Reptiles of
French Guiana [France]

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of French Guiana Taxonomic history of the reptiles of French Guiana Introduced species
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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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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

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gans 1962 Hoogmoed 1973 Starace 1998
 
Amphisbaena fuliginosa

Spotted Worm Lizard

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Roberto, Muniz Silva, Pinto & Avila 2021 Starace 1998 Vanzolini 1951 Vanzolini 2002
 
Amphisbaena slevini

Manaus Worm Lizard

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Common Caiman

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 King & Burke 1989
Genus Melanosuchus (Black Caiman)
 
Melanosuchus niger

Black Caiman

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 King & Burke 1989 Medem 1963 Vasquez 1991
Genus Paleosuchus (Dwarf Caimans)
 
Paleosuchus palpebrosus

Cayenne Dwarf Caiman

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 King & Burke 1989
 
Paleosuchus trigonatus

Northwestern Dwarf Caiman

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 King & Burke 1989

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Alopoglossidae (Fold-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Alopoglossus (Western Shade Tejus)
 
Alopoglossus angulatus

Surinam Shade Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Koehler, Diethert & Vesely 2012 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 Ribeiro-Junior, Choueri, Lobos, Venegas, Torres-Carvajal & Werneck 2020
 
Alopoglossus brevifrontalis

Rio Pastaza Shade Teju

Dewynter, Gode, Girardot & Courtois 2020
 
Alopoglossus theodorusi

Oyapok Shade Teju

Ribeiro-Junior, Meiri & Fouquet 2020
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Dactyloa (Fringe-toed Anoles)
 
Dactyloa punctata

Blue-spotted Green Anole

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops auratus

Surinam Grass Anole

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 
Norops chrysolepis

Greater Golden-scaled Anole

D'Angiolella, Gamble, Avila-Pires, Colli, Noonan & Vitt 2011 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 
Norops fuscoauratus

Lichen-coloured Anole

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Sousa & Freire 2010
 
Norops ortonii

Amazon Bark Anole

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Amapasaurus (Amapa Four-toed Spectacled Teju)
 
Amapasaurus tetradactylus

Amapa Four-toed Spectacled Teju

Dewynter & Surugue 2012 Jairam & Jairam-Doerga 2015 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017
Genus Arthrosaura (Creek Tejus)
 
Arthrosaura kockii

Eastern Creek Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1992 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017
 
Arthrosaura reticulata

Western Creek Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1992
 
Arthrosaura versteegii

Cottica Mountains Creek Teju

Avila-Pires 2005 Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed & Silva 2018 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1992 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
Genus Bachia (Earless Tejus)
 
Bachia flavescens

Guiana Earless Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 [as "B. flavescens complex"]
 
Bachia monodactyla

One-toed Earless Teju

Dixon 1973
Genus Cercosaura (Eastern Shade Tejus)
 
Cercosaura argulus

White-lipped Shade Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Doan & Lamar 2012 Gasc 1990
 
Cercosaura ocellata

Ocellated Shade Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dantas Sales, Silva Jorge, Meira-Ribeiro & Xavier Freire 2014 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Doan & Lamar 2012 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 Sturaro, Rodrigues, Colli, Knowles & Avila-Pires 2018
 
Cercosaura oshaughnessyi

White-striped Shade Teju

Avila-Pires 1995
Genus Gymnophthalmus (Snake-eyed Tejus)
 
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi

Smooth-scaled Snake-eyed Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Cole, Dessauer & Markezich 1993 Cole, Dessauer, Townsend & Arnold 1990 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 Snyder, Schmidt, McMullin, Parker & Ferus 2017
Genus Iphisa (Glossy Shade Teju)
 
Iphisa elegans

Glossy Shade Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon 1974 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017
Genus Loxopholis (Western Root Tejus)
 
Loxopholis guianensis

Guyana Root Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 Uzzell & Barry 1971
Genus Neusticurus (Guianan Water Tejus)
 
Neusticurus bicarinatus

Two-keeled Water Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 Uzzell 1966
 
Neusticurus surinamensis

Surinam Water Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 [as rudis] Avila-Pires 2005 [as rudis] Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 [as rudis] Gasc 1990 [as rudis] Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 [as rudis] Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 [as rudis] Hoogmoed 1973 [as rudis] Kok, Bittenbinder, Berg, Souza, Nunes, Laking, Teixeira Junior, Fouquet, Means, MacCulloch & Rodrigues 2018 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 [as rudis] Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 [as rudis]
Genus Tretioscincus (Skink Tejus)
 
