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European Green Lizard
The European green lizard (Lacerta viridis) is a bright green lizard of European grasslands and hedgerows. Males show a vivid blue throat in the breeding season, while females may be brown or green; being territorial, they are best kept in pairs with ample space.
Ridged-tailed Monitor
The ridged-tailed monitor (Varanus primordius) is a stocky, mainly terrestrial monitor from Australia with three recognized subspecies, reaching 60-70 cm in length. Males are notably heavier than females, and it remains an uncommon subject in captivity.
Mangrove Monitor
The mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus) is a widespread island monitor of the southwestern Pacific, once treated as a single species but now recognized as a complex of at least four related species. An opportunistic carnivore, it is unusual among monitors in being able to catch fish in deeper water.
Yellow Monitor
The yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) is a moderately large monitor lizard named for its yellowish coloration. Found across the floodplains of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, it favors damp environments and is rarely kept as a pet.
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
The yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus) is a pelagic, highly venomous sea snake found across the warm oceans of the Indian and Pacific regions. It spends its entire life at sea, even giving birth to live young in the water, making it one of the most widely distributed snakes in the world.
Yellow-lipped Sea Krait
The yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) is a moderately sized, venomous sea snake found from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Despite its potent neurotoxic venom, its small mouth and low aggressiveness make it little threat to humans, and it retains enough land ability to climb ashore.
Texas Tortoise
The Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) is the smallest of the gopher tortoises, native to southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Adapted to arid deserts, it feeds mainly on high-fiber plants and is considered a challenging species to keep, so it remains uncommon in captivity.
Eastern Chicken Turtle
The Eastern Chicken Turtle is uncommon in China, as its plain appearance is not popular, and as a tropical species it is rare in cold regions.
Mud Turtle
The Mud Turtle is not a single species but a group of turtles sharing common traits in body structure or distribution, classified under one family. The family Kinosternidae includes the mud turtles and musk turtles.
Texas Map Turtle
The Texas Map Turtle lives in the Colorado River basin of the Edwards Plateau in Texas and is a relatively common map turtle, though priced higher; it resembles the Mississippi Map Turtle and is sometimes hard to tell apart. It is the smallest-shelled of all map turtles, with no prominent keel.