Reptiles of Islas Marias  [Mexico: Nayarit] Related checklists:  Mexico - Nayarit - Maria Cleofas - Maria Madre - Maria Magdalena - San Juanito Bibliography of the reptiles of Islas Marias Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Islas Marias 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. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus acutus American Crocodile Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Anolidae (Anoles) Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)   Norops nebulosus Clouded Anole Heimes 2022 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Smith & Taylor 1950 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960  Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas) Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)   Ctenosaura pectinata West Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana Etheridge in Burghardt & Rand 1982 Heimes 2022 Koehler 2002 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Smith & Taylor 1950 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960  Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas) Genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)   Urosaurus ornatus Common Tree Lizard Heimes 2022 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Smith & Taylor 1950 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960  Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos) Genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)   * Phyllodactylus cleofasensis Maria Cleofas Leaf-toed Gecko McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 [as P. tuberculosus saxatilis] Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Ramirez-Reyes, Barraza-Soltero, Nolasco-Luna, Flores-Villela & Escobedo-Galvan 2021 Smith & Taylor 1950 [as P. l. lanei] Wermuth 1965 [as P. saxatilis] Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 [as P. tuberculosus] Zweifel 1960 [as P. lanei]  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)   Aspidoscelis communis Giant Whiptail Maslin & Secoy 1986 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Smith & Taylor 1950 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)   Boa sigma West Mexican Red-tailed Boa Heimes 2016 [as B. constrictor] McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as Constrictor constrictor sigma] Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)   Drymarchon melanurus Black-tailed Cribo Heimes 2016 McCranie 1980 [as D. corais] Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as D. corais cleofae] Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960 Genus Geophis (Central American Earth Snakes)   Geophis annuliferus West Mexican Snail Eater Heimes 2016 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as Exelencophis nelsoni] Zweifel 1960 [as Exelencophis nelsoni] Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)   Hypsiglena torquata Sinaloan Night Snake McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)   Imantodes gemmistratus Central American Blunt-headed Tree Snake Heimes 2016 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1959 Zweifel 1960 Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)   Lampropeltis polyzona Central Mexican Milk Snake Markel 1990 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Smith & Taylor 1945 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960 Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)   Leptophis diplotropis Twin-keeled Parrot Snake Heimes 2016 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Oliver 1948 Perez-Higareda & Smith 1989 Smith & Taylor 1945 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960 Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)   Masticophis lineatus Mexican Whip Snake Heimes 2016 Johnson 1977 Johnson 1982 [as M. mentovarius] McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 [as striolatus] Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Smith & Taylor 1945 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 [as M. mentovarius] Zweifel 1960 Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)   Mastigodryas slevini Nayarit Lizard Eater Heimes 2016 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Montingelli 2009 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 [as M. melanolomus] Smith & Taylor 1945 Stuart 1941 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 [as melanolomus] Zweifel 1960 Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)   Oxybelis microphthalmus Thornscrub Vine Snake Heimes 2016 [as aeneus] Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Keiser 1982 [as aeneus] McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 [as aeneus] Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 [as aeneus] Zweifel 1960 [as aeneus] Genus Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)   Rhadinaea hesperia Western Graceful Brown Snake Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Genus Sibon (Neotropical Snail Eaters)   Sibon nebulatus Cloudy Snail Eater Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla bocourti Guanajuato Centipede Snake Heimes 2016 McDiarmid & Folke 1991 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Nolasco-Luna, Cupul-Magana, Escobedo-Galvan, Mata-Silva & Wilson 2019 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016   Tantilla calamarina Pacific Coast Centipede Snake Heimes 2016 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1988 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Rena (Maroon Thread Snakes)   Rena dugesii Mexican Thread Snake Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 [as R. humilis]  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)   Agkistrodon bilineatus Western Cantil Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 Nolasco-Luna, Barraza-Soltero, Lopez-Montes, Moreno-Lopez & Escobedo-Galvan 2022 Porras, Wilson, Schuett & Reiserer 2013 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960

	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 Cliffton, Cornejo & Felger in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Cliffton, Cornejo & Felger in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Cliffton, Cornejo & Felger in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Pritchard 1979 Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016 Zweifel 1960 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Woolrich-Pina, Ponce-Campos, Loc-Barragan, Ramirez-Silva, Mata-Silva, Johnson, Garcia-Padilla & Wilson 2016  Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles) Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)   Kinosternon integrum Mexican Mud Turtle Zweifel 1960