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Amphibians and Reptiles of the Bahamas Bank

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Anurans: Eleutherodactylidae | Hylidae | Microhylidae | Ranidae 
Lizards
:
Gekkonidae | Iguanidae | Scincidae| Teiidae
Snakes:
Boidae | Colubridae | Leptotyphlopidae | Tropidophiidae | Typhlopidae
Turtles:
Emydidae

(i) = introduced

SPECIES

AUTHOR

COMMON NAME

AMPHIBIANS

 

 

FAMILY HYLIDAE

 

 

Hyla squirella (i)

Bosc in Daudin, 1800

SQUIRREL TREEFROG

Osteopilus septentrionalis

Duméril and Bibron, 1841

CUBAN TREEFROG

FAMILY ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE

 

 

Eleutherodactylus planirostris

Cope, 1862

CUBAN FLATHEAD FROG

Eleutherodactylus rogersi

Goin, 1955

BAHAMAS FLATHEAD FROG

FAMILY MICROHYLIDAE

 

 

Gastrophryne carolinensis (i)

Holbrook, 1836

EASTERN NARROWMOUTH TOAD

FAMILY RANIDAE

 

 

Rana grylio (i)

Stejneger, 1901

PIG FROG

Rana sphenocephala (i)

Cope, 1886

SOUTHERN LEOPARD FROG

REPTILES

 

 

LIZARDS

 

 

FAMILY GEKKONIDAE

 

 

Aristelliger barbouri

Noble and Klingel, 1932

INAGUA GECKO

Aristelliger hechti

Schwartz and Crombie, 1975

CAICOS GECKO

Hemidactylus garnotii (i)

Duméril and Bibron, 1836

INDOPACIFIC GECKO

Hemidactylus mabouia (i)

Moreau de Jonnès, 1818

COMMON HOUSE GECKO

Sphaerodactylus argus

Gosse, 1850

JAMAICAN STIPPLED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus caicoensis

Cochran, 1934

TURKS AND CAICOS BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus copei

Steindachner, 1867

HAITIAN BIG-SCALED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus corticola

Garman, 1888

CENTRAL BAHAMAS SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus inaguae

Noble and Klingel, 1932

INAGUA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus mariguanae

Cochran, 1934

SOUTHERN BAHAMAS SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus nigropunctatus

Gray, 1845

CUBAN THREE-BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus notatus

Baird, 1858

BROWN-SPECKLED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus underwoodi

Schwartz, 1968

TURKS ISLANDS SPHAERO

Tarentola americana

Gray, 1831

CUBAN GIANT GECKO

FAMILY IGUANIDAE

 

 

Cyclura carinata

Harlan, 1824

SOUTHERN BAHAMAS ROCK IGUANA

Cyclura cychlura

Cuvier, 1829

NORTHERN BAHAMAS ROCK IGUANA

Cyclura rileyi

Stejneger, 1903

CENTRAL BAHAMAS ROCK IGUANA

Anolis angusticeps

Hallowell, 1856

CUBAN TWIG ANOLE

Anolis brunneus

Cope, 1894 (1895)

CROOKED-ACKLINS GREEN ANOLE

Anolis distichus

Cope, 1861

HISPANIOLAN GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis fairchildi

Barbour and Shreve, 1935

CAY SAL ANOLE

Anolis sagrei

Cocteau in Duméril and Bibron, 1837

CUBAN BROWN ANOLE

Anolis scriptus

Garman, 1887

SOUTHERN BAHAMAS ANOLE

Anolis smaragdinus

Barbour and Shreve, 1935

BAHAMIAN GREEN ANOLE

Leiocephalus carinatus

Gray, 1827

SAW-SCALED CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus greenwayi

Barbour and Shreve, 1935

EAST PLANA CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus inaguae

Cochran, 1931

INAGUA CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus loxogrammus

Cope, 1887

SAN SALVADOR CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus punctatus

Cochran, 1931

CROOKED-ACKLINS CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus psammodromus

Barbour, 1916

TURKS AND CAICOS CURLYTAIL

FAMILY SCINCIDAE

 

 

Mabuya sloanii

Daudin, 1803

GREATER ANTILLEAN SKINK

FAMILY TEIIDAE

 

 

Ameiva auberi

Cocteau, 1838

CUBAN AMEIVA

Ameiva maynardi

Garman, 1888

BAHAMIAN AMEIVA

SNAKES

 

 

FAMILY BOIDAE

 

 

Epicrates chrysogaster

Cope, 1871

SOUTHERN BAHAMAS BOA

Epicrates exsul

Netting and Goin, 1944

NORTHERN BAHAMAS BOA

Epicrates striatus

Fischer, 1856

HISPANIOLAN GIANT BOA

FAMILY COLUBRIDAE    

Elaphe guttata (i)

Linnaeus, 1766

CORN SNAKE

FAMILY DIPSADIDAE

 

 

Cubophis vudii

Cope,1862

BAHAMIAN RACER

Hypsirhynchus parvifrons

Cope, 1862

HISPANIOLAN LESSER RACER

FAMILY LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE

 

 

Leptotyphlops columbi

Klauber, 1939

BAHAMIAN THREADSNAKE

FAMILY TROPIDOPHIIDAE

 

 

Tropidophis canus

Cope, 1868

INAGUA TROPE

Tropidophis curtus

Garman, 1887

NORTHERN BAHAMAS TROPE

Tropidophis greenwayi

Barbour and Shreve, 1936

CAICOS TROPE

FAMILY TYPHLOPIDAE

 

 

Typhlops biminiensis

Richmond, 1955

BAHAMAN SLENDER BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops lumbricalis

Linnaeus, 1758

BAHAMAN BROWN BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops paradoxus

Thomas, 1968

INAGUA BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops platycephalus

Duméril and Bibron, 1844

PUERTO RICAN WHITE-TAILED BLINDSNAKE

TURTLES

 

 

FAMILY EMYDIDAE

 

 

Trachemys scripta (i)

Schoepff, 1792

RED-EARED SLIDER

Trachemys stejnegeri

Schmidt, 1928

DOMINICAN SLIDER

Trachemys terrapen

Lacepède, 1788

JAMAICAN SLIDER