Reptiles of
Guatemala 

 

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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.
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Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans)
Genus Caiman (Typical Caimans)
 
Caiman crocodilus

Common Caiman

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Busack & Pandya 2001 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus acutus

American Crocodile

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Crocodylus moreletii

Central American Crocodile

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Ross 1987 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Abronia (Arboreal Alligator Lizards)
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Abronia anzuetoi

Volcan de Agua Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Frost 1993 Koehler 2000
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Abronia aurita

Alta Verapaz Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Frost 1993 Koehler 2000
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Abronia campbelli

Jalapa Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Brodie & Savage 1993 Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Zaldivar-Riveron, Solano-Zavaleta, Campbell, Meza-Lazaro, Flores-Villela & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2020 Koehler 2000
  *
Abronia cuchumatana

Cuchumatanes Alligator Lizard

Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Zaldivar-Riveron, Solano-Zavaleta, Campbell, Meza-Lazaro, Flores-Villela & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2020 Solano-Zavaleta, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Campbell 2016
  *
Abronia fimbriata

Caquipec Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Frost 1993 Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Zaldivar-Riveron, Solano-Zavaleta, Campbell, Meza-Lazaro, Flores-Villela & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2020 Koehler 2000
  *
Abronia frosti

Patalcal Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Ariano-Sanchez, Torres-Almazan & Urbina-Aguilar 2011 Campbell, Sasa, Acevedo & Mendelson 1998 Koehler 2000
  *
Abronia gaiophantasma

Cerro Verde Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Frost 1993 Koehler 2000
 
Abronia matudai

Volcan Tacana Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Frost 1993 Good 1988 Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Zaldivar-Riveron, Solano-Zavaleta, Campbell, Meza-Lazaro, Flores-Villela & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2020
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Abronia meledona

Torre de Guatel Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Brodie 1999 Koehler 2000
 
Abronia moreletii

Peten Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Zaldivar-Riveron, Solano-Zavaleta, Campbell, Meza-Lazaro, Flores-Villela & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2020 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wermuth 1969
  *
Abronia vasconcelosii

Argueta Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Zaldivar-Riveron, Solano-Zavaleta, Campbell, Meza-Lazaro, Flores-Villela & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2020 Koehler 2000
Genus Gerrhonotus (Eastern Alligator Lizards)
 
Gerrhonotus liocephalus

Tlapancingo Alligator Lizard

Koehler 2000 Morales, Ariano-Sanchez & Moran 2015
Genus Siderolamprus (Middle American Forest Lizards)
 
Siderolamprus atitlanensis

Atitlan Forest Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Camarillo R. 1994 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Schools & Hedges 2021
 
Siderolamprus bivittatus

Two-striped Lesser Forest Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Camarillo R. 1994 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Schools & Hedges 2021 Villa & Wilson 1988 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Siderolamprus montanus

Montane Lesser Forest Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Ariano-Sanchez, Townsend & Wilson 2014
 
Siderolamprus owenii

Owen's Forest Lizard

Schools & Hedges 2021
 
Siderolamprus rozellae

Mayan Forest Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Camarillo R. 1994 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Schools & Hedges 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops beckeri

Yucatan Lichen Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as pentaprion] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as pentaprion] Koehler 2000 [as pentaprion] Koehler 2010 Lee 1996 Nicholson & Koehler 2014 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as pentaprion]
 
Norops biporcatus

Central American Giant Green Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Armstead, Ayala-Varela, Torres-Carvajal, Ryan & Poe 2017 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
  *
Norops campbelli

Cuchumatanes Mountains Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler & Smith 2008
 
Norops capito

Big-headed Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
  *
Norops cobanensis

Alta Verapaz Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Nieto-Montes de Oca 2001 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops crassulus

Guatemalan Ornate Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Koehler, McCranie & Wilson 1999 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops cristifer

Crested Lichen Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler & Acevedo 2004 Koehler 2010 Nicholson & Koehler 2014
 
Norops dollfusianus

Coffee Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler & Acevedo 2004 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops godmani

