Reptiles of
Distrito Federal [Brazil]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

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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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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)
Genus Amphisbaena (Neotropical Worm Lizards)
 
Amphisbaena alba

Common Red Worm Lizard

Colli & Zamboni 1999 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Mott 2006 Pena Correa & Meneses 2020
 
Amphisbaena anaemariae

Serra da Mesa Worm Lizard

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gomes & Maciel 2012 Mott & Vieites 2009 Pena Correa & Meneses 2020 Ribeiro, Sa, Santos-Jr., Graboski, Zaher, Guedes, Andrade & Vaz-Silva 2019
 
Amphisbaena mertensii

Sao Paulo Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Pena Correa & Meneses 2020
 
Amphisbaena talisiae

Serra da Pitomba Worm Lizard

Campos Nogueira 2001 [as A. mensae] Costa, Grabosky & Zaher 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Pena Correa & Meneses 2020
 
Amphisbaena vermicularis

Vermiculate Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Pena Correa & Meneses 2020
Genus Leposternon (South American Worm Lizards)
 
Leposternon infraorbitale

Central Brazilian Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ribeiro, Vaz-Silva & Santos 2008
 
Leposternon microcephalum

Small-headed Worm Lizard

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans)
Genus Caiman (Typical Caimans)
 
Caiman crocodilus

Common Caiman

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Paleosuchus (Dwarf Caimans)
 
Paleosuchus palpebrosus

Cayenne Dwarf Caiman

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Ophiodes (South American Glass Lizards)
 
Ophiodes striatus

Dark-striped Glass Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops brasiliensis

Brazilian Golden-scaled Anole

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 D'Angiolella, Gamble, Avila-Pires, Colli, Noonan & Vitt 2011 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 
Norops meridionalis

Paraguayan Anole

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 D'Angiolella, Gamble, Avila-Pires, Colli, Noonan & Vitt 2011 Ledo & Colli 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Bachia (Earless Tejus)
 
Bachia bresslaui

Sao Paulo Earless Teju

Colli, Zatz & Cunha 1998 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Rodrigues, Camacho, Nunes, Recoder, Teixeira, Valdujo, Ghellere, Mott & Nogueira 2008 Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argolo & Sites 2007 Teixeira, Recoder, Camacho, Sena, Navas & Rodrigues 2013
Genus Cercosaura (Eastern Shade Tejus)
 
Cercosaura olivacea

East Brazilian Shade Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ledo & Colli 2016 [as ocellata] Noronha-Oliveira, Carvalho, Freitas & Faria 2012 [as ocellata]
 
Cercosaura schreibersii

South Brazilian Shade Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ledo & Colli 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017
Genus Colobosaura (Short-thumbed Spectacled Tejus)
 
Colobosaura modesta

Morro da Garcza Spectacled Teju

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire, Jorge & Ribeiro 2012 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017
Genus Micrablepharus (Snake-eyed Glossy Tejus)
 
Micrablepharus atticolus

Cerrado Snake-eyed Glossy Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ledo & Colli 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 Rodrigues 1996
 
Micrablepharus maximiliani

Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Glossy Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Moura, Dayrell & Avelar Sao Pedro 2010 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017
 Family Hoplocercidae (Club-tailed Iguanas)
Genus Hoplocercus (Eastern Club-tailed Iguana)
 
Hoplocercus spinosus

Eastern Club-tailed Iguana

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 Family Leiosauridae (Smooth Iguanas)
Genus Enyalius (Fat-headed Anoles)
 
Enyalius bilineatus

Two-lined Fat-headed Anole

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 
Enyalius capetinga

Cerrado Fat-headed Anole

Breitman, Domingos, Bagley, Wiederhecker, Ferrari, Cavalcante, Pereira, Abreu, De-Lima, Morais, Prette, Silva, Mello, Carvalho, Lima, Silva, Matias, Carvalho, Pantoja, Gomes, Paschoaletto, Rodrigues, Talarico, Barreto-Lima & Colli 2018 Campos Nogueira 2001 [as bilineatus] Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ledo & Colli 2016 [as bilineatus] Rodrigues, Bertolotto, Amaro, Yonenaga-Yassuda, Freire & Pellegrino 2014 [as bilineatus] Rodrigues, Freitas, Silva & Bertolotto 2006 [as bilineatus] Sales, Ribeiro & Freire 2015 [as bilineatus]
 Family Polychrotidae (Monkey Lizards)
Genus Polychrus (Monkey Lizards)
 
