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Amphibians and Reptiles of the Puerto Rican Bank

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Anurans: Bufonidae | Hylidae | Leptodactylidae | Ranidae 
Amphisbaenians:
Amphisbaenidae
Lizards
:
Anguidae | Gekkonidae | Iguanidae | Scincidae | Teiidae
Snakes:
Boidae | Colubridae | Typhlopidae
Turtles:
Emydidae | Testudinidae
Crocodilians:
Alligatoridae

(i) = introduced

SPECIES

AUTHOR

COMMON NAME

AMPHIBIANS

 

 

FAMILY BUFONIDAE

 

 

Bufo marinus (i)

Linnaeus, 1758

MARINE TOAD

Bufo lemur

Cope, 1868

PUERTO RICAN TOAD

FAMILY HYLIDAE

 

 

Hyla cinerea (i)

Schneider, 1799

GREEN TREEFROG

Osteopilus septentrionalis (i)

Duméril and Bibron, 1841

CUBAN TREEFROG

Scinax ruber (i)

Laurenti, 1768

COMMON SCINAX

FAMILY ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE

 

 

Eleutherodactylus antillensis

Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862

PUERTO RICAN RED-EYED FROG

Eleutherodactylus brittoni

Schmidt, 1920

PUERTO RICAN GRASS FROG

Eleutherodactylus cochranae

Grant, 1932

PUERTO RICAN WHISTLING FROG

Eleutherodactylus cooki

Grant, 1931

PUERTO RICAN CAVE FROG

Eleutherodactylus coqui

Thomas, 1966

PUERTO RICAN FROG

Eleutherodactylus eneidae

Rivero, 1959

PUERTO RICAN ELEGANT FROG

Eleutherodactylus gryllus

Schmidt, 1920

PUERTO RICAN GREEN FROG

Eleutherodactylus hedricki

Rivero, 1963

PUERTO RICAN TREEHOLE FROG

Eleutherodactylus jasperi

Drewry and Jones, 1976

PUERTO RICAN GOLDEN FROG

Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi

Rios-López and Thomas, 2007

PUERTO RICAN WETLAND FROG

Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti

Grant, 1931

PUERTO RICAN STREAM FROG

Eleutherodactylus lentus

Cope, 1862

VIRGIN ISLANDS YELLOW FROG

Eleutherodactylus locustus

Schmidt, 1920

PUERTO RICAN SMALL-EARED FROG

Eleutherodactylus monensis

Meerwarth, 1901

MONA FROG

Eleutherodactylus portoricensis

Schmidt, 1927

PUERTO RICAN WHITE-EYED FROG

Eleutherodactylus richmondi

Stejneger, 1904

PUERTO RICAN BRONZE FROG

Eleutherodactylus schwartzi

Thomas, 1966

VIRGIN ISLANDS KHAKI FROG

Eleutherodactylus unicolor

Stejneger, 1904

PUERTO RICAN ELFIN FROG

Eleutherodactylus wightmanae

Schmidt, 1920

PUERTO RICAN MELODIUS FROG

FAMILY LEPTODACTYLIDAE    

Leptodactylus albilabris

Günther, 1859

PUERTO RICAN DITCH FROG

FAMILY RANIDAE

 

 

Rana catesbeiana (i)

Shaw, 1802

BULLFROG

Rana grylio (i)

Stejneger, 1901

PIG FROG

REPTILES

 

 

AMPHISBAENIANS

 

 

FAMILY AMPHISBAENIDAE

 

 

Amphisbaena bakeri

Stejneger, 1904

PUERTO RICAN MANY-RINGED AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena caeca

Cuvier, 1829

PUERTO RICAN COMMON AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena fenestrata

Cope, 1861

VIRGIN ISLANDS AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena schmidti

Gans, 1964

PUERTO RICAN DUSKY AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena xera

Thomas, 1966

PUERTO RICAN XERIC AMPHISBAENA

LIZARDS

 

 

FAMILY ANGUIDAE

 

 

Diploglossus pleii

Duméril and Bibron, 1839

PUERTO RICAN GALLIWASP

FAMILY GEKKONIDAE

 

 

Hemidactylus angulatus (i)

Meerwarth, 1901

WEST AFRICAN HOUSE GECKO

Hemidactylus mabouia (i)

Moreau de Jonnčs, 1818

COMMON HOUSE GECKO

Phyllodactylus wirshingi

Kerster and Smith, 1955

ANTILLEAN BANDED GECKO

Sphaerodactylus beattyi

Grant, 1937

SAINT CROIX SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus gaigeae

Grant, 1932

CHEVRONATE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus klauberi

Grant, 1931

PUERTO RICAN UPLAND SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus levinsi

Heatwole, 1968

DESECHEO SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus macrolepis

Gunther, 1859

PUERTO RICAN EYESPOT SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus micropithecus

Schwartz, 1977

MONITO SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus monensis

Meerwarth, 1901

MONA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus nicholsi

Grant, 1931

PUERTO RICAN CRESCENT SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus parthenopion

