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Reptiles

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A warthog with long tusks curving towards its body and leathery skin covered in mud. Caption: we can see that each has a beauty all its own.
Nature
Season 26 / Ep 4
30 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Allosaurus for Kids
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Animal DNA: Reptilians
Animal DNA
Season 0 / Ep 15
19 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Dr. Brady Barr smiles at us as he holds a yellow and black Tiger Salamander in his hands.
Animal Jam
Episode 9
1 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
A woman with a painting pallet and a paintbrush. On her painting there is an animal that looks like an alligator. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 7
13 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
An illustrated turtle. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 2
13 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
ASL
Still image from: Ankylosaurus for Kids
2 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black frog with yellow stripes that is approximately twice as long as the tip of a pencil (pencil included for size comparison). Caption: this tiny little Eleutherodactylus frog.
Ask a Scientist About
Episode 1
9 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Bizarre Beast With Glowing Bones
Bizarre Beasts
Season 0 / Ep 1
6 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Two-Legged Reptile That Hears With Its Skin
Bizarre Beasts
Season 0 / Ep 28
7 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The World Used to Be Full of Giant Tortoises
Bizarre Beasts
Season 0 / Ep 39
5 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: This Lizard Cures Lyme Disease (in Ticks)
Bizarre Beasts
Season 0 / Ep 14
6 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Camarasaurus for Kids
3 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: Cobras for Kids
8 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A person crouching in front of a vertical panel. A device is adhered to the panel. Caption: Real Time. We have electrostatic grippers,
Crazy Engineering
Episode 4
3 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A sea turtle in the sand. Caption: most of a sea turtle's life remains a mystery.
Crittercam
Season 1 / Ep 13
23 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup side view of an ensatina salamander with a long black body with orange spots, short legs, and a long tail.
Deep Look
Season 7 / Ep 12
4 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of the rattle at the end of a black and white striped rattlesnake. The rattle is composed of hollow, interlocking segments that are shiny and slightly transparent.
Deep Look
Season 6 / Ep 13
4 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Dino Rap for Kids
2 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Digital illustration of dinosaurs roaring in the background as a pterodactyl flies through the sky. Text reads, “Dinosaur Facts.”
6 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A large turtle walking. Caption: Meet the loneliest animal in the world: Lonesome George.
Nature
Season 27 / Ep 11
30 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A cartoon shows a large python wrapping its body and squeezing a small crocodile.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 53
7 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A cartoon shows the skeletal structure of a giant dinosaur.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 49
12 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
South America with different colors representing different parts of the continent. The large green area that has a river drawn across it is labeled, “Amazon Biome.” The rest of the land is colored in different shades of brown.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 19
6 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Text reads, "The Chameleon," over a close-up photo of a bright green chameleon.
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A sea turtle swimming in the water. Caption: but from the moment he saw his first green sea turtle
23 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
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ASL
Still image from: Gila Monsters
7 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Gopher Tortoise: Secrets of the Burrow
13 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A baby turtle still mostly in a broken shell nestled in the sand. Caption: USGS
4 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Artist adds details to a pencil sketch of a gecko. Title card reads, "Shoo Rayner Drawing School."
5 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Light purple cartoon dinosaur with wings and a long orange beak perches on a branch and holds one wing out while glancing over its shoulder.
1 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Man in glasses parts lips in mid-speech. Bookshelves and art supplies line walls in background. Title card reads, "How to fly. Stay in the air."
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 13
13 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Red and orange digital atom with four electrons and a positive charge nucleus is next to a purple and yellow atom with four electrons and a positive charge nucleus. Text reads, “Atoms don't actually look like this.”
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 21
8 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A snake with its tongue flickering in air. Caption, Coming Up, Jack Hanna's into the wild.
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
Season 11 / Ep 2
20 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Komodo Dragons for Kids
7 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Lab Six: Reptiles (Spanish)
Lab Six (Spanish)
Episode 23
27 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Lab Six: Reptiles II (Spanish)
Lab Six (Spanish)
Episode 24
27 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Lab Six: Turtles (Spanish)
Lab Six (Spanish)
Episode 5
27 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Lab Six: Turtles II (Spanish)
Lab Six (Spanish)
Episode 6
23 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Brown spotted lizard on a tree trunk. Caption: He plans to radio track the lizards.
8 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Green lizard on a rock. Spanish captions.
9 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Lizards
My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures
Season 0 / Ep 11
14 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Person sitting at a desk and talking. Taxidermized animals and insects are on the shelves and desk. Caption: The illness the bacteria causes is called leptospirosis.
Natural News From The Field Museum
Season 0 / Ep 4
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Close-up of an African bullfrog, which is a chartreuse color with black markings, sitting on sandy ground.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 8
2 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Pink blind snake, resembling an earthworm, stretches out over sand in the dark.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 30
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Bright green chameleon sitting on a branch catches an insect with its long, far-reaching tongue.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 2
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Hinge terrapin looks out from its shell, partially hidden by grass.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 10
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Leopard tortoise, with a tan and black pattern on its shell, emerges from a shallow body of water.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 5
2 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Puff adder snake coiled up on sandy soil and grass as its head appears poised to strike.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 12
3 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Close-up of brown and tan-colored scorpion that blends in with the tree bark it sits on.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 20
3 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Orange snake dotted with black spots slithers along the grass.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 47
2 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Brown and gray tree frog grips a smooth wooden branch in front of a blurry background of a body of water.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 21
3 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Close-up profile-view of the head of a tan snake with a bright yellow underside as it hangs in a tree.
