New reptile species described in 1839
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Amphisbaenia (Worm Lizards): Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)

Amphisbaena darwinii

Uruguayan Ringed Worm Lizard*

1839 Amphisbaena darwinii Dumeril & Bibron


Amphisbaena pretrei

Rio Grande Worm Lizard

1839 Amphisbaena pretrei Dumeril & Bibron


Cynisca leucura

White-tailed Worm Lizard

1839 Amphisbaena leucura Dumeril & Bibron

Sauria (Lizards): Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)

Diploglossus pleii

Puerto Rican Galliwasp

1839 Diploglossus pleii Dumeril & Bibron

Sauria (Lizards): Dibamidae (Blind Skinks)

Dibamus novaeguineae

Indo-Australian Blind Skink*

1839 Dibamus novaeguineae Dumeril & Bibron

Sauria (Lizards): Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)

Bachia dorbignyi

Bolivian Earless Teju*

1839 Chalcides Dorbignyi Dumeril & Bibron


Ecpleopus gaudichaudii

Atlantic Forest Spectacled Lizard*

1839 Ecpleopus Gaudichaudii Dumeril & Bibron

Sauria (Lizards): Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)

Ctenosaura pectinata

West Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana*

1839 Cyclura pectinata Wiegmann

Sauria (Lizards): Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)

Algyroides nigropunctatus

Blue-throated Keeled Lizard

1839 Lacerta nigro-punctata Dumeril & Bibron


Dalmatolacerta oxycephala

Sharp-snouted Rock Lizard

1839 Lacerta oxycephala Dumeril & Bibron


Gallotia galloti

Common Tenerife Lizard

1839 Lacerta galloti Oudart in Webb & Berthelot


Pedioplanis burchelli

Southern Sand Lizard*

1839 Eremias burchelli Dumeril & Bibron


Pedioplanis namaquensis

Namaqua Sand Lizard

1839 Eremias namaquensis Dumeril & Bibron


Scelarcis perspicillata

Moroccan Rock Lizard

1839 Lacerta perspicillata Dumeril & Bibron

Sauria (Lizards): Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)

Phrynosoma blainvillii

Western Horned Lizard*

1839 Phrynosoma blainvillii Gray

Sauria (Lizards): Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards)

Aprasia pulchella

Western Granite Worm Lizard

1839 Aprasia pulchella Gray

Sauria (Lizards): Scincidae (Skinks)

Ablepharus rueppellii

South Levant Snake-eyed Skink*

1839 Riopa ruppellii Gray


Amphiglossus astrolabi

Aquatic Short-legged Skink*

1839 Amphiglossus astrolabi Dumeril & Bibron


Brachymeles bonitae

Stub-limbed Slender Skink*

1839 Brachymeles bonitae Dumeril & Bibron


Carlia fusca

Brown Rainbow Skink*

1839 Heteropus fuscus Dumeril & Bibron


Carlia peronii

Timor Rainbow Skink*

1839 Heteropus peroni Dumeril & Bibron


Chalcides mauritanicus

Algerian Two-toed Cylindrical Skink*

1839 Heteromeles mauritanicus Dumeril & Bibron


Chioninia coctei (extinct)

Cape Verde Giant Skink

1839 Euprepes coctei Dumeril & Bibron


Chioninia delalandii

Boa Vista Skink*

1839 Euprepis delalandii Dumeril & Bibron


Cryptoblepharus buchananii

Western Australian Snake-eyed Skink*

1839 Tiliqua buchananii Gray


Ctenotus labillardieri

Red-legged Skink

1839 Lygosoma labillardieri Dumeril & Bibron


Cyclodomorphus casuarinae

Tasmanian She-oak Skink

1839 Cyclodus casuarinae Dumeril & Bibron


Dasia olivacea

Olive Tree Skink

1839 Dasia olivacea Gray


Egernia napoleonis

Southwestern Crevice Skink

1839 Tiliqua napoleonis Gray


Emoia baudini

Doberai Peninsula Slender Skink*

1839 Gongylus baudini Dumeril & Bibron


Emoia physicae

Morobe Slender Skink*

1839 Gongylus physicae Dumeril & Bibron


Eulamprus quoyii

Eastern Water Skink

1839 Gongylus quoyii Dumeril & Bibron


Eumeces princeps

Southwest Asian Long-legged Skink*

1839 Euprepes princeps Eichwald


Hemiergis quadrilineatum

Two-toed Mulch Skink

1839 Chelomeles quadrilineatus Dumeril & Bibron


Lampropholis guichenoti

Pale-flecked Garden Sun Skink

1839 Lygosoma guichenoti Dumeril & Bibron


Lerista bougainvillii

Southeastern Slider

1839 Riopa bougainvillii Gray


Lerista lineopunctulata

Southern Line-spotted Robust Slider

1839 Brachystopus lineopunctulatus Dumeril & Bibron


Lygosoma lineatum

Indian Striped Supple Skink*

1839 Chiamela lineata Gray


Morethia lineoocellata

Western Pale-flecked Skink*

1839 Ablepharus lineoocellatus Dumeril & Bibron


Nessia burtonii

Mount Haycock Snake Skink*

1839 Nessia burtonii Gray


Nessia monodactyla

Toeless Snake Skink

1839 Evesia monodactylus Gray


Oligosoma moco

Moko Skink

1839 Lygosoma moco Dumeril & Bibron


Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii

Southern Grass Skink

1839 Gongylus entrecasteauxii Dumeril & Bibron


Ristella rurkii

Reddish-brown Cat Skink*

1839 Ristella rurkii Gray


Sphenomorphus dussumieri

Malabar Forest Skink*

1839 Lygosoma dussumieri Dumeril & Bibron


Sphenomorphus melanopogon

Black-bearded Forest Skink*

1839 Gongylus melanopogon Dumeril & Bibron


Sphenomorphus sanctus

Yellow-lined Forest Skink

1839 Gongylus sanctum Dumeril & Bibron


Tachygyia microlepis (extinct)

