Abgottschlange
Emblematic species of La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve on the coastal plain include the northern tamandua ("Tamandua mexicana"), orange-chinned parakeet ("Brotogeris jugularis"), American crocodile ("Crocodylus acutus"), spectacled caiman ("Caiman crocodilus"), green iguana ("Iguana iguana"), wood stork ("Mycteria americana"), orange-fronted parakeet ("Aratinga canicularis"), nine-banded armadillo ("Dasypus novemcinctus"), gray fox ("Urocyon cinereoargenteus"), boa constrictor ("Boa constrictor"), black spiny-tailed iguana ("Ctenosaura similis"), olive ridley sea turtle ("Lepidochelys olivacea"), and scorpion mud turtle ("Kinosternum scorpioides").