Tretioscincus agilis

Agile Skink Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana iguana

South American Green Iguana

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Thecadactylus (Turnip-tailed Geckos)
 
Thecadactylus rapicauda

Northern Turnip-tailed Gecko

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Bergmann & Russell 2007 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 Family Polychrotidae (Monkey Lizards)
Genus Polychrus (Monkey Lizards)
 
Polychrus marmoratus

Marbled Monkey Lizard

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Copeoglossum (Neotropical Spotted Skinks)
 
Copeoglossum nigropunctatum

Black-spotted Skink

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hedges & Conn 2012 Massary, Gasc & Blanc 2000 Miralles & Carranza 2010 Miralles, Barrio-Amoros, Rivas & Chaparro-Auza 2006 Miralles, Rivas-Fuenmayor & Barrio-Amoros 2005 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
Genus Varzea (Amazonian Floodplain Skinks)
 
Varzea bistriata

Lower Amazon Floodplain Skink

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hedges & Conn 2012 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Massary, Gasc & Blanc 2000 Miralles & Carranza 2010 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Chatogekko (Pug-nosed Dwarf Gecko)
 
Chatogekko amazonicus

Pug-nosed Dwarf Gecko

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gamble, Daza, Colli, Vitt & Bauer 2011 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Vanzolini 1968
Genus Gonatodes (American Padless Geckos)
 
Gonatodes albogularis

Yellow-headed Gecko

Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 [as varius] Hoogmoed 1973 [as varius] Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 [as varius] Wermuth 1965 [as varius]
 
Gonatodes annularis

Ringed Padless Gecko

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Kok 2011 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Sturaro & Avila-Pires 2011 Sturaro & Avila-Pires 2013
 
Gonatodes humeralis

Bridled Forest Gecko

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
Genus Lepidoblepharis (Scaly-eyed Geckos)
 
Lepidoblepharis heyerorum

Amazon Scaly-eyed Gecko

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
Genus Pseudogonatodes (South American Pygmy Geckos)
 
Pseudogonatodes guianensis

Amazon Pygmy Gecko

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Ameiva (South American Ameivas)
 
Ameiva ameiva

South American Giant Ameiva

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
Genus Cnemidophorus (Southern Whiptails)
 
Cnemidophorus cryptus

Bolivar Whiptail

Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008
 
Cnemidophorus lemniscatus

Rainbow Whiptail

Avila-Pires 1995 [as "cf. lemniscatus"] Avila-Pires 2005 Cole & Dessauer 1993 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
Genus Crocodilurus (Crocodile Teju)
 
Crocodilurus amazonicus

Crocodile Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 [as lacertinus] Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 [as lacertinus] Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 [as lacertinus] Hoogmoed 1973 [as lacertinus]
Genus Dracaena (Caiman Lizards)
 
Dracaena guianensis

Northern Caiman Lizard

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary, Hoogmoed & Blanc 2000
Genus Kentropyx (Spurred Whiptails)
 
Kentropyx borckiana

Guyana Whiptail

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gallagher & Dixon 1992 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975
 
Kentropyx calcarata

Striped Forest Whiptail

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gallagher & Dixon 1992 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
 
Kentropyx striata

Surinam Striped Whiptail

Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012
Genus Tupinambis (Northern Tejus)
 
Tupinambis teguixin

Amazonian Black-and-White Teju

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Koehler & Langerwerf 2000
 Family Tropiduridae (Rough-tailed Iguanas)
Genus Plica (Tree Runners)
 
Plica plica

Collared Tree Runner

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Etheridge 1970 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
 
Plica umbra

Smooth-necked Tree Runner

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Etheridge 1970 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
Genus Tropidurus (Eastern Keel-tailed Iguanas)
 
Tropidurus hispidus

Spotted Keel-tailed Iguana

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Carvalho 2013 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 [as torquatus] Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Sousa Abreu, Frota & Yuki 2002
Genus Uracentron (South American Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Uracentron azureum

Green Spiny-tailed Iguana

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Etheridge 1968 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Ribeiro-Junior 2015
Genus Uranoscodon (Mop-headed Iguana)
 
