Top 100 Reptiles & Amphibians for Hobbyists 2024 (required experience level)
- Bearded Dragon (Pogona spp.) - Easy
- Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) - Easy
- Ball Python (Python regius) - Easy to Intermediate
- Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus) - Easy
- Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus) - Easy
- Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) - Easy
- African Fat-Tailed Gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus) - Easy
- Russian Tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii) - Easy
- Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) - Easy
- Fire Skink (Lepidothyris fernandi) - Easy to Intermediate
- Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua spp.) - Easy to Intermediate
- Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus loveridgei) - Easy to Intermediate
- Milk Snake (Lampropeltis spp.) - Easy to Intermediate
- Gargoyle Gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus) - Intermediate
- Kingsnake (Lampropeltis spp.) - Intermediate
- Dart Frogs (Dendrobatidae) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius azureus) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) - Intermediate
- Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) - Advanced
- Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) - Advanced
- Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria) - Intermediate
- Chinese Water Dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) - Intermediate
- Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) - Advanced
- Sulcata Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus) - Advanced
- Golden Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) - Advanced
- Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei) - Advanced
- Hognose Snake (Heterodon spp.) - Intermediate
- Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) - Intermediate
- Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster) - Easy
- Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) - Intermediate
- Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) - Easy
- Mata Mata Turtle (Chelus fimbriatus) - Intermediate to Advanced
- African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) - Easy
- Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) - Easy to Intermediate
- Carpet Python (Morelia spilota) - Intermediate
- Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma grandis) - Intermediate
- Giant Green Anole (Anolis frenatus) - Easy
- Timor Monitor (Varanus timorensis) - Intermediate
- Pacman Frog (Ceratophrys spp.) - Easy
- Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) - Advanced
- Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii) - Intermediate
- Yellow-Bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) - Easy
- Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) - Easy
- Long-Tailed Grass Lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus) - Easy
- Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) - Intermediate
- Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) - Easy
- Banded Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum cinctum) - Advanced
- African Rock Python (Python sebae) - Advanced
- Australian White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) - Easy
- Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma grandis) - Intermediate
- Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Blue-Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale) - Easy
- Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) - Advanced
- Panther Gecko (Paroedura pictus) - Easy to Intermediate
- Smooth Green Snake (Opheodrys vernalis) - Easy
- Asian Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) - Intermediate
- Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) - Intermediate
- Black Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae) - Intermediate
- Rainbow Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) - Easy
- Emerald Swift (Sceloporus malachiticus) - Easy
- Asian Forest Scorpion (Heterometrus spp.) - Intermediate
- Blood Python (Python brongersmai) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Fire Skink (Lepidothyris fernandi) - Easy to Intermediate
- Green Keel-Bellied Lizard (Gastropholis prasina) - Easy to Intermediate
- Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale) - Intermediate
- Madagascarophis colubrinus (Madagascarophis colubrinus) - Intermediate
- Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) - Advanced
- Northern Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides intermedia) - Easy
- Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus loveridgei) - Easy to Intermediate
- Giant Centipede (Scolopendra spp.) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Cuban False Chameleon (Anolis equestris) - Easy
- Madagascarophis colubrinus (Madagascarophis colubrinus) - Intermediate
- Solomon Island Skink (Corucia zebrata) - Intermediate to Advanced
- Green Snakes (Philodryas spp.) - Intermediate
- Mexican Alligator Lizard (Abronia graminea) - Intermediate
- Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) - Easy
- African Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) - Easy
- Blue-Lined Skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) - Easy
- Collared Dwarf Gecko (Tropiocolotes steudneri) - Easy
- Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) - Easy
- European Fire-Bellied Toad (Bombina bombina) - Easy
- Dwarf Yellow-headed Gecko (Lygodactylus luteopicturatus) - Easy
- Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon spp.) - Intermediate
- Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis) - Intermediate
- Giant Asian Pond Turtle (Heosemys grandis) - Intermediate
- Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) - Easy
- White's Dumpy Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) - Easy
- Chacoan Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli) - Easy
- Yellow-headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri) - Easy
- Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus spp.) - Easy to Intermediate
- Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) - Intermediate
