Reptiles of
Curacao [Netherlands]

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Curacao Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Curacao Introduced species
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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

Debrot, Buurt, Caballero & Antczak 2006

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops lineatus

Striped Anole

Buurt 2005 Buurt 2006 Hummelinck 1940 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Gymnophthalmus (Snake-eyed Tejus)
 
Gymnophthalmus lineatus

Striped Snake-eyed Teju

Buurt 2005 Buurt 2006 Cole, Dessauer, Townsend & Arnold 1990 Hummelinck 1940
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana iguana

South American Green Iguana

Buurt 2005 Buurt 2006 Etheridge in Burghardt & Rand 1982 Hummelinck 1940
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)
 
Phyllodactylus martini

Curacao Leaf-toed Gecko

Buurt 2005 Buurt 2006 Hummelinck 1940 Wermuth 1965
Genus Thecadactylus (Turnip-tailed Geckos)
 
Thecadactylus rapicauda

Northern Turnip-tailed Gecko

Buurt 2005 Buurt 2006 Hummelinck 1940 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Wermuth 1965
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Gonatodes (American Padless Geckos)
 
Gonatodes antillensis

Antilles Padless Gecko

Buurt 2005 Buurt 2006 Hummelinck 1940 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Sturaro & Avila-Pires 2013 Wermuth 1965
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Cnemidophorus (Southern Whiptails)
  *
Cnemidophorus murinus

Curacao Whiptail

Buurt 2005 Buurt 2006 Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ugueto & Harvey 2010

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anomalepididae (Neotropical Blind Snakes)
Genus Liotyphlops (Smooth Blind Snakes)
 
Liotyphlops caracasensis

Caracas Blind Snake

Buurt 2005 [as albirostris] Buurt 2006 [as albirostris] Dixon & Kofron 1984 [as albirostris] Hahn 1980 [as albirostris] Linares-Vargas, Bolivar-Garcia, Herrera-Martinez, Osorio-Dominguez, Ospina, Thomas & Daza 2021 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as albirostris] Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as albirostris]
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Erythrolamprus (Neotropical Smooth Snakes)
  *
Erythrolamprus triscalis

Curacao Smooth Snake

Buurt 2005 Buurt 2006 Dixon 1989 Hummelinck 1940 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970

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

Debrot, Esteban, Scao, Caballero & Hoetjes 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sybesma & Hoetjes 1992
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Debrot, Esteban, Scao, Caballero & Hoetjes 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Debrot, Esteban, Scao, Caballero & Hoetjes 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Sybesma & Hoetjes 1992
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Debrot, Esteban, Scao, Caballero & Hoetjes 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021