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Reptiles and Amphibians



1. Class Amphibia

  Order Anura

    Family Bufonidae

      Atelopus zeteki - Panamanian frog
      Bufo guttatus - Smooth-sided toad

    Family Dendrobatidae

      Dendrobates auratus - Green-and-black poison frog
      Dendrobates azureus - Blue poison frog
      Dendrobates galactonotus - Poison frog
      Dendrobates imitator - Imitating poison frog
      Dendrobates leucomelas - Yellow-banded poison frog
      Dendrobates tinctorius - Yellow-and-blue poison frog
      Phyllobates bicolor - Black-legged poison frog
      Phyllobates terribilis - Golden poison frog

    Family Discoglossidae

      Bombina orientalis - Oriental fire-bellied toad

    Family Hylidae

      Pelodryas caerulea - White's tree frog

    Family Mantellidae

      Mantella aurantiaca - Golden mantella
      Mantella expetata - Blue-legged mantella

    Family Pipidae

      Xenopus laevis - African clawed frog

    Family Ranidae

      Ceratobatrachus guentheri - Solomon Island leaf frog

    Family Rhacophoridae

      Theloderma corticale - Mossy frog

  Order Caudata

    Family Amphiumidae

      Amphiuma tridactylum - Three-toed amphiuma

    Family Salamandridae

      Tylototriton shanjing - Emperor newt

    Family Sirenidae

      Siren lacertina - Greater siren

  Order Gymnophiona

    Family Typhlonectidae

      Typhlonectes natans - Aquatic caecilian

2. Class Reptilia

  Order Chelonia

    Family Chelidae

      Chelodina longicollis - Australian snake-necked turtle
      Chelus fimbriatus - Matamata turtle

    Family Chelydridae

      Macroclemys temminckii - Alligator snapping turtle

    Family Emydidae

      Clemmys guttata - Spotted turtle
      Pseudemys rubriventris - Red-bellied turtle
      Terrapene carolina - Eastern box turtle

    Family Kinosternidae

      Sternotherus odoratus - Common musk turtle

    Family Pelomedusidae

      Podocnemis unifilis - Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle

    Family Testudinidae

      Geochelone carbonaria - South American red-footed tortoise
      Geochelone gigantea - Aldabra tortoise
      Geochelone pardalis - Leopard tortoise
      Geochelone radiata - Radiated tortoise
      Malacochersus tornieri - African pancake tortoise

    Family Trionychidae

      Apalone ferox - Florida softshell turtle
      Lissemys punctata - Indian flapshelled turtle

  Order Crocodylia

    Family Crocodylidae

      Alligator mississippiensis - American alligator
      Alligator sinensis - Chinese alligator
      Crocodylus johnstoni - Johnston's crocodile
      Crocodylus mindorensis - Phillipine crocodile
      Crocodylus rhombifer - Cuban crocodile
      Paleosuchus palpebrosus - Cuvier's dwarf caiman

    Family Gavialidae

      Gavialus gangeticus - Gharial (Gavial)

  Order Squamata

    Family Agamidae

      Physignathus cocincinus - Asian water dragon
      Pogona vitticeps - Inland bearded dragon

    Family Anguidae

      Ophisaurus apodus - European glass lizard

    Family Boidae

      Boa constrictor - Boa constrictor
      Corallus caninus - Emerald tree boa
      Epicrates cenchria - Brazilian rainbow boa
      Eunectes murinus - Green anaconda
      Morelia viridis - Green tree python
      Python molurus (bivittatus) - Burmese python

    Family Chamaeleonidae

      Chamaeleo calyptratus - Veiled chameleon

    Family Colubridae

      Boiga dendrophila - Mangrove snake
      Boiga irregularis - Brown cat snake
      Elaphe guttata - Cornsnake
      Elaphe obsoleta (obsoleta) - Black ratsnake
      Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni - Everglades ratsnake
      Erpeton tentaculatum - Tentacled snake
      Gonyosoma oxycephala - Red-tailed ratsnake
      Hydrodynastes gigas - False water cobra
      Lampropeltis getulus - Common kingsnake
      Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae - Sinaloan milksnake
      Pituophis melanoleucus - Northern pine snake
      Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus - Rufous-beaked snake
      Rhynchophis boulengeri - Rhinoceros snake

    Family Cordylidae

      Gerrhosaurus validus - African plated lizard

    Family Elapidae

      Naja haje - Egyptian cobra
      Ophiophagus hannah - King cobra

    Family Gekkonidae

      Eublepharis macularius - Leopard gecko
      Gekko gecko - Tokay gecko
      Phelsuma madagascariensis - Madagascar giant day gecko

    Family Helodermatidae

      Heloderma suspectum - Gila monster

    Family Iguanidae

      Anolis equestris - Knight anole
      Anolis sp. - Anole
      Basiliscus plumifrons - Green crested basilisk
      Cyclura lewisi - Grand Cayman iguana
      Iguana iguana - Green iguana

    Family Scincidae

      Tiliqua scincoides - Northern blue-tongued skink

    Family Varanidae

      Varanus komodoensis - Komodo dragon
      Varanus mertensi - Mertens' water monitor

    Family Viperidae

      Agkistrodon contortrix - Northern copperhead
      Agkistrodon piscivorus - Cottonmouth
      Bitis gabonica - Gaboon viper
      Bothriechis schlegelii - Eyelash palm pitviper
      Crotalus adamanteus - Eastern diamondback




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