Uranoscodon superciliosus

Mop-headed Iguana

Avila-Pires 1995 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc 1990 Hoogmoed & Lescure 1975 Hoogmoed 1973 Howland, Vitt & Lopez 1990 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Aniliidae (South American Pipe Snake)
Genus Anilius (South American Pipe Snake)
 
Anilius scytale

South American Pipe Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Starace 1998 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Anomalepididae (Neotropical Blind Snakes)
Genus Liotyphlops (Smooth Blind Snakes)
 
Liotyphlops ternetzii

Paraguayan Blind Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008
Genus Typhlophis (Cayenne Blind Snake)
 
Typhlophis squamosus

Cayenne Blind Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Starace 1998
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)
 
Boa constrictor

South American Red-tailed Boa

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Starace 1998
Genus Corallus (Tree Boas)
 
Corallus caninus

Northern Emerald Tree Boa

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Henderson, Passos & Feitosa 2009 Starace 1998
 
Corallus hortulana

Amazon Tree Boa

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 [as enydris] Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Henderson 1993 [as enydris] Henderson 1997 Henderson 2002 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Starace 1998 [as enydris]
Genus Epicrates (Rainbow Boas)
 
Epicrates cenchria

Common Rainbow Boa

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Passos & Fernandes 2008 Starace 1998
 
Epicrates maurus

Northern Rainbow Boa

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Passos & Fernandes 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Eunectes (Anacondas)
 
Eunectes deschauenseei

Dark-spotted Anaconda

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dirksen 1999 Dirksen 2002 Starace 1998
 
Eunectes murinus

Green Anaconda

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dirksen 2000 Dirksen 2002 Starace 1998
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Apostolepis (Black-tailed Blackheads)
 
Apostolepis quinquelineata

Five-lined Blackhead

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Vidal, Massary & Marty 1998
Genus Atractus (Spindle Snakes)
 
Atractus badius

Guianan Spindle Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed 1980 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Passos, Melo-Sampaio, Ramos, Grazziotin, Fouquet & Torres-Carvajal 2022 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as micheli] Schargel, Lamar, Passos, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia & Campbell 2013 Starace 1998
 
Atractus flammigerus

Flaming Spindle Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Passos, Ramos, Fouquet & Prudente 2017 Starace 1998
 
Atractus latifrons

Wedge-tailed Spindle Snake

Almeida, Feitosa, Passos & Prudente 2014 Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc & Rodrigues 1980 Martins & Oliveira 1993 Starace 1998
 
Atractus schach

Mamadam Spindle Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Fouquet, Costa Prudente & Torres-Carvajal 2019 Starace 1998
 
Atractus torquatus

Rusty Spindle Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Hoogmoed 1980
 
Atractus trefauti

Roura Spindle Snake

Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Fouquet, Costa Prudente & Torres-Carvajal 2019
 
Atractus zidoki

Haut Oyapock Spindle Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Gasc & Rodrigues 1979 Hoogmoed 1980 Passos, Ramos, Pinna & Prudente 2013 Prudente & Passos 2010 Starace 1998 Vanzolini 1986
Genus Chironius (Sipos)
 
Chironius carinatus

Yellow-lipped Sipo

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Kok 2010 Starace 1998
 
Chironius exoletus

Green Sipo

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Kok 2010 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
 
Chironius flavolineatus

Yellow-striped Sipo

Rufray, Thonnel & Cobigo 2015
 
Chironius fuscus

Brown Sipo

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Kok 2010 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
 
Chironius multiventris

Peruvian Sipo

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Kok 2010 [as cochranae] Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
 
Chironius scurrulus

Rusty Sipo

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Starace 1998
Genus Chlorosoma (Green Bush Racers)
 
Chlorosoma viridissimum

Emerald Bush Racer

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Freitas, Franca & Bernarde 2012 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Starace 1998 Thomas 1976
Genus Clelia (Northern Snake Eaters)
 
Clelia clelia

Common Snake Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998 Zaher 1996
Genus Dendrophidion (Forest Racers)
 
Dendrophidion dendrophis

Tawny Forest Racer

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Dipsas (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Dipsas catesbyi

Ornate Snail Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Lima & Prudente 2009 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Sanchez-Martinez, Franca & Trevine 2022 Starace 1997 Starace 1998
 
Dipsas copei

Guianan Snail Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1997 Starace 1998 Vidal, Massary & Marty 1998
 