Volcan Irazu Anole

Boulenger 1885
  *
Norops haguei

Finca Chichen Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler 2000 Koehler, McCranie & Wilson 1999 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Norops heteropholidotus

Odd-scaled Anole

Koehler 2000
 
Norops laeviventris

White Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler & Acevedo 2004 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 [as lemurinus bourgeaei] McCranie, Koehler & Wilson 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops lemurinus

Ghost Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler 1999 Koehler 2000
 
Norops limifrons

Slender Anole

Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops macrophallus

San Jose Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as cupreus] Holman & Birkenholz 1963 [as cupreus] Koehler & Acevedo 2004 Koehler & Kreutz 1999 Koehler 2000 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as cupreus]
 
Norops matudai

Soconusco Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010
 
Norops mccraniei

Gualaco Scaly Anole

Koehler, Townsend & Petersen 2016
 
Norops petersii

Finca Samac Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler & Acevedo 2004 Koehler 2000 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops rodriguezii

Yucatan Smooth Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops serranoi

Ahuachapan Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler & Acevedo 2004 Koehler 1999 Koehler 2000
 
Norops tropidonotus

Greater Scaly Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Koehler, Townsend & Petersen 2016 Lee 1996 McCranie & Koehler 2001 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops uniformis

Lesser Scaly Anole

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Koehler 2000 Koehler, Alt, Grunfelder, Dehling & Sunyer 2006 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Norops unilobatus

Awasbila Anole

Koehler & Vesely 2010 Koehler, Trejo-Perez, Petersen & Mendez de la Cruz 2014
 
Norops wellbornae

San Salvador Anole

Koehler & Vesely 2010
 Family Corytophanidae (Basilisks)
Genus Basiliscus (Typical Basilisks)
 
Basiliscus vittatus

Banded Basilisk

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Corytophanes (Helmeted Basilisks)
 
Corytophanes cristatus

Smooth-headed Helmeted Basilisk

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Corytophanes hernandesii

Forest Helmeted Basilisk

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Corytophanes percarinatus

Keeled Helmeted Basilisk

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Koehler 2000 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Laemanctus (Casque-headed Iguanas)
 
Laemanctus longipes

Eastern Casque-headed Iguana

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 McCoy 1968 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Laemanctus serratus

Serrated Casque-headed Iguana

Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Coleonyx (Banded Eyelid Geckos)
 
Coleonyx elegans

Yucatan Banded Gecko

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Fuentes-Montejo, Morales-Merida & Chang 2020 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Coleonyx mitratus

Central American Banded Gecko

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Gymnophthalmus (Snake-eyed Tejus)
 
Gymnophthalmus speciosus

Golden Snake-eyed Teju

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Helodermatidae (Beaded Lizards)
Genus Heloderma (Beaded Lizards)
 
Heloderma alvarezi

Black Beaded Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Grajales, Bohorquez, Macias & Silva 2020 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
  *
Heloderma charlesbogerti

Guatemalan Beaded Lizard

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1988 Koehler 2000
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Cachryx (Yucatan Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Cachryx alfredschmidti

Campeche Spiny-tailed Iguana

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Radachowsky, Garcia-Anleu & Koehler 2004
 
Cachryx defensor

Northern Yucatan Spiny-tailed Iguana

Malone, Reynoso & Buckley 2017
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura acanthura

Northeastern Spiny-tailed Iguana

Acevedo, Vesely, Sunyer & Dwyer 2009 Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler 2002
 
Ctenosaura flavidorsalis

Yellow-backed Spiny-tailed Iguana

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Hasbun & Koehler 2009 Hasbun, Koehler, McCranie & Lawrence 2001 Koehler & Hasbun 2001 Koehler 2000 Koehler 2002
  *
Ctenosaura palearis

Paleate Spiny-tailed Iguana

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Buckley & Axtell 1990 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Koehler 2002 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Ctenosaura similis

Central American Black Iguana

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Koehler 2002 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana rhinolopha

