Reptiles introduced to
Cayman Islands 

 

Checklist of the native reptiles of Cayman Islands
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Introduced species(confirmed and presumed introductions, incl. both surviving and extirpated populations, excl. unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Ophisaurus ventralis

Eastern Glass Lizard

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991

Anolis carolinensis

Common Green Anole

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Powell 2002

Deiroptyx equestris

Knight Anole

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012

Norops garmani

Jamaican Giant Anole

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991

Norops sagrei

Cuban Brown Anole

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Seidel & Franz 1994

Hemidactylus garnotii

Fox Gecko

Reichart, Votzakis, Bainum, Seidel & Krysko 2013

Hemidactylus mabouia

Cosmopolitan House Gecko

Echternacht & Burton 2002 Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012

Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Goetz & Burton 2018

Iguana iguana

Common Green Iguana

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991

Leiocephalus carinatus

Saw-scaled Curlytail

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011

Gonatodes albogularis

Yellow-headed Gecko

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Seidel & Franz 1994
Snakes (Serpentes)

Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991

Pantherophis guttatus

Red Corn Snake

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Schwartz & Henderson 1991

Indotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Echternacht & Burton 2003 Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Wallach 2009
Turtles (Testudines)

Trachemys decussata

North Antillean Slider

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Fritz & Havas 2006 Henderson & Powell 2009 Iverson 1992 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Seidel & Franz 1994

Trachemys scripta

Common Slider

Echternacht, Burton & Blumenthal in Hailey, Wilson & Horrocks 2011 Edgar 2010 Henderson & Powell 2009 Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017