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Amphibians and Reptiles of Hispaniola

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Anurans: Bufonidae | Hylidae | Eleutherodactylidae |Leptodactylidae | Ranidae 
Amphisbaenians:
Amphisbaenidae
Lizards
:
Anguidae | Gekkonidae | Iguanidae | Scincidae | Teiidae
Snakes:
Boidae | Colubridae | Leptotyphlopidae | Tropidophiidae | Typhlopidae
Turtles:
Emydidae
Crocodilians:
Crocodylidae

SPECIES

AUTHOR

COMMON NAME

AMPHIBIANS

 

 

FAMILY BUFONIDAE

 

 

Bufo fluviaticus

Schwartz, 1972

HISPANIOLAN CRESTLESS TOAD

Bufo fractus

Schwartz, 1972

EASTERN CRESTED TOAD

Bufo guentheri

Cochran, 1941

SOUTHERN CRESTED TOAD

Bufo marinus (i)

Linnaeus, 1758

MARINE TOAD

FAMILY HYLIDAE

 

 

Hypsiboas heilprini

Noble, 1923

HISPANIOLAN GREEN TREEFROG

Osteopilus pulchrilineatus

Cope, 1869

HISPANIOLAN YELLOW TREEFROG

Osteopilus vastus

Cope, 1871

HISPANIOLAN GIANT TREEFROG

Osteopilus dominicensis

Tschudi, 1838

HISPANIOLAN LAUGHING TREEFROG

FAMILY ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE

 

 

