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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:

	Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards) Genus Amphisbaena (Neotropical Worm Lizards)   Amphisbaena alba Common Red Worm Lizard Gans 1962 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Murphy 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970   Amphisbaena fuliginosa Spotted Worm Lizard Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Murphy 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Vanzolini 2002

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans) Genus Caiman (Typical Caimans)   Caiman crocodilus Common Caiman Boos & Quesnel 1968 Busack & Pandya 2001 Murphy 1997 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Paleosuchus (Dwarf Caimans)   Paleosuchus palpebrosus Cayenne Dwarf Caiman Ali, Rampersad-Ali & Murphy 2016  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   Crocodylus intermedius Orinoco Crocodile Murphy 1997 Thorbjarnarson & Franz 1987

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Anolidae (Anoles) Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)   Norops planiceps Orange-fanned Leaf-litter Anole D'Angiolella, Gamble, Avila-Pires, Colli, Noonan & Vitt 2011 Murphy 1997 [as chrysolepis] Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015   Norops vittigerus Garland Anole Koehler 1999  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus palaichthus Guyana Half-toed Gecko Avila-Pires 1995 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Powell 1990 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Schwartz & Henderson 1991  Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus) Genus Bachia (Earless Tejus)   Bachia trinitatis Trinidad Earless Teju Barbour 1914 Dixon 1973 Murphy 1997 Murphy, Salvi, Santos, Braswell, Charles, Borzee & Jowers 2019 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Genus Gymnophthalmus (Snake-eyed Tejus)   Gymnophthalmus underwoodi Smooth-scaled Snake-eyed Teju Censky & Lindsay 1997 Cole, Dessauer & Markezich 1993 Cole, Dessauer, Townsend & Arnold 1990 Murphy 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Snyder, Schmidt, McMullin, Parker & Ferus 2017 Genus Oreosaurus (Northern Highland Spectacled Tejus)   * Oreosaurus shrevei Trinidad Highland Teju Arredondo & Sanchez-Pachego 2010 Doan & Castoe 2005 Kizirian 1996 Murphy 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Sanchez-Pacheco, Torres-Carvajal, Aguirre-Penafiel, Nunes, Verrastro, Rivas, Rodrigues, Grant & Murphy 2017  Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas) Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)   Iguana iguana South American Green Iguana Etheridge in Burghardt & Rand 1982 Murphy 1997 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015  Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos) Genus Thecadactylus (Turnip-tailed Geckos)   Thecadactylus rapicauda Northern Turnip-tailed Gecko Koehler & Vesely 2011 Murphy 1997 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Wermuth 1965  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 Boos & Quesnel 1968 Murphy 1997 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Ribeiro-Junior 2015  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Copeoglossum (Neotropical Spotted Skinks)   Copeoglossum aurae Greater Windward Skink Hedges & Conn 2012 Miralles & Carranza 2010 [as Mabuya nigropunctata] Miralles 2006 [as Mabuya nigropunctata] Miralles, Barrio-Amoros, Rivas & Chaparro-Auza 2006 [as Mabuya nigropunctata] Miralles, Rivas-Fuenmayor & Barrio-Amoros 2005 [as Mabuya nigropunctata] Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)   Marisora aurulae Lesser Windward Skink Hedges & Conn 2012  Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.) Genus Gonatodes (American Padless Geckos)   Gonatodes ceciliae Paria Padless Gecko Murphy 1997 Sturaro & Avila-Pires 2011 Sturaro & Avila-Pires 2013   * Gonatodes ferrugineus Trinidad Padless Gecko Avila-Pires 1995 [as humeralis] Murphy 1997 [as humeralis] Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 [as humeralis] Pinto, Colli, Higham, Russell, Scantlebury, Vitt & Gamble 2018 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 [as humeralis] Ribeiro-Junior 2015 [as humeralis] Wermuth 1965 [as humeralis]   Gonatodes ocellatus Ocellated Padless Gecko Mertens 1972 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Wermuth 1965   Gonatodes vittatus White-banded Padless Gecko Murphy 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Sturaro & Avila-Pires 2011 Sturaro & Avila-Pires 2013 Genus Sphaerodactylus (Least Geckos)   Sphaerodactylus molei Trinidad Speckled Least Gecko Harris & Kluge 1984 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Wermuth 1965  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Ameiva (South American Ameivas)   Ameiva atrigularis Black-throated Ameiva Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Mertens 1972 [as ameiva] Murphy 1997 [as ameiva] Schwartz & Henderson 1991 [as ameiva] Ugueto & Harvey 2011 Genus Cnemidophorus (Southern Whiptails)   Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Rainbow Whiptail Murphy 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Genus Kentropyx (Spurred Whiptails)   Kentropyx striata Surinam Striped Whiptail Avila-Pires 1995 Gallagher & Dixon 1992 Murphy 1997 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 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 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 [as teguixin]  Family Tropiduridae (Rough-tailed Iguanas) Genus Plica (Tree Runners)   Plica caribeana Caribbean Tree Runner Avila-Pires 1995 [as plica] Etheridge 1970 [as P. plica] Hoogmoed 1973 [as plica] Murphy & Jowers 2013 Murphy 1997 [as plica] Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 [as plica] Ribeiro-Junior 2015 [as plica]

