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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 Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans) Genus Caiman (Typical Caimans)   Caiman crocodilus Common Caiman Busack & Pandya 2001 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Wermuth & Mertens 1977

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus palaichthus Guyana Half-toed Gecko Hardy 1982 MacLean, Kellner & Dennis 1977 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Powell 1990 Schwartz & Henderson 1991  Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus) Genus Bachia (Earless Tejus)   Bachia trinitatis Trinidad Earless Teju Dixon 1973 [as B. heteropa] Hardy 1982 [as B. heteropa alleni] Mertens 1972 [as B. a. alleni] Murphy 1997 [as B. heteropa alleni] Murphy, Salvi, Santos, Braswell, Charles, Borzee & Jowers 2019 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 [as B. heteropa alleni]   * Bachia whitei Tobago Earless Teju Hardy 1982 [as "B. cf. flavescens"] Murphy 1997 [as B. flavescens] Murphy, Salvi, Santos, Braswell, Charles, Borzee & Jowers 2019  Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas) Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)   Iguana iguana South American Green Iguana Etheridge in Burghardt & Rand 1982 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997  Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos) Genus Thecadactylus (Turnip-tailed Geckos)   Thecadactylus rapicauda Northern Turnip-tailed Gecko Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Schwartz & Henderson 1991  Family Polychrotidae (Monkey Lizards) Genus Polychrus (Monkey Lizards)   Polychrus auduboni Venezuelan Monkey Lizard Murphy, Lehtinen, Charles, Wasserman, Anton & Brennan 2017 Torres-Carvajal, Koch, Venegas & Poe 2017   Polychrus marmoratus Marbled Monkey Lizard Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Copeoglossum (Neotropical Spotted Skinks)   Copeoglossum aurae Greater Windward Skink Hedges & Conn 2012 Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)   Marisora aurulae Lesser Windward Skink Hedges & Conn 2012 Miralles & Carranza 2010 [as falconensis] Miralles, Chaparro & Harvey 2009 [as falconensis] Genus Varzea (Amazonian Floodplain Skinks)   Varzea bistriata Lower Amazon Floodplain Skink Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 [as Mabuya m. mabouya] Schwartz & Henderson 1991 [as Mabuya mabouya]  Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.) Genus Gonatodes (American Padless Geckos)   Gonatodes ocellatus Ocellated Padless Gecko Hardy 1982 Hardy 1984 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Wermuth 1965   Gonatodes vittatus White-banded Padless Gecko Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Genus Sphaerodactylus (Least Geckos)   Sphaerodactylus molei Trinidad Speckled Least Gecko Hardy 1982 Harris & Kluge 1984 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Wermuth 1965  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Ameiva (South American Ameivas)   Ameiva atrigularis Black-throated Ameiva Hardy 1982 [as ameiva] Mertens 1972 [as ameiva] Murphy 1997 [as ameiva] Schwartz & Henderson 1991 [as ameiva] Genus Cnemidophorus (Southern Whiptails)   Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Rainbow Whiptail Murphy 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Genus Tupinambis (Northern Tejus)   Tupinambis cryptus Northern Black-and-White Teju Koehler & Langerwerf 2000 [as teguixin] Murphy 1997 [as teguixin] Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres, Hendry & Pyron 2016  Family Tropiduridae (Rough-tailed Iguanas) Genus Plica (Tree Runners)   Plica caribeana Caribbean Tree Runner Murphy & Jowers 2013