Northern Green Iguana

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as I. iguana] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as I. iguana] Koehler 2000 [as I. iguana] Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as I. iguana]
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma asio

Giant Horned Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus acanthinus

Guatemalan Rough Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Smith, Chiszar & Humphrey 2001 Stuart 1971 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus carinatus

Keeled Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Flores-Villela, Smith, Liner & Chiszar 2010 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus chrysostictus

Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Solis-Zurita, Luna & Gonzalez 2019 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus internasalis

Mail-snouted Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Stuart 1971
  *
Sceloporus lunaei

Guatemalan Plateau Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Sceloporus lundelli

Belize Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus malachiticus

Malachite Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus melanorhinus

Black-nosed Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus olloporus

Central American Rose-bellied Lizard

Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Smith 1937 Smith, Perez-Higareda & Chiszar 1993
 
Sceloporus prezygus

Chiapan Blue Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Stuart 1970
 
Sceloporus salvini

Veracruz Green Spiny Lizard

Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000
 
Sceloporus schmidti

Sula Spiny Lizard

McCranie 2018
 
Sceloporus serrifer

Southern Blue Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Sceloporus siniferus

Long-tailed Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus smaragdinus

Chiapan Malachite Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as schmidti] Campbell & Vannini 1989 Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Stuart 1971 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus squamosus

Central American Dwarf Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sceloporus taeniocnemis

Nuclear Emerald Spiny Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Perez-Ramos & Saldana-de La Riva 2008 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Stuart 1971
 
Sceloporus teapensis

Teapen Rose-bellied Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Smith, Perez-Higareda & Chiszar 1993 Solis-Zurita, Luna & Gonzalez 2019
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)
 
Phyllodactylus tuberculosus

Yellow-bellied Leaf-toed Gecko

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Thecadactylus (Turnip-tailed Geckos)
 
Thecadactylus rapicauda

Northern Turnip-tailed Gecko

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler & Vesely 2011 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)
 
Marisora brachypoda

Middle American Short-limbed Skink

Campbell & Vannini 1989 Hedges & Conn 2012 McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020
 
Marisora lineola

Mayan Skink

McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020
 
Marisora roatanae

Roatan Skink

McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020
Genus Mesoscincus (Central American Giant Skinks)
 
Mesoscincus managuae

Pacific Giant Skink

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Ariano-Sanchez, Urbina & Salazar 2010 Smek, Uetz & Pavon-Vazquez 2017
 
Mesoscincus schwartzei

Yucatan Giant Skink

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon sumichrasti

Veracruz Blue-tailed Skink

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 McCoy & Miller 1963 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)
 
Scincella assata

Central American Ground Skink

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Koehler 2000 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Scincella cherriei

Central American Brown Forest Skink

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Scincella incerta

Guatemalan Ground Skink

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Koehler 2000 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Gonatodes (American Padless Geckos)
 
Gonatodes albogularis

Yellow-headed Gecko

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Sphaerodactylus (Least Geckos)
 
Sphaerodactylus continentalis

Continental Least Gecko

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as millepunctatus] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as millepunctatus] Harris & Kluge 1984 [as millepunctatus] Koehler 2000 [as millepunctatus] Lee 1996 [as millepunctatus]
 
Sphaerodactylus glaucus

Central American Collared Least Gecko

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Harris & Kluge 1984 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis angusticeps

Narrow-headed Whiptail

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Aspidoscelis deppii

Black-bellied Whiptail

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Koehler 2000 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Aspidoscelis maslini

Campeche Whiptail

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Fritts 1969 Lee 1996 Maslin & Secoy 1986
 
Aspidoscelis motaguae

Motagua Giant Whiptail

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Koehler 2000 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Cnemidophorus (Southern Whiptails)
 
Cnemidophorus ruatanus

Northern Rainbow Whiptail

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as lemniscatus] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as lemniscatus] Cole & Dessauer 1993 [as lemniscatus] Koehler 2000 [as lemniscatus] Maslin & Secoy 1986 [as lemniscatus] McCranie & Hedges 2013 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as lemniscatus]
Genus Holcosus (Northwestern Ameivas)
 
