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DEATH VALLEY WILDLIFE > Reptiles
Reptiles REPTILE - An ectothermic (cold-blooded), air-breathing animal with scales and a backbone; includes snakes, lizards, turtles, etc. Snakes < detailed list Sharing the order Squamata with lizards, snakes are a legless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous. Lizards < detailed list A relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs, a tapering tail, external ear openings and movable eyelids. Shares the order Squamata with snakes. Desert Tortoise Gopherus agasszii Found in flats and surrounding foothills from 1500 to 3500 feet; burrows have arched roof; a federally listed threatened species. picture & summary - photo slideshow - detailed information Western Skink Eumeces skiltonianus skiltonianus Moist areas with good cover in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Western Red-tailed Skink Eumeces gilberti rubicaudatus Isolated populations in Hanupah and Johnson Canyons |
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