Reptiles and amphibians

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harml…

any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid areas except Australia and Antarctica

large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical…

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia

any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed

a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

feeling a need to see others suffer

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"

a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"