List of reptiles of Costa Rica
This is a list of reptiles in Costa Rica.
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, Anolis microtus)
 
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]
 - Genus Lepidodactylus (mourning gecko)[3]
 
Family Iguanidae
- Genus Ctenosaura (black spiny-tailed iguana)[4]
 - Genus Iguana (green iguana)[4]
 
Family Phyllodactylidae
- Genus Thecadactylus (turnip-tailed gecko)
 
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
Snakes
Family Anomalepididae
Family Boidae
Family Colubridae
- Amastridium veliferum (rufous-headed snake)
 - Chironius exoletus
 - Clelia clelia
 - Drymobius melanotropis (black forest racer)
 - Drymobius margaritiferus (speckled racer)
 - Enuliophis sclateri (sock-headed snake)
 - Erythrolamprus mimus (mimic false coral snake)
 - Imantodes cenchoa
 - Lampropeltis triangulum
 - Leptophis ahaetulla (parrot snake)
 - Erythrolamprus epinephalus (fire-bellied snake)
 - Leptodeira septentrionalis
 - Mastigodryas melanolomus
 - Ninia maculata
 - Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
 - Senticolis triaspis (green rat snake)
 - Spilotes pullatus (tiger rat snake)
 - Stenorrhina degenhardtii
 - Stenorrhina freminvillei (blood snake)
 - Genus Tantilla (centipede snakes)
 - Thamnophis proximus
 - Xenodon rhabdocephalus
 
Family Elapidae
Family Leptotyphlopidae
Family Loxocemidae
Family Tropidophiidae
Family Typhlopidae
Family Viperidae
- Atropoides nummifer
 - Atropoides picadoi
 - Bothriechis lateralis
 - Bothriechis nigroadspersus
 - Bothrops asper
 - Porthidium nasutum
 - Lachesis stenophrys Cope 1875 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
 - Lachesis melanocephala Solòrzano & Cerdas 1986 southeastern Costa Rica and adjoining areas of western Panama
 
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
- ^ a b c 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.
 - ^ a b c d 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.
 - ^ "Lepidodactylus lugubris". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
 - ^ a b 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.
 - ^ a b 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.