Reptile Word Search Printable

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Reptile and Amphibian Word Search

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ACLDLONENHFDONX

OOOOFRCXIIHAAID

JBIHDPTGTSALFIR

BROMTDAYOSLLAAE

TADPOLEIANDINNP

SLAHRMWGDOEGGAT

VNEWTIMNXISASCI

CROCODILERJTLOL

AEDWINWSMVDOGNE

OUSRSSLITHERPDE

DHDGECKOIGUANAK

CNKOMODODRAGONH

NZYZNDFISUOTRVF

UCORWDHANSNQDUI

ASOQCHAMELEONOT

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GeckoGECKO
IguanaIGUANA
ChameleonCHAMELEON
Komodo DragonKOMODO DRAGON
CobraCOBRA
AnacondaANACONDA
TortoiseTORTOISE
CrocodileCROCODILE
AlligatorALLIGATOR
ToadTOAD
TadpoleTADPOLE
NewtNEWT
ReptileREPTILE
FangsFANGS
HissHISS
SlitherSLITHER

16 of 24 words from the Reptile and Amphibian Favorites list.

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Answer key: Reptile and Amphibian Word Search

ACLDLONENHFDONX

OOOOFRCXIIHAAID

JBIHDPTGTSALFIR

BROMTDAYOSLLAAE

TADPOLEIANDINNP

SLAHRMWGDOEGGAT

VNEWTIMNXISASCI

CROCODILERJTLOL

AEDWINWSMVDOGNE

OUSRSSLITHERPDE

DHDGECKOIGUANAK

CNKOMODODRAGONH

NZYZNDFISUOTRVF

UCORWDHANSNQDUI

ASOQCHAMELEONOT

GECKO, IGUANA, CHAMELEON, KOMODO DRAGON, COBRA, ANACONDA, TORTOISE, CROCODILE, ALLIGATOR, TOAD, TADPOLE, NEWT, REPTILE, FANGS, HISS, SLITHER

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Lizards 15

Agama A long-tailed, insect-eating lizard of Africa.
Anole A lizard of the warmer Americas, from the southeastern United States to Paraguay.
Bearded Dragon An Australian lizard whose throat can turn black and puff out.
Chameleon An Old World lizard best known for shifting its colors.
Chuckwalla A lizard of dry country in the U.S. Southwest and the north of Mexico.
Gecko A small lizard of warm climates that lives on every continent but Antarctica.
Gila Monster No other venomous lizard is native to the United States.
Glass Lizard A legless reptile whose tail snaps off easily.
Horned Lizard A North American reptile with a flat, round body and true bony spikes on its head.
Iguana A plant-eating lizard of tropical Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Komodo Dragon A giant monitor of Indonesia, the biggest lizard alive.
Monitor A lizard of the genus Varanus, at home in Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Skink A member of one of the most varied lizard families, with more than 1,500 species.
Tegu A reptile of the American tropics known for its large size and hunting habits.
Thorny Devil A small Australian reptile whose females are usually larger than the males; its genus is Moloch.

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Snakes 16

Adder A venomous snake found across much of Europe.
Anaconda A big South American boa that spends part of its life in water; one kind is among the largest snakes.
Boa A heavy-bodied constrictor native to tropical South America.
Boomslang A highly venomous snake of Africa, in the same family as the corn snake.
Cobra A venomous snake that can rear up and spread a hood when threatened.
Copperhead A venomous pit viper of the eastern United States.
Corn Snake A North American constrictor of the southeastern states that squeezes its small prey.
Garter Snake A small to medium reptile of North and Central America, from Canada to Costa Rica.
Hognose A snake with an upturned snout.
Kingsnake A New World reptile with no venom that eats other snakes.
Krait A venomous snake of Asia that often lies on the ground in tropical forests.
Mamba A fast-moving, highly venomous snake of Africa south of the Sahara.
Python One of a family of snakes of Africa, Asia and Australia that kill by squeezing.
Rattlesnake A pit viper that hunts rodents and birds and is named for the noisemaker on its tail.
Taipan A large, fast, extremely venomous snake of Australia and New Guinea.
Viper A snake of a venomous family found in most of the world, though not in Australia or Ireland.

Turtles and Crocodiles 18

Alligator A large reptile with two living kinds, the American and the Chinese.
Box Turtle Its domed shell is hinged at the bottom, so it can close up tight.
Caiman A crocodilian of the marshes, swamps and mangrove rivers of Central and South America.
Carapace The upper part of a turtle's shell.
Crocodile A large reptile, at home in water and on land, found across the tropics from Africa to Australia and the Americas.
Gharial A crocodilian whose long, narrow snout and sharp teeth suit it to catching fish.
Hawksbill A critically endangered sea turtle with a sharp, curving beak.
Leatherback No living turtle is larger.
Loggerhead The largest hard-shelled turtle in the world, named for its big head.
Mugger A broad-snouted crocodile of fresh water, from Iran to the Indian subcontinent.
Painted Turtle No native shelled reptile is more widespread in North America.
Plastron The lower part of a turtle's shell.
Scutes Bony plates covered with horn, as on a turtle's shell or a crocodile's skin.
Sea Turtle There are seven kinds, among them the green, the flatback and the loggerhead.
Shell The shield that encloses a turtle's vital organs.
Slider A common pond turtle; the red-eared kind is popular as a pet.
Terrapin A reptile of fresh or brackish water with clawed feet, not flippers.
Tortoise A land dweller with a hard shell; the giant kind of the Galapagos can pass 1.2 meters in length.

