List of reptiles of Costa Rica

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List of reptiles in Costa Rica

## Lizards

### Family Corytophanidae

* Genus *Basiliscus* (brown basilisk, common basilisk, plumed basilisk)
* Genus *Corytophanes* (helmeted iguana)
* Genus *Laemanctus* (casquehead iguana)

### Family Dactyloidae

* Genus *Anolis* (*Anolis insignis*, *Anolis microtus*)

### Family Gekkonidae

* Genus *Gonatodes* (yellow-headed gecko)
* Genus *Hemidactylus* (common house gecko)
* Genus *Lepidoblepharis* (Costa Rica scaly-eyed gecko)
* Genus *Sphaerodactylus* (yellow-tailed dwarf gecko, spotted dwarf gecko)
* Genus *Lepidodactylus* (mourning gecko)

### Family Iguanidae

* Genus *Ctenosaura* (black spiny-tailed iguana)
* Genus *Iguana* (green iguana)

### Family Phyllodactylidae

* Genus *Thecadactylus* (turnip-tailed gecko)

### Family Polychrotidae

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

### Family Teiidae

* *Anadia ocellata*
* *Holcosus quadrilineatus*
* *Holcosus festivus*
* *Ptychoglossus plicatus*

## Snakes

### Family Anomalepididae

* Anomalepis mexicana
* Helminthophis frontalis
* Liotyphlops albirostris

### Family Boidae

* Boa constrictor
* Epicrates cenchria

### Family Colubridae

* Amastridium veliferum (rufous-headed snake)
* Chironius exoletus
* Clelia clelia
* Drymobius melanotropis (black forest racer)
* Drymobius margaritiferus (speckled racer)
* Enulius sclateri
* Erythrolampus mimus
* Imantodes cenchoa
* Lampropeltis triangulatum
* Leptophis ahaetulla (parrot snake)
* Liophis epinphalus
* Leptodeira septentrionalis
* Mastigodryas melanolomus
* Ninia maculata
* Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
* Senticolis triaspis (green rat snake)
* Stenorrhina degenhardtii
* Stenorrhina fremenvilli
* Genus *Tantilla* (centipede snakes)
* Thamnophis proximus
* Xenodon rhabdocephalus

### Family Elapidae

* Micrurus alleni
* Micrurus mipartitus

### Family Viperidae

* Atropoides nummifera
* Atropoides picadoi
* Bothriechis lateralis
* Bothriechis schlegelii
* Bothrops asper
* Porthidium nasutum
* Lachesis stenophrys Cope 1875: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
* Lachesis melanocephala Solòrzano & Cerdas 1986; südöstliches Costa Rica und angrenzende Gebiete in West-Panama

## Turtles

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

## 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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.