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)   Boa constrictor South American Red-tailed Boa Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Stimson 1969 Genus Corallus (Tree Boas)   Corallus ruschenbergerii Mangrove Tree Boa Boos 2001 Henderson 1997 Henderson 2002 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Genus Epicrates (Rainbow Boas)   Epicrates maurus Northern Rainbow Boa Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 [as cenchria] Hardy 1982 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as cenchria] Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Passos & Fernandes 2008 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Stimson 1969  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Atractus (Spindle Snakes)   Atractus fuliginosus Sooty Spindle Snake Jowers, Schargel, Munoz-Merida, Sanchez-Ramirez, Weber, Faria, Harris & Murphy 2021 Murphy, Braswell, Weems, Auguste, Rivas, Rutherford, Schargel & Jowers 2021   Atractus trilineatus Venezuelan Three-lined Spindle Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Murphy, Salvi, Braswell & Jowers 2019 Murphy, Salvi, Braswell & Jowers 2020   Atractus univittatus One-striped Spindle Snake Boos 2001 [as "cf. univittatus"] Hardy 1982 Murphy 1997 Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)   Drymarchon corais Yellow-tailed Cribo Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 McCranie 1980 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Erythrolamprus (Neotropical Smooth Snakes)   Erythrolamprus cobellus South American Red-bellied Smooth Snake Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982   Erythrolamprus melanotus South American Black-backed Smooth Snake Boos 2001 Dixon & Michaud 1992 Dixon 1989 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Murphy, Braswell, Charles, Auguste, Rivas, Borzee, Lehtinen & Jowers 2019 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Schwartz & Henderson 1991   * Erythrolamprus ocellatus Ocellated Mock Coral Snake Boos 2001 [as aesculapii] Curcio, Scali & Rodrigues 2015 Emsley 1977 [as aesculapii] Hardy 1982 [as aesculapii] Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970   * Erythrolamprus pseudoreginae Tobago Mock Coral Snake Dixon 1989 [as Liophis reginae] Murphy 1997 [as reginae] Murphy, Braswell, Charles, Auguste, Rivas, Borzee, Lehtinen & Jowers 2019 Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)   Imantodes cenchoa Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)   Leptodeira annulata South American Banded Cat-eyed Snake Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Murphy 1997   Leptodeira ashmeadi Venezuelan Cat-eyed Snake Boos 2001 Duellman 1958 Mertens 1972 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)   Leptophis coeruleodorsus Striped Green Parrot Snake Albuquerque & Fernandes 2022 Albuquerque, Santos, Borges-Nojosa & Avila 2022 Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 [as ahaetulla] Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Murphy, Charles, Lehtinen & Koeller 2013 [as haileyi] Oliver 1948 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Torres-Carvajal & Teran 2021 Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)   Mastigodryas amarali Venezuelan Lizard Eater Montingelli & Zaher 2011 Montingelli 2009 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970   * Mastigodryas dunni Tobago Lizard Eater Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 [as boddaerti] Hardy 1982 [as boddaerti] Mertens 1972 Montingelli 2009 Murphy 1997 [as boddaerti] Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Stuart 1941 Genus Ninia (Coffee Snakes)   Ninia atrata Red-naped Coffee Snake Angarita-Sierra 2014 Boos 2001 Hardy 1982 Murphy 1997 Savage 2002 Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)   Oxybelis fulgidus Green Vine Snake Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972   Oxybelis rutherfordi Trinidad Vine Snake Boos 2001 [as aeneus] Emsley 1977 [as aeneus] Hardy 1982 [as aeneus] Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy 2020 Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Keiser 1982 [as aeneus] Mertens 1972 [as aeneus] Murphy 1997 [as aeneus] Genus Oxyrhopus (Calico Snakes)   Oxyrhopus petolarius Banded Calico Snake Boos 2001 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Genus Pseudoboa (Neotropical Scarlet Snakes)   Pseudoboa neuwiedii Northern Scarlet Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Sibon (Neotropical Snail Eaters)   Sibon nebulatus Cloudy Snail Eater Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Harvey 2008 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Peters 1960 Peters 1965 Genus Spilotes (Chicken Snakes)   Spilotes pullatus Chicken Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla melanocephala South American Black-headed Centipede Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982 Jowers, Rivas, Jadin, Braswell, Auguste, Borzee & Murphy 2020 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson & Mena 1980 Wilson 1987 Wilson 1992  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)   Epictia tenella Guyana Thread Snake Emsley 1977 Hardy 1982  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Amerotyphlops (American Blind Snakes)   Amerotyphlops trinitatus Trinidad Blind Snake Boos 2001 Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher 2019 Hahn 1980 Hardy 1982 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Murphy 1997

	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 Hardy 1982 Murphy 1997 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Hardy 1982 Murphy 1997 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Hardy 1982 Murphy 1997 Walker & Gibson 2015 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Hardy 1982  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Murphy 1997  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)   Rhinoclemmys punctularia Eastern Spotted-legged Turtle Hardy 1982 Iverson 1992 Murphy 1997