On Safari With Nala
Episode 6
1 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: Pythons for Kids
7 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black, yellow, and red banded snake coiled in the grass. Caption: Other snakes use the element of disguise too.
24 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Slide shows a white banner of green text on a scaly green background that reads, "Reptiles."
9 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Lime green gecko with brown spots climbs a smooth stick.
2 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Small turtle rolled onto the back of its shell, legs and head pulled in. Caption: baby reptiles are on their own to live as best they can.
11 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
A tortoise being held in a pair of human hands. Caption: Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Look at their front feet. They're just like shovels.
Roaming the Red Hills
Episode 3
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Small lizard on a hand. Caption: They are the same species but may be diverging into two.
Science Nation
Episode 224
3 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Alligator in grass. Caption: for a population and genetics survey of alligators.
Science Nation
Episode 88
2 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A snake with eyes covered. Caption: this snake strikes its prey with pinpoint precision.
Science Nation
Episode 56
2 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Red, black, and white snakes in a tube. People in white lab coats and gloves are in the background. Caption: They can go many places things with arms and legs can't.
Science Nation
Episode 203
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Lizard on a rock. Caption: Reptiles live in different habitats all over the world.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 95
3 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Crocodile at the water's edge. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 89
4 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Get to Know a Dinosaur
SciShow Kids
Season 2015 / Ep 42
4 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
We look down at the front half of a sea turtle as it swims in teal water.
4 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Alligator Skull
Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke
Episode 7
2 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Box Turtle Shell
Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke
Episode 11
1 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Rattlesnake Rattle
Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke
Episode 8
2 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Snapping Turtle Skull
Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke
Episode 10
2 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person holding the head of a snake on the ground with a metal rod and holding the snake just behind the head with their hand. Caption: The snake charmers will burn the venom glands.
23 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of a crested gecko resting on a pair of hands. Title bar reads, "Crested geckos are native to the island country of New Caledonia, which is northeast of Australia."
Spot on Science
Episode 15
4 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Map centered on the island of Borneo. Caption: I was the only one working on an area near Borneo,
The Brain Scoop
Episode 45
10 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Snake slithering down a thin branch. Caption: looking for snakes and frogs and salamander
The Brain Scoop
Episode 29
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Emily Graslie is seated at her desk with the table lamps on. Caption: Field work is a great cover for gathering intelligence.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 61
1 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A diagram compares the population of the false water cobra and the cane toad. The population of poisonous cane toad is higher than that of the immune false water cobra.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 71
6 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A tortoise with its head and feet pulled into its body. Caption: (Berry) The tortoise tells us so much
30 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Magic school bus in alligator form in the water with two live alligators. Caption: We're in hot water, you mean.
The Magic School Bus
Season 2 / Ep 212
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Graphic of four islands close to each other. Each island has lizards on it. Caption: evolved independently on each island.
The Origin of Species
Episode 3
17 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Boy holds a small three-walled wooden construction on a tabletop while a girl leans down helping him build it.
The Outsiders Club
Season 1 / Ep 12
21 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Boy holds a small three-walled wooden construction while talking with a girl who helps him build it.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 1 / Ep 12
21 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Title card. Pale green palm shapes recede with the show's title, "The Outsider's Club," as the next video segment starts to appear.
The Outsiders Club
Season 3 / Ep 8
19 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Three people drive up to a grass-covered sand dune on the beach in a red golf cart.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 3 / Ep 8
21 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: Tortoises for Kids
7 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Two turtles swim in shallow light green water.
3 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
2-D T-Rex leans toward us as it walks through a forested landscape. Text reads, "Tyrannosaurus Rex."
5 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: Venomous Snakes for Kids
8 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: What Are Chordates?
3 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Gecko crawling in the desert. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
A snake on a rock. Caption: All reptiles are cold-blooded,
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 3
1 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
ASL
Still image from: What's Wild: Gopher Tortoise
What's Wild
Episode 10
10 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Many iguanas sunning themselves on rock outcroppings next to the ocean. Caption: Some of the hatchlings stay together
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 327
3 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Cave painting of a snake head. Caption: In their minds, all things spring from snakes --
Wild Chronicles
Season 1 / Ep 115
6 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Girl stands on a platform, looking up at the displayed bones of a dinosaur at a museum. Text reads, “Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.”
Wild Explorers
Season 0 / Ep 26
3 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Close-up shot of a person holding a black and tan snake that looks towards us.
Wild Explorers
Season 0 / Ep 8
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Predatory Myths
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 3 / Ep 4
22 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A lizard like creature standing on the bank of a river. Lightning strikes the land across the river.
Your Inner Fish
Season 0 / Ep 2
55 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration of a Chameleon.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
An illustration of a lizard standing near a wall.
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of a turtle next to a head of lettuce and a piece of fruit.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
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