List of reptiles of Costa Rica

This is a list of reptiles in Costa Rica.

Lizards

Family Corytophanidae

• Genus Basiliscus (brown basilisk, common basilisk, plumed basilisk)
• Genus Corytophanes (helmeted iguana)
• Genus Laemanctus (casquehead iguana)

Family Dactyloidae

• Genus Anolis (Anolis insignis, Anolis microtus)

Family Gekkonidae

• Genus Gonatodes (yellow-headed gecko)
• Genus Hemidactylus (common house gecko)
• Genus Lepidoblepharis (Costa Rica scaly-eyed gecko)
• Genus Sphaerodactylus (yellow-tailed dwarf gecko, spotted dwarf gecko)
• Genus Lepidodactylus (mourning gecko)

Family Iguanidae

• Genus Ctenosaura (black spiny-tailed iguana)
• Genus Iguana (green iguana)

Family Phyllodactylidae

• Genus Thecadactylus (turnip-tailed gecko)

Family Polychrotidae

• Genus Norops (21 species, including blue-eyed anole, Carpenter's anole, green tree anole, ground anole, lemur anole, lichen anole, many-scaled anole, pug-nosed anole, slender anole, stream anole, water anole)
• Genus Polychrus (neotropical chameleon)

Family Scincidae

• Mabuya unamarginata

Family Teiidae

• Anadia ocellata
• Holcosus quadrilineatus
• Holcosus festivus
• Ptychoglossus plicatus

Family Xantusiidae

• Lepidophyma reticulatum

Snakes

Family Anomalepididae

• Anomalepis mexicana
• Helminthophis frontalis
• Liotyphlops albirostris

Family Boidae

• Boa imperator
• Epicrates cenchria

Family Colubridae

• Amastridium veliferum (rufous-headed snake)
• Chironius exoletus
• Clelia clelia
• Drymobius melanotropis (black forest racer)
• Drymobius margaritiferus (speckled racer)
• Enuliophis sclateri (sock-headed snake)
• Erythrolamprus mimus (mimic false coral snake)
• Imantodes cenchoa
• Lampropeltis triangulum
• Leptophis ahaetulla (parrot snake)
• Erythrolamprus epinephalus (fire-bellied snake)
• Leptodeira septentrionalis
• Mastigodryas melanolomus
• Ninia maculata
• Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
• Senticolis triaspis (green rat snake)
• Spilotes pullatus (tiger rat snake)
• Stenorrhina degenhardtii
• Stenorrhina freminvillei (blood snake)
• Genus Tantilla (centipede snakes)
• Thamnophis proximus
• Xenodon rhabdocephalus

Family Elapidae

• Micrurus alleni
• Micrurus mipartitus

Family Leptotyphlopidae

• Leptotyphlops goudotii

Family Loxocemidae

• Loxocemus bicolor

Family Tropidophiidae

• Ungaliophis panamensis

Family Typhlopidae

• Typhlops costaricensis

Family Viperidae

• Atropoides nummifer
• Atropoides picadoi
• Bothriechis lateralis
• Bothriechis nigroadspersus
• Bothrops asper
• Porthidium nasutum
• Lachesis stenophrys <small>Cope 1875</small> Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
• Lachesis melanocephala <small>Solòrzano & Cerdas 1986</small> southeastern Costa Rica and adjoining areas of western Panama

Turtles

• Kinosternon leucostomum
• Rhinoclemmys annulata
• Rhinoclemmys funerea
• Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
• Trachemys emolli
• Trachemys venusta

Crocodilians

Family Crocodylidae

• American crocodile

Family Alligatoridae

• Spectacled caiman

See also

• List of amphibians of Costa Rica
• List of birds of Costa Rica
• List of mammals of Costa Rica
• List of non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica

Footnotes