Holcosus chaitzami

Alta Verapaz Ameiva

Meza-Lazaro & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2015 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Stuart 1942
 
Holcosus festivus

Central American Ameiva

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Echternacht 1971 Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Holcosus gaigeae

Yucatan Ameiva

Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Holcosus hartwegi

Northern Chiapan Ameiva

Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Meza-Lazaro & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2015 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Holcosus parvus

Guatemalan Rainbow Ameiva

Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Meza-Lazaro & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2015 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Holcosus thomasi

Rio Grijalva Ameiva

Meza-Lazaro & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2015 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 Family Xantusiidae (Night Lizards)
Genus Lepidophyma (Tropical Night Lizards)
 
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum

Yellow-spotted Night Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Bezy & Camarillo-Rangel 2002 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Lepidophyma mayae

Mayan Tropical Night Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Bezy & Camarillo-Rangel 2002 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Lepidophyma smithii

Mazatenango Tropical Night Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Bezy & Camarillo-Rangel 2002 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Koehler 2000 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Xenosauridae (Knob-scaled Lizards)
Genus Xenosaurus (Knob-scaled Lizards)
 
Xenosaurus rackhami

Chiapan Knob-scaled Lizard

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 King & Thompson 1968 Koehler 2000 Lemos-Espinal, Smith & Woolrich-Pina 2012 Nieto-Montes de Oca, Garcia-Vazquez, Zuniga-Vega & Schmidt-Ballardo 2013 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as X. grandis] Wermuth 1969

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)
 
Boa imperator

Central American Red-tailed Boa

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as B. constrictor] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as B. constrictor] Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as B. constrictor]
Genus Corallus (Tree Boas)
 
Corallus annulatus

Annulated Tree Boa

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Smith & Acevedo 1997
Genus Ungaliophis (Central American Dwarf Boas)
 
Ungaliophis continentalis

Guatemalan Dwarf Boa

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Adelphicos (Central American Burrowing Snakes)
  *
Adelphicos daryi

Guatemalan Brown Burrowing Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Ford 1982 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Morales-Merida & Muller 2020 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
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Adelphicos ibarrorum

Quiche Burrowing Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Brodie 1988 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Adelphicos sargii

Guatemalan Four-lined Burrowing Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Mendoza-Quijano, Campos-Rodriguez, Lopez-Vidal, Smith & Chiszar 2003 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
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Adelphicos veraepacis

Alta Verapaz Burrowing Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Ford 1982 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Adelphicos visoninum

Honduran Four-lined Burrowing Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as quadrivirgatum] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as quadrivirgatus] Lee 1996 Mendoza-Quijano, Campos-Rodriguez, Lopez-Vidal, Smith & Chiszar 2003 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as quadrivirgatus]
Genus Amastridium (Rusty-headed Snakes)
 
Amastridium sapperi

Northern Rusty-headed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as veliferum] Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as veliferum] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as veliferum] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Meyer 1969 [as veliferum]
Genus Chapinophis (Guatemalan Yellow-lipped Snake)
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Chapinophis xanthocheilus

Guatemalan Yellow-lipped Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Smith 1998
Genus Clelia (Northern Snake Eaters)
 
Clelia clelia

Common Snake Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Zaher 1996
 
Clelia scytalina

Mexican Snake Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Zaher 1996
Genus Coluber (North American Racer)
 
Coluber constrictor

North American Racer

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Coniophanes (Black-striped Snakes)
 
Coniophanes bipunctatus

Two-spotted Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Coniophanes fissidens

Central American Yellow-bellied Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Coniophanes imperialis

Regal Black-striped Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Coniophanes piceivittis

Oaxacan Black-striped Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2020
 
Coniophanes quinquevittatus

Five-striped Black-striped Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Coniophanes schmidti

Faded Black-striped Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Lee 1996 Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2020 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Conophis (Road Guarders)
 
