Reptiles of
Morelos [Mexico]

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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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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Guerreran Arboreal Alligator Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Franco 1987 Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Zaldivar-Riveron, Solano-Zavaleta, Campbell, Meza-Lazaro, Flores-Villela & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2020 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Barisia (Mexican Alligator Lizards)
 
Barisia herrerae

Ocuilan Alligator Lizard

Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Zaldivar-Riveron & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2002
 
Barisia imbricata

Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950 Zaldivar-Riveron, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Laclette 2005
 
Barisia rudicollis

Rough-necked Alligator Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McCoy & Fox 1992 Zaldivar-Riveron & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2002
Genus Gerrhonotus (Eastern Alligator Lizards)
 
Gerrhonotus liocephalus

Tlapancingo Alligator Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops nebulosus

Clouded Anole

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Coleonyx (Banded Eyelid Geckos)
 
Coleonyx nemoralis

Colima Banded Gecko

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as elegans] Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as elegans] Montalban-Huidobro, Juarez-Orozco & Castro-Franco 2012 Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982
 Family Helodermatidae (Beaded Lizards)
Genus Heloderma (Beaded Lizards)
 
Heloderma horridum

West Mexican Beaded Lizard

Bogert & del Campo 1956 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura pectinata

West Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2022 Koehler 2002 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma asio

Giant Horned Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2004 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Phrynosoma orbiculare

Mountain Horned Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Phrynosoma taurus

Bull Horned Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Franco 1987 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus aeneus

Southern Bunchgrass Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Flores-Villela 1994 Smith & Taylor 1950 Thomas & Dixon 1976
 
Sceloporus gadoviae

Mezquititlan Spiny Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus grammicus

Mesquite Lizard

Arechaga-Ocampo, Montalban-Huidobro & Castro-Franco 2008 Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus horridus

Mexican Rough Spiny Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus jarrovii

Mountain Spiny Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994
 
Sceloporus melanorhinus

Black-nosed Spiny Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Franco 1987 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Sceloporus mucronatus

Oaxacan Crevice Spiny Lizard

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Sceloporus ochoterenae

Queretaran Spiny Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus palaciosi

Zempoala Bunchgrass Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Lara-Gongora 1983 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Sceloporus scalaris

Light-bellied Bunchgrass Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Sceloporus siniferus

Long-tailed Spiny Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus spinosus

Eastern Mexican Spiny Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Sceloporus sugillatus

Zempoala Spiny Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Sceloporus torquatus

Greater Torquate Spiny Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Campillo-Garcia, Flores-Villela, Butler, Velasco Vinasco & Ramirez Corona 2021 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950 Valdez-Lares, Muniz-Martinez & Garcia-Vazquez 2015
 
Sceloporus utiformis

West Mexican Large-scaled Spiny Lizard

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2004 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)
 
Urosaurus bicarinatus

Tropical Tree Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)
 
Phyllodactylus bordai

Guerreran Leaf-toed Gecko

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
  *
Phyllodactylus lanei

West Mexican Leaf-toed Gecko

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Phyllodactylus magnus

Greater Yellow-bellied Leaf-toed Gecko

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as P. tuberculosus] Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 [as P. tuberculosus] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as P. tuberculosus]
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)
 
Marisora aquilonaria

Southern Sierra Madre Skink

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as brachypoda] Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 [as brachypoda] Davis & Smith 1953 [as Mabuya m. mabouya] Lara-Resendiz, Jimenes-Arcos, Palacios, Santos-Bibiano, Vega-Perez & Larrain-Barrios 2017 [as brachypoda] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as M. brachypoda] McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon brevirostris

Short-nosed Skink

Canseco-Marquez, Mendoza-Quijano, Ponce-Campos 2007 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Dixon 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Plestiodon copei

Central Mexican Blue-tailed Skink

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Bryson, Linkem, Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Klicka & McCormack 2017 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Dixon 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernandez, Centenero-Alcala, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jimenez-Arcos 2017 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Plestiodon indubitus

Mexican Short-nosed Skink

Brandley, Ota, Hikida, Montes de Oca, Feria-Ortiz, Guo & Wang 2012 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Dixon 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernandez, Centenero-Alcala, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jimenez-Arcos 2017 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Plestiodon lotus