Polychrus acutirostris

Sharp-nosed Monkey Lizard

Avila-Pires 1995 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Aspronema (South American White-striped Skinks)
 
Aspronema dorsivittatum

South American White-striped Skink

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Harvey, Aguayo & Miralles 2008 Hedges & Conn 2012 Ledo & Colli 2016 Miralles & Carranza 2010
Genus Copeoglossum (Neotropical Spotted Skinks)
 
Copeoglossum nigropunctatum

Black-spotted Skink

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Hedges & Conn 2012 Ledo & Colli 2016 Miralles & Carranza 2010 Miralles, Barrio-Amoros, Rivas & Chaparro-Auza 2006 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
Genus Manciola (South American Small-handed Skink)
 
Manciola guaporicola

South American Small-handed Skink

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Harvey, Aguayo & Miralles 2008 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
Genus Notomabuya (Southern Neotropical Skink)
 
Notomabuya frenata

Southern Neotropical Skink

Caldeira Costa, Dias Fernandes, Vrcibradic & Neves Feio 2008 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Harvey, Aguayo & Miralles 2008 Ledo & Colli 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Ameiva (South American Ameivas)
 
Ameiva ameiva

South American Giant Ameiva

Colli 1991 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ledo & Colli 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
Genus Ameivula (Eastern South American Whiptails)
 
Ameivula ocellifera

Brazilian Ocellated Whiptail

Aparicio, Avila-Pires, Moravec & Nogueira 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Mesquita, Noguiera & Araujo 2008 Mesquita & Colli 2003
Genus Kentropyx (Spurred Whiptails)
 
Kentropyx calcarata

Striped Forest Whiptail

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 
Kentropyx paulensis

Sao Paulo Whiptail

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gallagher & Dixon 1992
Genus Salvator (Southern Tejus)
 
Salvator duseni

Parana Teju

Campos, Oda, Custodio, Koppe & Dartora 2011 Colli, Peres & Cunha 1998 [as rufescens] Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 
Salvator merianae

Southern Black-and-White Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
Genus Tupinambis (Northern Tejus)
 
Tupinambis quadrilineatus

Four-striped Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guimaraes, Figueiredo & Salmito 2007 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Silva, Ribeiro-Junior & Avila-Pires 2018 Silveira 2009
 Family Tropiduridae (Rough-tailed Iguanas)
Genus Tropidurus (Eastern Keel-tailed Iguanas)
 
Tropidurus itambere

Sorocaba Keel-tailed Iguana

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ledo & Colli 2016
 
Tropidurus oreadicus

Cerrado Keel-tailed Iguana

Carvalho 2013 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 
Tropidurus torquatus

Collared Keel-tailed Iguana

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ledo & Colli 2016 Vieira, Wiederhecker, Colli & Bao 2001

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Paraguayan Blind Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Cruz-Centeno, Swaya & Germano 2010 Dixon & Kofron 1984 Franca & Araujo 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)
 
Boa constrictor

South American Red-tailed Boa

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Epicrates (Rainbow Boas)
 
Epicrates crassus

Paraguayan Rainbow Boa

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 [as cenchria] Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as cenchria polylepis]
Genus Eunectes (Anacondas)
 
Eunectes murinus

Green Anaconda

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Adelphostigma (Twin-spotted Leaf-litter Snakes)
 
Adelphostigma occipitalis

Bahia Leaf-litter Snake

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Apostolepis (Black-tailed Blackheads)
 
Apostolepis albicollaris

White-collared Blackhead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Entiauspe-Neto, Koch, Guedes, Paredero, Tiutenko & Loebmann 2022 Franca & Araujo 2006 Lema & Renner 2012 Lema 2002 Nogueira, Barbo & Ferrarezzi 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Apostolepis assimilis

Common Red Blackhead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Entiauspe-Neto, Koch, Guedes & Tiutenko 2020 Ferrarezzi, Barbo & Albuquerque 2005 Franca & Araujo 2006 Harvey 1999 Lema & Renner 2011 Lema & Renner 2012 Lema 2002 Nogueira, Barbo & Ferrarezzi 2012
 
Apostolepis flavotorquata

Yellow-collared Blackhead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Lema & Renner 2005 Lima Silveira 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Apostolepis goiasensis

Goias Blackhead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Maffei & Campos Nogueira 2021
 
