List of reptiles of Brazil

Yellow anaconda, Eunectes notaeus

Total number of species = 976

Nota bene: In the following list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the genus to which it is currently assigned.

Testudines[]

Cheloniidae (4 species)[]

Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Dermochelyidae (1 species)[]

Dermochelys coriacea (Linnaeus, 1766)

Emydidae (2 species)[]

Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995
Trachemys dorbigni (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

Geoemydidae (1 species)[]

Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801)

Kinosternidae (1 species)[]

Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766)

Testudinidae (2 species)[]

Geochelone carbonaria Spix, 1824
Geochelone denticulata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Podocnemididae (5 species)[]

Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger, 1812)
Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix, 1824)
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812)
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848

Chelidae (19 species)[]

Nomenclature based on Rhodin et al., 2010^[1]

Acanthochelys macrocephala Rhodin, Mittermeier & McMorris, 1984
Acanthochelys radiolata (Mikan, 1820)
Acanthochelys spixii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Batrachemys heliostemma McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Lamar, 2000
Chelus fimbriata (Schneider, 1783)
Hydromedusa maximiliani (Mikan, 1820)
Hydromedusa tectifera Cope, 1869
Mesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812)
Mesoclemmys hogei (Mertens, 1967)
Mesoclemmys nasuta (Schweigger, 1812)
Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray, 1855)
Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Lüderwaldt, 1926)
Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour, 1973)
Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812)
Phrynops hilarii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Phrynops tuberosus (W. Peters, 1870)
Phrynops williamsi Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1983
Platemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792)
Rhinemys rufipes (Spix, 1824)

Crocodilia[]

Alligatoridae (6 species)[]

Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802)
Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1802)
Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825)
Paleosuchus palpebrosus (Cuvier, 1807)
Paleosuchus trigonatus (Schneider, 1801)

Squamata[]

Amphisbaenidae (49 species)[]

Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758
Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini, 1997
Amphisbaena arda Rodrigues, 2003
Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991
Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929
Amphisbaena camura Cope, 1862
Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965
Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997
Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires, 1991
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Amphisbaena dubia L. Müller, 1924
Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991
Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758
Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini, 1991
Amphisbaena heathi K.P. Schmidt, 1936
Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950
Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues, Andrade & Lima, 2003
Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991
Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964
Amphisbaena leucocephala W. Peters, 1878
Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996
Amphisbaena mensae Castro-Mello, 2000
Amphisbaena mertensi Strauch, 1881
Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971
Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923
Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1966
Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt, 1936
Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966
Amphisbaena pretrei A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope, 1885)
Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger, 1890
Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini, 1994
Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger, 1902
Amphisbaena slevini K.P. Schmidt, 1938
Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995
Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini, 1971
Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963
Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler, 1824
Stimson, 1972
Bell, 1833
Vanzolini, 1991
Gray, 1865
Vanzolini, 1971
Castro-Mello, 2003
Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001
(Vanzolini, 1964)
Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001
(Gans, 1964)
(Strauch, 1881)

Rhineuridae (8 species)[]

Barbour, 1914
Leposternon infraorbitale (Bertold, 1859)
Leposternon kisteumacheri Porto, Soares & Caramaschi, 2000
Leposternon microcephalum Wagler, 1824
Leposternon octostegum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
Leposternon polystegum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
Leposternon scutigerum (Hemprich, 1829)
Leposternon wuchereri (W. Peters, 1879)

Iguanidae (1 species)[]

Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hoplocercidae (3 species)[]

Enyalioides laticeps (Guichenot, 1855)
Enyalioides palpebralis (Boulenger, 1883)
Hoplocercus spinosus Fitzinger, 1843

Polychrotidae (21 species)[]

Anisolepis grilli Boulenger, 1891
Anisolepis longicauda (Boulenger, 1891)
Anisolepis undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834)
Anolis auratus Daudin, 1802
Anolis bombiceps Cope, 1876
Anolis fuscoauratus d'Orbigny, 1837
Anolis meridionalis Boettger, 1885
Anolis nasofrontalis Amaral, 1933
(Wagler, 1830)
Anolis ortonii Cope, 1868
Rodrigues, 1988
Anolis phyllorhinus Myers & Carvalho, 1945
Anolis pseudotigrinus Amaral, 1933
Anolis punctatus Daudin, 1802
Anolis trachyderma Cope, 1876
Anolis transversalis Duméril, 1851
Bocourt, 1870
Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825
Polychrus liogaster Boulenger, 1908
Polychrus marmoratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Urostrophus vautieri A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Leiosauridae (7 species)[]

