Reptiles of
Providencia  [Colombia: San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina]

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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 pinchoti

Providencia Anole

Ayala 1986 Corn & Dalby 1973 Koehler 2000 [as concolor] Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Tretioscincus (Skink Tejus)
 
Tretioscincus bifasciatus

Rio Magdalena Skink Teju

Schwartz & Henderson 1991
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura similis

Central American Black Iguana

Ayala 1986 Etheridge in Burghardt & Rand 1982 Koehler 2002 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana rhinolopha

Northern Green Iguana

Schwartz & Henderson 1991 [as I. iguana] Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)
  *
Marisora pergravis

Providencia Skink

Caicedo-Portilla 2014 Hedges & Conn 2012 Miralles 2006 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Pinto-Sanchez, Calderon-Espinosa, Miralles, Crawford & Ramirez-Pinilla 2015 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Aristelliger (Croaking Geckos)
 
Aristelliger georgeensis

Belizean Croaking Gecko

Ayala 1986 Bauer & Russell 1993 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Ameiva (South American Ameivas)
  *
Ameiva fuliginosa

Providencia Ameiva

McCranie & Gotte 2014 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963
Genus Cnemidophorus (Southern Whiptails)
 
Cnemidophorus espeuti

Providencia Rainbow Whiptail

McCranie & Hedges 2013 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 [as lemniscatus] Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963 [as lemniscatus]

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

McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as B. constrictor] Perez-Santos & Moreno 1988 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia magnamaculata

Caribbean Black Thread Snake

Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Hahn 1980 McCranie & Hedges 2016 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as goudotii] Perez-Santos & Moreno 1988 [as albifrons] Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Pinto, Passos, Portilla, Arredondo & Fernandes 2010 Schwartz & Henderson 1988 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Tamsitt & Valdivieso 1963 Wallach 2016

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

Pritchard 1979