List of reptiles of Puerto Rico Facts for Kids

Puerto Rican boa

This is a list of the 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 reptiles are imported, 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, non-viable introduced species 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

Reptiles
See also

Reptiles

Family Emydidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri	Puerto Rican slider	X
Trachemys scripta elegans	Red-eared slider	X
Trachemys decorata	Hispaniolan 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	X
Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata	Hawksbill sea turtle		X	X	X	X
Lepidochelys olivacea	Olive ridley sea turtle	X

Family Testudinidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Geochelone monensis					X
Geochelone denticulata	South American yellow-footed tortoise	X

Infraorder Gekkota

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Hemidactylus mabouia	Tropical house gecko	X	X	X	X
Phyllodactylus wirshingi	Puerto Rican leaf-toed gecko	X				X
Sphaerodactylus nicholsi	Nichols' dwarf gecko	X				X
Sphaerodactylus townsendi	Townsend's dwarf gecko	X		X		X
Sphaerodactylus roosevelti	Roosevelt's dwarf gecko	X				X
Sphaerodactylus gaigeae	Gaige's dwarf gecko	X		X		X
Sphaerodactylus klauberi	Puerto Rico upland dwarf gecko	X
Sphaerodactylus monensis	Mona dwarf gecko				X
Sphaerodactylus levinsi	Desecheo dwarf gecko					X
Sphaerodactylus grandisquamis	Big-scaled dwarf gecko	X
Sphaerodactylus inigoi	Vieques dwarf gecko		X	X
Sphaerodactylus macrolepis	Big-scaled dwarf gecko		X			X
Sphaerodactylus micropithecus	Monito dwarf gecko					X

Family Teiidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Pholidoscelis exsul	Greater Puerto Rican ameiva	X	X	X		X
Pholidoscelis wetmorei	Blue-tailed ground lizard	X				X
Pholidoscelis alboguttatus	Mona ameiva				X
Pholidoscelis desechensis	Desecheo ameiva					X

Family Scincidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Mona	Other
Spondylurus nitidus	Puerto Rican skink	X	X		X
Spondylurus culebrae	Culebra skink		X		X
Spondylurus monae	Mona skink			X
Spondylurus monitae	Monito skink				X

Family Anguinidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Diploglossus pleii	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	Crested anole	X	X	X		X
Anolis desechensis	Desecheo anole					X
Anolis cooki	Cook's anole	X				X
Anolis monensis	Mona anole				X	X
Anolis pulchellus	Puerto Rican 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	Other
Amphisbaena bakeri	Baker's worm lizard	X
Amphisbaena caeca	Puerto Rican worm lizard	X
Amphisbaena schmidti	Schmidt's worm lizard	X
Amphisbaena xera	Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard	X	X

Family Typhlopidae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona
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	Mona	Other
Chilabothrus inornatus	Puerto Rican boa	X
Chilabothrus monensis	Mona Island boa			X
Chilabothrus granti	Virgin Island tree boa		X		X

Family Colubridae

Species	Common name	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Vieques	Mona	Other
Borikenophis portoricensis	Puerto Rican racer	X	X	X	X	X
Magliophis exiguus	Puerto Rican garden snake	X	X			X

List of reptiles of Puerto Rico facts for kids

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