Enyalius bibronii Boulenger, 1885
Enyalius bilineatus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Enyalius brasiliensis (Lesson, 1828)
Enyalius catenatus (Wied, 1821)
Enyalius iheringii Boulenger, 1885
Enyalius leechii (Boulenger, 1885)
Enyalius perditus Jackson, 1978

Tropiduridae (35 species)[]

(Rodrigues, 1984)
(Rodrigues, 1981)
(Rodrigues, 1984)
Liolaemus arambarensis Verrastro, Veronese, Bujes & Dias-Filho, 2003
Liolaemus lutzae Mertens, 1938
Liolaemus occipitalis Boulenger, 1885
Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(F. Müller, 1882)
(Cope, 1862)
(Steindachner, 1867)
Stenocercus fimbriatus Ávila-Pires, 1995
D'Orbigny, 1837
(A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
Wiegmann, 1834
Rodrigues, 1987
Rodrigues, 1987
Cei, 1982
(Cope, 1862)
(Manzani & Abe, 1990)
(Spix, 1825)
J.T. Reinhardt & Luetken, 1861
Rodrigues, 1987
Rodrigues, 1987
Rodrigues, 1987
Rodrigues, 1987
Rodrigues, 1987
(Rodrigues, 1984)
Rodrigues, Kasahara & Yonenaga-Yasuda, 1988
(Spix, 1825)
(Cope, 1862)
Tropidurus torquatus (Wied, 1820)
Uracentron azureum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Gekkonidae (29 species)[]

Briba brasiliana Amaral, 1935
Coleodactylus amazonicus (Andersson, 1918)
Coleodactylus brachystoma (Amaral, 1935)
Coleodactylus meridionalis (Boulenger, 1888)
Coleodactylus natalensis Freire, 1999
Coleodactylus septentrionalis (Vanzolini, 1980)
Gonatodes annularis Boulenger, 1887
Gonatodes eladioi Nascimento, Ávila-Pires & Cunha, 1987
Gonatodes hasemani Griffin, 1917
Gonatodes humeralis (Guichenot, 1855)
Gonatodes tapajonicus Rodrigues, 1980
Gymnodactylus darwinii (Gray, 1845)
Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix, 1825
Gymnodactylus guttulatus Vanzolini, 1982
Hemidactylus agrius Vanzolini, 1978
Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)
Hemidactylus palaichthus Kluge, 1969
Homonota fasciata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Homonota uruguayensis (Vaz-Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano, 1961)
Lepidoblepharis heyerorum Vanzolini, 1978
Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi Ávila-Pires, 1995
Lygodactylus klugei (H.M. Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977)
Lygodactylus wetzeli (H.M. Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977)
Phyllopezus lutzae Loveridge, 1941
Phyllopezus periosus Rodrigues, 1986
Phyllopezus pollicaris (Spix, 1825)
Pseudogonatodes gasconi Ávila-Pires & Hoogmoed, 2000
Pseudogonatodes guianensis Parker, 1935
Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782)

Anguidae (5 species)[]

(Gray, 1831)
Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890
(Spix, 1824)
Bocourt, 1881
Gallardo, 1966

Teiidae (31 species)[]

Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dias, Rocha & Vrcibradic, 2002
Cnemidophorus cryptus Cole & Dessauer, 1993
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rocha, Araújo, Vrcibradic & Costa, 2000
Colli et al., 2003
Rocha, Bergallo & Peccinini-Seale, 1997
(Spix, 1825)
Colli et al., 2003
Feltrim & Lema, 2000
Crocodilurus amazonicus Spix, 1825
Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1802
Dracaena paraguayensis Amaral, 1950
Kentropyx altamazonica (Cope, 1876)
Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825
(Gray, 1831)
Kentropyx paulensis Boettger, 1893
Kentropyx pelviceps Cope, 1868
Kentropyx striata (Daudin, 1802)
Kentropyx vanzoi Gallagher & Dixon, 1980
Kentropyx viridistriga Boulenger, 1894
Teius oculatus (D'Orbigny & Bibron, 1837)
Teius teyou (Daudin, 1802)
Lönnberg, 1896
Tupinambis longilineus Ávila-Pires, 1995
Tupinambis merianae (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Tupinambis palustris Manzani & Abe, 2002
Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani & Abe, 1997
Tupinambis rufescens (Günther, 1871)
Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gymnophthalmidae (71 species)[]

