- Source: List of reptiles of Northern America
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python. Subspecies are listed only in a few cases. The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.
* alien species
Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
and Endangered Species Act:
Order: Crocodilia
= Family: Alligatoridae
== Family: Crocodylidae
=Order: Testudines (turtles)
= Suborder: Pleurodira
=Family: Podocnemididae (side-necked turtles)
= Suborder: Cryptodira
=Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)
Family: Emydidae
Family: Cheloniidae
Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) VU T
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) VU (North Pacific: E, Northwest Atlantic: T)
Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) CR E
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) EN T(Hawaiian subpopulation: LC, Breeding colony populations in FL: E)
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) CR E
Family: Dermochelyidae
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) VU E(East Pacific Ocean subpopulation – i.e. Hawaiian Is.: CR, West Pacific Ocean subpopulation: CR, Northwest Atlantic Ocean subpopulation: EN)
Family: Chelydridae
Family: Kinosternidae
Family: Trionychidae (softshells)
Florida softshell (Apalone ferox) LC
Smooth softshell (Apalone mutica) LC
Spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) LC
Wattle-necked softshell (Palea steindachneri) * CR (Hawaii only)
Chinese softshell (Pelodiscus sinensis) * VU (Hawaii only)
Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)
= Suborder: Iguania
=Family: Agamidae (agamas)
Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)
Family: Crotaphytidae (collared and leopard lizards)
Family: Iguanidae (iguanas)
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Family: Dactyloidae (anoles)
Family: Polychrotidae
Many-colored bush anole (Polychrus marmoratus) * (probably introduced)
Family: Corytophanidae (casquehead lizards)
Brown basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) *
Family: Leiocephalidae (curly-tailed lizards)
Northern curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus) * LC
Red-sided curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus schreibersii) * LC
= Suborder: Gekkota
=Family: Gekkonidae (geckos)
= Suborder: Autarchoglossa
=Family: Lacertidae (wall or true lizards)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Family: Anguidae
Family: Anniellidae (American legless lizards)
Family: Helodermatidae (Gila monsters)
Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) NT
Family: Teiidae (tegus or whiptails)
Giant ameiva (Ameiva ameiva) *
Dusky giant ameiva (Ameiva praesignis) *
Species split from the canyon spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis burti) LC:
Giant spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis (burti) stictogramma)
Red-backed whiptail (Aspidoscelis xanthonota)
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis) LC
Common spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis) LC
Orange-throated whiptail (Aspidoscelis hyperythra) LC
Species split from Aspidoscelis inornata:
Little striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornata) LC (diploid) and:
Little white whiptail (Aspidoscelis (inornata) gypsi) VU (split from A. inornata)
Pai striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis (inornata) pai) LC (split from A. inornata)
Arizona striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis (inornata) arizonae) NT (split from A. inornata)
Plateau striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox) LC (triploid)
Neaves' whiptail (Aspidoscelis neavesi)
Laredo striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis laredoensis) LC
Marbled whiptail (Aspidoscelis marmorata
Giant whiptail (Aspidoscelis motaguae) * LC
New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana) LC
Aspidoscelis tesselata complex:
Common checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata) LC (diploid, former A. grahamii)) and:
Gray checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis dixoni) NT (split from A. tesselata)
Colorado checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis neotesselata) NT (triploid, former A. tesselata)
Plateau spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis scalaris) LC and:
Big Bend spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis (scalaris) septemvittata)
Six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata) LC
Sonoran spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis sonorae) LC
Gila spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis flagellicauda) LC (sometimes in A. sonorae)
Tiger whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris) LC
Desert grassland whiptail (Aspidoscelis uniparens) LC
Rainbow whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) *
Argentine giant tegu (Salvator merianae) * LC
Gold tegu (Tupinambis teguixin) *
Family: Xantusiidae (night lizards)
Species split from the desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis) LC:
Desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis)
Arizona night lizard (Xantusia arizonae) LC
Sierra night lizard (Xantusia sierrae)
Wiggins' night lizard (Xantusia wigginsi)
Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi) LC
Sandstone night lizard (Xantusia gracilis) VU
Granite night lizard (Xantusia henshawi) LC
Island night lizard (Xantusia riversiana) LC T
Family: Varanidae (monitor lizards)
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) *
Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) * LC
Common water monitor (Varanus salvator) * LC
= Suborder: Amphisbaenia
=Family: Rhineuridae (North American worm lizards)
= Suborder: Serpentes
=Family: Typhlopidae (blind snakes)
Brahminy blindsnake (Indotyphlops braminus) *
Family: Boidae (boas)
Family: Colubridae (colubrids)
Subfamily: Natricinae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Subfamily: Xenodontinae
Family: Viperidae
Family: Elapidae
Family: Leptotyphlopidae (slender blind snakes)
Family: Acrochordidae (file snakes)
Javanese file snake (Acrochordus javanicus) * LC
Family: Pythonidae (pythons)
Burmese python (Python bivittatus) * (P. (molurus) bivittatus: VU, introduced to Florida)
Northern African rock python (Python sebae) *
See also
List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico
List of U.S. state amphibians
List of U.S. state reptiles
List of threatened reptiles and amphibians of the United States
List of U.S. state birds
List of birds of North America
List of U.S. state mammals
List of mammals of North America
Lists of reptiles by region
Lists of amphibians by region
Notes
References
Further reading
Cope, Edward D. (1875). Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Published under the direction of the Smithionian Institution. Vol. 13. Washington: Government Printing Office: Department of the Interior: U.S. National Museum.
Stejneger, Leonhard; Barbour, Thomas (1917). A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles (PDF). Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.: Harvard University Press.
External links
8th Edition of Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, available on the website of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained, Ellin Beltz, 2006
"SSAR North American Species Names Database". Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
The Reptile Database, Uetz, P. and Jirí Hošek (eds.)
US Fish & Wildlife Service – Species Search, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Reptilia endangered species
US Fish & Wildlife Service – Endangered Species Program
NOAA; National Marine Fisheries Service – Endangered Species Act
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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