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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

 

 

FAMILY BUFONIDAE

 

 

Bufo marinus (i)

Linnaeus, 1758

MARINE TOAD

FAMILY HYLIDAE

 

 

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

FAMILY LEPTODACTYLIDAE

 

 

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

FAMILY RANIDAE

 

 

Rana catesbeiana

Shaw, 1802

BULLFROG

REPTILES

 

 

LIZARDS

 

 

FAMILY ANGUIDAE

 

 

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

FAMILY GEKKONIDAE

 

 

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

FAMILY IGUANIDAE

 

 

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

FAMILY SCINCIDAE

 

 

Mabuya sloanii

Daudin, 1803

GREATER ANTILLEAN SKINK

FAMILY TEIIDAE

 

 

Ameiva dorsalis

Gray, 1838

JAMAICAN AMEIVA

SNAKES

 

 

FAMILY BOIDAE

 

 

Epicrates subflavus

Stejneger, 1901

JAMAICAN BOA

FAMILY COLUBRIDAE

 

 

Alsophis ater

Gosse, 1851

JAMAICAN RACER

Arrhyton callilaemum

Gosse, 1851

JAMAICAN RED GROUNDSNAKE

Arrhyton funereum

Cope, 1863

JAMAICAN BLACK GROUNDSNAKE

Arrhyton polylepis

Buden, 1966

JAMAICAN LONG-TAILED GROUNDSNAKE

FAMILY TROPIDOPHIIDAE

 

 

Tropidophis jamaicensis

Shaw, 1802

JAMAICAN BROWN TROPE

Tropidophis stejnegeri

Grant, 1940

JAMAICAN EYESPOT TROPE

Tropidophis stullae

Grant, 1940

PORTLAND RIDGE TROPE

FAMILY TYPHLOPIDAE

 

 

Typhlops jamaicensis

Shaw, 1802

JAMAICAN BLINDSNAKE

TURTLES

 

 

FAMILY EMYDIDAE

 

 

Trachemys terrapen

Lacépède, 1788

JAMAICAN SLIDER

CROCODILIANS

 

 

FAMILY CROCODYLIDAE

 

 

Crocodylus acutus

Cuvier, 1807

AMERICAN CROCODILE