Reptile Species of Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Reptiles Recorded at Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center
Reptile Biodiversity
50Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Reptile species observed at Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center in Costa Rica, a premier herping destination.
Sources: https://cramphibian.com/, inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snakes | Boidae | Corallus annulatus | Ringed tree boa |
| Colubridae | Chironius grandisquamis | Ecuador sipo | |
| Dipsas bicolor | Bicolor snail-eater | ||
| Drymobius margaritiferus | Speckled racer | ||
| Geophis brachycephalus | Gray earth snake | ||
| Geophis hoffmanni | Hoffmann's earth snake | ||
| Hydromorphus concolor | Costa Rica water snake | ||
| Imantodes cenchoa | Blunt headed tree snake | ||
| Imantodes inornatus | Yellow blunt-headed tree snake | ||
| Leptodeira ornata | Ornate cat-eyed snake | ||
| Leptophis depressirostris | Cope's parrot snake | ||
| Leptophis nebulosus | Oliver's parrot snake | ||
| Mastigodryas alternatus | Central American lizard eater | ||
| Mastigodryas melanolomus | Salmon-bellied racer | ||
| Ninia sebae | Red coffee snake | ||
| Nothopsis rugosus | Rough coffee snake | ||
| Oxybelis koehleri | Kohler's vine snake | ||
| Rhinobothryum bovallii | False tree coral snake | ||
| Sibon annulatus | Ringed snail-eater | ||
| Sibon lamari | Costa Rican snail-eater | ||
| Sibon longifrenis | Lichen-colored snail-eater | ||
| Sibon nebulatus | Cloudy snail-eater | ||
| Elapidae | Micrurus alleni | Allens coralsnake | |
| Micrurus mosquitensis | Costa Rican coralsnake | ||
| Viperidae | Atropoides mexicanus | Jumping pitviper | |
| Bothriechis nigroadspersus | Eyelash pitviper | ||
| Bothrops asper | Fer-de-lance | ||
| Lachesis stenophrys | Bushmaster | ||
| Porthidium nasutum | Rainforest Hognosed Pitviper | ||
| Turtles | Chelydridae | Chelydra acutirostris | South American snapping turtle |
| Kinosternidae | Kinosternon leucostomum | White-lipped mud turtle | |
| Lizards | Dactyloidae | Anolis biporcatus | Neotropical green anole |
| Anolis capito | Pug-nosed Anole | ||
| Anolis carpenteri | Carpenter anole | ||
| Anolis frenatus | Bridled anole | ||
| Anolis humilis | Humble anole | ||
| Anolis lemurinus | Ghost anole | ||
| Anolis limifrons | Border anole | ||
| Anolis oxylophus | Stream anole | ||
| Anolis pentaprion | Lichen anole | ||
| Corytophanidae | Basiliscus plumifrons | Emerald basilisk | |
| Corytophanes cristatus | Helmeted basilisk | ||
| Gymnophthalmidae | Loxopholis southi | Northern root teju | |
| Diploglossidae | Diploglossus bilobatus | Green galliwasp | |
| Phyllodactylidae | Thecadactylus rapicauda | Turnip-tail gecko | |
| Scincidae | Scincella cherriei | Brown forest skink | |
| Sphaerodactylidae | Gonatodes albogularis | Yellow-headed gecko | |
| Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma | Yellow-spotted gecko | ||
| Teiidae | Holcosus festivus | Middle American ameiva | |
| Xantusiidae | Lepidophyma flavimaculatum | Yellow-spotted night lizard |