Alopoglossus angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alopoglossus atriventris Duellman, 1973
Alopoglossus buckleyi (O'Shaughnessy, 1881)
Amapasaurus tetradactylus Cunha,
Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933
Anotosaura vanzolinia Dixon, 1974
Arthrosaura kockii (Lidth de Jeune, 1904)
Arthrosaura reticulata (O'Shaughnessy, 1881)
Bachia bresslaui (Amaral, 1935)
Bachia cacerensis Castrillon & Strüssmann, 1998
Bachia dorbignyi (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Bachia flavescens (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Bachia panoplia Thomas, 1965
Bachia peruana (F. Werner, 1901)
Bachia scolecoides Vanzolini, 1961
Bachia trisanale (Cope, 1868)
Calyptommatus confusionibus Rodrigues, Zaher & Curcio, 2001
Calyptommatus leiolepis Rodrigues, 1991
Calyptommatus nicterus Rodrigues, 1991
Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues, 1991
Cercosaura argulus W. Peters, 1863
Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917)
Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830
Cercosaura oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1885)
(Boettger, 1876)
Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834
Colobodactylus dalcyanus Vanzolini & Ramos, 1977
Colobodactylus taunayi (Amaral, 1933)
Amaral, 1933
Colobosaura modesta (J.T. Reinhardt & Luetken, 1862)
Colobosauroides carvalhoi Soares & Caramaschi, 1998
Colobosauroides cearensis Cunha, Lima-Verde & Lima, 1991
Ecpleopus gaudichaudii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Gymnophthalmus leucomystax Vanzolini & Carvalho, 1991
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi Grant, 1958
Gymnophthalmus vanzoi Carvalho, 1999
Heterodactylus imbricatus Spix, 1825
Heterodactylus lundii (J.T. Reinhardt & Luetken, 1862)
Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851
Leposoma annectans Ruibal, 1952
Leposoma baturitensis Rodrigues & Borges, 1997
Ruibal, 1952
Leposoma nanodactylus Rodrigues, 1997
Ávila-Pires, 1995
(Cope, 1885)
(L. Müller, 1923)
Leposoma puk Rodrigues, 2002
Leposoma scincoides Spix, 1825
Ávila-Pires, 1995
Micrablepharus atticolus Rodrigues, 1996
Micrablepharus maximiliani (J.T. Reinhardt & Luetken, 1862)
Neusticurus bicarinatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cope, 1875
Ávila-Pires & Vitt, 1998
Sinitsin, 1930
Neusticurus racenisi Roze, 1958
Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900
Neusticurus tatei C.E. Burt & M.D. Burt, 1931
Nothobachia ablephara Rodrigues, 1984
Placosoma cipoense Cunha, 1966
Placosoma cordylinum Tschudi, 1847
Placosoma glabellum (W. Peters, 1870)
Procellosaurinus erythrocercus Rodrigues, 1991
Procellosaurinus tetradactylus Rodrigues, 1991
Psilophthalmus paeminosus Rodrigues, 1991
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis Boulenger, 1912
(Dixon, 1974)
Stenolepis ridleyi Boulenger, 1887
Tretioscincus agilis (Ruthven, 1916)
Tretioscincus oriximinensis Ávila-Pires, 1995
Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902)

Scincidae (14 species)[]

(Raddi, 1823)
Rodrigues, 2000
Rebouças-Spieker, 1981
Mabuya bistriata (Spix, 1825)
Rebouças-Spieker, 1974
Rebouças-Spieker & Vanzolini, 1990
Cope, 1862
(Cope, 1862)
Dunn, 1936
K.P. Schmidt & Inger, 1951
Hoge, 1947
Mabuya nigropalmata Andersson, 1918
Mabuya nigropunctata (Spix, 1825)
Trachylepis atlantica (K.P. Schmidt, 1945)