Apostolepis sanctaeritae

Tocantins Blackhead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Entiauspe-Neto, Koch, Guedes & Tiutenko 2020 Ferrarezzi, Barbo & Albuquerque 2005 [as ammodites] Lema & Renner 2007 [as ammodites] Nogueira, Barbo & Ferrarezzi 2012 [as ammodites] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as ammodites]
Genus Atractus (Spindle Snakes)
 
Atractus pantostictus

Sao Paulo Spindle Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Passos, Fernandes, Bernils & Moura-Leite 2010
Genus Boiruna (Southern Snake Eaters)
 
Boiruna maculata

South American Spotted Snake Eater

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Chironius (Sipos)
 
Chironius brazili

Southeast Brazilian Sipo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Hamdan & Fernandes 2015
 
Chironius exoletus

Green Sipo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Chironius flavolineatus

Yellow-striped Sipo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Hamdan & Fernandes 2015 Hamdan, Scali & Fernandes 2014 Pinto, Fernandes & Marques 2008 Pinto, Marques & Fernandes 2010
 
Chironius quadricarinatus

Paraguayan Sipo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Pinto, Fernandes & Marques 2008 Pinto, Marques & Fernandes 2010
Genus Clelia (Northern Snake Eaters)
 
Clelia plumbea

Plumbeous Snake Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Zaher 1996
Genus Dipsas (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Dipsas mikanii

Brazilian White-collared Snail Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)
 
Drymarchon corais

Yellow-tailed Cribo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Drymoluber (Glossy Racers)
 
Drymoluber brazili

Southern Glossy Racer

Caldeira-Costa, Ribeiro-Moura & Neves-Feio 2013 Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Freitas, Franca & Verissimo 2012
Genus Dryophylax (Northern Mock Vipers)
 
Dryophylax hypoconia

Southern Mock Viper

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Erythrolamprus (Neotropical Smooth Snakes)
 
Erythrolamprus aesculapii

Southern Mock Coral Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Curcio, Scali & Rodrigues 2015 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Erythrolamprus almadensis

Almada Smooth Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Erythrolamprus macrosomus

Southern Royal Smooth Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 
Erythrolamprus maryellenae

Goias Smooth Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon 1985 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus

Yellow-bellied Smooth Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Erythrolamprus reginae

Northern Royal Smooth Snake

Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Gomesophis (Brazilian Burrowing Snake)
 
Gomesophis brasiliensis

Brazilian Burrowing Snake

Castellari-Gonzalez, Prudente & Franco 2014 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Fortes, Lucas & Caldart 2010 Franca & Araujo 2006 Menezes, Fiorillo, Franco & Feio 2017 Prudente & Brandao 1998
Genus Helicops (South American Keelbacks)
 
Helicops angulatus

Brown-banded Keelback

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Roberto, Ribeiro, Sousa-Delfino & Oliveira-Almeida 2009
 
Helicops infrataeniatus

Surinam Keelback

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 
Helicops leopardinus

Leopard Keelback

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Moraes-da-Silva, Amaro, Sales Nunes, Rodrigues & Curcio 2021
 
Helicops modestus

Brazilian Olive Keelback

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Freitas & Silva 2011
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira annulata

South American Banded Cat-eyed Snake

Barrio-Amoros 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Duellman 1958 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Lygophis (South American Striped Ground Snakes)
 
Lygophis meridionalis

Paraguayan Striped Ground Snake

Castro & Oliveira 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Lygophis paucidens

Cerrado Striped Ground Snake

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Serrano, Vieira-Alencar, Diaz-Ricaurte & Nogueira 2020
Genus Mesotes (Southern Mock Vipers)
 
Mesotes rutilus

Sao Paulo Mock Viper

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Franco & Ferreira 2002
Genus Mussurana (Brazilian Snake Eaters)
 
Mussurana quimi

South Brazilian Snake Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Entiauspe-Neto, Abegg, Quintela & Loebmann 2017 Franca & Araujo 2006 Franco, Marques & Puorto 1997 Giraudo & Scrocchi 2002 Silveira & Cotta 2006
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis aeneus

Brown Vine Snake

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Oxyrhopus (Calico Snakes)
 
Oxyrhopus guibei

Parana Calico Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Silveira 2008
 
Oxyrhopus petolarius

Banded Calico Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Barros & Horta 2010
 
Oxyrhopus rhombifer

Rhombic Calico Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Oxyrhopus trigeminus

Northern Brazilian Calico Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
Genus Palusophis (Eastern Lizard Eater)
 
