List of amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico

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This is a list of the amphibians and reptiles of the archipelago of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican archipelago consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities, Vieques and Culebra, one minor uninhabited island, Mona and several smaller islands and cays.

This list only includes animals with verifiable established populations in the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Many species of amphibians and reptiles are introduced, both legally (mainly through the pet industry) and illegally, to the archipelago of Puerto Rico every year, with some of these species being subsequently released into the wild. However, these few individuals do not constitute a breeding population and hence they lack inclusion in this list.

The following tags help provide additional information regarding the status of each species.

• ^[e] Endemic species.
• ^[i] Introduced species.
• ^[ext] Extinct species.
• ^[ex] Extirpated species

Contents 1 Amphibians 1.1 Family Bufonidae 1.2 Family Hylidae 1.3 Family Leptodactylidae 1.4 Family Ranidae 2 Reptiles 2.1 Family Emydidae 2.2 Family Dermochelyidae 2.3 Family Cheloniidae 2.4 Family Testudinidae 2.5 Family Alligatoridae 2.6 Family Gekkonidae 2.7 Family Teiidae 2.8 Family Scincidae 2.9 Family Anguinidae 2.10 Family Iguanidae 2.11 Family Amphisbaenidae 2.12 Family Typhlopidae 2.13 Family Boidae 2.14 Family Colubridae 3 See also 4 Foonotes 5 References

[edit] Amphibians

[edit] Family Bufonidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Bufo marinus [i]	Marine Toad	X	X	X
Bufo lemur [e]	Puerto Rican crested toad	X

[edit] Family Hylidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Hyla cinerea [i]	American green tree frog	X
Osteopilus septentrionalis [i]	Cuban Tree Frog	X
Scinax ruber [i]	Red Snouted Treefrog	X

[edit] Family Leptodactylidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Eleutherodactylus antillensis	Antillean Coquí	X	X	X
Eleutherodactylus brittoni [e]	Grass Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus cochranae	Whistling Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus cooki [e]	Cook's Robber Frog	X
Eleutherodactylus coqui	Common Coquí	X	X	X
Eleutherodactylus eneidae [ext]	Mottled Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus gryllus [e]	Cricket Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus hedricki [e]	Tree-hole Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus jasperi [ext]	Golden Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti [ext]	Web-footed Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus locustus [e]	Warty Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus monensis [e]	Mona Coquí				X
Eleutherodactylus portoricensis [e]	Forest Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus richmondi [e]	Ground Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus unicolor [e]	Burrowing Coquí	X
Eleutherodactylus wightmanae [e]	Burrowing Coquí	X
Leptodactylus albilabris	Caribbean White-lipped Frog	X	X	X		X [7]

[edit] Family Ranidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Rana catesbeiana [i]	Bullfrog	X		X
Rana grylio [i]	Pig Frog	X

[edit] Reptiles

[edit] Family Emydidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri	Puerto Rican slider	X
Trachemys scripta elegans [i]	Red-eared slider	X
Chrysemys picta picta	Eastern Painted Turtle	X

[edit] Family Dermochelyidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Dermochelys coriacea coriacea	Leatherback Sea Turtle	X	X

[edit] Family Cheloniidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Caretta caretta caretta	Loggerhead Sea Turtle	X
Chelonia mydas mydas	Green Sea Turtle	X	X		X	X [5]
Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata	Atlantic Hawksbill Turtle		X		X	X [11]
Lepidochelys olivacea	Olive Ridley	X

[edit] Family Testudinidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Geochelone monensis [ext]					X
Geochelone denticulata [ext]	South American Yellow-footed Tortoise	X

[edit] Family Alligatoridae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Caiman crocodilus [i]	Spectacled Caiman	X

[edit] Family Gekkonidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Hemidactylus brooki haitianus		X
Hemidactylus mabouia [i]	Tropical House Gecko	X	X	X	X
Phyllodactylus wirshingi wirshingi		X				X [5]
Sphaerodactylus nicholsi nicholsi	Nichols' Dwarf Gecko	X				X [9]
Sphaerodactylus nicholsi townsendi	Townsend's Dwarf Gecko	X	X	X		X [5]
Sphaerodactylus roosevelti [e]	Roosevelt's Dwarf Gecko	X		X		X [5][9]
Sphaerodactylus gaigeae	Gaige's Dwarf Gecko	X				X [7]
Sphaerodactylus klauberi	Puerto Rico Upland Gecko	X
Sphaerodactylus monensis [e]	Mona Dwarf Gecko				X
Sphaerodactylus levinsi [e]	Desecheo Dwarf Gecko					X [8]
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis ateles		X		X
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis grandisquamis	Common Dwarf Gecko	X				X [6][7]
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis guarionex		X
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis inigoi				X
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis macrolepis			X
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis mimetes		X
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis phoberus		X
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis spanius		X
Sphaerodactylus micropithecus [e]	Monito gecko					X [10]