Dipsas incerta

South American Banded Snail Eater

Passos, Fernandes & Caramaschi 2004
 
Dipsas indica

Big-headed Snail Eater

Chippaux 1987 Starace 1997 Starace 1998
 
Dipsas pavonina

Northern Snail Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Lima & Prudente 2009 Starace 1997 Starace 1998
 
Dipsas variegata

Many-banded Snail Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1997 Starace 1998
Genus Drepanoides (Amazon Egg Eater)
 
Drepanoides anomalus

Amazon Egg Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Guedes, Queiroz, Sousa & Hamdan 2020 Starace 1998 Vacher, Dewynter, Marty & Blanc 2002 Vidal, Massary & Marty 1998
Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)
 
Drymarchon corais

Yellow-tailed Cribo

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998 Wuster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia 2001
Genus Drymobius (Central American Racers)
 
Drymobius rhombifer

Diamondback Racer

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Drymoluber (Glossy Racers)
 
Drymoluber dichrous

Northern Glossy Racer

Avila-Pires 2005 Caldeira-Costa, Ribeiro-Moura & Neves-Feio 2013 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Dryophylax (Northern Mock Vipers)
 
Dryophylax ramonriveroi

Turimiquire Mock Viper

Nogueira, Argolo, Arzamendia, Azevedo, Barbo, Bernils, Bolochio, Borges-Martins, Brasil-Godinho, Braz, Buononato, Cisneros-Heredia & Colli 2019
Genus Erythrolamprus (Neotropical Smooth Snakes)
 
Erythrolamprus aesculapii

Southern Mock Coral Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Curcio, Scali & Rodrigues 2015 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998 Torres-Carvajal & Hinojosa 2020
 
Erythrolamprus breviceps

Short-headed Smooth Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon 1989 Starace 1998 Torres-Carvajal & Hinojosa 2020
 
Erythrolamprus cobellus

South American Red-bellied Smooth Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon 1989 Starace 1998
 
Erythrolamprus miliaris

Military Smooth Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon 1983 Dixon 1989 Starace 1998 Torres-Carvajal & Hinojosa 2020
 
Erythrolamprus pygmaeus

Amazon Dwarf Forest Snake

Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Kawashita-Ribeiro, Carvalho, Lima, Avila & Fraga 2011 Torres-Carvajal & Hinojosa 2020 Vechio, Teixeira-Junior, Recoder, Sena, Souza & Rodrigues 2015
 
Erythrolamprus reginae

Northern Royal Smooth Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon 1989 Starace 1998 Torres-Carvajal & Hinojosa 2020
 
Erythrolamprus typhlus

Velvety Smooth Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon 1987 Dixon 1989 Starace 1998 Torres-Carvajal & Hinojosa 2020
Genus Helicops (South American Keelbacks)
 
Helicops angulatus

Brown-banded Keelback

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Roberto, Ribeiro, Sousa-Delfino & Oliveira-Almeida 2009 Starace 1998
 
Helicops leopardinus

Leopard Keelback

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Hydrodynastes (False Water Cobras)
 
Hydrodynastes bicinctus

Two-banded False Water Cobra

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Franco, Fernandes & Bentim 2007 Starace 1998
 
Hydrodynastes gigas

Giant False Water Cobra

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Franco, Fernandes & Bentim 2007 Starace 1998
Genus Hydrops (South American Mud Snakes)
 
Hydrops triangularis

Red-sided Mud Snake

Albuquerque & Lema 2008 Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)
 
Imantodes cenchoa

Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
 
Imantodes lentiferus

Amazon Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Frota, Missassi, Santos-Costa & Prudente 2015 Starace 1998
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira annulata

South American Banded Cat-eyed Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Barrio-Amoros 2019 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Duellman 1958 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)
 
Leptophis ahaetulla

Common Green Parrot Snake

Albuquerque & Fernandes 2022 Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Oliver 1948 Starace 1998
Genus Lygophis (South American Striped Ground Snakes)
 
Lygophis lineatus

Western Striped Ground Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon 1989 Michaud & Dixon 1987 Starace 1998
Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)
 
Mastigodryas boddaerti

Brown Lizard Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Montingelli 2009 Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher 2019 Starace 1998
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis fulgidus

Green Vine Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
 
Oxybelis rutherfordi

Trinidad Vine Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 [as aeneus] Chippaux 1987 [as aeneus] Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 [as aeneus] Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy 2020 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 [as aeneus] Starace 1998 [as aeneus]
Genus Oxyrhopus (Calico Snakes)
 
