Reptiles of
Islas del Maiz [Nicaragua]

Related checklists:  Nicaragua - Isla Grande del Maiz - Isla Pequena del Maiz

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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 Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops unilobatus

Awasbila Anole

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 [as sallaei] Koehler & Vesely 2010 Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
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Norops villai

Corn Islands Anole

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 [as rodriguezii] Fitch & Henderson 1976 Fitch & Seigel 1984 Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
 Family Corytophanidae (Basilisks)
Genus Corytophanes (Helmeted Basilisks)
 
Corytophanes cristatus

Smooth-headed Helmeted Basilisk

Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura similis

Central American Black Iguana

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana rhinolopha

Northern Green Iguana

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 [as I. delicatissima] Etheridge in Burghardt & Rand 1982 [as I. iguana] Henderson & Powell 2009 [as I. iguana] Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013 [as I. iguana]
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Thecadactylus (Turnip-tailed Geckos)
 
Thecadactylus rapicauda

Northern Turnip-tailed Gecko

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)
 
Marisora magnacornae

East Nicaraguan Skink

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 [as Mabuya agilis] Hedges & Conn 2012 McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020 Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)
 
Scincella cherriei

Central American Brown Forest Skink

Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Gonatodes (American Padless Geckos)
 
Gonatodes albogularis

Yellow-headed Gecko

Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
Genus Sphaerodactylus (Least Geckos)
 
Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus

Spotted Least Gecko

Harris & Kluge 1984 McCranie & Hedges 2012 Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Holcosus (Northwestern Ameivas)
  *
Holcosus miadis

Islas del Maiz Ameiva

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 Koehler 1999 Koehler 2000 Meza-Lazaro & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2015 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Sunyer, Nicholson, Phillips, Gubler & Obando 2013 [as undulatus]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)
 
Boa imperator

Central American Red-tailed Boa

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 Villa 1972
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coniophanes (Black-striped Snakes)
 
Coniophanes piceivittis

Oaxacan Black-striped Snake

Durso & Norberg 2016
Genus Drymobius (Central American Racers)
 
Drymobius margaritiferus

Speckled Racer

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Villa 1972
Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)
 
Leptophis mexicanus

Mexican Parrot Snake

Villa 1972
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis koehleri

Guatemalan Vine Snake

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 [as acuminatus] Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Keiser 1982 [as aeneus] Villa 1972 [as aeneus]
Genus Pseudelaphe (Mexican Rat Snakes)
 
Pseudelaphe flavirufa

Mexican Rat Snake

Dowling 1952 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Schulz 1996 Villa 1972
Genus Sibon (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Sibon nebulatus

Cloudy Snail Eater

Villa 1972
Genus Tretanorhinus (Neotropical Swamp Snakes)
 
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus

Orange-bellied Swamp Snake

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 Villa 1969 Villa 1972
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus nigrocinctus

Central American Coral Snake

Barbour & Loveridge 1929 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Roze 1996 Villa 1972

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon leucostomum

White-lipped Mud Turtle

Pasachnik & Corneil 2011