Squamata - Serpentes[]

Anomalepididae (4 species)[]

Liotyphlops beui (Amaral, 1924)
Liotyphlops ternetzii (Boulenger, 1896)
Liotyphlops wilderi (Garman, 1883)
Typhlophis squamosus (Schlegel, 1839)

Leptotyphlopidae (12 species)[]

Leptotyphlops albifrons (Wagler, 1824)
Leptotyphlops australis Freiberg & Orejas-Miranda, 1968
Leptotyphlops borapeliotes Vanzolini, 1996
Leptotyphlops brasiliensis Laurent, 1949
Leptotyphlops cupinensis Bailey & Carvalho, 1946
Leptotyphlops diaplocius Orejas-Miranda, 1969
Leptotyphlops dimidiatus (Jan, 1861)
Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1955
Leptotyphlops macrolepis (W. Peters, 1857)
Leptotyphlops munoai Orejas-Miranda, 1961
Leptotyphlops salgueiroi Amaral, 1955
Leptotyphlops septemstriatus (Schneider, 1801)

Typhlopidae (6 species)[]

Rodrigues & Juncá, 2002
Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1976
Typhlops minuisquamus Dixon & Hendricks, 1979
Typhlops paucisquamus Dixon & Hendricks, 1979
Typhlops reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Typhlops yonenagae Rodrigues, 1991

Aniliidae (1 species)[]

Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tropidophiidae (1 species)[]

Tropidophis paucisquamis (F. Müller, 1901)

Boidae (8 species)[]

Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
Corallus caninus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Corallus cropanii (Hoge, 1953)
Corallus hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Epicrates cenchria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eunectes deschauenseei Dunn & Conant, 1936
Eunectes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eunectes notaeus Cope, 1862

Colubridae (238 species)[]

