Reptiles of
Roatan  [Honduras: Islas de la Bahia]

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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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Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus acutus

American Crocodile

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
  *
Norops roatanensis

Roatan Anole

Koehler & McCranie 2001 Koehler 1999 [as bicaorum] McCranie & Koehler 2015 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Corytophanidae (Basilisks)
Genus Basiliscus (Typical Basilisks)
 
Basiliscus vittatus

Banded Basilisk

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Gymnophthalmus (Snake-eyed Tejus)
 
Gymnophthalmus speciosus

Golden Snake-eyed Teju

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura oedirhina

Roatan Spiny-tailed Iguana

Koehler 1995 Koehler 2002 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 [as bakeri] Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana rhinolopha

Northern Green Iguana

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 [as I. iguana] McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as I. iguana]
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)
 
Phyllodactylus palmeus

Roatan Leaf-toed Gecko

McCranie & Hedges 2013 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)
 
Marisora roatanae

Roatan Skink

Hedges & Conn 2012 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as Mabuya unimarginata]
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Sphaerodactylus (Least Geckos)
 
Sphaerodactylus leonardovaldesi

Roatan Least Gecko

McCranie & Hedges 2012 McCranie & Hedges 2013 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as millepunctatus]
 
Sphaerodactylus rosaurae

Islas de la Bahia Least Gecko

McCranie & Hedges 2013 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Cnemidophorus (Southern Whiptails)
 
Cnemidophorus ruatanus

Northern Rainbow Whiptail

McCranie & Hedges 2013 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [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

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 [as B. constrictor] McCranie 2011 [as B. constrictor] McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as B. constrictor]
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coniophanes (Black-striped Snakes)
 
Coniophanes bipunctatus

Two-spotted Snake

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)
 
Drymarchon melanurus

Black-tailed Cribo

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
Genus Enulius (Middle American Long-tailed Snakes)
  *
Enulius roatanensis

Roatan Long-tailed Snake

McCranie & Koehler 1999 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis koehleri

Guatemalan Vine Snake

Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy 2020 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 [as aeneus] McCranie 2011 [as aeneus] McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as aeneus]
  *
Oxybelis wilsoni

Yellow Vine Snake

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 Villa & McCranie 1995
Genus Pseudelaphe (Mexican Rat Snakes)
 
Pseudelaphe flavirufa

Mexican Rat Snake

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
Genus Tretanorhinus (Neotropical Swamp Snakes)
 
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus

Orange-bellied Swamp Snake

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 Villa 1969
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
  *
Micrurus ruatanus

Roatan Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 Roze 1996
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia magnamaculata

Caribbean Black Thread Snake

McCranie & Hedges 2016 McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie 2011 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005 [as goudotii] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as goudotii] Schwartz & Henderson 1988 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

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys venusta

Eastern Central American Slider

McCranie & Valdes-Orellana 2014 McCranie, Wilson & Koehler 2005