LIST OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF PUERTO RICO

This is a 'list of the amphibians and reptiles of the archipelago of Puerto Rico'. The Puerto Rican archipelago consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities, Vieques and Culebra, one minor uninhabited island, Mona and several smaller islands and cays.
This list only includes animals with verifiable established populations in the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Many species of amphibians and reptiles are introduced, both legally (mainly through the pet industry) and illegally, to the archipelago of Puerto Rico every year, with some of these species being subsequently released into the wild. However, these few individuals do not constitute a breeding population and hence they lack inclusion in this list.
The following tags help provide additional information regarding the status of each species.

★ Endemic species.

★ Introduced species.

★ Extinct species.

★ Extirpated species

Contents

Amphibians

Family Bufonidae

Family Hylidae

Family Leptodactylidae

Family Ranidae

Reptiles

Family Emydidae

Family Dermochelyidae

Family Cheloniidae

Family Testudinidae

Family Alligatoridae

Family Gekkonidae

Family Teiidae

Family Scincidae

Family Anguinidae

Family Iguanidae

Family Amphisbaenidae

Family Typhlopidae

Family Boidae

Family Colubridae

See also

Footnotes

References

Amphibians

Family Bufonidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Bufo marinus''	Marine Toad	X	X	X
''Bufo lemur''	Puerto Rican crested toad	X

Family Hylidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Hyla cinerea''	American green tree frog	X
''Osteopilus septentrionalis''	Cuban Tree Frog	X
''Scinax ruber''	Red Snouted Treefrog	X

Family Leptodactylidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Eleutherodactylus antillensis''	Antillean Coquí	X	X	X
''Eleutherodactylus brittoni''	Grass Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus cochranae''	Whistling Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus cooki''	Cook's Robber Frog	X
''Eleutherodactylus coqui''	Common Coquí	X	X	X
''Eleutherodactylus eneidae''	Mottled Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus gryllus''	Cricket Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus hedricki''	Tree-hole Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus jasperi''	Golden Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus juanriveroi''	Plains Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti''	Web-footed Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus locustus''	Warty Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus monensis''	Mona Coquí				X
''Eleutherodactylus portoricensis''	Forest Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus richmondi''	Ground Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus unicolor''	Burrowing Coquí	X
''Eleutherodactylus wightmanae''	Melodious Coquí	X
''Leptodactylus albilabris''	Caribbean White-lipped Frog	X	X	X		X

Family Ranidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Rana catesbeiana''	Bullfrog	X		X
''Rana grylio''	Pig Frog	X

Reptiles

Family Emydidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri''	Puerto Rican slider	X
''Trachemys scripta elegans''	Red-eared slider	X
''Chrysemys picta picta''	Eastern Painted Turtle	X

Family Dermochelyidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Dermochelys coriacea coriacea''	Leatherback Sea Turtle	X	X

Family Cheloniidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Caretta caretta caretta''	Loggerhead Sea Turtle	X
''Chelonia mydas mydas''	Green Sea Turtle	X	X		X	X
''Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata''	Atlantic Hawksbill Turtle		X		X	X
''Lepidochelys olivacea''	Olive Ridley	X

Family Testudinidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Geochelone monensis''					X
''Geochelone denticulata''	South American Yellow-footed Tortoise	X

Family Alligatoridae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Caiman crocodilus''	Spectacled Caiman	X

Family Gekkonidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Hemidactylus brooki haitianus''		X
''Hemidactylus mabouia''	Tropical House Gecko	X	X	X	X
''Phyllodactylus wirshingi wirshingi''		X				X
''Sphaerodactylus nicholsi nicholsi''	Nichols' Dwarf Gecko	X				X
''Sphaerodactylus nicholsi townsendi''	Townsend's Dwarf Gecko	X	X	X		X
''Sphaerodactylus roosevelti''	Roosevelt's Dwarf Gecko	X		X		X
''Sphaerodactylus gaigeae''	Gaige's Dwarf Gecko	X				X
''Sphaerodactylus klauberi''	Puerto Rico Upland Gecko	X
''Sphaerodactylus monensis''	Mona Dwarf Gecko				X
''Sphaerodactylus levinsi''	Desecheo Dwarf Gecko					X
''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis ateles''		X		X
''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis grandisquamis''	Common Dwarf Gecko	X				X
''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis guarionex''		X
''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis inigoi''				X
''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis macrolepis''			X
''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis mimetes''		X
''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis phoberus''		X
''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis spanius''		X
''Sphaerodactylus micropithecus''	Monito gecko					X

