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Costa Rica Amphibians and Reptiles

South American Forest Racer 1
Dendrophidion percarinatum
Barred Forest Racer
Dendrophidion vinitor
Cope's Forest Racer
Dendrophidion paucicarinatum
Lower-montane Green Racer 2
Drymobius melanotropis
Esmarald Racer
Drymobius rhombifer
Speckled Racer
Drymobius margaritiferus
Dunn's Road Guarder
Crisantophis nevermanni
Road Guarder 3
Conophis lineatus
Yellowbelly Snake
Coniophanes fissidens
Two-spotted Snake 4
Coniophanes bipunctatus
Equatorial Mussurana
Clelia equatoriana
Clelia clelia 5
Mexican Snake Eater
Clelia scytalina
Sipo 2
Chironius carinatus
False Fer-de-lance
Xenodon rabdocephalus
Urotheca myersi
Urotheca pachyura
Urotheca fulviceps
Urotheca guentheri
Central American Lyresnake
Trimorphodon quadruplex
Slevin's Tropical Ground Snake
Trimetopon slevini
Cope's Tropical Ground Snake
Trimetopon pliolepis
Dunn's Tropical Ground Snake
Trimetopon simile
Günther's Tropical Ground Snake
Trimetopon gracile
Orangebelly Swamp Snake 6
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus
Checkered Garter Snake 7
Thamnophis marcianus
Banded Centipede Snake 8
Tantilla supracincta
Red Earth Centipede Snake
Tantilla schistosa
Litter Snake
Tantilla reticulata
Tantilla armillata
Boulenger's Centipede Snake
Tantilla alticola
Chicken Snake 9
Spilotes pullatus
Spilotes pullatus maculatus
Tropical Flat Snake
Siphlophis compressus
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Stejneger's Snail Sucker
Sibon longifrenis
Slender Snail Sucker 1
Sibon dimidiatus
Cope's Snail Sucker 10
Sibon anthracops
Ringed Snail Sucker
Sibon annulatus
Green Rat Snake 11
Senticolis triaspis
Black-banded Snake
Scolecophis atrocinctus
Common Neckband Snake 12
Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
False Tree Coral
Rhinobothryum bovallii
Common Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea pulveriventris
Godman's Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinella godmani
Thick Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea calligaster
Puffing Snake 13
Pseustes poecilonotus
Pseustes poecilonotus chrysobronchus
green vine snake 13
Oxybelis fulgidus
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
Rough Coffee Snake
Nothopsis rugosus
Cope's Coffee Snake
Ninia psephota
Red Coffee Snake
Ninia sebae
Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
Ninia celata
Dryad Snake 14
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Neotropical Whip Snake
Coluber mentovarius
Liophis epinephelus
Parrot Snake 15
Leptophis ahaetulla
Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis
Despax's Parrot Snake
Leptophis riveti
Oliver's Parrot Snake
Leptophis nebulosus
Mexican Parrot Snake
Leptophis mexicanus
Cope's Parrot Snake
Leptophis depressirostris
Striped Lowland Snake
Leptodrymus pulcherrimus
Banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira annulata
Northern Cat-eyed Snake 15
Leptodeira septentrionalis
Leptodeira rubricata
Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira nigrofasciata
Milk Snake 16
Lampropeltis triangulum
Lampropeltis triangulum stuarti
Blunthead Tree Snake 16
Imantodes cenchoa
Plain Tree Snake 6
Imantodes inornatus
Costa Rica Water Snake 17
Hydromorphus concolor
Geophis talamancae
Geophis zeledoni
Ruthven's Earth Snake
Geophis ruthveni
Savage's Earth Snake
Geophis downsi
Gray Earth Snake
Geophis brachycephalus
Godman's Earth Snake
Geophis godmani
Hoffmann's Earth Snake
Geophis hoffmanni
Rustyhead Snake 18
Amastridium veliferum
Mimic False Coral Snake
Erythrolamprus mimus
Double-banded Coral Snake Mimic
Erythrolamprus bizonus
Pacific Longtail Snake
Enulius flavitorques
White-headed snake
Enuliophis sclateri
Two-colored Snail-eater 19
Dipsas bicolor
American Snail-eater 20
Dipsas articulata
Central American Tree Snake
Imantodes gemmistratus
Western Ribbon Snake 21
Thamnophis proximus
Sooty Black-striped Snake 22
Coniophanes piceivittis
Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake 1
Stenorrhina degenhardtii
Guatemala Neckband Snake 17
Scaphiodontophis annulatus
Central American Indigo Snake 17
Drymarchon melanurus
Variegated False Coral Snake 17
Pliocercus elapoides
Black Halloween Snake 17
Pliocercus euryzonus
Ecuador Sipo 15
Chironius grandisquamis
Brown Vinesnake 5
Oxybelis aeneus
Linnaeus' Sipo
Chironius exoletus
Rainbow Forest-Racer 23
Dendrophidion nuchale

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