Reptile Species of Hacienda Barú, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Reptiles Recorded at Hacienda Barú
Reptile Biodiversity
42Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Reptile species observed at Hacienda Barú in Costa Rica, a premier herping destination.
Sources: inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snakes | Boidae | Corallus ruschenbergerii | Central American tree boa |
| Colubridae | Chironius flavopictus | Werner's sipo | |
| Coniophanes fissidens | Brown spotbelly | ||
| Dendrophidion percarinatum | Barred forest racer | ||
| Enuliophis sclateri | White-headed snake | ||
| Imantodes cenchoa | Blunt headed tree snake | ||
| Imantodes gemmistratus | Central American tree snake | ||
| Imantodes inornatus | Yellow blunt-headed tree snake | ||
| Leptodeira ornata | Ornate cat-eyed snake | ||
| Leptodeira rhombifera | Rhombic cat-eyed snake | ||
| Leptophis ahaetulla | Giant parrot snake | ||
| Leptophis occidentalis | Leptophis occidentalis | ||
| Mastigodryas melanolomus | Salmon-bellied racer | ||
| Ninia maculata | Spotted coffee snake | ||
| Oxybelis koehleri | Kohler's vine snake | ||
| Sibon nebulatus | Cloudy snail-eater | ||
| Spilotes pullatus | Chicken snake | ||
| Viperidae | Bothriechis nigroadspersus | Eyelash pitviper | |
| Bothrops asper | Fer-de-lance | ||
| Turtles | Cheloniidae | Lepidochelys olivacea | Olive ridley |
| Kinosternidae | Kinosternon albogulare | White-throated mud turtle | |
| Kinosternon leucostomum | White-lipped mud turtle | ||
| Kinosternon scorpioides | Scorpion mud turtle | ||
| Crocodilians | Alligatoridae | Caiman crocodilus | Spectacled caiman |
| Lizards | Dactyloidae | Anolis biporcatus | Neotropical green anole |
| Anolis charlesmyersi | Charles Myers anole | ||
| Anolis cupreus | Copper anole | ||
| Anolis lemurinus | Ghost anole | ||
| Anolis limifrons | Border anole | ||
| Anolis marsupialis | Pouched anole | ||
| Anolis polylepis | Many-scaled anole | ||
| Corytophanidae | Basiliscus basiliscus | Common basilisk | |
| Corytophanes cristatus | Helmeted basilisk | ||
| Gymnophthalmidae | Gymnophthalmus speciosus | Golden spectacled tegu | |
| Iguanidae | Ctenosaura similis | Spinytail Iguana | |
| Iguana iguana | Green iguana | ||
| Phyllodactylidae | Thecadactylus rapicauda | Turnip-tail gecko | |
| Scincidae | Marisora unimarginata | Central American mabuya | |
| Scincella cherriei | Brown forest skink | ||
| Sphaerodactylidae | Gonatodes albogularis | Yellow-headed gecko | |
| Teiidae | Holcosus leptophrys | Delicate ameiva | |
| Holcosus quadrilineatus | Four-lined whiptail |