Eleutherodactylus abbotti

Cochran, 1923

TUCK-WHEEP FROG

Eleutherodactylus alcoae

Schwartz, 1971

BARAHONA ROCK FROG

Eleutherodactylus amadeus

Hedges, Thomas, and Franz, 1987

MOZART'S FROG

Eleutherodactylus aporostegus

Schwartz, 1965

TIBURON BURROWING FROG

Eleutherodactylus apostates

Schwartz, 1973

LA HOTTE BIG-LEGGED FROG

Eleutherodactylus armstrongi

Noble and Hassler, 1933

BAORUCO HAMMER FROG

Eleutherodactylus audanti

Cochran, 1934

SOUTH ISLAND TELEGRAPH FROG

Eleutherodactylus auriculatoides

Noble, 1923

NORTHERN HAMMER FROG

Eleutherodactylus bakeri

Cochran, 1935

LA HOTTE FROG

Eleutherodactylus bothroboans

Schwartz, 1965

JARABACOA BURROWING FROG

Eleutherodactylus brevirostris

Shreve, 1936

SHORT-NOSED GREEN FROG

Eleutherodactylus caribe

Hedges and Thomas, 1992

MANGROVE FROG

Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax

Schwartz, 1976

GREEN CAVE FROG

Eleutherodactylus corona

Hedges and Thomas, 1992

HISPANIOLAN CROWNED FROG

Eleutherodactylus counouspeus

Schwartz, 1964

YELLOW CAVE FROG

Eleutherodactylus darlingtoni

Cochran, 1935

LA SELLE LONG-LEGGED FROG

Eleutherodactylus diplasius

Schwartz, 1973

LA HOTTE WHISTLING FROG

Eleutherodactylus dolomedes

Hedges and Thomas, 1992

VENTRILOQUIAL FROG

Eleutherodactylus eunaster

Schwartz, 1973

LA HOTTE WHISTLING FROG

Eleutherodactylus flavescens

Noble, 1923

YELLOW SPLIT-TOED FROG

Eleutherodactylus fowleri

Schwartz, 1973

KHAKI BROMELIAD FROG

Eleutherodactylus furcyensis

Shreve and Williams, 1963

LA SELLE RED-LEGGED FROG

Eleutherodactylus glandulifer

Cochran, 1935

LA HOTTE GLANDED FROG

Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides

Shreve, 1936

LA SELLE GRASS FROG

Eleutherodactylus glaphycompus

Schwartz, 1973

BALL BEARING FROG

Eleutherodactylus grahami

Schwartz, 1979

YELLOW CHEVRONATE FROG

Eleutherodactylus haitianus

Barbour, 1942

MONTANE CRICKET FROG

Eleutherodactylus heminota

Shreve and Williams, 1963

HALF-STRIPE BROMELIAD FROG

Eleutherodactylus hypostenor

Schwartz, 1965

BAORUCO BURROWING FROG

Eleutherodactylus inoptatus

Barbour, 1914

HISPANIOLAN GIANT FROG

Eleutherodactylus jugans

Cochran, 1937

LA SELLE BROWN FROG

Eleutherodactylus lamprotes

Schwartz, 1973

HISPANIOLAN ORANGE-LEGGED FROG

Eleutherodactylus leoncei

Shreve and Williams, 1963

SOUTHERN PASTEL FROG

Eleutherodactylus limbensis

Lynn, 1958

HAITIAN STREAMSIDE FROG

Eleutherodactylus lucioi

Schwartz, 1980

PALLID ROCK FROG

Eleutherodactylus melatrigonum

Schwartz, 1966

CORDILLERA CENTRAL TELEGRAPH FROG

Eleutherodactylus minutus

Noble, 1923

HISPANIOLAN WHEEPING FROG

Eleutherodactylus montanus

Schmidt, 1919

HISPANIOLAN MONTANE FROG

Eleutherodactylus nortoni

Schwartz, 1976

GREEN SPINY FROG

Eleutherodactylus notidodes

Schwartz, 1966

NEIBA TELEGRAPH FROG

Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus

Duméril and Bibron, 1841

HISPANIOLAN SHARP-NOSED FROG

Eleutherodactylus parabates

Schwartz, 1964

NEIBA WHISTLING FROG

Eleutherodactylus paralius

Schwartz, 1976

COASTAL RED-RUMPED FROG

Eleutherodactylus parapelates

Hedges and Thomas, 1987

MACAYA BURROWING FROG

Eleutherodactylus patriciae

Schwartz, 1964 (1965)

HISPANIOLAN CORDILLERA FROG

Eleutherodactylus paulsoni

Schwartz, 1964

HISPANIOLAN PINK-RUMPED FROG

Eleutherodactylus pictissimus

Cochran, 1935

HISPANIOLAN YELLOW-MOTTLED FROG

Eleutherodactylus pituinus

Schwartz, 1964

HISPANIOLAN MELODIUS FROG

Eleutherodactylus poolei

Cochran, 1938

CITADEL FROG

Eleutherodactylus probolaeus

Schwartz, 1965

BOCA DE YUMA FROG

Eleutherodactylus rhodesi

Schwartz, 1980

PORT-DE-PAIX FROG

Eleutherodactylus rucillensis

Cochran, 1939

RUCILLA STREAMSIDE FROG

Eleutherodactylus rufifemoralis

Noble and Hassler, 1933

BAORUCO RED-LEGGED FROG

Eleutherodactylus ruthae

Noble, 1923

EASTERN BURROWING FROG

Eleutherodactylus schmidti

Noble, 1923

HISPANIOLAN STREAMSIDE FROG

Eleutherodactylus sciagraphus

Schwartz, 1973

LA HOTTE STRIPED-LEGGED FROG

Eleutherodactylus semipalmatus

Shreve, 1936

TIBURON STREAM FROG

Eleutherodactylus sommeri

Schwartz, 1977

MASSIF DU NORD WHISTLING FROG

Eleutherodactylus thorectes

Hedges, 1988

MACAYA BREAST-SPOT FROG

Eleutherodactylus tychathrous

Schwartz, 1965

VALLEJUELO BURROWING FROG

Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus

Shreve, 1936

MACAYA DUSKY FROG

Eleutherodactylus warreni

Schwartz, 1976

TORTUE FROG

Eleutherodactylus weinlandi

Barbour, 1914

HISPANIOLAN RED-RUMPED FROG

Eleutherodactylus wetmorei

Cochran, 1932

TIBURON WHISTLING FROG

FAMILY LEPTODACTYLIDAE    

Leptodactylus albilabris

Günther, 1859

PUERTO RICAN DITCH FROG

FAMILY RANIDAE

 

 

Rana catesbeiana (i)

Shaw, 1802

BULLFROG

REPTILES

 

 

AMPHISBAENIANS

 

 

FAMILY AMPHISBAENIDAE

 

 

Amphisbaena caudalis

Cochran, 1928

CAYEMITE LONG-TAILED  AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena caymite

Thomas and Hedges, 2007 "2006"

CAYEMITE SHORT-TAILED  AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena gonavensis

Gans and Alexander, 1962

GONAVE AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena hyporissor

Thomas, 1965

BARAHONA AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena innocens

Weinland,1862

TIBURON AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena leali

Thomas and Hedges, 2007 "2006"