Lema, 2002
(W. Peters, 1869)
Rodrigues, 1992
Apostolepis assimilis (J.T. Reinhardt, 1861)
Gomes, 1915
Lema, 2003
Lema, 2002
(Jan, 1862)
(Schlegel, 1837)
(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Rodrigues, 1992
Prado, 1942
Koslowsky, 1898
Cope, 1887
Amaral, 1921
Amaral, 1935
Boulenger, 1896
Amaral, 1921
Boulenger, 1903
Giraudo & Scrocchi, 1998
Amaral, 1925
F. Werner, 1924
(Cope, 1887)
Atractus albuquerquei Cunha & , 1983
Cunha & , 1983
(F. Boie, 1827)
(Günther, 1858)
Atractus flammigerus (F. Boie, 1827)
(Wucherer, 1861)
Roze, 1961
(Günther, 1868)
Günther, 1858
Boulenger, 1894
Hoogmoed & Prudente, 2003
Fernandes & Puorto, 1993
(Jan, 1862)
Fernandes, 1995
(Boulenger, 1885)
(Boie, 1827)
Amaral, 1930
Cunha & , 1983
Griffin, 1916
(A.M. C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Amaral, 1926
Atractus trilineatus Wagler, 1828
(Jan, 1862)
Gasc & Rodrigues, 1979
(Boulenger, 1896)
Zaher, 1996
Calamodontophis paucidens (Amaral, 1935)
Cercophis auratus (Schlegel, 1837)
(Wied, 1820)
Chironius carinatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chironius flavolineatus (Boettger, 1885)
Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Wied, 1824)
Chironius laurenti Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993
Chironius multiventris K.P. Schmidt & Walker, 1943
(F. Boie, 1827)
Chironius scurrulus (Wagler, 1824)
Chlorosoma viridissimum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Clelia bicolor (Peracca, 1904)
Clelia clelia (Daudin, 1803)
Morato, Franco & Sanches, 2003
Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997
Clelia plumbea (Wied, 1820)
Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997
Clelia rustica (Cope, 1878)
(Schlegel, 1837)
(Sauvage, 1884)
(Fischer, 1885)
Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796)
(Jan, 1863)
Dipsas indica Laurenti, 1768
(Amaral, 1926)
Schlegel, 1837
Dipsas variegata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Ditaxodon taeniatus (Hensel, 1868)
Drepanoides anomalus (Jan, 1863)
Drymarchon corais (F. Boie, 1827)
(Günther, 1860)
(Gomes, 1918)
(W. Peters, 1863)
(Günther, 1858)
(Jan, 1863)
(Fischer, 1885)
(W. Peters, 1863)
Echinanthera cephalomaculata Di-Bernardo, 1994
Di-Bernardo, 1996
(Cope, 1885)
(Wagler, 1824)
(Jan, 1863)
(Cope, 1869)
(Cope, 1863)
(Wied, 1824)
J.T. Reinhardt, 1861
(Raddi, 1820)
Günther, 1861
Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1766)
(Cope, 1868)
Gomesophis brasiliensis (Gomes, 1918)
Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helicops carinicauda (Wied, 1825)
Amaral, 1921
Roux, 1910
Helicops infrataeniatus (Jan, 1865)
Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837)
Günther, 1861
Günther, 1861
(Gray, 1849)
(Herrmann, 1804)
Hydrodynastes gigas (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
(Wagler, 1824)
Hydrops triangularis (Wagler, 1824)
Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lioheterophis iheringi Amaral, 1935
(Wagler, 1824)
Liophis amarali Wettstein, 1930
(Günther, 1858)
Liophis atraventer Dixon & Thomas, 1985
Cope, 1861
Cunha, & Ávila-Pires, 1985
Liophis cobella (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Cope, 1862)
(Peracca, 1897)
(Cope, 1862)
(F. Werner, 1909)
(Günther, 1858)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Dixon, 1985
(Schenkel, 1901)
Liophis miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hoge & Lima-Verde, 1972
(Hoge, 1953)
(Wied, 1824)
Liophis reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Jan, 1863
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Günther, 1862
(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
(Jan, 1863)
Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993
(Steindachner, 1867)
(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Mastigodryas bifossatus (Raddi, 1820)
Mastigodryas boddaerti (Sentzen, 1796)
Parker, 1940
Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824)
Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803)
A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Oxyrhopus formosus (Wied, 1820)
Oxyrhopus guibei Hoge & Romano, 1977
Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Tschudi, 1845)
Oxyrhopus petola (Linnaeus, 1758)
A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Ferrarezzi, 1993
Ferrarezzi, 1993
(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
(Hoge, 1955)
Puorto & Ferrarezzi, 1993
(Gomes, 1915)
Cope, 1861
Philodryas aestiva (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
(Amaral, 1932)
(Amaral, 1923)
Koslowsky, 1898
Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870
Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Gomes, 1921
Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1857)
Günther, 1872
Rodrigues, 1993
Phimophis guerini (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Phimophis guianensis (Troschel, 1848)
(Gomes, 1915)
Rodrigues, 1993
(Jan, 1863)
Pseudoboa coronata Schneider, 1801
(Boettger, 1905)
Pseudoboa neuwiedii (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Morato, Moura-Leite, Prudente & Bérnils, 1995
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Wagler, 1824)
Pseustes poecilonotus (Günther, 1858)
(Wagler, 1824)
Pseustes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)
(Boettger, 1885)
(Sauvage, 1884)
(Cope, 1864)
Ptychophis flavovirgatus Gomes, 1915
Rhachidelus brazili Boulenger, 1908
Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (Scopoli, 1785)
Sibon nebulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Schlegel, 1837)
(Ihering, 1911)
(Cope, 1868)
(Boulenger, 1885)
Simophis rhinostoma (Schlegel, 1837)
Siphlophis cervinus (Laurenti, 1768)
Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)
Siphlophis leucocephalus (Günther, 1863)
(Andersson, 1907)
(Raddi, 1820)
(Prado, 1940)
Sordellina punctata (W. Peters, 1880)
Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Cope, 1895)
Sawaya & Sazima, 2003
Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thamnodynastes almae Franco & Ferreira, 2003
Thamnodynastes chaquensis Bergna & Alvarez, 1993
Thamnodynastes hypoconia (Cope, 1860)
Franco, Ferreira. Marques & Sazima, 2003
Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Prado, 1942)
(Günther, 1858)
A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
(Schlegel, 1837)
(Cope, 1869)
(Cope, 1868)
Uromacerina ricardinii (Peracca, 1897)
Cope, 1862
(Wagler, 1824)
Boulenger, 1894
Günther, 1863
Xenodon rhabdocephalus (Wied, 1824)
Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)
Xenopholis undulatus (Jensen, 1900)
(Daudin, 1803)
(Procter, 1923)

