List of reptiles of Costa Rica

List of reptiles in Costa Rica

Lizards

Family Corytophanidae

Family Dactyloidae

  • Genus Anolis (Anolis insignis, Anolis microtus)

Family Gekkonidae

Family Iguanidae

Family Phyllodactylidae

Family Polychrotidae

  • Genus Norops (21 species, including blue-eyed anole, carpenter's anole,[5] green tree anole, ground anole, lemur anole, lichen anole, many-scaled anole, pug-nosed anole, slender anole, stream anole, water anole)[6][7]
  • Genus Polychrus (neotropical chameleon)[6]

Family Scincidae

  • Mabuya unamarginata[8]

Family Teiidae

Family Xantusiidae

  • Lepidophyma reticulatum[9]

Snakes

Family Anomalepididae

Family Boidae

Family Colubridae

Family Elapidae

Family Leptotyphlopidae

  • Leptotyphlops goudotii

Family Loxocemidae

  • Loxocemus bicolor

Family Tropidophiidae

Family Typhlopidae

  • Typhlops costaricensis

Family Viperidae

Turtles

  • Kinosternon leucostomum
  • Rhinoclemmys annulata
  • Rhinoclemmys funerea
  • Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
  • Trachemys emolli
  • Trachemys venusta

Crocodilians

Family Crocodylidae

  • American Crocodile

Family Alligatoridae

  • Spectacled Caiman

See also

Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Lepidodactylus lugubris". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  4. 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.
  5. Echelle, A.A., A.F. Echelle and H.S. Fitch. 1971. A new anole from Costa Rica. Herpetologica 27(3): 354-362.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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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