List of reptiles of Costa Rica

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This is a list of reptiles in Costa Rica.

Contents

Lizards

Family Corytophanidae

Family Dactyloidae

Family Gekkonidae

Family Iguanidae

Family Phyllodactylidae

Family Polychrotidae

Family Scincidae

Family Teiidae

Family Xantusiidae

Snakes

Family Anomalepididae

Family Boidae

Family Colubridae

Family Elapidae

Family Leptotyphlopidae

Family Loxocemidae

Family Tropidophiidae

Family Typhlopidae

Family Viperidae

Turtles

Crocodilians

Family Crocodylidae

Family Alligatoridae

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Corytophanidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 120–6. ISBN   978-0520237599.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Gekkonidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 143–50. ISBN   978-0520237599.
  3. ↑ "Lepidodactylus lugubris". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  4. 1 2 Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Iguanidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 126–8. ISBN   978-0520237599.
  5. ↑ Echelle, A.A., A.F. Echelle and H.S. Fitch. 1971. A new anole from Costa Rica. Herpetologica 27(3): 354-362.
  6. 1 2 Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Polychrotidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 128–42. ISBN   978-0520237599.
  7. ↑ Henderson, Carrol L. (2010). "Polychrotidae". Mammals, amphibians, and reptiles of Costa Rica: a field guide. University of Texas Press. pp. 122–32. ISBN   978-0292722743.
  8. ↑ Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Scincidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 151–2. ISBN   978-0520237599.
  9. ↑ Guyer, Craig; Donnelly, Maureen A. (2004). "Xantusiidae". Amphibians and reptiles of la selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide (1st ed.). University of California Press. pp. 150–1. ISBN   978-0520237599.

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