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Welcome to Mill Mountain Zoo
Roanoke, Virginia
Reptiles and Amphibians
Reptiles have scaly skin and lay soft shelled eggs.
Snakes, turtles, crocodiles, and alligators are all reptiles.
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Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
![Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09b8ca_9ba573b4014348f39107065b9d40c847.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_788,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/09b8ca_9ba573b4014348f39107065b9d40c847.jpg)
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
![Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09b8ca_15ca3a4ad6fd435380848f6592b24101.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/09b8ca_15ca3a4ad6fd435380848f6592b24101.jpg)
Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09b8ca_14ed9a48d20441bfa03e9429e24bd678.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_565,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/09b8ca_14ed9a48d20441bfa03e9429e24bd678.jpg)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
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![Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09b8ca_c2153da26df54a13a3949ebc6cda61e9.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/09b8ca_c2153da26df54a13a3949ebc6cda61e9.jpg)
Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
![Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09b8ca_9f1bb0326b494599909d0e906d6a0f3c.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_734,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/09b8ca_9f1bb0326b494599909d0e906d6a0f3c.jpg)
Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)
![Hellbender Salamander (Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09b8ca_07b3a769d3d144c789800e65401b96be.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/09b8ca_07b3a769d3d144c789800e65401b96be.jpg)
Hellbender Salamander (Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis)
![Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/09b8ca_c2153da26df54a13a3949ebc6cda61e9.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/09b8ca_c2153da26df54a13a3949ebc6cda61e9.jpg)
Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
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Amphibians live part of their life cycle in water, and part on land.
They may be confused with reptiles, but are an entirely different group!
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