Conophis lineatus

Central American Road Guarder

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as concolor] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as pulcher] Wellman 1963 [as concolor]
 
Conophis vittatus

Striped Road Guarder

Acevedo, Sunyer, Vesely & Dwyer 2011
Genus Crisantophis (Costa Rican Road Guarder)
 
Crisantophis nevermanni

Costa Rican Road Guarder

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Dendrophidion (Forest Racers)
 
Dendrophidion rufiterminorum

Red-headed Forest Racer

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as nuchale] Cadle & Savage 2012 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as nuchalis] Lee 1996 [as nuchale] McCranie 2011
 
Dendrophidion vinitor

Northern Barred Forest Racer

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Cadle 2012 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Dipsas (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Dipsas brevifacies

Short-faced Snail Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989
Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)
 
Drymarchon melanurus

Black-tailed Cribo

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as corais] Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as corais] Wuster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia 2001
Genus Drymobius (Central American Racers)
 
Drymobius chloroticus

Green Highland Racer

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson 1970
 
Drymobius margaritiferus

Speckled Racer

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Enulius (Middle American Long-tailed Snakes)
 
Enulius flavitorques

Pacific Long-tailed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Ficimia (Eastern Hook-nosed Snakes)
 
Ficimia publia

Blotched Hook-nosed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Hardy 1975 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Geophis (Central American Earth Snakes)
 
Geophis cancellatus

Chiapan Earth Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989
 
Geophis carinosus

Central American Keeled Earth Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Downs 1967 Nieto-Montes de Oca 2003 Perez-Higareda & Smith 1988 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Townsend 2007
 
Geophis immaculatus

Guatemalan Earth Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Downs 1967 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Geophis nasalis

Coffee Earth Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Downs 1967 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Townsend 2007
 
Geophis rhodogaster

Rose-bellied Earth Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Downs 1967 Townsend 2006 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Townsend 2007
 
Geophis sanniolus

Pygmy Snail Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Kofron 1990 Lee 1996 McCoy 1986
 
Geophis sartorii

Terrestrial Snail Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Kofron 1988 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Hydromorphus (Central American Water Snakes)
 
Hydromorphus concolor

Common Central American Water Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Savage & Donelly 1988 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)
 
Imantodes cenchoa

Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Torres-Carvajal, Yanez-Munoz, Quirola, Smith & Almendariz 2012 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Imantodes gemmistratus

Central American Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Banuelos-Alamillo, Trujillo-de la Torre, Quintero-Diaz & Carbajal-Marquez 2017 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Torres-Carvajal, Yanez-Munoz, Quirola, Smith & Almendariz 2012 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis abnorma

Central American Milk Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as triangulum] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as triangulum] Lee 1996 Markel 1990 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as triangulum]
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira frenata

Rain Forest Cat-eyed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Duellman 1958 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Leptodeira maculata

Mexican Cat-eyed Snake

Daza, Smith, Paez & Parkinson 2009 [as annulata cussiliris]
 
Leptodeira nigrofasciata

Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Barrio-Amoros 2019 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Duellman 1958 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Leptodeira polysticta

Small-spotted Cat-eyed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as septentrionalis] Barrio-Amoros 2019 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as septentrionalis] Duellman 1958 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as septentrionalis]
 
Leptodeira rhombifera

Central American Banded Cat-eyed Snake

Barrio-Amoros 2019 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as annulata] Duellman 1958 McCranie 2011 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as annulata]
Genus Leptodrymus (Green-headed Lowland Racer)
 
Leptodrymus pulcherrimus

Green-headed Lowland Racer

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)
 
Leptophis mexicanus

Mexican Parrot Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Albuquerque, Santos, Borges-Nojosa & Avila 2022 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Oliver 1948 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Leptophis modestus

Cloud Forest Parrot Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 McCranie & Wilson 1993 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Leptophis praestans

Northern Green Parrot Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as L. ahaetulla] Albuquerque & Fernandes 2022 Albuquerque, Santos, Borges-Nojosa & Avila 2022 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as L. ahaetulla] Lee 1996 Oliver 1948 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as L. ahaetulla]
Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)
 
