Reptiles of
Colima [Mexico]

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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)
 
Crocodylus acutus

American Crocodile

Aguilar-Olguin, Rivera-Rodriguez, Hernandez-Hurtado, Gonzalez-Trujillo & Ramirez-Martinez 2020 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Barisia (Mexican Alligator Lizards)
 
Barisia imbricata

Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
Genus Elgaria (Western Alligator Lizards)
 
Elgaria kingii

Madrean Alligator Lizard

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Loeza-Corichi & Flores-Villela 1995 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
Genus Gerrhonotus (Eastern Alligator Lizards)
 
Gerrhonotus liocephalus

Tlapancingo Alligator Lizard

Garcia-Vazquez, Contreras-Arquieta, Trujano-Ortega & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2018 [as "cf. liocephalus"] Good 1994 [as "cf. liocephalus"] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops nebulosus

Clouded Anole

Duellman 1958 [as schmidti] Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950 [as schmidti]
 Family Corytophanidae (Basilisks)
Genus Basiliscus (Typical Basilisks)
 
Basiliscus vittatus

Banded Basilisk

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Coleonyx (Banded Eyelid Geckos)
 
Coleonyx nemoralis

Colima Banded Gecko

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as elegans] Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 [as elegans] Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Helodermatidae (Beaded Lizards)
Genus Heloderma (Beaded Lizards)
 
Heloderma horridum

West Mexican Beaded Lizard

Bogert & del Campo 1956 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura pectinata

West Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Duellman 1958 Koehler 2002 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana rhinolopha

Northern Green Iguana

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 [as I. iguana] Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as I. iguana] Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 [as I. iguana] Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma asio

Giant Horned Lizard

Duellman 1958 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus asper

Asperous Spiny Lizard

Perez-Ramos & Saldana-de La Riva 2008 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Sceloporus bulleri

Jaliscan Spiny Lizard

Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
 
Sceloporus dugesii

Colima Spiny Lizard

Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus grammicus

Mesquite Lizard

Montano-Ruvalcaba, Reyes-Velasco & Jones 2022 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Sceloporus horridus

Mexican Rough Spiny Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus insignis

Michoacan Black-collared Spiny Lizard

Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Sceloporus melanorhinus

Black-nosed Spiny Lizard

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus pyrocephalus

Boulder Spiny Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as S. nelsoni] Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus siniferus

Long-tailed Spiny Lizard

Heimes 2022 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Sceloporus unicanthalis

Southwestern Bunchgrass Lizard

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
 
Sceloporus utiformis

West Mexican Large-scaled Spiny Lizard

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)
  *
Urosaurus auriculatus

Socorro Island Tree Lizard

Brattstrom 1955 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950 Zug 2013
 
Urosaurus bicarinatus

Tropical Tree Lizard

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
  *
Urosaurus clarionensis

Clarion Island Tree Lizard

Brattstrom 1955 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950 Zug 2013
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)
 
Phyllodactylus davisi

Colima Leaf-toed Gecko

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Mendes-de la Cruz, Vega-Perez & Lara-Resendiz 2014 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Wermuth 1965
  *
Phyllodactylus rupinus

Lombardia Leaf-toed Gecko

Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)
 
Marisora aquilonaria

Southern Sierra Madre Skink

Burger 1952 [as alliacea] Duellman 1958 [as alliacea] Lara-Resendiz, Jimenes-Arcos, Palacios, Santos-Bibiano, Vega-Perez & Larrain-Barrios 2017 [as brachypoda] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as M. brachypoda] McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950 [as Mabuya mabouya]
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon brevirostris

Short-nosed Skink

Canseco-Marquez, Mendoza-Quijano, Ponce-Campos 2007
 
Plestiodon colimensis

Colima Skink

Dixon 1969 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Plestiodon indubitus

Mexican Short-nosed Skink

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 [as "P. aff. indubitus"] Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
 
Plestiodon parvulus

Southern Pygmy Skink

Bryson, Linkem, Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Klicka & McCormack 2017 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Robinson 1979 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)
 
Scincella assata

Central American Ground Skink

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis communis

Giant Whiptail

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Aspidoscelis deppii

Black-bellied Whiptail

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020
 
Aspidoscelis guttatus

Mexican Spotted Whiptail

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Aspidoscelis lineatissimus

Many-lined Whiptail

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Holcosus (Northwestern Ameivas)
 
Holcosus sinister

Western Mexican Ameiva

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Duellman 1958 Echternacht 1971 [as Ameiva undulata] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Meza-Lazaro & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2015 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Xantusiidae (Night Lizards)
Genus Lepidophyma (Tropical Night Lizards)
 
Lepidophyma tarascae

Tarascan Tropical Night Lizard

Canseco-Marquez, Gutierrez-Mayen & Mendoza-Hernandez 2008 Grunwald, Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Montano-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chavez, Forest, Ramirez-Chaparro, Teran-Juarez & Borja-Jimenez 2023 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009

