Reptile Species of Yatama, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Reptiles Recorded at Yatama
Reptile Biodiversity
42Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Reptile species observed at Yatama in Costa Rica, a premier herping destination.
Sources: inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snakes | Boidae | Corallus annulatus | Ringed tree boa |
| Colubridae | Amastridium veliferum | Rustyhead snake | |
| Chironius grandisquamis | Ecuador sipo | ||
| Dipsas articulata | American snail-eater | ||
| Dipsas bicolor | Bicolor snail-eater | ||
| Enuliophis sclateri | White-headed snake | ||
| Erythrolamprus mimus | Ringed snake | ||
| Geophis brachycephalus | Gray earth snake | ||
| Geophis hoffmanni | Hoffmann's earth snake | ||
| Imantodes cenchoa | Blunt headed tree snake | ||
| Leptodeira ornata | Ornate cat-eyed snake | ||
| Leptophis depressirostris | Cope's parrot snake | ||
| Ninia sebae | Red coffee snake | ||
| Rhadinaea decorata | Adorned graceful brown snake | ||
| Sibon annulatus | Ringed snail-eater | ||
| Sibon longifrenis | Lichen-colored snail-eater | ||
| Sibon nebulatus | Cloudy snail-eater | ||
| Tretanorhinus nigroluteus | Orangebelly swamp snake | ||
| Elapidae | Micrurus alleni | Allens coralsnake | |
| Micrurus mosquitensis | Costa Rican coralsnake | ||
| Viperidae | Bothriechis nigroadspersus | Eyelash pitviper | |
| Bothrops asper | Fer-de-lance | ||
| 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 frenatus | Bridled anole | ||
| Anolis humilis | Humble anole | ||
| Anolis lemurinus | Ghost anole | ||
| Anolis limifrons | Border anole | ||
| Anolis oxylophus | Stream anole | ||
| Corytophanidae | Basiliscus plumifrons | Emerald basilisk | |
| Basiliscus vittatus | Brown basilisk | ||
| Corytophanes cristatus | Helmeted basilisk | ||
| Phyllodactylidae | Thecadactylus rapicauda | Turnip-tail gecko | |
| Polychrotidae | Polychrus gutturosus | Berthold's monkey lizard | |
| Scincidae | Scincella cherriei | Brown forest skink | |
| Sphaerodactylidae | Gonatodes albogularis | Yellow-headed gecko | |
| Sphaerodactylus homolepis | Caribbean least gecko | ||
| Teiidae | Holcosus festivus | Middle American ameiva | |
| Xantusiidae | Lepidophyma flavimaculatum | Yellow-spotted night lizard |