Tonga Ground Skink

1839 Eumeces microlepis Dumeril & Bibron


Trachylepis affinis

Lesser Brown-flanked Skink

1839 Tiliqua affinis Gray


Trachylepis atlantica

Fernando do Noronha Skink*

1839 Tiliqua punctata Gray [not Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758] (currently Trachylepis atlantica)


Trachylepis gravenhorstii

Greater Madagascar Skink*

1839 Gongylus gravenhorstii Dumeril & Bibron


Trachylepis maculata

(no common name)

1839 Tiliqua maculata Gray


Trachylepis perrotetii

Orange-flanked Skink

1839 Euprepis perrotetii Dumeril & Bibron


Trachylepis sechellensis

Lesser Seychelles Skink

1839 Euprepes sechellensis Dumeril & Bibron


Tropidophorus cocincinensis

Indochinese Stream Skink

1839 Tropidophorus cocincinensis Dumeril & Bibron


Tytthoscincus temminckii

Sunda Leaf-litter Skink*

1839 Lygosoma temminckii Dumeril & Bibron

Sauria (Lizards): Teiidae (Greater Tejus)

Callopistes flavipunctatus

Yellow-spotted Monitor Teju

1839 Aporomera flavipunctata Dumeril & Bibron


Contomastix lacertoides

Uruguayan Whiptail*

1839 Cnemidophorus lacertoides Dumeril & Bibron


Dicrodon guttulatum

Northern Desert Teju*

1839 Dicrodon guttulatum Dumeril & Bibron


Pholidoscelis lineolatus

Pygmy Blue-tailed Ameiva

1839 Ameiva lineolata Dumeril & Bibron


Pholidoscelis major (extinct)

Petite Terre Islands Ameiva*

1839 Ameiva major Dumeril & Bibron


Pholidoscelis pleii

Anguilla Bank Ameiva

1839 Ameiva pleii Dumeril & Bibron


Salvator merianae

Southern Black-and-White Teju*

1839 Salvator merianae Dumeril & Bibron

Sauria (Lizards): Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)

Varanus dumerilii

Harlequin Monitor

1839 Monitor dumerilii Schlegel


Varanus prasinus

Green Tree Monitor

1839 Monitor prasinus Schlegel


Varanus tristis

Freckled Monitor & Black-headed Monitor

1839 Monitor tristis Schlegel

Serpentes (Snakes): Anomalepididae (Neotropical Blind Snakes)

Typhlophis squamosus

Cayenne Blind Snake*

1839 Typhlops squamosus Schlegel

Serpentes (Snakes): Colubridae (Typical Snakes)

Macropisthodon plumbicolor

Green Keelback

1839 Tropidonotus plumbicolor Cantor


Oligodon albocinctus

White-barred Kukri Snake

1839 Coronella albocincta Cantor


Oligodon cyclurus

Northeast Indian Kukri Snake*

1839 Coronella cyclura Cantor


Oreocryptophis porphyraceus

Red Mountain Rat Snake

1839 Coluber porphyraceus Cantor


Sibynophis sagittarius

Bengal Black-headed Snake*

1839 Calamaria sagittaria Cantor


Storeria occipitomaculata

North American Red-bellied Snake

1839 Coluber occipito-maculatus Storer


Trachischium monticola

Assam Slender Snake

1839 Calamaria monticola Cantor


Xenochrophis cerasogaster

Dark-bellied Marsh Snake

1839 Psammophis cerasogaster Cantor

Serpentes (Snakes): Elapidae_1 (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)

Bungarus bungaroides

Northeastern Hill Krait

1839 Elaps bungaroides Cantor


Bungarus lividus

Lesser Black Krait

1839 Bungarus lividus Cantor

Serpentes (Snakes): Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)

Gerrhopilus ater

Indonesian Black Blind Snake

1839 Typhlops ater Schlegel

Serpentes (Snakes): Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)

Epictia undecimstriata

Eleven-striped Thread Snake*

1839 Typhlops undecimstriatus Schlegel


Leptotyphlops nigricans

South African Black Thread Snake

1839 Typhlops nigricans Schlegel


Tetracheilostoma bilineatum

Martinique Thread Snake

1839 Typhlops bilineatus Schlegel

Serpentes (Snakes): Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters)

Pareas monticola

Assam Slug Eater

1839 Dipsas monticola Cantor

Serpentes (Snakes): Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)

Argyrophis diardii

Greater Blind Snake

1839 Typhlops Diardii Schlegel


Argyrophis muelleri

Malayan Bicoloured Blind Snake

1839 Typhlops mülleri Schlegel


Ramphotyphlops lineatus

Striped Blind Snake

1839 Typhlops lineatus Schlegel


Ramphotyphlops multilineatus

Indonesian Hook-nosed Blind Snake

1839 Typhlops multilineatus Schlegel


Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Cape Blind Snake*

1839 Typhlops lalandei Schlegel


Sundatyphlops polygrammicus

Many-lined Blind Snake

1839 Typhlops polygrammicus Schlegel

Serpentes (Snakes): Viperidae (Vipers)

Protobothrops mucrosquamatus

Brown-spotted Pitviper

1839 Trigonocephalus mucrosquamatus Cantor


Trimeresurus erythrurus

Red-tailed Pitviper

1839 Trigonocephalus erythrurus Cantor