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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.
Reptiles [ ]
Family Emydidae [ ]
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 [5]
Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata
Hawksbill sea turtle
X
X
X
X [11]
Lepidochelys olivacea
Olive Ridley sea turtle
X
Family Testudinidae [ ]
Species
Common name
Puerto Rico
Culebra
Vieques
Mona
Other
[ext]
X
Geochelone denticulata [ext]
South American Yellow-footed tortoise
X
Infraorder Gekkota [ ]
Family Teiidae [ ]
Family Scincidae [ ]
Species
Common name
Puerto Rico
Culebra
Vieques
Mona
Other
X
X
X [ex]
X
X [10]
Family Anguinidae [ ]
Species
Common name
Puerto Rico
Culebra
Vieques
Mona
Other
[e]
Puerto Rican Galliwasp
X
Family Iguanidae [ ]
Family Amphisbaenidae [ ]
Family Typhlopidae [ ]
Species
Common name
Puerto Rico
Culebra
Vieques
Mona
Other
Typhlops platycephalus
Flat-headed Blindsnake
X
X
Richard's Blind Snake
X
X
Typhlops rostellatus [e]
Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake
X
Grant's Blind Snake
X
Typhlops monensis [e]
Mona Blind Snake
X
Typhlops hypomethes
Coastal Blindsnake
X
Family Boidae [ ]
Species
Common name
Puerto Rico
Culebra
Vieques
Mona
Other
Chilabothrus inornatus [e]
Puerto Rican Boa
X
Chilabothrus monensis [e]
Mona Boa
X
Chilabothrus granti [e]
Virgin Island Tree Boa
X
X
Family Colubridae [ ]
Species
Common name
Puerto Rico
Culebra
Vieques
Mona
Other
Borikenophis portoricensis [e]
Puerto Rican Racer
X
X
X
X
X [7]
Virgin Islands Miniracer
X
X [7]
Puerto Rican Garden Snake
X
See also [ ]
Puerto Rico portal
Biology portal
[ ]
endemic This species is endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
extinct This species is extinct.
extirpated This species no longer occurs in the archipelago Puerto Rico but other populations exist elsewhere.
introduced This species was introduced to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
Caja de Muertos This species occurs in Caja de Muertos Island .
Cayo Batata This species occurs in Cayo Batata.
Cayo Santiago This species occurs in Cayo Santiago.
Desecheo This species occurs in the island of Desecheo .
Magueyes This species occurs in Magueyes island.
Monito This species occurs in the island of Monito .
Culebrita This species occurs in the island of Culebrita .
References [ ]
Rivero, Juan A. (1998). Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico . San Juan, Puerto Rico : University of Puerto Rico Press. ISBN 978-0-8477-0243-5 .
Rios López, Neftalí (10 April 2003). "The Herpetofauna of Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico" . Naval Security Group Activity Sabana Seca. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005. Retrieved March 30, 2006 .
Perez i Gorgoy, Lluis (2000). "Puerto Rico's Anoles" . Caribbean Anole Database . Lluis Perez i Gorgoy. Archived from the original on March 11, 2006. Retrieved March 31, 2006 .
Heatwole, Harold; Sade, Donald S.; Hildreth, R. (March 1963). "Herpetogeography of Puerto Rico I. Herpetofauna of Cayo Santiago and Cayo Batata" (PDF) . Caribbean Journal of Science . 3 (1): 1–5. ISSN 0008-6452 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-01-19.
Heatwole, Harold; Levins, Richard; Byer, Michael D. (July 1981). "Biogeography of the Puerto Rican bank" . Atoll Research Bulletin . 251 : 1–54. doi :10.5479/si.00775630.251.1 . OCLC 45726059 . Retrieved 5 February 2020 .
Rios López, Neftalí; Thomas, Richard (2007). "A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico". Zootaxa . 1512 : 51–64. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.1512.1.3 .
Pinto, Brendan; James, Titus-McQuillan; Daza, Juan; Gamble, Tony (March 2019). "Persistence of a geographically-stable hybrid zone in Puerto Rican dwarf geckos" . Journal of Heredity . 110 (5): 523–534. doi :10.1093/jhered/esz015 . PMID 30859222 .
Daza, Juan; Pinto, Brendan; Herrera-Martinez, Alexandra; Garcia, Luis; Scantlebury, Daniel; Perry, Gad; Balaraman, Rajesh; Gamble, Tony (December 2019). "The sprightly little sphaerodactyl: Systematics and biogeography of the Puerto Rican dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae)". Zootaxa . 2712 (2): 151–201. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.1 . PMID 32230683 .
Reynolds, R. Graham; Henderson, Robert (September 2018). "Boas of the world (superfamily Booidea): A checklist with systematic, taxonomic, and conservation assessments" . Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology . 162 : 1–58. doi :10.3099/MCZ48.1 .