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

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as Constrictor constrictor imperator]
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Clelia (Northern Snake Eaters)
 
Clelia scytalina

Mexican Snake Eater

Dixon, Sabbath & Worthington 1962 [as clelia] Duellman 1958 Heimes 2016 Lee 1996 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Palacios-Aguilar, Ochoa-Ochoa, Colin-Martinez, Hernandez-Rubio & Soria-Ortiz 2022 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Coniophanes (Black-striped Snakes)
 
Coniophanes lateritius

West Mexican Stripeless Snake

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
Genus Conophis (Road Guarders)
 
Conophis vittatus

Striped Road Guarder

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wellman 1963
Genus Conopsis (Mexican Earth Snakes)
 
Conopsis biserialis

Two-lined Mexican Earth Snake

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
Genus Dipsas (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Dipsas gaigeae

Colima Snail Eater

Duellman 1958 Hale 1977 Harris & Simmons 1967 Kofron 1982 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Peters 1960 Peters 1965 Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)
 
Drymarchon melanurus

Black-tailed Cribo

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Drymobius (Central American Racers)
 
Drymobius margaritiferus

Speckled Racer

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Enulius (Middle American Long-tailed Snakes)
 
Enulius flavitorques

Pacific Long-tailed Snake

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
Genus Ficimia (Eastern Hook-nosed Snakes)
 
Ficimia publia

Blotched Hook-nosed Snake

Heimes 2016 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
Genus Geophis (Central American Earth Snakes)
 
Geophis annuliferus

West Mexican Snail Eater

Grunwald, Toribio-Jimenez, Montano-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chavez, Penaloza-Montano, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco 2021 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
 
Geophis bicolor

Mexican Plateau Earth Snake

Grunwald, Toribio-Jimenez, Montano-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chavez, Penaloza-Montano, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco 2021 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Geophis petersii

Mexican Mountain Earth Snake

Barragan-Resendiz, Pavon-Vazquez, Cervantes-Burgos, Trujano-Ortega, Canseco-Marquez & Garcia-Vazquez 2022
 
Geophis pyburni

Coalcoman Earth Snake

Barragan-Resendiz, Pavon-Vazquez, Cervantes-Burgos, Trujano-Ortega, Canseco-Marquez & Garcia-Vazquez 2022 Montano-Ruvalcaba, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Geophis sieboldi

West Mexican Earth Snake

Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Barragan-Resendiz, Pavon-Vazquez, Cervantes-Burgos, Trujano-Ortega, Canseco-Marquez & Garcia-Vazquez 2022 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Geophis tarascae

Tarascan Earth Snake

Grunwald, Toribio-Jimenez, Montano-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chavez, Penaloza-Montano, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco 2021 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)
 
Hypsiglena torquata

Sinaloan Night Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
  *
Hypsiglena unaocularis

Revillagigedo Islands Night Snake

Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Mulcahy, Martinez-Gomez, Aguirre-Leon, Cervantes-Pasqualli & Zug 2014 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Tanner 1944
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 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Zweifel 1959
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis polyzona

Central Mexican Milk Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Markel 1990 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Ruane 2015 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira maculata

Mexican Cat-eyed Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Barrio-Amoros 2019 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Leptodeira polysticta

Small-spotted Cat-eyed Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as L. septentrionalis] Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 [as L. septentrionalis] Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Leptodeira splendida

Splendid Cat-eyed Snake

Barrio-Amoros 2019 Duellman 1958 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Leptodeira uribei

Chamela Cat-eyed Snake

Barrio-Amoros 2019 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco & Mulcahy 2010 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)
 
Leptophis diplotropis

Twin-keeled Parrot Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Perez-Higareda & Smith 1989 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Torres-Carvajal & Teran 2021
Genus Manolepis (Thin-scaled Snake)
 
Manolepis putnami

Thin-scaled Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)
  *
Masticophis anthonyi

Clarion Island Whip Snake

Brattstrom 1955 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Zug 2013
 
Masticophis bilineatus

Sonoran Whip Snake

Camper & Dixon 1994 Duellman 1958 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Masticophis lineatus

Mexican Whip Snake

Duellman 1958 Johnson 1977 [as striolatus] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as M. mentovarius] O'Connell & Smith 2018 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)
 
Mastigodryas laevis

Guatemalan Lizard Eater

Duellman 1958 [as melanolomus stuarti] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as M. melanolomus] Montingelli 2009 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 [as M. melanolomus] Smith & Taylor 1945 [as melanolomus stuarti]
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis microphthalmus

Thornscrub Vine Snake

Duellman 1958 [as aeneus] Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy 2020 Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as O. aeneus] Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 [as O. aeneus] Smith & Taylor 1945 [as acuminatus]
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis deppei

Mexican Bullsnake

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
Genus Pseudoficimia (False Hook-nosed Snake)
 
Pseudoficimia frontalis

False Hook-nosed Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Duellman 1958 Hardy 1972 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Pseudoleptodeira (Broad-banded Cat-eyed Snake)
 
