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Reptiles of the Philippines List

The document lists 15 reptiles found in the Philippines, including alligators, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and turtles. It provides brief descriptions of some of the major species, such as the saltwater crocodile, Philippine crocodile, emerald tree skink, green crested lizard, tokay gecko, Philippine shrub snake, and Philippine common cobra. The document also mentions families of skinks and the Asian mabuyas genus found in the Philippines.

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Reptiles of the Philippines List

The document lists 15 reptiles found in the Philippines, including alligators, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and turtles. It provides brief descriptions of some of the major species, such as the saltwater crocodile, Philippine crocodile, emerald tree skink, green crested lizard, tokay gecko, Philippine shrub snake, and Philippine common cobra. The document also mentions families of skinks and the Asian mabuyas genus found in the Philippines.

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15 Reptiles found in the Philippines

A class of cold-blooded animals, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates, that include the alligators
and crocodiles, lizards, snakes, turtles, and that have a body typically covered with scales or bony
skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the
skull and ribs attached to the sternum.

Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) Philippine Crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) Emerald Tree Skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina)

Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) Skinks (Family Scincidae) Asian Mabuyas (Genus Eutropis)

Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) Philippine Shrub Snake (Oxyrhabdium Reddish Rat Snake (Coelognathuserythrurus)

Philippine Common Cobra (Naja philippinensis)

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