Reptiles of the
Bahamas  

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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)
  EX
Crocodylus acutus

American Crocodile

Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012
  EX
Crocodylus rhombifer

Cuban Crocodile

Henderson & Powell 2009

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Anolis (Typical Anoles)
  *
Anolis brunneus

Crooked-Acklins Green Anole

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Anolis fairchildi

Cay Sal Anole

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Reynolds, Puente-Rolon, Castle, Schoot & Geneva 2018 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Anolis oligaspis

Bahama Twig Anole

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 [as angusticeps] Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Anolis smaragdinus

Bahamas Green Anole

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
Genus Ctenonotus (Lesser Antillean Anoles)
 
Ctenonotus distichus

Hispaniolan Gracile Anole

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 
Ctenonotus scriptus

Southern Bahamas Anole

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
  *
Norops ordinatus

Bahamas Brown Anole

Henderson & Powell 2009 [as sagrei] Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 [as sagrei] Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 
Norops sagrei

Cuban Brown Anole

Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 [as ordinatus] Reynolds, Puente-Rolon, Castle, Schoot & Geneva 2018
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Cyclura (Caribbean Ground Iguanas)
 
Cyclura carinata

Southern Bahamas Rock Iguana

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Cyclura cychlura

Northern Bahamas Rock Iguana

Henderson & Powell 2009 Hines 2017 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Cyclura rileyi

Central Bahamas Rock Iguana

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 Family Leiocephalidae (Curly-tailed Lizards)
Genus Leiocephalus (Curly-tailed Lizards)
 
Leiocephalus carinatus

Saw-scaled Curlytail

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Krysko, Steadman, Mead, Albury, MacKenzie-Krysko & Swift 2013 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Leiocephalus greenwayi

East Plana Curlytail

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Leiocephalus inaguae

Inagua Curlytail

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Leiocephalus loxogrammus

San Salvador Curlytail

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Powell 2018 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Leiocephalus punctatus

Crooked-Acklins Curlytail

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola americana

Cuban Giant Gecko

Henderson & Powell 2009 Joger 1984 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Aristelliger (Croaking Geckos)
  *
Aristelliger barbouri

Inagua Croaking Gecko

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
Genus Sphaerodactylus (Least Geckos)
 
Sphaerodactylus argus

Ocellated Least Gecko

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Sphaerodactylus corticola

Central Bahamas Least Gecko

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Sphaerodactylus inaguae

Inagua Least Gecko

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Sphaerodactylus mariguanae

Southern Bahamas Least Gecko

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 
Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus

Cuban Three-banded Least Gecko

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Reynolds, Puente-Rolon, Castle, Schoot & Geneva 2018 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Winchell, Muralidhar, Fredette & Reynolds 2015
 
Sphaerodactylus notatus

Reef Gecko

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Pholidoscelis (Caribbean Ameivas)
 
Pholidoscelis auberi

Cuban Ameiva

Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Winchell, Muralidhar, Fredette & Reynolds 2015
  *
Pholidoscelis maynardi

Inagua Ameiva

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Chilabothrus (Slender Boas)
  *
Chilabothrus argentum

Conception Bank Silver Boa

Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 [as striatus ssp.] Reynolds, Puente-Rolon, Geneva, Aviles-Rodriquez & Herrmann 2016
 
Chilabothrus chrysogaster

Southern Bahamas Boa

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Chilabothrus exsul

Northern Bahamas Boa

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Krysko, Steadman, Mead, Albury, MacKenzie-Krysko & Swift 2013 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Chilabothrus schwartzi

Crooked-Acklins Boa

Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Chilabothrus strigilatus

Bahama Striped Boa

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 [as striatus] Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Reynolds & Puente-Rolon 2016 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Cubophis (Western Caribbean Racers)
 
Cubophis cantherigerus

Cuban Racer

Krysko, Steadman, Nunez & Lee 2015 Reynolds, Puente-Rolon, Castle, Schoot & Geneva 2018
  *
Cubophis vudii

Bahamas Racer

Henderson & Powell 2009 Johnson 2020 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Powell 2014 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
  *
Epictia columbi

Bahamas Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Wallach 2016
 Family Tropidophiidae (Dwarf Boas)
Genus Tropidophis (Typical Dwarf Boas)
  *
Tropidophis canus

Southern Bahamas Dwarf Boa

Hedges 2002 Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
  *
Tropidophis curtus

Northern Bahamas Dwarf Boa

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Reynolds, Puente-Rolon, Castle, Schoot & Geneva 2018 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Cubatyphlops (Cuban Blind Snakes)
  *
Cubatyphlops biminiensis

Bahamas Slender Blind Snake

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Reynolds, Puente-Rolon, Castle, Schoot & Geneva 2018 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Thomas & Hedges 2007
  *
Cubatyphlops paradoxus

Inagua Blind Snake

Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Thomas & Hedges 2007
Genus Typhlops (Afro-Caribbean Blind Snakes)
  *
Typhlops lumbricalis

Bahamas Brown Blind Snake

Dominguez & Diaz 2011 Henderson & Powell 2009 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Krysko, Steadman, Mead, Albury, MacKenzie-Krysko & Swift 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991

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

King & Burke 1989 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Pritchard 1979 Reynolds, Puente-Rolon, Castle, Schoot & Geneva 2018 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys kempii

Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys stejnegeri

Central Antillean Slider

Fritz & Havas 2006 Henderson & Powell 2009 Iverson 1992 Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 
Trachemys terrapen

Jamaican Slider

Knapp, Iverson, Buckner & Cant in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021