Reptiles
Reptilia
Crocodilians
Order Crocodylia
Family Crocodylidae
American crocodile Crocodylus
acutus
Morelet's crocodile Crocodylus
moreletii
Turtles, Tortoise, and Terrapins
Order Testudines
Hard-shelled Seas Turtles
Family Cheloniidae
Loggerhead turtle Caretta
caretta
Green sea turtle Chelonia
mydas
Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys
imbricata
Kemp's ridley sea turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
Olive Ridley Lepidochelys
olivacea
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Family Dermochelyidae
Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys
coriacea
Central Amercan River Turtle
Family Dermatemydidae
Hickety Dermatemys mawii
Snapping Turtles
Family Chelydridae
Snapping turtle Chelydra
serpentina
Mud and Musk Turtles
Family Kinosternidae
Narrow-bridged musk turtle
Claudius angustatus
Three-keeled musk turtle
Staurotypus triporcatus
Mud turtle Kinosternon
acutum
White-lipped mud turtle
Kinosternon leucostomum
Scorpion mud turtle Kinosternon
scorpioides
Pond Turtles
Family Emydidae
Furrowed wood turtle Rhinoclemmys
areolata
Ornate terrapin Trachemys
scripta
Lizards and Snakes
Order Squamata
Lizards
Suborder Sauria
Banded Geckos
Family Eublepharidae
Escorpion Coleonyx elegans
Geckos
Family Gekkonidae
House gecko Sphaerodactylus
glaucus
Spotted gecko Sphaerodactylus
millepunctatus
St. George Island gecko
Aristelliger georgeensis
Yellow-headed gecko (Introduced)
Gonatodes albogularis
House gecko (Introduced)
Hemidactylus frenatus
Island leaf-toed gecko
Phyllodactylus insularis
Leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus
tuberculosus
Turnip tail Thecadactylus
rapicauda
Family Corytophanidae
Striped basilisk Basiliscus
vittatus
Old man Corytophanes
cristatus
Helmeted basilisk Corytophanes
hernandezii
Casque-headed iguana--Laemanctus
longipes
Casque-headed iguana Laemanctus
serratus alticoronatus
Family Iguanidae
Wish-willy Ctenosaura
similis
Green Iguana Iguana
iguana
Family Phrynosomatidae
Yellow-spotted spiny lizard
Sceloporus chrysostictus
Escamoso ocotero Sceloporus
serrifer
Lundell's spiny lizard
Sceloporus lundelli
Rose-bellied lizard Sceloporus
variabilis
Family Polychrotidae
Allison's anole Anolis
allisoni
Anolis verde Anolis
biporcatus
Big-headed anole Anolis
capito
Anole Anolis lemurinus
Lichen anole Anolis
pentaprion
Lagartija chipojo Anolis
rodriguezii
Brown Anole Anolis
sagrei
Silky anole Anolis
sericeus
Greater scaly anole Anolis
tropidonotus
Lesser scaly anole Anolis
uniformis
Carolina Anole (Introduced)
Anolis carolinensis
Skinks
Family Scincidae
Yucatan giant skink Eumeces
schwartzei
Sumichrast's skink Eumeces
sumichrasti
Snake waiting boy Mabuya
unimarginata
Ground skink Sphenomorphus
cherriei
Family Gymnophthalmidae
Lagartija dorada Gymnophthalmus
speciosus
Family Teiidae
Lagartija parda Ameiva
festiva
Lagartija metalica Ameiva
undulata
Yucatan whiptail Cnemidophorus
angusticeps
Shake hand Cnemidophorus
lemniscatus
Maslin's racerunner Cnemidophorus
maslini
Night Lizards
Family Xantusiidae
Yellow-spotted night lizard
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum
Maya night lizard Lepidophyma
mayae
Anguidae
Galliwasp Celestus rozellae
Snakes
Suborder Serpentes
Blindesnakes
Family Typhlopidae
Yucatan blindsnake Typhlops
microstomus
Worm snake Leptotyphlops
goudoti phenops
Boas
Family Bioidae
Imperial Boa Boa constrictor
Family Colubridae
Culebra zacatera Adelphicos
quadrivirgatus
Rusty-headed snake Amastridium
veliferum
Mussurana Clelia clelia
Mussurana Clelia scytalina
Racer Coluber constrictor
Two-spotted snake Coniophanes
bipunctatus
Culebra panza amarilla
Coniophanes fissidens
Black-striped snake Coniophanes
imperialis
Schmidt's striped snake
Coniophanes schmidti
Many-lined Snake Conophis
lineatus
Black-naped forest racer
Dendrophidion nuchale
Barred forest racer Dendrophidon
vinitor
Short-faced snail sucker
Dipsas brevifacies
Dryad snake Dryadophis
melanolomus
Black-tailed indigo snake
Drymarchon corais
Speckled racer Drymobius
margaritiferus
Tropical rat snake Elaphe
flavirufa
Yucatan hooked-nosed snake
Ficimia publia
Blunt-headed tree snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Tropical kingsnake Lampropeltis
triangulum
Cat-eyed snake Leptodeira
frenata
Cat-eyed snake Leptodeira
septentrionalis
Green tree snake Leptophis
ahaetulla
Green-headed snake Leptophis
mexicanus mexicanus
Mexican green tree snake
Leptophis mexicanus hoeversi
Tropical whipsnake Masticophis
mentovarius
Ring-necked coffee snake
Ninia diademata
Red coffee snake Ninia
sebae
Gray vine snake Oxybelis
aeneus
Green vine snake Oxybelis
fulgidus
Red-banded snake Oxyrhopus
petola
Brown tree snake Pseustes
poecilonotus
Gaceful brown snake
Rhadinaea decorata
Shovel-toothed snake Scaphiodontophis
annulatus
Neotropical ratsnake Senticolis
triaspis
Slender snail sucker Sibon
dimidiata
Speckled snail sucker
Sibon nebulata
Pygmy snail sucker Sibon
sanniola
Sartorius's snail sucker
Sibon sartorii
Tropical rat snake Spilotes
pullatus
Scorpion-eating snake
Stenorrhina freminvillei
Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating
snake Stenorrhina degenhardtii
Yucatan white-lipped snake
Symphimus mayae
Yucatan centipede snake
Tantilla cuniculator
Red earth centipede snake
Tantilla schistosa
Yucatan dwarf short-tailed
snake Tantillita canula
Linton's dwarf shot-tailed
snake Tantillita lintoni
Checkered garter snake
Thamnophis marcianus
Central American ribbon
snake Thamnophis proximus
Black water snake Tretanorhinus
nigroluteus
False coral Urotheca
elapoides
False Fer-de-lance Xenodon
rabdocephalus
Coral Snakes
Family Elapidae
Many-ringed coral snake Micrurus
diastema
Maya coral snake Micrurus
hippocrepis
Central American coral
snake Micrurus nigrocinctus
Pit Vipers
Family Viperidae
Mexican water moccassin Agkistrodon
bilineatus
Jumping pitviper Atropoides
nummifer
Eyelash palm pitviper
Bothriechis schlegelii
Fer-de-lance Bothrops
asper
Tropical rattlesnake Crotalus
durissus
Rhino viper Porthidium
nasutum
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