National Reptile Awareness Day – October 21, 2022
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National Reptile Awareness Day – Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink, Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle, and Great Plated Lizard
- The Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink is endemic to Australia and is found in the states Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia
- The Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi), is also called the McCord’s snakeneck turtle.
- It is a critically endangered turtle species from Rote Island in Indonesia.
- The Great Plated Lizard (Broadleysaurus major), also called the Sudan plated lizard , Western Plated lizard, or Broadley’s rough-scaled plated lizard, is a medium-sized, diurnal African lizard.