Reptiles of the
Bonin Islands [Japan]

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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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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Goris & Maeda 2005 Wermuth 1965
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus

Ogasawara Snake-eyed Skink

Goris & Maeda 2005 Hasegawa, Kusano & Miyashita 1988 Horner 2007 Ineich & Blanc 1988 [as poecilopleurus] Mertens 1933 Mertens 1964 Stejneger 1907 Zug 2013

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Goris & Maeda 2005

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

Uchida & Nishiwaki in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Goris & Maeda 2005 Sato, Tachikawa, Kimura & Kurata 1997 Uchida & Nishiwaki in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Sato, Tachikawa, Kimura & Kurata 1997
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Pritchard 1979