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ISLAND LISTS |
Last update: April 10, 2009
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Jamaica
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Anurans: Bufonidae | Hylidae | Leptodactylidae | Ranidae
Lizards: Anguidae | Gekkonidae | Iguanidae | Scincidae | Teiidae
Snakes: Boidae | Colubridae | Tropidophiidae | Typhlopidae
Turtles: Emydidae
Crocodilians: Crocodylidae
SPECIES |
AUTHOR |
COMMON NAME |
AMPHIBIANS |
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Bufo marinus (i) |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
MARINE TOAD |
Osteopilus brunneus |
Gosse, 1851 |
JAMAICAN LAUGHING TREEFROG |
Osteopilus crucialis |
Harlan, 1826 |
JAMAICAN SNORING TREEFROG |
Osteopilus marianae |
Dunn, 1926 |
YELLOW BROMELIAD TREEFROG |
Osteopilus wilderi |
Dunn, 1925 |
GREEN BROMELIAD TREEFROG |
Eleutherodactylus alticola |
Lynn, 1937 |
JAMAICAN PEAK FROG |
Eleutherodactylus andrewsi |
Lynn, 1937 |
JAMAICAN RUMPSPOT FROG |
Eleutherodactylus cavernicola |
Lynn, 1954 |
PORTLAND RIDGE FROG |
Eleutherodactylus cundalli |
Dunn, 1926 |
JAMAICAN ROCK FROG |
Eleutherodactylus fuscus |
Lynn and Dent, 1942 |
JAMAICAN EARSPOT FROG |
Eleutherodactylus glaucoreius |
Schwartz and Fowler, 1973 |
BLUE MOUNTAIN ROCK FROG |
Eleutherodactylus gossei |
Dunn, 1926 |
JAMAICAN FOREST FROG |
Eleutherodactylus grabhami |
Dunn, 1926 |
JAMAICAN PALLID FROG |
Eleutherodactylus griphus |
Crombie, 1986 |
COCKPIT FROG |
Eleutherodactylus jamaicensis |
Barbour, 1910 |
JAMAICAN BROMELIAD FROG |
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei |
Barbour, 1914 |
LESSER ANTILLEAN FROG |
Eleutherodactylus junori |
Dunn, 1926 |
ROCK POCKET FROG |
Eleutherodactylus luteolus |
Gosse, 1851 |
JAMAICAN MASKED FROG |
Eleutherodactylus nubicola |
Dunn, 1926 |
JAMAICAN RED-EYED FROG |
Eleutherodactylus orcutti |
Dunn, 1928 |
JAMAICAN STREAM FROG |
Eleutherodactylus pantoni |
Dunn, 1926 |
JAMAICAN YELLOW-BELLIED FROG |
Eleutherodactylus pentasyringos |
Schwartz and Fowler, 1973 |
JOHN CROW YELLOW-BELLIED FROG |
Eleutherodactylus planirostris |
Cope, 1863 |
CUBAN FLATHEAD FROG |
Eleutherodactylus sisyphodemus |
Crombie, 1977 |
LEAF MIMIC FROG |
Rana catesbeiana |
Shaw, 1802 |
BULLFROG |
REPTILES |
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LIZARDS |
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Celestus barbouri |
Grant, 1940 |
LIMESTONE FOREST GALLIWASP |
Celestus crusculus |
Garman, 1888 |
JAMAICAN GALLIWASP |
Celestus duquesneyi |
Grant, 1940 |
BLUE-TAILED GALLIWASP |
Celestus fowleri |
Schwartz, 1971 |
BROMELIAD GALLIWASP |
Celestus hewardii |
Gray, 1845 |
RED-SPOTTED GALLIWASP |
Celestus microblepharis |
Underwood, 1959 |
SMALL-EYED GALLIWASP |
Celestus molesworthi |
Grant, 1940 |
PORTLAND COAST GALLIWASP |
Celestus occiduus |
Shaw, 1802 |
JAMAICAN GIANT GALLIWASP |
Aristelliger praesignis |
Hallowell, 1857 |
JAMAICAN CROAKING GECKO |
Gonatodes albogularis |
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1863 |
NEOTROPICAL CLAWED GECKO |
Hemidactylus mabouia (i) |
Moreau de Jonnès, 1818 |
COMMON HOUSE GECKO |
Sphaerodactylus argus |
Gosse, 1850 |
JAMAICAN STIPPLED SPHAERO |
Sphaerodactylus dacnicolor |
Barbour, 1910 |
JAMAICAN TAILSPOT SPHAERO |
Sphaerodactylus gilvitorques |
Cope, 1862 |
JAMAICAN COLLARED SPHAERO |
Sphaerodactylus goniorhynchus |
Cope, 1895 |
JAMAICAN FOREST SPHAERO |
Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus |
Gosse, 1850 |
JAMAICAN SHARPNOSED SPHAERO |
Sphaerodactylus parkeri |
Grant, 1939 |
PARKER'S BANDED SPHAERO |
Sphaerodactylus richardsoni |
Gray, 1845 |
MONTEGO BANDED SPHAERO |
Sphaerodactylus semasiops |
Thomas, 1975 |
COCKPIT EYESPOT SPHAERO |
Tarentola albertschwartzi |
Sprackland and Swinney, 1998 |
JAMAICAN GIANT GECKO |
Anolis garmani |
Stejneger, 1899 |
JAMAICAN GIANT ANOLE |
Anolis grahami |
Gray, 1845 |
JAMAICAN TURQUOISE ANOLE |
Anolis lineatopus |
Gray, 1840 |
JAMAICAN GRAY ANOLE |
Anolis opalinus |
Gosse, 1850 |
OPAL-BELLIED ANOLE |
Anolis reconditus |
Underwood and Williams, 1959 |
BLUE MOUNTAIN ANOLE |
Anolis sagrei |
Duméril and Bibron, 1837 |
CUBAN BROWN ANOLE |
Anolis valencienni |
Duméril and Bibron, 1837 |
JAMAICAN TWIG ANOLE |
Cyclura collei |
Gray, 1845 |
JAMAICAN ROCK IGUANA |
Mabuya sloanii |
Daudin, 1803 |
GREATER ANTILLEAN SKINK |
Ameiva dorsalis |
Gray, 1838 |
JAMAICAN AMEIVA |
SNAKES |
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Epicrates subflavus |
Stejneger, 1901 |
JAMAICAN BOA |
Hypsirhynchus ater |
Gosse, 1851 |
JAMAICAN RACER |
Hypsirhychus callilaemum |
Gosse, 1851 |
JAMAICAN RED RACERLET |
Hypsirhynchus funereum |
Cope, 1863 |
JAMAICAN BLACK RACERLET |
Hypsirhynchus polylepis |
Buden, 1966 |
JAMAICAN LONG-TAILED RACERLET |
Tropidophis jamaicensis |
Shaw, 1802 |
JAMAICAN BROWN TROPE |
Tropidophis stejnegeri |
Grant, 1940 |
JAMAICAN EYESPOT TROPE |
Tropidophis stullae |
Grant, 1940 |
PORTLAND RIDGE TROPE |
Typhlops jamaicensis |
Shaw, 1802 |
JAMAICAN BLINDSNAKE |
TURTLES |
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Trachemys terrapen |
Lacépède, 1788 |
JAMAICAN SLIDER |
CROCODILIANS |
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Crocodylus acutus |
Cuvier, 1807 |
AMERICAN CROCODILE |