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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.

Still image from: Allosaurus for Kids

Still image from: Animal DNA: Reptilians

Dr. Brady Barr smiles at us as he holds a yellow and black Tiger Salamander in his hands.

A woman with a painting pallet and a paintbrush. On her painting there is an animal that looks like an alligator. Spanish captions.

An illustrated turtle. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Ankylosaurus for Kids

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.

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Bizarre Beast With Glowing Bones

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Two-Legged Reptile That Hears With Its Skin

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The World Used to Be Full of Giant Tortoises

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: This Lizard Cures Lyme Disease (in Ticks)

Still image from: Camarasaurus for Kids

Still image from: Cobras for Kids

A person crouching in front of a vertical panel. A device is adhered to the panel. Caption: Real Time. We have electrostatic grippers,

A sea turtle in the sand. Caption: most of a sea turtle's life remains a mystery.

Closeup side view of an ensatina salamander with a long black body with orange spots, short legs, and a long tail.

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.

Still image from: Dino Rap for Kids

Digital illustration of dinosaurs roaring in the background as a pterodactyl flies through the sky. Text reads, “Dinosaur Facts.”

A large turtle walking. Caption: Meet the loneliest animal in the world: Lonesome George.

A cartoon shows a large python wrapping its body and squeezing a small crocodile.

A cartoon shows the skeletal structure of a giant dinosaur.

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.

Text reads, "The Chameleon," over a close-up photo of a bright green chameleon.

A sea turtle swimming in the water. Caption: but from the moment he saw his first green sea turtle

Still image from: Gopher Tortoise: Secrets of the Burrow

A baby turtle still mostly in a broken shell nestled in the sand. Caption: USGS

Artist adds details to a pencil sketch of a gecko. Title card reads, "Shoo Rayner Drawing School."

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.

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."

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.”

A snake with its tongue flickering in air. Caption, Coming Up, Jack Hanna's into the wild.

Still image from: Komodo Dragons for Kids

Still image from: Lab Six: Reptiles (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Reptiles II (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Turtles (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Turtles II (Spanish)

Brown spotted lizard on a tree trunk. Caption: He plans to radio track the lizards.

Green lizard on a rock. Spanish captions.

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Lizards

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.

Close-up of an African bullfrog, which is a chartreuse color with black markings, sitting on sandy ground.

Pink blind snake, resembling an earthworm, stretches out over sand in the dark.

Bright green chameleon sitting on a branch catches an insect with its long, far-reaching tongue.

Hinge terrapin looks out from its shell, partially hidden by grass.

Leopard tortoise, with a tan and black pattern on its shell, emerges from a shallow body of water.

Puff adder snake coiled up on sandy soil and grass as its head appears poised to strike.

Close-up of brown and tan-colored scorpion that blends in with the tree bark it sits on.

Orange snake dotted with black spots slithers along the grass.

Brown and gray tree frog grips a smooth wooden branch in front of a blurry background of a body of water.

Still image from: Pythons for Kids

Black, yellow, and red banded snake coiled in the grass. Caption: Other snakes use the element of disguise too.

Slide shows a white banner of green text on a scaly green background that reads, "Reptiles."

Lime green gecko with brown spots climbs a smooth stick.

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.

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.

Small lizard on a hand. Caption: They are the same species but may be diverging into two.

Alligator in grass. Caption: for a population and genetics survey of alligators.

A snake with eyes covered. Caption: this snake strikes its prey with pinpoint precision.

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.

Lizard on a rock. Caption: Reptiles live in different habitats all over the world.

Crocodile at the water's edge. Spanish captions.

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Get to Know a Dinosaur

We look down at the front half of a sea turtle as it swims in teal water.

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Alligator Skull

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Box Turtle Shell

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Rattlesnake Rattle

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Snapping Turtle Skull

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.

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."

Still image from: Super Animals: Mega Movers

Map centered on the island of Borneo. Caption: I was the only one working on an area near Borneo,

Snake slithering down a thin branch. Caption: looking for snakes and frogs and salamander

Emily Graslie is seated at her desk with the table lamps on. Caption: Field work is a great cover for gathering intelligence.

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.

A tortoise with its head and feet pulled into its body. Caption: (Berry) The tortoise tells us so much

Magic school bus in alligator form in the water with two live alligators. Caption: We're in hot water, you mean.

Graphic of four islands close to each other. Each island has lizards on it. Caption: evolved independently on each island.

Boy holds a small three-walled wooden construction on a tabletop while a girl leans down helping him build it.

Boy holds a small three-walled wooden construction while talking with a girl who helps him build it.

Title card. Pale green palm shapes recede with the show's title, "The Outsider's Club," as the next video segment starts to appear.

Three people drive up to a grass-covered sand dune on the beach in a red golf cart.

Still image from: Tortoises for Kids

Two turtles swim in shallow light green water.

Still image from: Turtles Have Secret Ears

2-D T-Rex leans toward us as it walks through a forested landscape. Text reads, "Tyrannosaurus Rex."

Still image from: Venomous Snakes for Kids

Still image from: What Are Chordates?

Gecko crawling in the desert. Spanish captions.

A snake on a rock. Caption: All reptiles are cold-blooded,

Still image from: What's Wild: Gopher Tortoise

Many iguanas sunning themselves on rock outcroppings next to the ocean. Caption: Some of the hatchlings stay together

Cave painting of a snake head. Caption: In their minds, all things spring from snakes --

Girl stands on a platform, looking up at the displayed bones of a dinosaur at a museum. Text reads, “Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.”

Close-up shot of a person holding a black and tan snake that looks towards us.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Predatory Myths

A lizard like creature standing on the bank of a river. Lightning strikes the land across the river.

An illustration of a Chameleon.

An illustration of a lizard standing near a wall.

Cartoon of a turtle next to a head of lettuce and a piece of fruit.