Masticophis mentovarius

Neotropical Whip Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Johnson 1977 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)
 
Mastigodryas dorsalis

Striped Lizard Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Montingelli 2009 Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher 2019 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Mastigodryas laevis

Guatemalan Lizard Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as melanolomus] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as melanolomus] Lee 1996 [as melanolomus] Montingelli 2009 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as melanolomus tehuanae] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as melanolomus]
Genus Ninia (Coffee Snakes)
 
Ninia diademata

Ring-necked Coffee Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [part] Angarita-Sierra 2014 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [part] Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [part]
 
Ninia labiosa

Pacific Ring-necked Coffee Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as diademata (part)] Bocourt 1883 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as diademata (part)] Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as diademata (part)]
 
Ninia pavimentata

Guatemalan Coffee Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Angarita-Sierra 2014 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Smith & Campbell 1996
 
Ninia sebae

Red-backed Coffee Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Angarita-Sierra 2014 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis fulgidus

Green Vine Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Oxybelis koehleri

Guatemalan Vine Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as aeneus] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as aeneus] Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy 2020 Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Lee 1996 [as aeneus] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as aeneus]
Genus Oxyrhopus (Calico Snakes)
 
Oxyrhopus petolarius

Banded Calico Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Phrynonax (Neotropical Bird Snakes)
 
Phrynonax poecilonotus

Northern Bird Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Holman & Birkenholz 1963 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis lineaticollis

Middle American Gopher Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Bryson, Garcia-Vazquez & Riddle 2011 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Duellman 1960 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Pliocercus (Big-scaled False Coral Snakes)
 
Pliocercus elapoides

Variegated False Coral Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Muller 1878 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Smith & Chiszar 2001 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Pseudelaphe (Mexican Rat Snakes)
 
Pseudelaphe flavirufa

Mexican Rat Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Dowling 1952 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Schulz 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)
 
Rhadinaea decorata

Adorned Graceful Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Myers 1974 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Rhadinella (Dwarf Brown Snakes)
 
Rhadinella anachoreta

Izabal Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Smith & Campbell 1994
 
Rhadinella godmani

Central American Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Mendelson & Kizirian 1995 Myers 1974 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Rhadinella hannsteini

Spot-lipped Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Myers 1974 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
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Rhadinella hempsteadae

Alta Verapaz Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Mendelson & Kizirian 1995
 
Rhadinella kinkelini

Nicaraguan Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Myers 1974 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Rhadinella lachrymans

Tearful Pine-Oak Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Myers 1974 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Rhadinella montecristi

Salvadorean Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Smith & Campbell 1994
 
Rhadinella pilonaorum

Santa Rosa Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Myers 1974 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Rhadinella posadasi

Volcan Zunil Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Myers 1974 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
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Rhadinella stadelmani

Todos Santos Dwarf Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Mendelson & Kizirian 1995
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Rhadinella xerophila

Motagua Dwarf Brown Snake

Ariano-Sanchez & Campbell 2018
Genus Salvadora (Patch-nosed Snakes)
 
Salvadora lemniscata

Pacific Patch-nosed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021
Genus Scaphiodontophis (Neck-banded Snakes)
 
Scaphiodontophis annulatus

Northern Neck-banded Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as carpicinctus] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Scolecophis (Central American Harlequin Snake)
 
Scolecophis atrocinctus

Central American Harlequin Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
Genus Senticolis (American Green Rat Snake)
 
Senticolis triaspis

American Green Rat Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Dowling 1952 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Schulz 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Sibon (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Sibon anthracops

White-naped Snail Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Harvey 2008 Koehler, Lotzkat & Hertz 2010 Lotzkat, Hertz & Koehler 2012 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sibon carri

Tegucigalpa Snail Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Harvey 2008 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Sibon dimidiatus

Coral-backed Snail Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Harvey 2008 Kofron 1990 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Peters 1960 Peters 1965 Savage & McDiarmid 1992 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
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Sibon merendonensis