Palusophis bifossatus

Eastern Lizard Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Montingelli 2009 Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher 2019
Genus Phalotris (South American Collared Snakes)
 
Phalotris nasutus

Snouted Collared Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ferrarezzi 1993 Ferreira, Wang & Himmelstein 2005 Franca & Araujo 2006 Lema & Renner 2012 Lema 2002
Genus Philodryas (South American Bush Racers)
 
Philodryas aestiva

Eastern Brazilian Green Bush Racer

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Philodryas nattereri

Paraguay Bush Racer

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Smith, Scott, Cacciali, Atkinson & Pheasey 2013
 
Philodryas olfersii

Common Green Bush Racer

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Philodryas psammophidea

South American Striped Racer

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Franca 2003
Genus Phimophis (South American Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Phimophis guerini

Argentine Shovel-nosed Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Filho, Santana, Vieira, Alves, Montenegro & Freitas 2012 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Pseudablabes (Reticulated Bush Racers)
 
Pseudablabes agassizii

Burrowing Night Snake

Carvalho-Junior, Schettino Canelas & Cordeiro-Malta 2006 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Souza Filho & Plombon 2014
 
Pseudablabes patagoniensis

Patagonian Bush Racer

Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Gouveia, Novelli, Vieira & Sousa 2017
Genus Pseudoboa (Neotropical Scarlet Snakes)
 
Pseudoboa nigra

Blackish Scarlet Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Rhachidelus (Brazilian Bird Snake)
 
Rhachidelus brazili

Brazilian Bird Snake

Arruda, Avila, Morais & Kawashito-Ribeiro 2011 Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Lima Silveira 2004
Genus Simophis (South American False Coral Snake)
 
Simophis rhinostomus

South American False Coral Snake

Cacciali, Scott, Gunther, Sawaya, Brusquetti & Bauer 2009 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Spilotes (Chicken Snakes)
 
Spilotes pullatus

Chicken Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla melanocephala

South American Black-headed Centipede Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
Genus Xenodon (Northern Mock Lanceheads and South American Hognose Snakes)
 
Xenodon merremii

Toad-eating Mock Lancehead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Xenodon nattereri

Banded Hognose Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Lima Silveira, Ribeiro Costa & Salles 2004
Genus Xenopholis (South American Flat-headed Snakes)
 
Xenopholis undulatus

Southern Flat-headed Snake

Borges-Nojosa & Cassiano Lima 2009 Campos Nogueira 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus carvalhoi

Brazilian Ribbon Coral Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Franca & Araujo 2006 [as M. lemniscatus] Pires, Silva, Feitosa, Prudente, Filho & Zaher 2014
 
Micrurus frontalis

Cerrado Coral Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Franca & Araujo 2006 Silva & Sites 1999
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bothrops (American Lanceheads)
 
Bothrops alternatus

Urutu

Carrasco, Grazziotin, Farfan, Koch, Ochoa, Scrocchi, Leynaud & Chaparro 2019
 
Bothrops itapetiningae

Itapetininga Lancehead

Carrasco, Grazziotin, Farfan, Koch, Ochoa, Scrocchi, Leynaud & Chaparro 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Bothrops lutzi

Cerrado Lancehead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 
Bothrops marmoratus

Marbled Lancehead

Carrasco, Grazziotin, Farfan, Koch, Ochoa, Scrocchi, Leynaud & Chaparro 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018
 
Bothrops moojeni

Brazilian Lancehead

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006 Nogueira, Sawaya & Martins 2003
 
Bothrops neuwiedi

Eastern Brazilian Lancehead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca & Araujo 2006
 
Bothrops pauloensis

Black-faced Lancehead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus durissus

South American Rattlesnake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Franca & Araujo 2006 Nascimento, Avila Pires & Cunha 1988

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Acanthochelys (South American Side-necked Swamp Turtles)
 
Acanthochelys spixii

Black Spiny-necked Swamp Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Mesoclemmys (Hump-backed Toad-headed Turtles)
 
Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei

Tobati Toad-headed Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Lima-Silveira 2009 Maffei, Nascimento, Moya & Donatelli 2016 Marques, Boehm, Brito, Cabrera & Verdade 2014
Genus Phrynops (Lesser Toad-headed Turtles)
 
Phrynops geoffroanus

Brazilian Toad-headed Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Chelonoidis (South American Tortoises)
 
Chelonoidis carbonarius

South American Red-footed Tortoise

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021