Reptile Species of La Selva Research Station, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Reptiles Recorded at La Selva Research Station
Reptile Biodiversity
96Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Reptile species observed at La Selva Research Station in Costa Rica, a premier herping destination.
Sources: https://tropicalstudies.org/portfolio/information-resources/, inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snakes | Boidae | Boa imperator | Central American boa |
| Corallus annulatus | Ringed tree boa | ||
| Ungaliophis panamensis | Panamanian dwarf boa | ||
| Colubridae | Amastridium veliferum | Rustyhead snake | |
| Chironius flavopictus | Werner's sipo | ||
| Chironius grandisquamis | Ecuador sipo | ||
| Clelia clelia | Common mussurana | ||
| Coniophanes fissidens | Brown spotbelly | ||
| Dendrophidion percarinatum | Barred forest racer | ||
| Dendrophidion vinitor | Barred forest racer | ||
| Dipsas articulata | American snail-eater | ||
| Dipsas bicolor | Bicolor snail-eater | ||
| Drymarchon corais | Yellow-tailed indigo snake | ||
| Drymobius margaritiferus | Speckled racer | ||
| Drymobius melanotropis | Lower montane green racer | ||
| Drymobius rhombifer | Esmarald racer | ||
| Enuliophis sclateri | White-headed snake | ||
| Erythrolamprus mimus | Ringed 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 annulata | Banded cat-eyed snake | ||
| Leptodeira ornata | Ornate cat-eyed snake | ||
| Leptodeira rhombifera | Rhombic cat-eyed snake | ||
| Leptophis ahaetulla | Giant parrot snake | ||
| Leptophis depressirostris | Cope's parrot snake | ||
| Leptophis nebulosus | Oliver's parrot snake | ||
| Leptophis occidentalis | Leptophis occidentalis | ||
| Mastigodryas alternatus | Central American lizard eater | ||
| Mastigodryas melanolomus | Salmon-bellied racer | ||
| Ninia maculata | Spotted coffee snake | ||
| Ninia sebae | Red coffee snake | ||
| Nothopsis rugosus | Rough coffee snake | ||
| Oxybelis aeneus | Brown vine snake | ||
| Oxybelis brevirostris | Cope's vine snake | ||
| Oxybelis fulgidus | Green vine snake | ||
| Oxybelis koehleri | Kohler's vine snake | ||
| Oxyrhopus petolarius | Forest flame snake | ||
| Phrynonax poecilonotus | Puffing snake | ||
| Rhadinaea decorata | Adorned graceful brown snake | ||
| Scaphiodontophis venustissimus | Common neckband snake | ||
| Sibon annulatus | Ringed snail-eater | ||
| Sibon longifrenis | Lichen-colored snail-eater | ||
| Sibon nebulatus | Cloudy snail-eater | ||
| Spilotes pullatus | Chicken snake | ||
| Tantilla melanocephala | Black-headed snake | ||
| Tretanorhinus nigroluteus | Orangebelly swamp snake | ||
| Trimetopon pliolepis | Cope's tropical ground snake | ||
| Urotheca decipiens | Pale ground snake | ||
| Urotheca euryzonus | Black halloween snake | ||
| Urotheca guentheri | Orange-bellied glasstail | ||
| Xenodon rabdocephalus | False fer-de-lance | ||
| Elapidae | Micrurus alleni | Allens coralsnake | |
| Micrurus mipartitus | Redtail coralsnake | ||
| Micrurus mosquitensis | Costa Rican coralsnake | ||
| Micrurus nigrocinctus | Central American coralsnake | ||
| Viperidae | 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 |
| Geoemydidae | Rhinoclemmys annulata | Brown wood turtle | |
| Rhinoclemmys funerea | Black wood turtle | ||
| Kinosternidae | Kinosternon angustipons | Central American mud turtle | |
| Kinosternon leucostomum | White-lipped mud turtle | ||
| Crocodilians | Crocodylidae | Crocodylus acutus | American crocodile |
| Alligatoridae | Caiman crocodilus | Spectacled caiman | |
| Lizards | Dactyloidae | Anolis biporcatus | Neotropical green anole |
| Anolis capito | Pug-nosed Anole | ||
| Anolis carpenteri | Carpenter anole | ||
| Anolis cupreus | Copper anole | ||
| Anolis humilis | Humble anole | ||
| Anolis lemurinus | Ghost anole | ||
| Anolis limifrons | Border anole | ||
| Anolis lionotus | Lion anole | ||
| Anolis oxylophus | Stream anole | ||
| Anolis pentaprion | Lichen anole | ||
| Corytophanidae | Basiliscus plumifrons | Emerald basilisk | |
| Basiliscus vittatus | Brown basilisk | ||
| Corytophanes cristatus | Helmeted basilisk | ||
| Diploglossidae | Diploglossus bilobatus | Green galliwasp | |
| Diploglossus monotropis | Rainbow galliwasp | ||
| Siderolamprus hylaius | Siderolamprus hylaius | ||
| Iguanidae | Iguana iguana | Green iguana | |
| Phyllodactylidae | Thecadactylus rapicauda | Turnip-tail gecko | |
| Polychrotidae | Polychrus gutturosus | Berthold's monkey lizard | |
| Scincidae | Marisora unimarginata | Central American mabuya | |
| Scincella cherriei | Brown forest skink | ||
| Sphaerodactylidae | Gonatodes albogularis | Yellow-headed gecko | |
| Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma | Yellow-spotted gecko | ||
| Sphaerodactylus homolepis | Caribbean least gecko | ||
| Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus | Spotted least gecko | ||
| Teiidae | Holcosus festivus | Middle American ameiva | |
| Holcosus quadrilineatus | Four-lined whiptail | ||
| Xantusiidae | Lepidophyma flavimaculatum | Yellow-spotted night lizard |