Merendon Mountains Snail Eater

Rovito, Papenfuss & Vazquez-Almazan 2012
 
Sibon nebulatus

Cloudy Snail Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Harvey 2008 Lee 1996 Peters 1960 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Spilotes (Chicken Snakes)
 
Spilotes pullatus

Chicken Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Stenorrhina (Scorpion Eaters)
 
Stenorrhina degenhardtii

South American Scorpion Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Stenorrhina freminvillii

Central American Scorpion Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Pianka & Smith 1959 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria dekayi

Common Brown Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Christman 1982 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla armillata

Black-necked Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as melanocephala] Koehler 2008 Savage 2002 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as melanocephala] Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson & Mena 1980 [as melanocephala] Wilson 1992 [as T. melanocephala]
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Tantilla bairdi

Alta Verapaz Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1985
 
Tantilla brevicauda

Short-tailed Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1988
 
Tantilla cuniculator

Peten Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Wilson 1985
 
Tantilla impensa

Central Guatemalan Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell 1998 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
  *
Tantilla jani

Southern Guatemalan Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as cuesta] Campbell 1998 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as cuesta] Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson & Meyer 1971 Wilson 1985 [as cuesta]
 
Tantilla moesta

Black-bellied Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1988
 
Tantilla rubra

Red Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Auth, Smith, Breukelen & Chiszar 1997 Dixon, Vaughan & Wilson 2000 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
 
Tantilla schistosa

Red Earth Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Tantilla taeniata

Central American Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Campbell 1998 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson & Meyer 1971
  *
Tantilla tecta

White-striped Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Smith 1997 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
 
Tantilla vermiformis

Nicaraguan Centipede Snake

Ariano-Sanchez 2015 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
 
Tantilla vulcani

Volcanic Highland Centipede Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell 1998 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
Genus Tantillita (Dwarf Short-tailed Snakes)
 
Tantillita brevissima

Speckled Dwarf Short-tailed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1988
 
Tantillita canula

Yucatan Dwarf Short-tailed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1988
 
Tantillita lintoni

Guatemalan Dwarf Short-tailed Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wilson 1988
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Black-necked Garter Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Webb 1982
 
Thamnophis fulvus

Central American Highland Garter Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Webb 1982
 
Thamnophis marcianus

Checkered Garter Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996
 
Thamnophis proximus

Western Ribbon Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Tretanorhinus (Neotropical Swamp Snakes)
 
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus

Orange-bellied Swamp Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)
 
Trimorphodon biscutatus

Western Lyre Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Devitt, LaDuc & McGuire 2008
 
Trimorphodon quadruplex

Central American Lyre Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Devitt, LaDuc & McGuire 2008 Gehlbach 1971 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
Genus Tropidodipsas (Northern Snail Snakes)
 
Tropidodipsas fasciata

Central American Banded Snail Eater

Griffin & Powell 2014
 
Tropidodipsas fischeri

Guatemalan Snail Eater

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Kofron 1985 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Xenodon (Northern Mock Lanceheads and South American Hognose Snakes)
 
Xenodon angustirostris

Central American Mock Lancehead

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as rabdocephalus] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as rabdocephalus] Lee 1996 [as rabdocephalus] Myers & McDowell 2014 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as rabdocephalus] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as rabdocephalus]
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus apiatus

Eastern Variable Coral Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as M. diastema] Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as M. diastema] Lee 1996 [as M. diastema] Reyes-Velasco, Adams, Boissinot, Parkinson, Campbell, Castoe & Smith 2020 Roze 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as M. diastema]
 
Micrurus browni

Sierra Madre Coral Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Reyes-Velasco, Adams, Boissinot, Parkinson, Campbell, Castoe & Smith 2020 Roze 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Micrurus elegans

Elegant Coral Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Roze 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Micrurus hippocrepis

Mayan Coral Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Roze 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Micrurus latifasciatus

Broad-ringed Coral Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Roze 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Micrurus nigrocinctus

Central American Coral Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Roze 1996 [as M. browni importunus] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
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Micrurus stuarti

Volcano Coral Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Roze 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia phenops

