Reptiles of Distrito Federal  (now: Ciudad de México or CDMX) [Mexico] Related checklists:  Mexico Bibliography of the reptiles of Distrito Federal Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Distrito Federal Introduced species

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.) Genus Barisia (Mexican Alligator Lizards)   Barisia imbricata Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1950 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999 Zaldivar-Riveron, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Laclette 2005  Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas) Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)   Phrynosoma orbiculare Mountain Horned Lizard Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Moreno-Barajas, Rodriguez-Romero, Velazquez-Rodriguez & Aragon-Martinez 2013 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Smith & Taylor 1950 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999 Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)   Sceloporus aeneus Southern Bunchgrass Lizard Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1950 Thomas & Dixon 1976 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Sceloporus anahuacus Anahuacan Bunchgrass Lizard Heimes 2022 Lara-Gongora 1983 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Sceloporus bicanthalis Transvolcanic Bunchgrass Lizard Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000   Sceloporus grammicus Mesquite Lizard Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Smith & Taylor 1950 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Sceloporus mucronatus Oaxacan Crevice Spiny Lizard Ballinger & Lemos-Espinal 1994 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Sceloporus palaciosi Zempoala Bunchgrass Lizard Lara-Gongora 1983 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Sceloporus scalaris Light-bellied Bunchgrass Lizard Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1950 Thomas & Dixon 1976   Sceloporus spinosus Eastern Mexican Spiny Lizard Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1950   Sceloporus sugillatus Zempoala Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Mendoza-Hernandez, Garcia-Vazquez & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2008 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Sceloporus torquatus Greater Torquate Spiny Lizard Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Campillo-Garcia, Flores-Villela, Butler, Velasco Vinasco & Ramirez Corona 2021 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Smith & Taylor 1950 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)   Marisora aquilonaria Southern Sierra Madre Skink McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020 Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   Plestiodon brevirostris Short-nosed Skink Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Plestiodon copei Central Mexican Blue-tailed Skink Dixon 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernandez, Centenero-Alcala, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jimenez-Arcos 2017 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1950 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Plestiodon indubitus Mexican Short-nosed Skink Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernandez, Centenero-Alcala, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jimenez-Arcos 2017  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)   Aspidoscelis gularis Common Spotted Whiptail Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Conophis (Road Guarders)   Conophis lineatus Central American Road Guarder Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999 Genus Conopsis (Mexican Earth Snakes)   Conopsis biserialis Two-lined Mexican Earth Snake Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Conopsis lineata Lined Tolucan Earth Snake Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Smith & Taylor 1945   Conopsis nasus Large-nosed Earth Snake Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999 Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)   Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999 Genus Ficimia (Eastern Hook-nosed Snakes)   Ficimia olivacea Brown Hook-nosed Snake Hardy 1975 Genus Geophis (Central American Earth Snakes)   Geophis bicolor Mexican Plateau Earth Snake Downs 1967 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1945   Geophis petersii Mexican Mountain Earth Snake Barragan-Resendiz, Pavon-Vazquez, Cervantes-Burgos, Trujano-Ortega, Canseco-Marquez & Garcia-Vazquez 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Geophis semidoliatus Coral Earth Snake Downs 1967 Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)   Lampropeltis polyzona Central Mexican Milk Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)   Pituophis deppei Mexican Bullsnake Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Bryson, Garcia-Vazquez & Riddle 2011 Duellman 1960 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Schatti, Heimes, Tillack, Kucharzewski & Coeto 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Pituophis lineaticollis Middle American Gopher Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Genus Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)   Rhadinaea laureata Crowned Graceful Brown Snake Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Rhadinaea taeniata Pine-Oak Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Genus Salvadora (Patch-nosed Snakes)   Salvadora bairdii Central Mexican Patch-nosed Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999 Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)   Storeria storerioides Mexican Brown Snake Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Garcia-Vazquez, Mendoza-Hernandez & Solano-Zavaleta 2012 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla bocourti Guanajuato Centipede Snake McDiarmid & Folke 1991 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014   Tantilla calamarina Pacific Coast Centipede Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)   Thamnophis cyrtopsis Black-necked Garter Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980   Thamnophis eques Mexican Garter Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as T. m. macrostemma] Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Thamnophis melanogaster Mexican Black-bellied Garter Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Thamnophis pulchrilatus Yellow-throated Garter Snake Garcia-Vazquez, Mendoza-Hernandez & Solano-Zavaleta 2012 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Thamnophis scalaris Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Thamnophis scaliger Mesa Central Blotched Garter Snake Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Smith & Taylor 1945 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999 Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)   Trimorphodon tau Mexican Lyre Snake Scott & McDiarmid 1984  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)   Micrurus tener Texas Coral Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Rena (Maroon Thread Snakes)   Rena dulcis Texas Thread Snake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)   Crotalus aquilus Queretaran Dusky Rattlesnake Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Peralta-Hernandez, Corona-Garduno, Perea-Perez & Garcia-Vazquez 2020   Crotalus molossus Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake Anderson & Greenbaum 2012 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Sanchez-Herrera 1980 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Crotalus polystictus Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Crotalus ravus Central Plateau Pygmy Rattlesnake Campbell & Armstrong 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999   Crotalus transversus Cross-banded Mountain Rattlesnake Centenero-Alcala, Garcia-Vazquez, Mendoza-Hernandez, Zamora-Abrego & Jimenez-Arcos 2010 Garcia-Vazquez, Salano-Zavaleta & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2008 Heimes & Aguilar-Cortes 2004 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009   Crotalus triseriatus Mexican Dusky Rattlesnake Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Uribe-Pena, Ramirez-Bautista & Casas-Andreu 1999

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles) Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)   Trachemys venusta Eastern Central American Slider Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020  Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles) Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)   Kinosternon hirtipes Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Kinosternon integrum Mexican Mud Turtle Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009