Reptiles List

Updated August 2017

Testudines
Cryptodira
   Chelydridae
      Chelydra acutirostris Peters 1862
Kinosternoidea 
   Kinosternidae
      Kinosternon leucostomum Duméril and Bibron in Duméril and Duméril 1851 
Squamata 
Sauria
  Iguania
   Corytophanidae
      Basiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1875
      Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828
      Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem, 1820)
   Iguanidae
      Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Polychrotidae
      Polychrus gutturosus Berthold, 1846
   Dactyloidae
      Dactyloa frenata (Cope, 1899)
    Norops
     Auratus Series
      Norops cupreus (Hallowell, 1861)
      Norops humilis (Peters, 1863)
      Norops lemurinus (Cope, 1861)
     Fuscoauratus Series
      Norops carpenteri (Echelle, Echelle, and Fitch, 1971)
      Norops limifrons (Cope, 1862)
      Norops oxylophus (Cope, 1875)
     Petersii Series
      Norops biporcatus (Wiegmann, 1834)
      Norops capito (Peters, 1863)
      Norops pentaprion (Cope, 1863)
  Gekkota
   Gekkonidae
    Gekkoninae
      Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril and Bibron, 1836 Introduced
      Hemidactylus garnotii Duméril and Bibron, 1836 Introduced
   Phyllodactylidae  
      Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) 
   Sphaerodactylidae
      Gonatodes albogularis (Duméril and Bibron, 1836)
      Sphaerodactylus homolepis Cope, 1886
  Scincoidea
   Xantusiidae
      Lepidophyma flavimaculatum Duméril, 1851
   Scincidae
      Sphenomorphus cherriei (Cope, 1893)
  Lacertoidea
   Teiidae 
      Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856)  
      Holcosus quadrilineatus (Hallowell, 1861)
Serpientes
   Alethinophidia
  Henophidia
   Boidae
    Boinae
      Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
      Corallus annulatus (Cope, 1865)
  Caenophidia
    Colubroidea
   Dipsadidae
      Clelia clelia (Daudin, 1803)
      Erythrolamprus mimus (Cope, 1868)
      Hydromorphus concolor Peters, 1859
      Imantodes cenchoa Linnaeus, 1758
      Imantodes inornatus (Boulenger, 1896)
      Leptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott, 1859)
      Ninia maculata (Peters, 1861)
      Ninia sebae (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854)
      Nothopsis rugosus Cope, 1871
      Oxyrhopus petolarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
      Rhadinaea decorata (Günther, 1858)
      Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872)
      Sibon longifrenis (Stejneger, 1909)
      Sibon nebulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
      Xenodon rabdocephalus  (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
      Tretanorhinus nigroluteus Cope, 1861
   Colubridae
    Colubrinae
      Chironius grandisquamis (Peters, 1869)
      Dendrophidion apharocybe  Cadle, 2012
      Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758)
      Leptophis depressirostris (Cope, 1861)
      Mastigodryas melanolomus (Cope, 1868)
      Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824)
      Pseustes poecilonotus (Günther, 1858)
      Spilotes pullatus Linnaeus, 1758
      Tantilla supracincta (Peters, 1863)
   Elapidae
   Micrurus fulvius Group
      Micrurus alleni Schmidt, 1936
      Micrurus nigrocinctus mosquitensis K. Schmidt, 1933
    Micrurus mipartitus Group
      Micrurus mipartitus (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854)
   Viperidae
    Crotalinae
      Atropoides picadoi (Dunn, 1939)
      Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846)
      Bothrops asper (Garman, 1883)
      Porthidium nasutum (Bocourt, 1868)
Crocodylia
   Alligatoridae
      Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acknowledgments

Erick Berlin, Lindsey Berting, Holly Cale, Ernesto Carman, Diego Dierick, Mo Donnelly, Ken Draves, Ben Evans, George Farnsworth, Paul Foster, Rob Gandola, Reuben Goforth, Noah Gordon, Dan Griffith, Cat Hendry, Donald Jiménez, Willy Pineda, Ann Ray, Kelsey Reider, Dave Richards, Mahmood Sasa, Kelly Stockelman, Jenny Stynoski, Caitlin Thomas, Michelle Thompson, Raúl Urbina, Orlando Vargas, Steven Whitfield, and Heather York.

References / Referencias:

Cadle, John, E. 2012. Cryptic species within the Dedrophidion vinitor complex in Middle America (Serpentes: Colubridae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 160(4):183–240.

Guyer, Craig, and Maureen A. Donnelly. 2005. Amphibians and reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide. University of California Press, Berekeley, California.

