Reptiles of
Isla Cozumel  [Mexico: Quintana Roo]

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

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus acutus

American Crocodile

Lee 1996

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops rodriguezii

Yucatan Smooth Anole

Duellman 1965 Heimes 2022 Lee 1996 Lopez-Gonzalez & Gonzalez-Romero 1997 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Corytophanidae (Basilisks)
Genus Basiliscus (Typical Basilisks)
 
Basiliscus vittatus

Banded Basilisk

Duellman 1965 Heimes 2022 Lee 1996 Lopez-Gonzalez & Gonzalez-Romero 1997
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura similis

Central American Black Iguana

Duellman 1965 Koehler 2002 Lee 1996 Lopez-Gonzalez & Gonzalez-Romero 1997 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana rhinolopha

Northern Green Iguana

Duellman 1965 [as I. iguana] Etheridge in Burghardt & Rand 1982 [as I. iguana] Heimes 2022 [as I. iguana] Lee 1996 Lopez-Gonzalez & Gonzalez-Romero 1997 [as I. iguana] Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus cozumelae

Cozumel Spiny Lizard

Duellman 1965 Heimes 2022 Lee 1996 Lopez-Gonzalez & Gonzalez-Romero 1997 Smith & Taylor 1950 Solis-Zurita, Luna & Gonzalez 2019
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)
 
Marisora lineola

Mayan Skink

Duellman 1965 [as brachypoda] Lee 1996 [as Mabuya unimarginata] Lopez-Gonzalez & Gonzalez-Romero 1997 [as unimarginata] McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020
Genus Mesoscincus (Central American Giant Skinks)
 
Mesoscincus schwartzei

Yucatan Giant Skink

Lee 1996
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Sphaerodactylus (Least Geckos)
 
Sphaerodactylus continentalis

Continental Least Gecko

Harris & Kluge 1984 [as millepunctatus] Lee 1996 [as millepunctatus] McCranie & Hedges 2012
 
Sphaerodactylus glaucus

Central American Collared Least Gecko

Lee 1996
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis cozumelus

Cozumel Whiptail

Fritts 1969 Lee 1996 Lopez-Gonzalez & Gonzalez-Romero 1997 Maslin & Secoy 1986 McCoy & Maslin 1962

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira frenata

Rain Forest Cat-eyed Snake

Barrio-Amoros 2019 Duellman 1965 Lee 1996 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)
 
Mastigodryas melanolomus

Salmon-bellied Lizard Eater

Escalante-Pasos & Garcia-Padilla 2015
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis fulgidus

Green Vine Snake

Lee 1996
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis proximus

Western Ribbon Snake

Duellman 1965 Lee 1996 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as chalceus]
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia magnamaculata

Caribbean Black Thread Snake

Hahn 1980 [as Leptotyphlops goudotii phenops] McCranie & Hedges 2016 McCranie 2011 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as goudotii] Smith & Taylor 1945 [as L. p. phenops] Wallach 2016
 
Epictia vindumi

Yucatan Thread Snake

Lee 1996 [as Leptotyphlops goudotii phenops] Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 [as E. phenops]

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Duellman 1965 Lee 1996
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Lee 1996
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Lee 1996
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys venusta

Eastern Central American Slider

Lee 1996 Smith & Taylor 1950 [as ornata]
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
 
Rhinoclemmys areolata

Furrowed Wood Turtle

Duellman 1965 Lee 1996 Legler & Vogt 2013 Perez-Higareda & Smith 1987 Smith & Taylor 1950 Vogt, Platt & Rainwater 2009
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon cruentatum

Red-cheeked Mud Turtle

Duellman 1965 Lee 1996