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Aniliidae (South American Pipe Snake) Genus Anilius (South American Pipe Snake)   Anilius scytale South American Pipe Snake Boos 2001  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)   Boa constrictor South American Red-tailed Boa Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 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] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as cenchria] Murphy 1997 Passos & Fernandes 2008 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Stimson 1969 Genus Eunectes (Anacondas)   Eunectes murinus Green Anaconda Boos 2001 Dirksen 2002 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Stimson 1969  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Atractus (Spindle Snakes)   Atractus trilineatus Venezuelan Three-lined Spindle Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Koehler & Kieckbusch 2014 Martins & Oliveira 1993 Murphy 1997 Murphy, Salvi, Braswell & Jowers 2019 Murphy, Salvi, Braswell & Jowers 2020 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Chironius (Sipos)   Chironius carinatus Yellow-lipped Sipo Boos 2001 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997   Chironius scurrulus Rusty Sipo Boos 2001 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993   Chironius septentrionalis Northern Sipo Boos 2001 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Genus Clelia (Northern Snake Eaters)   Clelia clelia Common Snake Eater Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Schwartz & Henderson 1991 Zaher 1996 Genus Dipsas (Neotropical Snail Eaters)   * Dipsas trinitatis Trinidad Snail Eater Boos 2001 Cadle & Myers 2003 Emsley 1977 [as variegata] Harvey & Embert 2008 Harvey 2008 Murphy & Rutherford 2014 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Peters 1960 Peters 1965   Dipsas variegata Many-banded Snail Eater Murphy & Rutherford 2014 Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)   Drymarchon corais Yellow-tailed Cribo Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 McCranie 1980 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Wuster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia 2001 Genus Dryophylax (Northern Mock Vipers)   Dryophylax ramonriveroi Turimiquire Mock Viper Ali & Rampersad-Ali 2016 Bailey & Thomas 2007 Boos 1984 [as T. strigatus] Boos 2001 [as Thamnodynastes sp.] Murphy 1997 [as Thamnodynastes sp.] Genus Erythrolamprus (Neotropical Smooth Snakes)   Erythrolamprus aesculapii Southern Mock Coral Snake Boos 2001 Curcio, Scali & Rodrigues 2015 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997   Erythrolamprus bizonus Double-banded Mock Coral Snake Boos 2001   Erythrolamprus cobellus South American Red-bellied Smooth Snake Beebe 1946 Boos 2001 Dixon 1989 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997   Erythrolamprus melanotus South American Black-backed Smooth Snake Boos 2001 Dixon & Michaud 1992 Dixon 1989 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Murphy, Braswell, Charles, Auguste, Rivas, Borzee, Lehtinen & Jowers 2019 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Schwartz & Henderson 1991   Erythrolamprus zweifeli Yellow-speckled Smooth Snake Ascenso, Costa & Prudente 2019 Boos 2001 Dixon 1989 Emsley 1977 [as reginae] Murphy 1997 [as reginae] Murphy, Braswell, Charles, Auguste, Rivas, Borzee, Lehtinen & Jowers 2019 Genus Helicops (South American Keelbacks)   Helicops angulatus Brown-banded Keelback Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Roberto, Ribeiro, Sousa-Delfino & Oliveira-Almeida 2009 Genus Hydrops (South American Mud Snakes)   Hydrops triangularis Red-sided Mud Snake Albuquerque & Lema 2008 Boos 2001 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Roze 1957 Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)   Imantodes cenchoa Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)   Leptodeira annulata South American Banded Cat-eyed Snake Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997   Leptodeira ashmeadi Venezuelan Cat-eyed Snake Boos 2001 Duellman 1958 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] Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Murphy, Charles, Lehtinen & Koeller 2013 Oliver 1948 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Torres-Carvajal & Teran 2021   * Leptophis stimsoni Trinidad Parrot Snake Boos 2001 Harding 1995 Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)   Mastigodryas amarali Venezuelan Lizard Eater Montingelli & Zaher 2011 Montingelli 2009   Mastigodryas boddaerti Brown Lizard Eater Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Montingelli 2009 Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher 2019 Murphy 1997 Genus Ninia (Coffee Snakes)   Ninia atrata Red-naped Coffee Snake Angarita-Sierra 2014 Boos 2001 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Savage 2002   * Ninia franciscoi Arima Coffee Snake Angarita-Sierra 2014 Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)   Oxybelis rutherfordi Trinidad Vine Snake Boos & Quesnel 1968 [as aeneus] Boos 2001 [as aeneus] Emsley 