Oxyrhopus melanogenys

Black-headed Calico Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 [as "aff. melanogenys"] Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 [as "cf. melanogenys"] Starace 1998 [as "cf. melanogenys"]
 
Oxyrhopus occipitalis

Northern Calico Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 [as formosus] Chippaux 1987 [as formosus] Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 [as formosus] Gasc & Rodrigues 1980 [as formosus] MacCulloch, Lathrop, Kok, Ernst & Kalamandeen 2009 Starace 1998 [as formosus]
 
Oxyrhopus petolarius

Banded Calico Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Palusophis (Eastern Lizard Eater)
 
Palusophis bifossatus

Eastern Lizard Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Philodryas (South American Bush Racers)
 
Philodryas olfersii

Common Green Bush Racer

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998 Thomas 1976
Genus Phimophis (South American Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Phimophis guianensis

Northern Tropical Shovel-nosed Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
Genus Phrynonax (Neotropical Bird Snakes)
 
Phrynonax sexcarinatus

Southern Bird Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 [as Pseustes poecilonotus] Chippaux 1987 [as polylepis] Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 [as Pseustes poecilonotus] Starace 1998 [as polylepis]
Genus Pseudoboa (Neotropical Scarlet Snakes)
 
Pseudoboa coronata

Black-headed Scarlet Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Caldeira Costa, Cotta & MacCulloch 2015 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
 
Pseudoboa neuwiedii

Northern Scarlet Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Pseudoeryx (Dusky Mud Snakes)
 
Pseudoeryx plicatilis

Dusky Mud Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Scartozzoni, Trevine & Germano 2010 Starace 1998
Genus Rhinobothryum (Ringed Snakes)
 
Rhinobothryum lentiginosum

Amazon Ringed Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Sibon (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Sibon nebulatus

Cloudy Snail Eater

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Siphlophis (Liana Snakes)
 
Siphlophis cervinus

Common Liana Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
 
Siphlophis compressus

Red-headed Liana Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Spilotes (Chicken Snakes)
 
Spilotes pullatus

Chicken Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
 
Spilotes sulphureus

Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
Genus Taeniophallus (Lowland Dwarf Leaf-litter Snakes)
 
Taeniophallus brevirostris

Short-nosed Leaf-litter Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Myers 1974 Starace 1998
 
Taeniophallus nicagus

Northern Leaf-litter Snake

Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla melanocephala

South American Black-headed Centipede Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Jowers, Rivas, Jadin, Braswell, Auguste, Borzee & Murphy 2020 Starace 1998
Genus Thalesius (Guiana Green Snake)
 
Thalesius viridis

Guiana Green Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 [as Xenodon werneri] Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed & Rocha 2010 Chippaux 1987 [as Xenodon werneri] Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 [as Xenodon werneri] Hoogmoed 1985 [as Xenodon werneri] Starace 1998 [as Xenodon werneri]
Genus Thamnodynastes (South American Mock Vipers)
 
Thamnodynastes pallidus

Common South American Mock Viper

Avila-Pires 2005 Bailey, Thomas & Silva 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Franco & Ferreira 2002
Genus Xenodon (Northern Mock Lanceheads and South American Hognose Snakes)
 
Xenodon merremii

Toad-eating Mock Lancehead

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed 1985 Starace 1998
 
Xenodon rabdocephalus

Common Mock Lancehead

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
 
Xenodon severus

Giant Mock Lancehead

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Xenopholis (South American Flat-headed Snakes)
 
Xenopholis scalaris

Northern Flat-headed Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hamdan, Machado & Citeli 2015 Starace 1995 Starace 1998
Genus Xenoxybelis (South American Vine Snakes)
 
Xenoxybelis argenteus

Green-striped Vine Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Leptomicrurus (Black-backed Coral Snakes)
 
Leptomicrurus collaris

Guianan Black-backed Coral Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Roze 1996 Starace 1998
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus diutius

Trinidad Ribbon Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Roze 1996 Starace 1998
 
Micrurus hemprichii

Worm-eating Coral Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Bernarde, Turci, Abegg & Franco 2018 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Roze 1996 Starace 1998
 
Micrurus lemniscatus

Northern Ribbon Coral Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Roze 1996 Starace 1998
 