Thomas, 1965

VIRGIN ISLANDS DWARF SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus roosevelti

Grant, 1931

GUANICA KHAKI SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus townsendi

Grant, 1931

PUERTO RICAN SANDY SPHAERO

Thecadactylus rapicauda (i)

Houttuyn, 1782

THICK-TAILED GECKO

FAMILY IGUANIDAE

 

 

Anolis acutus

Hallowell, 1856

SAINT CROIX ANOLE

Anolis cooki

Grant, 1931

GUANICA PALLID ANOLE

Anolis cristatellus

Duméril and Bibron, 1837

PUERTO RICAN CRESTED ANOLE

Anolis cuvieri

Merrem, 1820

PUERTO RICAN GIANT ANOLE

Anolis desechensis

Heatwole, 1976

DESECHEO ANOLE

Anolis ernestwilliamsi

Lazell, 1983

CARROT ROCK ANOLE

Anolis evermanni

Stejneger, 1904

PUERTO RICAN EMERALD ANOLE

Anolis gundlachi

Peters, 1876

YELLOW-CHINNED ANOLE

Anolis krugi

Peters, 1876

OLIVE BUSH ANOLE

Anolis leachii (i)

Duméril and Bibron, 1837

BARBUDA BANK TREE ANOLE

Anolis monensis

Stejneger, 1904

MONA ANOLE

Anolis occultus

Williams and Rivero, 1965

PUERTO RICAN TWIG ANOLE

Anolis poncensis

Stejneger, 1904

PONCE SMALL-FANNED ANOLE

Anolis pulchellus

Duméril and Bibron, 1837

PUERTO RICAN BUSH ANOLE

Anolis roosevelti

Grant, 1931

VIRGIN ISLANDS GIANT ANOLE

Anolis stratulus

Cope, 1861

PUERTO RICAN SPOTTED ANOLE

Cyclura stejnegeri

Barbour and Noble 1916

MONA ROCK IGUANA

Cyclura nubila (i)

Gray, 1831

CUBAN ROCK IGUANA

Cyclura pinguis

Barbour, 1917

ANEGADA ROCK IGUANA

Iguana iguana (i)

Linnaeus, 1758

GREEN IGUANA

FAMILY SCINCIDAE

 

 

Mabuya macleani

Mayer and Lazell, 2000

CARROT ROCK SKINK

Mabuya sloanii

Daudin, 1803

GREATER ANTILLEAN SKINK

FAMILY TEIIDAE

 

 

Ameiva alboguttata                Boulenger, 1896 MONA AMEIVA
Ameiva desechensis       Heatwole and Torres, 1967 DESECHEO AMEIVA

Ameiva exsul

Cope, 1862

PUERTO RICAN GIANT AMEIVA

Ameiva polops

Cope, 1862

SAINT CROIX AMEIVA

Ameiva wetmorei

Stejneger, 1913

PUERTO RICAN BLUE-TAILED AMEIVA

SNAKES

 

 

FAMILY TYPHLOPIDAE

 

 

Ramphotyphlops braminus (i)

Daudin, 1803

FLOWERPOT BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops catapontus

Thomas, 1966

ANEGADA BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops granti

Ruthven and Gaige, 1935

GUANICA BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops hypomethes

Hedges and Thomas, 1991

PUERTO RICAN COASTAL BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops monensis

Schmidt, 1926

MONA BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops naugus

Thomas, 1965

VIRGIN GORDA BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops platycephalus

Duméril and Bibron, 1844

PUERTO RICAN WHITE-TAILED BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops richardi

Duméril and Bibron, 1844

VIRGIN ISLANDS BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops rostellatus

Stejneger, 1904

PUERTO RICAN BROWN-BELLIED BLINDSNAKE

FAMILY BOIDAE

 

 

Epicrates inornatus

Reinhardt, 1843

PUERTO RICAN BOA

Epicrates monensis

Zenneck, 1898

PUERTO RICAN GRACILE BOA

FAMILY COLUBRIDAE

 

 

Alsophis portoricensis

Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862

PUERTO RICAN RACER

Alsophis sanctaecrucis

Cope, 1863

SAINT CROIX RACER

Alsophis variegatus

Schmidt, 1926

MONA RACER

Arrhyton exiguum

Cope, 1862

PUERTO RICAN GROUNDSNAKE

Elaphe guttata (I)

Linnaeus, 1766

CORN SNAKE

TURTLES

 

 

FAMILY EMYDIDAE

 

 

Trachemys scripta (i)

Schoepff, 1792

RED-EARED SLIDER

Trachemys stejnegeri

Schmidt, 1928

ANTILLEAN SLIDER

FAMILY TESTUDINIDAE

 

 

Geochelone carbonaria

Spix, 1824

RED-FOOTED TORTOISE

CROCODILIANS

 

 

FAMILY ALLIGATORIDAE

 

 

Caiman crocodilus (i)

Linnaeus, 1758

SPECTACLED CAIMAN