Pseudoleptodeira latifasciata

Broad-banded Cat-eyed Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith, Chiszar & Humphrey 2000
Genus Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)
 
Rhadinaea hesperia

Western Graceful Brown Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Myers 1974 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Rhadinaea taeniata

Pine-Oak Snake

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020
Genus Salvadora (Patch-nosed Snakes)
 
Salvadora mexicana

Common Mexican Patch-nosed Snake

Duellman 1958 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Senticolis (American Green Rat Snake)
 
Senticolis triaspis

American Green Rat Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Schulz 1996 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as Elaphe chlorosoma]
Genus Sibon (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Sibon nebulatus

Cloudy Snail Eater

Duellman 1958 Grunwald, Toribio-Jimenez, Montano-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chavez, Penaloza-Montano, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco 2021 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
Genus Sonora (North American Ground, Sand, and Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Sonora michoacanensis

Michoacan Ground Snake

Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Ponce-Campos, Smith, Harris & Chiszar 2004 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria storerioides

Mexican Brown Snake

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
Genus Symphimus (Mexican White-lipped Snakes)
 
Symphimus leucostomus

Tehuantepec White-lipped Snake

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla bocourti

Guanajuato Centipede Snake

Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 McDiarmid & Folke 1991 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
 
Tantilla calamarina

Pacific Coast Centipede Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
 
Tantilla ceboruca

Volcan Ceboruco Centipede Snake

Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones, Price & Fisher 2012
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Black-necked Garter Snake

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Thamnophis validus

Mexican West Coast Garter Snake

Conant 1969 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)
 
Trimorphodon biscutatus

Western Lyre Snake

Devitt, LaDuc & McGuire 2008 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Trimorphodon tau

Mexican Lyre Snake

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Scott & McDiarmid 1984
Genus Tropidodipsas (Northern Snail Snakes)
 
Tropidodipsas philippii

Sinaloan Snail Eater

Duellman 1958 [as occidentalis] Greer 1965 Grunwald, Toribio-Jimenez, Montano-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chavez, Penaloza-Montano, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco 2021 Kofron 1987 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as occidentalis]
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus browni

Sierra Madre Coral Snake

Heimes 2016 [as M. proximans] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as M. proximans] Reyes-Velasco, Adams, Boissinot, Parkinson, Campbell, Castoe & Smith 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones, Price & Fisher 2012 [as M. proximans] Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009 [as M. tener fitzingeri]
 
Micrurus laticollaris

Balsan Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Duellman 1958 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Roze 1996
 
Micrurus oliveri

Colima Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 [as M. distans] Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Reyes-Velasco, Adams, Boissinot, Parkinson, Campbell, Castoe & Smith 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 [as M. distans] Roze 1967 Roze 1996
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia bakewelli

Colima Thread Snake

Duellman 1958 Hahn 1980 [as phenops] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 McCranie & Hedges 2016 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as goudotii] Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wallach 2016
Genus Rena (Maroon Thread Snakes)
 
Rena dugesii

Mexican Thread Snake

Duellman 1958 Hahn 1980 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 Family Loxocemidae (Neotropical Sunbeam Snake)
Genus Loxocemus (Neotropical Sunbeam Snake)
 
Loxocemus bicolor

Neotropical Sunbeam Snake

Duellman 1958 [as L. sumichrasti] Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as L. sumichrasti]
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)
 
Agkistrodon bilineatus

Western Cantil

Duellman 1958 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus armstrongi

Western Dusky Rattlesnake

Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grunwald & Avila-Lopez 2009
 
Crotalus basiliscus

Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Crotalus campbelli

Guerreran Dusky Rattlesnake

Bryson, Linkem, Dorcas, Lathrop, Jones, Alvarado-Diaz, Grunwald & Murphy 2014 Flores-Guerrero & Sanchez-Gonzalez 2016 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
 
Crotalus lannomi

Autlan Rattlesnake

Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Weatherman 2010
 
Crotalus pusillus

Tancitaran Dusky Rattlesnake

Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones, Price & Fisher 2012
Genus Porthidium (Hognosed Pitvipers)
 
Porthidium hespere

Colima Hognosed Pitviper

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Campbell 1976 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020

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

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Brattstrom 1955 Brattstrom 1982 Cliffton, Cornejo & Felger in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Fritts 1981 Holroyd & Trefry 2010 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Pritchard 1979 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Zug 2013
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Zug 2013
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Cliffton, Cornejo & Felger in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950 Zug 2013
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Pritchard 1982 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Zug 2013
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
 
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Painted Wood Turtle

Duellman 1958 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Rhinoclemmys rubida

Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle

Duellman 1958 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Legler & Vogt 2013 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith & Taylor 1950 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon chimalhuaca

Jalisco Mud Turtle

Berry, Seidel & Iverson 1997 Fritz & Havas 2006 Legler & Vogt 2013 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinosternon integrum

Mexican Mud Turtle

Duellman 1958 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter 2020 Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald, Jones & Ahumada-Carrillo 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021