List of reptiles of Costa Rica
List of reptiles in Costa Rica
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Lizards
Family Corytophanidae
- Genus Basiliscus (brown basilisk, common basilisk, plumed basilisk)[1]
- Genus Corytophanes (helmeted iguana)[1]
- Genus Laemanctus (casquehead iguana)[1]
Family Dactyloidae
- Genus Anolis (Anolis insignis)
Family Gekkonidae
- Genus Gonatodes (yellow-headed gecko)[2]
- Genus Hemidactylus (common house gecko)[2]
- Genus Lepidoblepharis (Costa Rica scaly-eyed gecko)[2]
- Genus Sphaerodactylus (yellow-tailed dwarf gecko, spotted dwarf gecko)[2]
Family Iguanidae
- Genus Ctenosaura (black spiny-tailed iguana)[3]
- Genus Iguana (green iguana)[3]
Family Phyllodactylidae
- Genus Thecadactylus (turnip-tailed gecko)
Family Polychrotidae
- Genus Norops (21 species, including blue-eyed anole, carpenter's anole,[4] green tree anole, ground anole, lemur anole, lichen anole, many-scaled anole, pug-nosed anole, slender anole, stream anole, water anole)[5][6]
- Genus Polychrus (neotropical chameleon)[5]
Family Scincidae
- Mabuya unamarginata[7]
Family Teiidae
- Ameiva quadrilineata
- Ameiva festiva
- Anadia ocellata
- Ptychoglossus plicatus
Family Xantusiidae
- Lepidophyma reticulatum[8]
Snakes
Family Anomalepididae
Family Boidae
Family Colubridae
- Amastridium veliferum
- Chironius exoletus
- Clelia clelia
- Drymobius melanotropis
- Enulius sclateri
- Erythrolampus mimus
- Imantodes cenchoa
- Lampropeltis triangulatum
- Liophis epinphalus
- Leptodeira septentrionalis
- Mastigodryas melanolomus
- Ninia maculata
- Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
- Stenorrhina degenhardtii
- Stenorrhina fremenvilli
- Thamnophis proximus
- Xenodon rhabdocephalus
Family Elapidae
- Micrurus alleni
- Micrurus mipartitus
Family Leptotyphlopidae
Family Loxocemidae
Family Tropidophiidae
Family Typhlopidae
Family Viperidae
- Atropoides nummifera
- Atropoides picadoi
- Bothriechis lateralis
- Bothriechis schlegelii
- Bothrops asper
- Porthidium nasutum
Turtles
- Kinosternon leucostomum
- Rhinoclemmys annulata
- Rhinoclemmys funerea
- Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
- Trachemys emolli
- Trachemys venusta
Crocodilians
Family Crocodylidae
Family Alligatoridae
See also
- List of amphibians of Costa Rica
- List of birds of Costa Rica
- List of mammals of Costa Rica
- List of non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Corytophanidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 120–6. ISBN 978-0520237599.
- 1 2 3 4 Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Gekkonidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 143–50. ISBN 978-0520237599.
- 1 2 Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Iguanidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 126–8. ISBN 978-0520237599.
- ↑ Echelle, A.A., A.F. Echelle and H.S. Fitch. 1971. A new anole from Costa Rica. Herpetologica 27(3): 354-362.
- 1 2 Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Polychrotidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 128–42. ISBN 978-0520237599.
- ↑ Henderson, Carrol L. (2010). "Polychrotidae". Mammals, amphibians, and reptiles of Costa Rica: a field guide. University of Texas Press. pp. 122–32. ISBN 978-0292722743.
- ↑ Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Scincidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 151–2. ISBN 978-0520237599.
- ↑ Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Xantusiidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 150–1. ISBN 978-0520237599.
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