Micrurus psyches

Carib Coral Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Roze 1996 Starace 1998
 
Micrurus surinamensis

Amazonian Aquatic Coral Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Roze 1996 Starace 1998
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia tenella

Guyana Thread Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 [as albifrons] Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as albifrons] Starace 1998
Genus Habrophallos (Collared Thread Snake)
 
Habrophallos collaris

Collared Thread Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Hahn 1980 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Ouboter & Hoogmoed 2017 Starace 1998
Genus Siagonodon (Mandible-toothed Thread Snakes)
 
Siagonodon cupinensis

Mato Grosso Thread Snake

Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008
 
Siagonodon septemstriatus

Eastern Seven-lined Thread Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pinto & Curcio 2011 Starace 1998
Genus Trilepida (Three-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Trilepida macrolepis

Large-scaled Thread Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pinto & Fernandes 2017 Starace 1998
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Amerotyphlops (American Blind Snakes)
 
Amerotyphlops brongersmianus

Bahia Blind Snake

Loebmann 2008
 
Amerotyphlops reticulatus

Reticulated Blind Snake

Avila-Pires 2005 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Dixon & Hendricks 1979 Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Starace 1998
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bothrops (American Lanceheads)
 
Bothrops atrox

Common Lancehead

Avila-Pires 2005 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998
 
Bothrops bilineatus

Two-striped Forest Pitviper

Avila-Pires 2005 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
 
Bothrops oligobalius

Northern Velvety Lancehead

Avila-Pires 2005 [as B. brazili] Campbell & Lamar 2004 [as B. brazili] Chippaux 1987 [as B. brazili] David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 [as B. brazili] Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 [as B. brazili] Starace 1998 [as B. brazili] Vechio, Prates, Grazziotin, Graboski & Rodrigues 2021
 
Bothrops taeniatus

Speckled Forest Pitviper

Avila-Pires 2005 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Starace 1998
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus durissus

South American Rattlesnake

Avila-Pires 2005 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Premel, Cobigo & Ineich 2022 Starace 1998
Genus Lachesis (Bushmasters)
 
Lachesis muta

South American Bushmaster

Avila-Pires 2005 Barrio-Amoros, Corrales, Rodriguez, Culebras, Dwyer & Flores 2020 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Chippaux 1987 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Massary & Daskiewicz 2009 Starace 1998

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Chelus (Matamatas)
 
Chelus fimbriata

Southern Matamata

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Lima Silveira 2011 Pritchard 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vargas-Ramirez, Caballero, Morales-Betancourt, Lasso, Amaya, Martinez, Silva Viana, Vogt, Pires Farias, Hrbek, Campbell & Fritz 2020
Genus Mesoclemmys (Hump-backed Toad-headed Turtles)
 
Mesoclemmys gibba

Gibba Toad-headed Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Fritz & Havas 2006 King & Burke 1989 Lima Silveira 2011 Mittermeier, Rhodin, Medem, Soini, Hoogmoed & Espinoza 1978 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Mesoclemmys nasuta

Guianan Toad-headed Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Platemys (Twist-necked Turtle)
 
Platemys platycephala

Twist-necked Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires 1991 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Duffaud, Kelle, Nalovic & Feuillet 2011 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Duffaud, Kelle, Nalovic & Feuillet 2011 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Duffaud, Kelle, Nalovic & Feuillet 2011 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Duffaud, Kelle, Nalovic & Feuillet 2011 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Duffaud, Kelle, Nalovic & Feuillet 2011 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schulz in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
 
Rhinoclemmys punctularia

Eastern Spotted-legged Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon scorpioides

Scorpion Mud Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Berry & Iverson 2011 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Podocnemididae (Giant Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Peltocephalus (Big-headed Amazon River Turtle)
 
Peltocephalus dumerilianus

Big-headed Amazon River Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Podocnemis (South American Side-necked River Turtles)
 
Podocnemis expansa

Giant South American River Turtle

Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008
 
Podocnemis unifilis

Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle

Avila-Pires 2005 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 [as cayennensis] King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Chelonoidis (South American Tortoises)
 
Chelonoidis carbonarius

South American Red-footed Tortoise

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 King & Burke 1989 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Chelonoidis denticulatus

South American Yellow-footed Tortoise

Avila-Pires 2005 Dewynter, Marty, Blanc, Gaucher, Vidal, Fretey, Massary & Fouquet 2008 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021