List of reptiles of North America

This is a checklist of American reptiles found north from Mexico, based primarily on SSAR publications. It includes all species of the United States and Canada, including recently introduced species such as Chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python. Subspecies are listed only in a few cases. The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.
* alien species
Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.
Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
and Endangered Species Act:
== Crocodilia ==
Order: Crocodilia
=== Alligators ===
Family: Alligatoridae
American alligator Alligator mississippiensis 
* Spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus * 
=== Crocodiles ===
Family: Crocodylidae
== Turtles ==
Order: Testudines
=== Pleurodira ===
Suborder: Pleurodira
==== Podocnemididae ====
Family: Podocnemididae Side-necked turtles
* Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle Podocnemis unifilis * 
=== Cryptodira ===
Suborder: Cryptodira
==== Tortoises ====
Family: Testudinidae
==== Pond turtles ====
Family: Emydidae
 
==== Cheloniidae ====
Family: Cheloniidae
* Olive Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea 
* Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta (North Pacific: , Northwest Atlantic: )
* Kemp's Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii 
* Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas (Hawaiian subpopulation: , Breeding colony populations in FL: )
* Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata 
==== Dermochelyidae ====
Family: Dermochelyidae
* Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea (East Pacific Ocean subpopulation – i.e. Hawaiian Is.: , West Pacific Ocean subpopulation: , Northwest Atlantic Ocean subpopulation: )
==== Chelydridae ====
Family: Chelydridae
 
==== Kinosternidae ====
Family: Kinosternidae
 
==== Trionychidae ====
Family: Trionychidae Softshells
* Florida softshell Apalone ferox 
* Smooth softshell Apalone mutica 
* Spiny softshell Apalone spinifera 
* Wattle-necked softshell Palea steindachneri * (Hawaii only)
* Chinese softshell Pelodiscus sinensis * (Hawaii only)
== Squamata ==
Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)
=== Iguania ===
Suborder: Iguania
==== Agamidae ====
Family: Agamidae Agamas
 
==== Chamaeleonidae ====
Family: Chamaeleonidae Chameleons
 
==== Crotaphytidae ====
Family: Crotaphytidae Collared and leopard lizards
 
==== Iguanidae ====
Family: Iguanidae Iguanas
 
==== Phrynosomatidae ====
Family: Phrynosomatidae
 
==== Dactyloidae ====
Family: Dactyloidae Anoles
 
==== Polychrotidae ====
Family: Polychrotidae
* Many-colored bush anole Polychrus marmoratus * (probably introduced)
==== Corytophanidae ====
Family: Corytophanidae Casquehead lizards
* Brown basilisk Basiliscus vittatus *
==== Leiocephalidae ====
Family: Leiocephalidae Curly-tailed lizards
* Northern curly-tailed lizard Leiocephalus carinatus * 
* Red-sided curly-tailed lizard Leiocephalus schreibersii * 
=== Gekkota ===
Suborder: Gekkota
==== Gekkonidae ====
Family: Gekkonidae geckos
 
=== Autarchoglossa ===
Suborder: Autarchoglossa
==== Lacertidae ====
Family: Lacertidae Wall or true lizards
 
