Reptiles of
French Polynesia [France]

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of French Polynesia Taxonomic history of the reptiles of French Polynesia 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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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Burt & Burt 1932 Flecks, Schmitz, Boehme, Henkel & Ineich 2012 [as insulensis] Ineich & Blanc 1988 Ineich 2009 Tanner 1952 Zug 2013 [as insulensis]
 
Gehyra oceanica

Oceanic Gecko

Bauer 1994 Burt & Burt 1932 Ineich & Blanc 1988 Ineich 2009 Ineich, Gouni, Blanc, Durieux & Butaud 2007 Tanner 1952 Zug 2013
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus garnotii

Fox Gecko

Bauer 1994 Burt & Burt 1932 Crombie & Steadman 1986 Ineich & Blanc 1988 Ineich 2009 Rooij 1915 Tanner 1952 Wermuth 1965 Zug 2013
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Bauer 1994 Burt & Burt 1932 Ineich & Blanc 1988 Ineich 2009 Ineich, Gouni, Blanc, Durieux & Butaud 2007 Tanner 1952 Zug 2013
 
Lepidodactylus pantai

Kai Islands Scaly-toed Gecko

Karin, Oliver, Stubbs, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Oong, McGuire, Kraus, Fujita, Ineich, Ota, Hathaway & Fisher 2021
Genus Nactus (Hook-toed Geckos)
 
Nactus pelagicus

Pacific Hook-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Burt & Burt 1932 Ineich & Blanc 1988 Zug 2013 Zug 2020
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus

Oceanic Snake-eyed Skink

Blom 2015 Horner 2007 Ineich & Blanc 1988 Ineich 2009 Ineich, Gouni, Blanc, Durieux & Butaud 2007 Zug 2013
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia cyanura

White-bellied Copper-striped Skink

Brown 1991 Guillaume, Ineich & Boissinot 1994 Ineich & Blanc 1988 Ineich 2009 [as pheonura] Ineich, Gouni, Blanc, Durieux & Butaud 2007 Tanner 1952 Zug 2013
 
Emoia impar

Dark-bellied Copper-striped Skink

Guillaume, Ineich & Boissinot 1994 Ineich 2009 [as cyanura] Ineich, Gouni, Blanc, Durieux & Butaud 2007 Zug 2013
Genus Ornithuroscincus (Smooth-eared Skinks)
 
Ornithuroscincus noctua

Moth Skink

Ineich & Blanc 1988 Ineich 2009 Tanner 1952 Zug 2013 Zweifel 1979

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

David & Ineich 1999 Hecht, Kropach & Hecht 1974 Ineich 1988 Zug 2013
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 McCarthy 1986
 
Laticauda laticaudata

Blue-lipped Sea Krait

Smith 1926 Stejneger 1907

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Burt & Burt 1932 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Pritchard in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Zug 2013
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021