Reptiles of
Cayos Cochinos  [Honduras: Islas de la Bahia]

Related checklists:  Honduras - Islas de la Bahia - Cayo Cochino Major - Cayo Cochino Pequeno

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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 Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops lemurinus

Ghost Anole

Koehler & McCranie 2001 McCranie & Koehler 2015 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Corytophanidae (Basilisks)
Genus Basiliscus (Typical Basilisks)
 
Basiliscus vittatus

Banded Basilisk

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura melanosterna

Black-chested Spiny-tailed Iguana

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana rhinolopha

Northern Green Iguana

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 [as I. iguana] McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as I. iguana]
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)
 
Phyllodactylus palmeus

Roatan Leaf-toed Gecko

McCranie & Hedges 2013 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)
 
Scincella cherriei

Central American Brown Forest Skink

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Sphaerodactylus (Least Geckos)
 
Sphaerodactylus rosaurae

Islas de la Bahia Least Gecko

Frazier, Pollock, Holding & Montgomery 2011 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Cnemidophorus (Southern Whiptails)
 
Cnemidophorus ruatanus

Northern Rainbow Whiptail

McCranie & Hedges 2013 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as lemniscatus] Montgomery, Boback, Green, Paulissen & Walker 2011 [as lemniscatus]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Central American Red-tailed Boa

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 [as B. constrictor] McCranie 2011 [as B. constrictor] McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as B. constrictor]
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coniophanes (Black-striped Snakes)
 
Coniophanes imperialis

Regal Black-striped Snake

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira polysticta

Small-spotted Cat-eyed Snake

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 [as septentrionalis] McCranie 2011 [as septentrionalis] McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as septentrionalis]
Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)
 
Leptophis mexicanus

Mexican Parrot Snake

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014
Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)
 
Mastigodryas laevis

Guatemalan Lizard Eater

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 [as melanolomus] McCranie 2011 [as melanolomus] McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as melanolomus] Montingelli 2009
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis koehleri

Guatemalan Vine Snake

Boback, Montgomery, Reed & Green 2006 [as aeneus] McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 [as aeneus] McCranie 2011 [as aeneus] McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as aeneus]
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia magnamaculata

Caribbean Black Thread Snake

McCranie & Hedges 2016 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as goudotii] Wallach 2016

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys venusta

Eastern Central American Slider

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon leucostomum

White-lipped Mud Turtle

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005