Elapidae (34 species)[]

(Schlegel, 1837)
(Jan, 1863)
(Cope, 1870)
Micrurus altirostris (Cope, 1860)
(W. Peters, 1871)
Micrurus averyi K.P. Schmidt, 1939
(Amaral, 1926)
Roze, 1967
Micrurus boicora^[2] (Bernarde, Turci, Abegg & Franco, 2018)
Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820)
Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858)
Micrurus diana (Rose, 1983)
(Günther, 1859)
Micrurus frontalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858)
Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)
(Cope, 1860)
Wagler, 1824
Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Carvalho, 2002
Cunha & Nascimento, 1973
Micrurus psyches (Daudin, 1803)
Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862)
(Pires, Silva, Fitosa, Prudentes, Pereira filho e Zaher, 2014)
(Lancini, 1962)
Wagler, 1824
Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817)
(Di-Bernardo, Borges Martins & Silva, 2007)
Hoge, 1956
^[3] (Feitosa Da ilva, Pires, Zaher & Prudente, 2015)
(Roze, 1987)
Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858)
Micrurus nattereri (Schmidt, 1952)
Micrurus mipartitus^[4] (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril)

Viperidae (31 species)[]

Bothrocophias hyoprora (Amaral, 1935)
Bothrocophias microphthalmus^[5] (Cope, 1875)
Bothrops alcatraz Marques, Martins & Sazima, 2002
Bothrops alternatus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Bothrops atrox (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bothrops bilineatus (Wied, 1825)
Bothrops brazili Hoge, 1954
Bothrops cotiara (Gomes, 1913)
Cope, 1862
Bothrops erythromelas Amaral, 1923
Bothrops fonsecai Hoge & Belluomini, 1959
Bothrops insularis (Amaral, 1921)
Bothrops itapetiningae (Boulenger, 1907)
Bothrops jararaca (Wied, 1824)
Bothrops jararacussu Lacerda, 1884
Bothrops leucurus Wagler, 1824
Bothrops lutzi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)
Bothrops marajoensis Hoge, 1966
Amaral, 1925
Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966
Ferrarezzi & Freire, 2001
Bothrops marmoratus^[6] (Silva & Rodrigues, 2008)
Bothrops neuwiedi Wagler, 1824
Amaral, 1925
Bothrops pirajai Amaral, 1923
Bothrops pubescens (Cope, 1870)
Bothrops taeniatus (Wagler, 1824)
^[7] (Barbo, Grazziotin, Sazima, Martins & Sawaya, 2012)
^[8] (Barbo, Gasparini, Almeida, Zaher, Grazziotin, Gusmão, Ferrarini & Sawaya, 2016)
Crotalus durissus Linnaeus, 1758
Lachesis muta (Linnaeus, 1766)

References[]

^ Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, and H. Bradley Shaffer. 2010. Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Micrurus boicora". The Reptile Database.
^ "Micrurus tikuna". The Reptile Database.
^ "Micrurus mipartitus". The Reptile Database.
^ "Bothrocophias microphthalmus". The Reptile Database.
^ "Bothrops marmoratus". The Reptile Database.
^ "Bothrops otavioi". The Reptile Database.
^ "Bothrops sazimai". The Reptile Database.

Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia (SBH), 2011 - Lista de espécies de répteis do Brasil.
T.C.S. Avila-Pires, Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Until now (November 2011) there are 732 recognized reptile species that naturally occur and reproduce in Brazil: 36 turtles, 6 alligators, 248 lizards, 67 amphisbaenas, and 375 snakes.

External links[]

Sazima Network - Papers, Pictures and Blog by Sazima.
Lista de cobras corais do Brasil

[iucn-1] Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, and H. Bradley Shaffer. 2010. Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Micrurus boicora". The Reptile Database.

[3] "Micrurus tikuna". The Reptile Database.

[4] "Micrurus mipartitus". The Reptile Database.

[5] "Bothrocophias microphthalmus". The Reptile Database.

[6] "Bothrops marmoratus". The Reptile Database.

[7] "Bothrops otavioi". The Reptile Database.

[8] "Bothrops sazimai". The Reptile Database.

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