[edit] Family Teiidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Ameiva exsul	Greater Puerto Rican Ameiva	X	X	X		X [5][7]
Ameiva wetmorei [e]	Blue-tailed Ground Lizard	X				X [5][9]
Ameiva alboguttata [e]	Mona Ameiva				X
Ameiva desechensis [e]	Desecheo Ameiva					X [8]

[edit] Family Scincidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Mabuya mabouya sloani		X	X	X [ex]	X	X [10]

[edit] Family Anguinidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Dipoglossus pleei [e]	Puerto Rican Galliwasp	X

[edit] Family Iguanidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Anolis cuvieri [e]	Puerto Rican Giant Anole	X		X
Anolis roosevelti [e]	Culebra Island Giant Anole		X
Anolis occultus [e]	Puerto Rican Twig Anole	X
Anolis evermanni [e]	Emerald Anole	X
Anolis stratulus	Barred Anole	X	X	X		X [7]
Anolis gundlachi [e]	Yellow-Chinned Anole	X
Anolis cristatellus cristatellus	Puerto Rican Crested Anole	X	X	X		X [6][7][9]
Anolis cristatellus wileyae	Eastern Puerto Rican Crested Anole		X	X		X
Anolis desechensis [e]	Desecheo Anole					X [8]
Anolis cooki [e]	Cook's Anole	X				X [5]
Anolis monensis [e]	Mona Anole				X	X [10]
Anolis pulchellus	Common Grass Anole	X	X	X		X [7][6]
Anolis krugi [e]	Upland Grass Anole	X
Anolis poncensis [e]	Dryland Grass Anole	X
Cyclura pinguis [ex]	Anegada Ground Iguana	X
Cyclura portoricensis [ext]	Puerto Rican Iguana	X
Cyclura nubila nubila [i]	Cuban Ground Iguana	X
Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri [e]	Mona Ground Iguana				X
Iguana iguana [i]	Green Iguana	X	X			X
Iguana delicatissima	Lesser Antillean iguana	X

[edit] Family Amphisbaenidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Amphisbaena bakeri [e]	Baker's Worm Lizard	X
Amphisbaena caeca [e]	Puerto Rican Worm Lizard	X
Amphisbaena schmiditi [e]	Schmidt's Worm Lizard	X
Amphisbaena xera [e]	Puerto Rican Dryland Worm Lizard	X				X [5]

[edit] Family Typhlopidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Typhlops platycephalus	Flat-headed Blindsnake	X		X
Typhlops richardi	Richard's Blind Snake	X	X
Typhlops rostellatus [e]	Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake	X
Typholps granti	Grant's Blind Snake	X
Typhlops monensis [e]	Mona Blind Snake				X
Typhlops hypomethes	Coastal Blindsnake	X

[edit] Family Boidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Epicrates inornatus [e]	Puerto Rican Boa	X
Epicrates monensis monensis [e]	Mona Boa				X
Epicrates monensis granti	Virgin Island Tree Boa					X

[edit] Family Colubridae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Alsophis portoricensis [e]	Puerto Rican Racer	X	X	X	X	X [7]
Arrhyton exiguum	Puerto Rican Garden Snake	X	X			X [7]

[edit] See also

• Fauna of Puerto Rico
• List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
• List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico
• List of Puerto Rican birds

[edit] Foonotes

1. ^endemic  This species is endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
2. ^extinct  This species is extinct.
3. ^extirpated  This species no longer occurs in the archipelago Puerto Rico but other populations exist elsewhere.
4. ^introduced  This species was introduced to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
5. ^{Caja de Muertos}  This species occurs in Caja de Muertos Island.
6. ^{Cayo Batata}  This species occurs in Cayo Batata.
7. ^{Cayo Santiago}  This species occurs in Cayo Santiago.
8. ^Desecheo  This species occurs in the island of Desecheo.
9. ^Magueyes  This species occurs in Magueyes island.
10. ^Monito  This species occurs in the island of Monito.
11. ^Culebrita  This species occurs in the island of Culebrita.

[edit] References

• Rivero, Juan A. (1998). Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: University of Puerto Rico Press. ISBN 0-8477-0243-X.
• The Herpetofauna of Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico. Naval Security Group Activity Sabana Seca. Retrieved on March 30, 2006.
• Grathwohl, Jan (2003). Amphisbaenia of the World. Retrieved on March 31, 2006.
• Puerto Rico's Anoles. Retrieved on March 31, 2006.
• Heatwole, H., Sade, Donald S., and Hildreth, R. (March 1963). "Herpetofauna of Cayo Santiago and Cayo Batata". Caribbean Journal of Science 3 (1): 1-5.
• Heatwole, H., Levins, R., and Byer, M.D. (1981). Biogeography of the Puerto Rican Bank. Atoll Research Bulletin. The Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved on April 2, 2006.