PESTEL AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena manni

Barbour, 1914

HISPANIOLAN DWARF AMPHISBAENA

LIZARDS

 

 

FAMILY ANGUIDAE

 

 

Celestus agasepsoides

Thomas, 1971

SERPENTINE FOUR-TOED GALLIWASP

Celestus anelpistus

Schwartz, Graham, and Duval, 1979

ALTAGRACIA GIANT GALLIWASP

Celestus costatus

Cope, 1861 (1862)

HISPANIOLAN SMOOTH GALLIWASP

Celestus curtissi

Grant, 1951

HISPANIOLAN KHAKI GALLIWASP

Celestus darlingtoni

Cochran, 1939

HISPANIOLAN STRIPED GALLIWASP

Celestus haetianus

Cochran, 1927

EARLESS GALLIWASP

Celestus macrotus

Thomas and Hedges, 1989

LA SELLE GALLIWASP

Celestus marcanoi

Schwartz and Incháustegui, 1976

PICO DUARTE GALLIWASP

Celestus sepsoides

Gray, 1852

HISPANIOLAN FOUR-TOED GALLIWASP

Celestus stenurus

Cope, 1862 (1863)

HISPANIOLAN KEELED GALLIWASP

Celestus warreni

Schwartz, 1970

HISPANIOLAN GIANT GALLIWASP

FAMILY GEKKONIDAE

 

 

Aristelliger cochranae

Grant, 1931

NAVASSA GECKO

Aristelliger expectatus

Cochran, 1933

HISPANIOLAN DESERT GECKO

Aristelliger lar

Cope, 1861 (1862)

HISPANIOLAN GIANT GECKO

Gonatodes albogularis

Duméril and Bibron, 1836

NEOTROPICAL CLAWED GECKO

Hemidactylus angulatus (i)

Meerwarth, 1901

WEST AFRICAN HOUSE GECKO

Hemidactylus mabouia (i)

Moreau de Jonnès, 1818

COMMON HOUSE GECKO

Phyllodactylus hispaniolae

Schwartz, 1980

DOMINICAN LEAF-TOED GECKO

Phyllodactylus sommeri

Schwartz, 1980

HAITIAN LEAF-TOED GECKO

Sphaerodactylus altavelensis

Noble and Hassler, 1933

ALTO VELO SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus ariasae

Hedges and Thomas, 2001

JARAGUA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus armstrongi

Noble and Hassler, 1933

SOUTHERN FOREST SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus asterulus

Schwartz and Graham, 1980

HAITIAN STIPPLED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus becki

Schmidt, 1919

NAVASSA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus callocricus

Schwartz, 1976

ROUGH-BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus cinereus

Wagler, 1830

HAITIAN BROAD-BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus clenchi

Shreve, 1968

ORANGE SPOTTED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus cochranae

Ruibal, 1946

HAITISES STRIPED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus copei

Steindachner, 1867

HAITIAN BIG-SCALED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus cryphius

Thomas and Schwartz, 1977

DESERT PYGMY SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni

Shreve, 1968

NORTHERN FOREST SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus difficilis

Barbour, 1914

HISPANIOLAN EYESPOT SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus elasmorhynchus

Thomas, 1966

SNOUT-SHIELD SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus elegans

MacCleay,1834

ASHY SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus epiurus

Thomas and Hedges, 1993

HISPANIOLAN TAILSPOT SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus ladae

Thomas and Hedges, 1988

SPOTTED AGAVE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus lazelli

Shreve, 1968

CAP-HAITIEN SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus leucaster

Schwartz, 1973

BROKEN-STRIPE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus nycteropus

Thomas and Schwartz, 1977

HAITIAN FLATHEAD SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus ocoae

Schwartz and Thomas, 1977

OCOA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus omoglaux

Thomas, 1982

HAITIAN BORDER SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius

Thomas and Hedges, 1988

MARTIN GARCIA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus plummeri

Thomas and Hedges, 1992

BARAHONA BIG-SCALED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus randi

Shreve, 1968

BARAHONA SPECKLED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus

Schwartz,1970

HISPANIOLAN TWO-STRIPE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus samanensis

Cochran, 1932

HAITISES BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus savagei

Shreve, 1968

ALTAGRACIA SPECKLED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus schuberti

Thomas and Hedges, 1998

NEIBA AGAVE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus shrevei

Lazell, 1961

NORTHWEST HAITI BLOTCHED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus sommeri