Muñoz Chacón, Federico, and Ricard Dennis Johnston. 2013. Amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Ray, Julie M., and James L. Knight. 2013. The venomous snakes and their mimics of Panama and Costa Rica. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

Savage, Jay M. 2002. The amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: a herpetofauna between two continents, between two seas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, Anders G.J., John B. Iverson, Roger Bour, Uwe Fritz, Arthur Georges, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Peter Paul van Dijk]. 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). In: Rhodin, Anders G.J., John B. Iverson, Peter Paul van Dijk,  Raymond A. Saumure, Kurt A., Buhlmann, Peter C. H. Pritchard, and Russell A. Mittermeier (eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 7:1–292.

Uetz, P. (editor), The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed January 13, 2016.

© Reserva Ecológica Bijagual, 2017.

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Reptilia (Reptilia), Testudines (Reptilia), Chelydridae (Reptilia), Chelydra (Reptilia), Kinosternidae (Reptilia), Kinosternon (Reptilia), Corytophanidae (Reptilia), Basiliscus (Reptilia), Corytophanes (Reptilia), Iguanidae (Reptilia), Iguana (Reptilia), Polychrotidae (Reptilia), Polychrus (Reptilia), Dactyloidae (Reptilia), Dactyloa (Reptilia), Norops (Reptilia), Hemidactylus (Reptilia), Thecadactylus (Reptilia), Gonatodes (Reptilia), Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia), Xantusiidae (Reptilia), Lepidophyma (Reptilia), Scincidae (Reptilia), Sphenomorphus (Reptilia), Teiidae (Reptilia), Boidae (Reptilia), Boa (Reptilia), Corallus (Reptilia), Clelia (Reptilia), Erythrolamprus (Reptilia), Hydromorphus (Reptilia), Imantodes (Reptilia), Leptodeira (Reptilia), Ninia (Reptilia), Nothopsis (Reptilia), Oxyrhopus (Reptilia), Rhadinaea (Reptilia), Sibon (Reptilia), Xenodon (Reptilia), Tretanorhinus (Reptilia), Colubridae (Reptilia), Chironius (Reptilia), Dendrophidion (Reptilia), Leptophis (Reptilia), Mastigodryas (Reptilia), Oxybelis (Reptilia), Pseustes (Reptilia), Spilotes (Reptilia), Tantilla (Reptilia), Elapidae (Reptilia), Micrurus (Reptilia), Viperidae (Reptilia), Atropoides (Reptilia), Bothriechis (Reptilia), Bothrops (Reptilia), Porthidium (Reptilia), Alligatoridae (Reptilia), Caiman (Reptilia), Serpentes (Reptilia), Atropoides picadoi (Reptilia), Basiliscus plumifrons (Reptilia), Basiliscus vittatus (Reptilia), Boa constrictor (Reptilia), Bothriechis schlegelii (Reptilia), Bothrops asper (Reptilia), Caiman crocodilus (Reptilia), Chelydra acutirostris (Reptilia), Chironius grandisquamis (Reptilia), Clelia clelia (Reptilia), Corallus annulatus (Reptilia), Corytophanes cristatus (Reptilia), Erythrolamprus mimus (Reptilia), Gonatodes albogularis (Reptilia), Hemidactylus frenatus (Reptilia), Hemidactylus garnoti (Reptilia), Hydromorphus concolor (Reptilia), Iguana iguana (Reptilia), Imantodes cenchoa (Reptilia), Imantodes inornatus (Reptilia), Kinosternon leucostomum (Reptilia), Lepidophyma flavimaculatum (Reptilia), Leptodeira septentrionalis (Reptilia), Leptophis ahaetulla (Reptilia), Leptophis depressirostris (Reptilia), Mastigodryas melanolomus (Reptilia), Micrurus alleni (Reptilia), Micrurus nigrocinctus (Reptilia), Ninia maculata (Reptilia), Ninia sebae (Reptilia), Norops biporcatus (Reptilia), Norops capito (Reptilia), Norops carpenteri (Reptilia), Norops cupreus (Reptilia), Norops humilis (Reptilia), Norops lemurinus (Reptilia), Norops limifrons (Reptilia), Norops pentaprion (Reptilia), Nothopsis rugosus (Reptilia), Oxybelis aeneus (Reptilia), Oxyrhopus petola (Reptilia), Polychrus gutturosus (Reptilia), Porthidium nasutum (Reptilia), Pseustes poecilonotus (Reptilia), Rhadinaea decorata (Reptilia), Sibon longifrenis (Reptilia), Sphaerodactylus homolepis (Reptilia), Sphenomorphus cherriei (Reptilia), Spilotes pullatus (Reptilia), Tantilla supracincta (Reptilia), Thecadactylus rapicauda (Reptilia), Tretanorhinus nigroluteus (Reptilia), Xenodon rabdocephalus (Reptilia), Capito (Birds), Mimus (Birds)
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