Amphibians 18

Amphibian A cold-blooded, four-limbed animal with a backbone; frogs and newts are two kinds.
Axolotl A salamander that never leaves the water and keeps its outside gills as an adult.
Caecilian A limbless amphibian shaped like a worm or a snake, with tiny eyes or none.
Croak The deep, rough call of a frog.
Eft The young land-living stage of a newt.
Frog A short-bodied amphibian with no tail.
Gills Breathing parts that pull dissolved oxygen from a pond or stream.
Hellbender A giant water salamander found only in the eastern and central United States.
Metamorphosis What a tadpole goes through to become a frog: a new body shape in a short time.
Mudpuppy A salamander that lives its whole life in the lakes, rivers and ponds of North America.
Newt A salamander that divides its life between water and land.
Olm A water salamander of European caves.
Salamander An amphibian that looks like a lizard, with a slender body, short legs and a tail.
Siren A water salamander with very small front legs and no back legs.
Spadefoot A burrowing toad of North America.
Spawn The mass of eggs that frogs and fish release into water.
Tadpole The larval stage of an amphibian, also called a polliwog.
Toad An amphibian told apart from a frog by its drier, rougher skin and its life on drier ground.

Reptile Body and Life 16

Basking Soaking up heat on a sunny rock or log.
Brumation The name for the winter rest of lizards and other cold-blooded animals.
Claws The sharp curved nails on a lizard's or turtle's toes.
Clutch All the eggs one mother lays in a single nesting.
Coil To wind the body into loops.
Cold-Blooded Warmed by the surroundings and not by heat made inside the body.
Fangs Long, pointed teeth; a snake's are linked to a venom gland.
Forked Tongue Split at the tip, it tells a snake where a smell is coming from.
Hatchling The young of a turtle, lizard or other egg-layer when it is brand new.
Herpetology The branch of zoology that studies amphibians and reptiles.
Hiss The sharp sound a snake makes as a warning.
Reptile A member of the class that holds turtles, crocodiles, lizards and snakes.
Scales The small plates of keratin that cover a snake's or lizard's skin.
Shed To cast off old skin.
Slither To move the way a legless animal does, winding from side to side.
Venom A toxic saliva that a snake injects with a bite.

How this list was compiled: 83 words in five lists: lizards, snakes, turtles and crocodiles, amphibians in a list of their own, and reptile body and life. Every animal named is alive today. Facts in the clues were checked on October 3, 2026 against each animal's English Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0); spellings against English Wiktionary. Licence: own work

How it works

This reptile word search printable starts with 16 words drawn from 24 favorites. 83 words fill 5 lists: lizards, snakes, turtles and crocodiles, amphibians in a list of their own, and reptile body and life.

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Lizards, snakes, turtles and crocodiles

Lizards holds 15 words, from Gecko and Iguana to Chuckwalla and Komodo Dragon. Snakes holds 16, from Cobra and Python to Boomslang. Turtles and Crocodiles holds 18, with Carapace and Plastron for the two halves of a shell.

A printable amphibian word search on the same page

Find Start from a list and choose Amphibians: 18 words, among them Frog, Toad, Newt, Salamander, Axolotl, Caecilian, Hellbender and Tadpole. No reptile is in that list. Easy Reptile and Amphibian has 27 words, each 3 to 5 letters long; Hard Reptile and Amphibian has 39, up to Metamorphosis.

Hellbender turns into "A giant water salamander" once Show clues, not words is ticked under More options.
After the puzzle, pupils can sort the favorites into two columns: reptile or amphibian.

Questions and answers

Is a frog a reptile?

No. A frog is an amphibian, so Frog, Toad, Newt and Salamander sit in the Amphibians list. The Reptile clue names the four groups that are reptiles: turtles, crocodiles, lizards and snakes.

Which reptiles are in the word search?

The three reptile lists hold 15 lizard words, 16 snakes and 18 turtle and crocodile words, among them Gila Monster, Bearded Dragon, Rattlesnake, Anaconda, Leatherback, Alligator and Gharial.

Why is Snake not hidden by itself?

SNAKE is part of GARTERSNAKE, CORNSNAKE, KINGSNAKE and RATTLESNAKE, so it would turn up in the grid more often than the answer key marks it. Lizard and Turtle are left out for the same reason. Snake by itself is in the kindergarten word search.

Are dinosaurs on this list?

No. Every animal here is alive today. Dinosaur names have a page of their own, the dinosaur word search.

All 83 words

Lizards 15

Snakes 16

Turtles and Crocodiles 18

Amphibians 18

Reptile Body and Life 16

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