Graham, 1981

NORTHWEST HAITI BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus streptophorus

Thomas and Schwartz, 1977

HISPANIOLAN SMALL-EARED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus thompsoni

Schwartz and Franz, 1976

BARAHONA LIMESTONE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus williamsi

Thomas and Schwartz, 1983

HAITIAN STRIPED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus zygaena

Schwartz and Thomas, 1977

TIBURON COASTAL SPHAERO

FAMILY IGUANIDAE

 

 

Anolis aliniger

Mertens, 1939

HISPANIOLAN ORANGE-ARMPIT ANOLE

Anolis altavelensis

Noble and Hassler, 1933

ALTO VELO GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis alumina

Hertz, 1976

BARAHONA GRASS ANOLE

Anolis armouri

Cochran, 1934

BLACK-THROATED STOUT ANOLE

Anolis bahorucoensis

Noble and Hassler, 1933

BAORUCO LONG-SNOUTED ANOLE

Anolis baleatus

Cope, 1864

DOMINICAN GIANT ANOLE

Anolis barahonae

Williams, 1962

BAORUCO GIANT ANOLE

Anolis barbouri

Schmidt, 1919

HISPANIOLAN HOPPING ANOLE

Anolis breslini Schwartz, 1980 NORTHWEST HAITI STOUT ANOLE

Anolis brevirostris

Bocourt, 1870

GRACILE DESERT ANOLE

Anolis caudalis

Cochran, 1932

GONAVE GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis chlorocyanus

Duméril and Bibron, 1837

NORTHERN GREEN ANOLE

Anolis christophei

Williams, 1960

BIG-FANNED TRUNK ANOLE

Anolis coelestinus

Cope, 1862

SOUTHERN GREEN ANOLE

Anolis cristatellus

Duméril and Bibron, 1837

PUERTO RICAN CRESTED ANOLE

Anolis cybotes

Cope, 1862

HISPANIOLAN STOUT ANOLE

Anolis darlingtoni

Cochran, 1935

LA HOTTE TWIG ANOLE

Anolis distichus

Cope, 1861

HISPANIOLAN GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis dolichocephalus

Williams, 1963

LA HOTTE LONG-SNOUTED ANOLE

Anolis etheridgei

Williams, 1962

MONTANE BUSH ANOLE

Anolis eugenegrahami

Schwartz, 1978

BLACK STREAM ANOLE

Anolis fowleri

Schwartz, 1973

GREEN-BANDED ANOLE

Anolis haetianus

Garman, 1887

LA HOTTE STOUT ANOLE

Anolis hendersoni

Cochran, 1923

LA SELLE LONG-SNOUTED ANOLE

Anolis insolitus

Williams and Rand, 1969

CORDILLERA CENTRAL TWIG ANOLE

Anolis koopmani

Rand, 1961

BROWN RED-BELLIED ANOLE

Anolis longiceps

Schmidt, 1919

NAVASSA ANOLE

Anolis longitibialis

Noble, 1923

BARAHONA STOUT ANOLE

Anolis marcanoi

Williams, 1975

RED-FANNED STOUT ANOLE

Anolis marron

Arnold, 1980

JACMEL GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis monticola

Shreve, 1936

LA HOTTE BUSH ANOLE

Anolis olssoni

Schmidt, 1919

DESERT GRASS ANOLE

Anolis placidus

Hedges and Thomas, 1989

NEIBA TWIG ANOLE

Anolis porcatus (i)

Gray, 1840

CUBAN GREEN ANOLE

Anolis ricordii

Duméril and Bibron, 1837

HAITIAN GIANT ANOLE

Anolis rimarum

Thomas and Schwartz, 1967

ARTIBONITE BUSH ANOLE

Anolis rupinae

Williams and Webster, 1974

BANDED RED-BELLIED ANOLE

Anolis semilineatus

Cope, 1864

HISPANIOLAN GRASS ANOLE

Anolis sheplani

Schwartz, 1974

BAORUCO TWIG ANOLE

Anolis shrevei

Cochran, 1939

CORDILLERA CENTRAL STOUT ANOLE

Anolis singularis

Williams, 1965

HISPANIOLAN GREEN TWIG ANOLE

Anolis strahmi

Schwartz, 1979

BAORUCO STOUT ANOLE

Anolis websteri

Arnold, 1980