1977 [as aeneus] Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy 2020 Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Keiser 1982 [as aeneus] Murphy 1997 [as aeneus] Genus Oxyrhopus (Calico Snakes)   Oxyrhopus petolarius Banded Calico Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Mertens 1972 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Phrynonax (Neotropical Bird Snakes)   Phrynonax sexcarinatus Southern Bird Snake Boos 2001 [as polylepis] Emsley 1977 [as Pseustes poecilonotus] Murphy 1997 [as polylepis] Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as polylepis] Genus Pseudoboa (Neotropical Scarlet Snakes)   Pseudoboa neuwiedii Northern Scarlet Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Sibon (Neotropical Snail Eaters)   Sibon nebulatus Cloudy Snail Eater Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Harvey 2008 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Peters 1960 Peters 1965 Genus Siphlophis (Liana Snakes)   Siphlophis cervinus Common Liana Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970   Siphlophis compressus Red-headed Liana Snake Abegg, Santos, Ortiz, Moraes & Freitas 2017 Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Spilotes (Chicken Snakes)   Spilotes pullatus Chicken Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970   Spilotes sulphureus Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake Andrade, Santos-Almeida & Reis-Dias 2017 Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla melanocephala South American Black-headed Centipede Snake Boos 2001 Emsley 1977 Jowers, Rivas, Jadin, Braswell, Auguste, Borzee & Murphy 2020 Murphy 1997 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson & Mena 1980 Wilson 1987 Wilson 1992  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)   Micrurus circinalis Trinidad Coral Snake Boos 2001 Campbell & Lamar 2004 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Emsley 1977 [as M. psyches] Jowers, Garcia Mudarra, Charles & Murphy 2019 Murphy 1997 Roze 1996   Micrurus diutius Trinidad Ribbon Coral Snake Boos 2001 Campbell & Lamar 2004 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Emsley 1977 [as M. lemniscatus] Jowers, Garcia Mudarra, Charles & Murphy 2019 Murphy 1997 Roze 1996  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)   Epictia tenella Guyana Thread Snake Boos 2001 [as albifrons] Emsley 1977 Hahn 1980 [as g. goudotii] Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 McCranie & Hedges 2016 [as goudotii] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as albifrons] Murphy 1997 [as albifrons] Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as g. goudotii] Wallach 2016  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Amerotyphlops (American Blind Snakes)   Amerotyphlops brongersmianus Bahia Blind Snake Boos 2001 Dixon & Hendricks 1979 Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher 2019 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Murphy 1997   Amerotyphlops trinitatus Trinidad Blind Snake Boos 2001 Dixon & Hendricks 1979 Emsley 1977 Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher 2019 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Murphy 1997 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Bothrops (American Lanceheads)   Bothrops atrox Common Lancehead Boos 2001 Campbell & Lamar 2004 [as B. asper] David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997 [as B. asper] Genus Lachesis (Bushmasters)   Lachesis muta South American Bushmaster Barrio-Amoros, Corrales, Rodriguez, Culebras, Dwyer & Flores 2020 Boos 2001 Campbell & Lamar 2004 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Emsley 1977 Murphy 1997

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles) Genus Chelus (Matamatas)   Chelus orinocensis Orinoco Matamata Murphy 1997 [as fimbriata] Pritchard 2008 [as fimbriata] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Mesoclemmys (Hump-backed Toad-headed Turtles)   Mesoclemmys gibba Gibba Toad-headed Turtle Brito, Fagundes, Strussmann, Pignati & Vogt 2012 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Mittermeier, Rhodin, Medem, Soini, Hoogmoed & Espinoza 1978 Murphy 1997 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Murphy 1997 Pritchard 1979 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Murphy 1997 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Murphy 1997 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Murphy 1997 Pritchard 1979  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 Boos & Quesnel 1968 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Murphy 1997 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977  Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles) Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)   Kinosternon scorpioides Scorpion Mud Turtle Berry & Iverson 2011 Murphy 1997 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Chelonoidis (South American Tortoises)   Chelonoidis denticulatus South American Yellow-footed Tortoise Iverson 1992 Murphy 1997 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wermuth & Mertens 1977