Shiny Thread Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as Leptotyphlops goudotii] Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 [as goudotii] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as goudotii] Lee 1996 McCranie & Hedges 2016 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Wallach 2016
 Family Loxocemidae (Neotropical Sunbeam Snake)
Genus Loxocemus (Neotropical Sunbeam Snake)
 
Loxocemus bicolor

Neotropical Sunbeam Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Amerotyphlops (American Blind Snakes)
 
Amerotyphlops microstomus

Yucatan Blind Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Dixon & Hendricks 1979 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Amerotyphlops tenuis

Coffee Blind Snake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Dixon & Hendricks 1979 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)
 
Agkistrodon bilineatus

Western Cantil

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Porras, Wilson, Schuett & Reiserer 2013 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Agkistrodon russeolus

Yucatan Cantil

Porras, Wilson, Schuett & Reiserer 2013
Genus Bothriechis (Palm Pitvipers)
 
Bothriechis aurifer

Yellow-blotched Palm Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989
 
Bothriechis bicolor

Guatemalan Palm Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Clause, Luna-Reyes, Jimenez Lang, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Martinez Hernandez 2020 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Bothriechis schlegelii

Eyelash Palm Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 1989 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Bothriechis thalassinus

Merendon Palm Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Smith 2000
Genus Bothrops (American Lanceheads)
 
Bothrops asper

Central American Lancehead

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Cerrophidion (Central American Montane Pitvipers)
 
Cerrophidion godmani

Guatemalan Montane Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Jadin, Townsend, Castoe & Campbell 2012 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus simus

Central American Rattlesnake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as simus (part)] Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as durissus (part)] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as durissus (part)]
 
Crotalus tzabcan

Yucatan Rattlesnake

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as simus (part)] Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as durissus (part)] Lee 1996 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as durissus (part)]
Genus Metlapilcoatlus (Northern Jumping Pitvipers)
 
Metlapilcoatlus mexicanus

Central American Jumping Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as nummifer] Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Metlapilcoatlus occiduus

Guatemalan Jumping Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004
 
Metlapilcoatlus olmec

Tuxtlan Jumping Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004
Genus Porthidium (Hognosed Pitvipers)
 
Porthidium nasutum

Rainforest Hognosed Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Porthidium ophryomegas

Slender Hognosed Pitviper

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Cornelius in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Cornelius in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Chelydridae (American Snapping Turtles)
Genus Chelydra (American Snapping Turtles)
 
Chelydra rossignonii

Central American Snapping Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as serpentina] Fritz & Havas 2006 Lee 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 Family Dermatemydidae (Central American River Turtle)
Genus Dermatemys (Central American River Turtle)
 
Dermatemys mawii

Central American River Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Lee 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Vogt, Polisar, Moll & Gonzalez-Porter 2011
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys grayi

Western Central American Slider

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Trachemys venusta

Eastern Central American Slider

Lee 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
 
Rhinoclemmys areolata

Furrowed Wood Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Lee 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 Vogt, Platt & Rainwater 2009
 
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Painted Wood Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Claudius (Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle)
 
Claudius angustatus

Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Iverson 1992 Lee 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon abaxillare

Central Chiapas Mud Turtle

Reyes-Grajales & Iverson 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinosternon acutum

Tabasco Mud Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Iverson & Vogt 2011 Iverson 1992 Lee 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Kinosternon albogulare

White-throated Mud Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinosternon cruentatum

Red-cheeked Mud Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 [as scorpioides] Berry & Iverson 2011 Campbell & Vannini 1989 [as scorpioides] Lee 1996 McCranie 2018 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 [as scorpioides] Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Kinosternon leucostomum

White-lipped Mud Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Lee 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Staurotypus (Giant Musk Turtles)
 
Staurotypus salvinii

Pacific Giant Musk Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
 
Staurotypus triporcatus

Caribbean Giant Musk Turtle

Acevedo, Wilson, Cano & Vazquez-Almazan 2010 Campbell & Vannini 1989 Iverson 1992 Lee 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988