Reptile Species of Otorongo, Peru
A Partial Checklist of Reptiles Recorded at Otorongo
Reptile Biodiversity
86Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Reptile species observed at Otorongo in Peru, a premier herping destination.
Sources: inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snakes | Boidae | Boa constrictor | Red tailed boa |
| Corallus batesii | Amazon basin emerald tree boa | ||
| Corallus hortulana | Garden tree boa | ||
| Epicrates cenchria | Western rainbow boa | ||
| Eunectes murinus | Anaconda | ||
| Colubridae | Amerotyphlops reticulatus | Reticulate worm snake | |
| Atractus collaris | Collared ground snake | ||
| Atractus latifrons | Broadhead ground snake | ||
| Atractus torquatus | Neckband ground snake | ||
| Chironius exoletus | Linnaeus's sipo | ||
| Chironius multiventris | South American sipo | ||
| Chironius scurrulus | Wagler's sipo | ||
| Clelia clelia | Common mussurana | ||
| Dendrophidion dendrophis | Olive forest racer | ||
| Dipsas catesbyi | Catesby's snail-eater | ||
| Dipsas indica | Neotropical snail-eater | ||
| Drepanoides anomalus | Black-collared snake | ||
| Drymarchon corais | Yellow-tailed indigo snake | ||
| Erythrolamprus reginae | Royal ground snake | ||
| Helicops angulatus | Brown-banded watersnake | ||
| Helicops leopardinus | Leopard keelback | ||
| Hydrops martii | False coral snake | ||
| Imantodes cenchoa | Blunt headed tree snake | ||
| Imantodes lentiferus | Amazon basin tree snake | ||
| Leptodeira annulata | Banded cat-eyed snake | ||
| Leptophis ahaetulla | Giant parrot snake | ||
| Oxybelis fulgidus | Green vine snake | ||
| Oxyrhopus melanogenys | Tschudi's false coral snake | ||
| Oxyrhopus petolarius | Forest flame snake | ||
| Oxyrhopus vanidicus | Imposter flame-snake | ||
| Pseudoboa coronata | Crowned false boa | ||
| Pseudoeryx plicatilis | South American pond snake | ||
| Rhinobothryum lentiginosum | Amazon banded snake | ||
| Siphlophis cervinus | Panama spotted night snake | ||
| Siphlophis compressus | Tropical flat snake | ||
| Spilotes pullatus | Chicken snake | ||
| Spilotes sulphureus | Amazon puffing snake | ||
| Thamnodynastes pallidus | Amazon coastal house snake | ||
| Xenodon rabdocephalus | False fer-de-lance | ||
| Xenopholis scalaris | Wucherer's ground snake | ||
| Xenoxybelis argenteus | Striped sharp-nosed snake | ||
| Elapidae | Micrurus annellatus | Annellated coralsnake | |
| Micrurus hemprichii | Hemprich's coralsnake | ||
| Micrurus langsdorffi | Langsdorff's coralsnake | ||
| Micrurus lemniscatus | Ribbon coralsnake | ||
| Micrurus obscurus | Black-necked amazonian coralsnake | ||
| Micrurus surinamensis | Aquatic coralsnake | ||
| Viperidae | Bothrocophias hyoprora | Amazonian toad-headed pitviper | |
| Bothrops atrox | Common lancehead | ||
| Lachesis muta | South American bushmaster | ||
| Turtles | Chelidae | Chelus fimbriata | Amazonian mata mata |
| Mesoclemmys gibba | Gibba toad-headed turtle | ||
| Mesoclemmys raniceps | Black-lined toadhead turtle | ||
| Platemys platycephala | Twist-neck turtle | ||
| Geoemydidae | Rhinoclemmys melanosterna | Colombian wood turtle | |
| Kinosternidae | Kinosternon leucostomum | White-lipped mud turtle | |
| Podocnemididae | Podocnemis expansa | Giant South American turtle | |
| Podocnemis unifilis | Yellow-headed sideneck | ||
| Testudinidae | Chelonoidis denticulatus | Brazilian giant tortoise | |
| Crocodilians | Alligatoridae | Caiman crocodilus | Spectacled caiman |
| Melanosuchus niger | Black caiman | ||
| Paleosuchus trigonatus | Schneider's dwarf caiman | ||
| Lizards | Alopoglossidae | Alopoglossus atriventris | Keel-bellied shade lizard |
| Alopoglossus buckleyi | Buckley's shade lizard | ||
| Dactyloidae | Anolis bombiceps | Blue-lipped forest anole | |
| Anolis fuscoauratus | Brown-eared anole | ||
| Anolis ortonii | Amazon bark anole | ||
| Anolis punctatus | Amazon green anole | ||
| Anolis scypheus | Yellow-tongued anole | ||
| Anolis trachyderma | Common forest anole | ||
| Anolis transversalis | Banded tree anole | ||
| Gymnophthalmidae | Cercosaura argula | Elegant eyed lizard | |
| Potamites ecpleopus | Common stream lizard | ||
| Hoplocercidae | Enyalioides laticeps | Broad-headed woodlizard | |
| Iguanidae | Iguana iguana | Green iguana | |
| Phyllodactylidae | Thecadactylus solimoiensis | Southern turnip-tail gecko | |
| Scincidae | Varzea altamazonica | Western Amazon mabuya | |
| Varzea bistriata | Two-striped mabuya | ||
| Sphaerodactylidae | Gonatodes humeralis | Bridled forest gecko | |
| Teiidae | Ameiva ameiva | Giant ameiva | |
| Dracaena guianensis | Northern caiman lizard | ||
| Kentropyx pelviceps | Forest whiptail | ||
| Tupinambis teguixin | Gold tegu | ||
| Tropiduridae | Plica plica | Collared tree runner | |
| Plica umbra | Blue-lipped tree lizard | ||
| Stenocercus fimbriatus | Western leaf lizard |