Family Teiidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Ameiva exsul''	Greater Puerto Rican Ameiva	X	X	X		X
''Ameiva wetmorei''	Blue-tailed Ground Lizard	X				X
''Ameiva alboguttata''	Mona Ameiva				X
''Ameiva desechensis''	Desecheo Ameiva					X

Family Scincidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Mabuya mabouya sloani''		X	X	X	X	X

Family Anguinidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Dipoglossus pleei''	Puerto Rican Galliwasp	X

Family Iguanidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Anolis cuvieri''	Puerto Rican Giant Anole	X		X
''Anolis roosevelti''	Culebra Island Giant Anole		X
''Anolis occultus''	Puerto Rican Twig Anole	X
''Anolis evermanni''	Emerald Anole	X
''Anolis stratulus''	Barred Anole	X	X	X		X
''Anolis gundlachi''	Yellow-Chinned Anole	X
''Anolis cristatellus cristatellus''	Puerto Rican Crested Anole	X	X	X		X
''Anolis cristatellus wileyae''	Eastern Puerto Rican Crested Anole		X	X		X
''Anolis desechensis''	Desecheo Anole					X
''Anolis cooki''	Cook's Anole	X				X
''Anolis monensis''	Mona Anole				X	X
''Anolis pulchellus''	Common Grass Anole	X	X	X		X
''Anolis krugi''	Upland Grass Anole	X
''Anolis poncensis''	Dryland Grass Anole	X
''Cyclura pinguis''	Anegada Ground Iguana	X
''Cyclura portoricensis''	Puerto Rican Iguana	X
''Cyclura nubila nubila''	Cuban Ground Iguana	X
''Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri''	Mona Ground Iguana				X
''Iguana iguana''	Green Iguana	X	X			X
''Iguana delicatissima''	Lesser Antillean Iguana	X

Family Amphisbaenidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Amphisbaena bakeri''	Baker's Worm Lizard	X
''Amphisbaena caeca''	Puerto Rican Worm Lizard	X
''Amphisbaena schmiditi''	Schmidt's Worm Lizard	X
''Amphisbaena xera''	Puerto Rican Dryland Worm Lizard	X				X

Family Typhlopidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Typhlops platycephalus''	Flat-headed Blindsnake	X		X
''Typhlops richardi''	Richard's Blind Snake	X	X
''Typhlops rostellatus''	Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake	X
''Typholps granti''	Grant's Blind Snake	X
''Typhlops monensis''	Mona Blind Snake				X
''Typhlops hypomethes''	Coastal Blindsnake	X

Family Boidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Epicrates inornatus''	Puerto Rican Boa	X
''Epicrates monensis monensis''	Mona Boa				X
''Epicrates monensis granti''	Virgin Island Tree Boa					X

Family Colubridae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
''Alsophis portoricensis''	Puerto Rican Racer	X	X	X	X	X
''Arrhyton exiguum''	Puerto Rican Garden Snake	X	X			X

See also

★ Fauna of Puerto Rico

★ List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico

★ List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico

★ List of Puerto Rican birds

Footnotes

# This species is endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
# This species is extinct.
# This species no longer occurs in the archipelago Puerto Rico but other populations exist elsewhere.
# This species was introduced to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
# This species occurs in Caja de Muertos Island.
# This species occurs in Cayo Batata.
# This species occurs in Cayo Santiago.
# This species occurs in the island of Desecheo.
# This species occurs in Magueyes island.
# This species occurs in the island of Monito.
# This species occurs in the island of Culebrita.

References

★ Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico, , Juan A., Rivero, University of Puerto Rico Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-8477-0243-5

★ The Herpetofauna of Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico

★ Amphisbaenia of the World

★ Puerto Rico's Anoles

★ Herpetofauna of Cayo Santiago and Cayo Batata, Heatwole, H., Sade, Donald S., and Hildreth, R., , , Caribbean Journal of Science, 1963

★ Biogeography of the Puerto Rican Bank

★ Rios-López, N. and R. Thomas. 2007. A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico. Zootaxa 1512: 51–64