Balsas Blue-tailed Skink

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 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 communis

Giant Whiptail

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2004 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Aspidoscelis costatus

Western Mexican Whiptail

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Walker 1980
 
Aspidoscelis deppii

Black-bellied Whiptail

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Maslin & Secoy 1986
 
Aspidoscelis guttatus

Mexican Spotted Whiptail

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Aspidoscelis lineatissimus

Many-lined Whiptail

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2004 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Aspidoscelis sacki

Oaxacan Spotted Whiptail

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2003 Davis & Smith 1952 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Holcosus (Northwestern Ameivas)
 
Holcosus sinister

Western Mexican Ameiva

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

West Mexican Red-tailed Boa

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as B. constrictor] Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coniophanes (Black-striped Snakes)
 
Coniophanes melanocephalus

Black-headed Stripeless Snake

Alcaraz-Cruz, Chavez-Juarez & Valenzuela 2004 [as lateritius] Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as lateritius] Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2004 [as lateritius] Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as C. lateritius] Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2020 Ponce-Campos & Smith 2001 Smith & Grant 1958 Solano-Zavaleta, Pavon-Vazquez, Campillo-Garcia, Arenas-Monroy, Perez-Ramos, Centenero-Alcala, Avendano-Pazos & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2014 Wellman 1959
 
Coniophanes piceivittis

Oaxacan Black-striped Snake

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Conophis (Road Guarders)
 
Conophis vittatus

Striped Road Guarder

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wellman 1963
Genus Conopsis (Mexican Earth Snakes)
 
Conopsis biserialis

Two-lined Mexican Earth Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Conopsis lineata

Lined Tolucan Earth Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Conopsis nasus

Large-nosed Earth Snake

Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)
 
Drymarchon melanurus

Black-tailed Cribo

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as corais] Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Drymobius (Central American Racers)
 
Drymobius margaritiferus

Speckled Racer

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Enulius (Middle American Long-tailed Snakes)
 
Enulius flavitorques

Pacific Long-tailed Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Ficimia (Eastern Hook-nosed Snakes)
 
Ficimia publia

Blotched Hook-nosed Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2004 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)
 
Hypsiglena torquata

Sinaloan Night Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)
 
Imantodes gemmistratus

Central American Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Banuelos-Alamillo, Trujillo-de la Torre, Quintero-Diaz & Carbajal-Marquez 2017 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Zweifel 1959
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis polyzona

Central Mexican Milk Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as triangulum] Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Markel 1990 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira maculata

Mexican Cat-eyed Snake

Arechaga-Ocampo, Montalban-Huidobro & Castro-Franco 2008 [as annulata cussiliris] Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Leptodeira splendida

Splendid Cat-eyed Snake

Barrio-Amoros 2019 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Duellman 1958 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)
 
Leptophis diplotropis

Twin-keeled Parrot Snake

Berriozabal-Islas, Ramirez-Bautista, Saldana & Cruz-Elizalde 2012 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Perez-Higareda & Smith 1989
Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)
 
Masticophis lineatus

Mexican Whip Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as M. mentovarius] Davis & Smith 1953 [as striolatus] Johnson 1977 [as striolatus] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as M. mentovarius] O'Connell & Smith 2018 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)
 
Mastigodryas laevis

Guatemalan Lizard Eater

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as M. melanolomus]
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis microphthalmus

Thornscrub Vine Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as aeneus] Davis & Smith 1953 [as aeneus] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as O. aeneus]
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis deppei

Mexican Bullsnake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Pituophis lineaticollis

Middle American Gopher Snake

Bryson, Garcia-Vazquez & Riddle 2011 Davis & Smith 1953 Duellman 1960 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Schatti, Heimes, Tillack, Kucharzewski & Coeto 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Pseudoficimia (False Hook-nosed Snake)
 
Pseudoficimia frontalis

False Hook-nosed Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Hardy 1972 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Pseudoleptodeira (Broad-banded Cat-eyed Snake)
 
Pseudoleptodeira latifasciata

Broad-banded Cat-eyed Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith, Chiszar & Humphrey 2000
Genus Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)
 
