-dimensional x-ray imagery of all manner
of animals, both modern and fossilized. The horned lizards
section by Dr Wendy Hodges discusses the behavior and lifestyle of the
13 living species of horned
lizard in North America, and of course contains x-ray images of
all of them, which can be useful if you're trying to identify one.
The website is scientifically oriented and of limited scope, but very well
done. Last visited in March of 2006. |
| US
Geological Survey Reptile Website Links |
A
list of 30 or 40 American reptile and amphibian websites. |
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