==== Scincidae ====
Family: Scincidae Skinks
 
==== Anguidae ====
Family: Anguidae
 
==== Anniellidae ====
Family: Anniellidae American legless lizards
==== Helodermatidae ====
Family: Helodermatidae Gila monsters
* Gila monster Heloderma suspectum 
==== Teiidae ====
Family: Teiidae Tegus or whiptails
* Giant ameiva Ameiva ameiva *
* Dusky giant ameiva Ameiva praesignis *
* Species split from the canyon spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis burti) :
** Giant spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis (burti) stictogramma 
** Red-backed whiptail Aspidoscelis xanthonota 
* Chihuahuan spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis exsanguis 
* Common spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis gularis 
* Orange-throated whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythra 
* Species split from Aspidoscelis inornata:
** Little striped whiptail Aspidoscelis inornata (diploid) and:
*** Little white whiptail Aspidoscelis (inornata) gypsi (split from A. inornata)
*** Pai striped whiptail Aspidoscelis (inornata) pai (split from A. inornata)
*** Arizona striped whiptail Aspidoscelis (inornata) arizonae (split from A. inornata)
** Plateau striped whiptail Aspidoscelis velox (triploid)
* Neaves’ whiptail Aspidoscelis neavesi 
* Laredo striped whiptail Aspidoscelis laredoensis 
* Marbled whiptail Aspidoscelis marmorata
* Giant whiptail Aspidoscelis motaguae * 
* New Mexico whiptail Aspidoscelis neomexicana 
* Aspidoscelis tesselata complex:
** Common checkered whiptail Aspidoscelis tesselata (diploid, former A. grahamii) and:
*** Gray checkered whiptail Aspidoscelis dixoni (split from A. tesselata)
** Colorado checkered whiptail Aspidoscelis neotesselata (triploid, former A. tesselata)
* Plateau spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis scalaris 
* Six-lined racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineata 
* Sonoran spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis sonorae 
** Gila spotted whiptail Aspidoscelis flagellicauda (sometimes in A. sonorae)
* Tiger whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris 
* Desert grassland whiptail Aspidoscelis uniparens 
* Rainbow whiptail Cnemidophorus lemniscatus *
* Argentine giant tegu Salvator merianae * 
* Gold tegu Tupinambis teguixin * 
==== Xantusiidae ====
Family: Xantusiidae Night lizards
* Species split from the desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis) :
** Desert night lizard Xantusia vigilis
** Arizona night lizard Xantusia arizonae 
** Sierra night lizard Xantusia sierrae
** Wiggins' night lizard Xantusia wigginsi
* Bezy's night lizard Xantusia bezyi 
* Sandstone night lizard Xantusia gracilis 
* Granite night lizard Xantusia henshawi 
* Island night lizard Xantusia riversiana 
==== Varanidae ====
Family: Varanidae Monitor lizards
* Nile monitor Varanus niloticus *
* Savannah monitor Varanus exanthematicus * 
* Common water monitor Varanus salvator * 
=== Amphisbaenia ===
Suborder: Amphisbaenia
==== Rhineuridae ====
Family: Rhineuridae North American worm lizards
=== Serpentes ===
Suborder: Serpentes
==== Typhlopidae ====
Family: Typhlopidae Blind snakes
* Brahminy blindsnake Indotyphlops braminus * 
==== Boidae ====
Family: Boidae Boas
 
==== Colubridae ====
Family: Colubridae Colubrids
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Subfamily: Colubrinae
 
Subfamily: Natricinae
 
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
 
Subfamily: Xenodontinae
 
==== Viperidae ====
Family: Viperidae
thumb|Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrixcamouflaged in dead leaves
 
==== Elapidae ====
Family: Elapidae
 
==== Leptotyphlopidae ====
Family: Leptotyphlopidae Slender blind snakes
 
==== Acrochordidae ====
Family: Acrochordidae File snakes
* Javanese file snake Acrochordus javanicus * 
==== Pythonidae ====
Family: Pythonidae Pythons
* Burmese python Python bivittatus * (P. (molurus) bivittatus: , introduced to Florida)
* Northern African rock python Python sebae * 
==See also==
*List of threatened reptiles and amphibians of the United States
*List of birds of North America
*List of mammals of North America
*List of North American amphibians
*List of U.S. state mammals
*List of U.S. state birds
*U.S. state reptiles
*List of U.S. state amphibians
*Lists of reptiles by region
*Lists of amphibians by region
==Notes==
==References==
==Further reading==
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==External links==
*8th Edition of Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR), available on the website of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
*Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained, Ellin Beltz, 2006
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*The Reptile Database, Uetz, P. and Jirí Hošek (eds.)
*US Fish & Wildlife Service – Species Search, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Reptilia endangered species
*US Fish & Wildlife Service – Endangered Species Program
*NOAA; National Marine Fisheries Service – Endangered Species Act
*The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species