Rhadinaea hesperia

Western Graceful Brown Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Myers 1974 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Rhadinaea laureata

Crowned Graceful Brown Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Myers 1974 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Rhadinaea taeniata

Pine-Oak Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 [as aemula] Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Myers 1974 Smith & Taylor 1945 Zaldivar-Riveron & Perez-Ramos 2001
Genus Salvadora (Patch-nosed Snakes)
 
Salvadora bairdii

Central Mexican Patch-nosed Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Salvadora mexicana

Common Mexican Patch-nosed Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Senticolis (American Green Rat Snake)
 
Senticolis triaspis

American Green Rat Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Schulz 1996
Genus Sonora (North American Ground, Sand, and Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Sonora michoacanensis

Michoacan Ground Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Franco 1987 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ponce-Campos, Smith, Harris & Chiszar 2004
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria storerioides

Mexican Brown Snake

Anderson 1960 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla bocourti

Guanajuato Centipede Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid & Folke 1991 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014
 
Tantilla calamarina

Pacific Coast Centipede Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1988
 
Tantilla deppei

Morelos Centipede Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1988
Genus Thamnophis (Mountain Meadow Snakes)
 
Thamnophis copei

Guanajuato Mountain Meadow Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rossman & Van Wallach 1987 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Black-necked Garter Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Thamnophis eques

Mexican Garter Snake

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Thamnophis melanogaster

Mexican Black-bellied Garter Snake

Gonzalez-Hernandez, Cruz-Silva & Balderas-Valdivia 2011
 
Thamnophis scalaris

Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)
 
Trimorphodon biscutatus

Western Lyre Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Trimorphodon tau

Mexican Lyre Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 [as latifascia] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Scott & McDiarmid 1984 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as T. latifascia]
Genus Tropidodipsas (Northern Snail Snakes)
 
Tropidodipsas zweifeli

Guerreran Snail Eater

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Heimes 2016 Kofron 1988 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Liner 1970
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus browni

Sierra Madre Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 [as M. tener] Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 [as M. tener fitzingeri] Davis & Smith 1953 [as M. tener fitzingeri] Heimes 2016 [as M. tener fitzingeri] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as M. tener] Reyes-Velasco, Adams, Boissinot, Parkinson, Campbell, Castoe & Smith 2020 Roze 1996 [as M. tener fitzingeri]
 
Micrurus laticollaris

Balsan Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2004 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Roze 1996
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Rena (Maroon Thread Snakes)
 
Rena maxima

Giant Thread Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Hahn 1980 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Smith & Taylor 1945
 Family Loxocemidae (Neotropical Sunbeam Snake)
Genus Loxocemus (Neotropical Sunbeam Snake)
 
Loxocemus bicolor

Neotropical Sunbeam Snake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Smith & Taylor 1945
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)
 
Agkistrodon bilineatus

Western Cantil

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 2004 Davis & Smith 1953 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Porras, Wilson, Schuett & Reiserer 2013
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus culminatus

Northwestern Neotropical Rattlesnake

Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Crotalus molossus

Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Crotalus polystictus

Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McCranie 1976
 
Crotalus ravus

Central Plateau Pygmy Rattlesnake

Campbell & Armstrong 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Crotalus tlaloci

Jaliscan Dusky Rattlesnake

Bryson, Linkem, Dorcas, Lathrop, Jones, Alvarado-Diaz, Grunwald & Murphy 2014 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Crotalus transversus

Cross-banded Mountain Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Heimes & Aguilar-Cortes 2004 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Crotalus triseriatus

Mexican Dusky Rattlesnake

Bryson, Linkem, Dorcas, Lathrop, Jones, Alvarado-Diaz, Grunwald & Murphy 2014 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Dorcas 1992 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon cruentatum

Red-cheeked Mud Turtle

Arechaga-Ocampo, Montalban-Huidobro & Castro-Franco 2008 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as K. scorpioides]
 
Kinosternon hirtipes

Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Kinosternon integrum

Mexican Mud Turtle

Castro-Franco & Bustos-Zagal 1994 Davis & Smith 1953 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021