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Reptiles of Costa Rica's Southern Caribbean Lowlands

Adorned Graceful Brown Snake 1
Rhadinaea decorata
Allen's Coral Snake 2
Micrurus alleni
American Crocodile 3
Crocodylus acutus
American Snail-eater 4
Dipsas articulata
Argus Snail Sucker 5
Sibon argus
Banded Centipede Snake 6
Tantilla supracincta
Barred Forest Racer 7
Dendrophidion vinitor
Berthold's Bush Anole 8
Polychrus gutturosus
Bighead Anole 9
Anolis capito
Black Halloween Snake 10
Pliocercus euryzonus
Black River Turtle 11
Rhinoclemmys funerea
Blunthead Tree Snake 12
Imantodes cenchoa
Boa Constrictor 13
Boa constrictor
Border Anole 14
Anolis limifrons
Bridled Anole 15
Anolis frenatus
Brown Basilisk 16
Basiliscus vittatus
Brown Forest Skink 17
Scincella cherriei
Brown Land Turtle 18
Rhinoclemmys annulata
Brown Vinesnake 19
Oxybelis aeneus
Caribbean Least Gecko 20
Sphaerodactylus homolepis
Carpenter Anole
Anolis carpenteri
Celestus hylaius 21
Central American Bushmaster 22
Lachesis stenophrys
Central American Coral Snake 23
Micrurus nigrocinctus
Central American Mabuya 24
Marisora unimarginata
Central American Tree Snake 24
Imantodes gemmistratus
Checkered Garter Snake 11
Thamnophis marcianus
Chicken Snake 25
Spilotes pullatus
Clelia clelia 19
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake 26
Sibon nebulatus
Common Caiman 27
Caiman crocodilus
Common House Gecko 28
Hemidactylus frenatus
Common Snapping Turtle 29
Chelydra serpentina
Cope's Parrot Snake 30
Leptophis depressirostris
Cope's Vine Snake 31
Oxybelis brevirostris
Costa Rica Water Snake 10
Hydromorphus concolor
Crested Anole 32
Anolis cristatellus
Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake 33
Stenorrhina degenhardtii
Diploglossus monotropis 34
Dryad Snake 20
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Ecuador Sipo 15
Chironius grandisquamis
Eyelash Viper 35
Bothriechis schlegelii
False Fer-de-lance 36
Xenodon rabdocephalus
False Tree Coral 37
Rhinobothryum bovallii
Fer-de-lance 11
Bothrops asper
Forest Flame Snake 38
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Four-lined whiptail 36
Holcosus quadrilineatus
Ghost Anole 33
Anolis lemurinus
Golden Spectacled Tegu 39
Gymnophthalmus speciosus
Green Basilisk 40
Basiliscus plumifrons
Green Iguana 41
Iguana iguana
Green Sea Turtle 42
Chelonia mydas
Guatemala Neckband Snake 10
Scaphiodontophis annulatus
Hawksbill Turtle 43
Eretmochelys imbricata
Helmeted Iguana 15
Corytophanes cristatus
Hoffmann's Earth Snake 20
Geophis hoffmanni
Humble Anole 44
Anolis humilis
Leatherback Sea Turtle 45
Dermochelys coriacea
Lichen Anole 46
Anolis pentaprion
Liophis epinephelus 47
Litter Gecko 48
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma
Litter Snake 34
Tantilla reticulata
Lower-montane Green Racer 49
Drymobius melanotropis
Middle American Ameiva 50
Holcosus festivus
Milk Snake 12
Lampropeltis triangulum
Mimic False Coral Snake 51
Erythrolamprus mimus
Narrow-bridged Mud Turtle 52
Kinosternon angustipons
Neotropical Green Anole 12
Anolis biporcatus
Northern Cat-eyed Snake 37
Leptodeira septentrionalis
Northern Spectacled Lizard 15
Leposoma southi
O'Shaughnessy's Galliwasp
Diploglossus bilobatus
Orangebelly Swamp Snake 53
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus
Ornate Slider 54
Trachemys ornata
Panamanian Dwarf Boa 55
Ungaliophis panamensis
Parrot Snake 56
Leptophis ahaetulla
Picado's Pit Viper 57
Atropoides picadoi
Plain Tree Snake 53
Imantodes inornatus
Puffing Snake 58
Pseustes poecilonotus
Rainbow Boa 59
Epicrates cenchria
Rainforest Hog-nosed Viper 10
Porthidium nasutum
Red Earth Centipede Snake 11
Tantilla schistosa
Redtail Coral Snake 39
Micrurus mipartitus
Ringed Snail Sucker 60
Sibon annulatus
Ringed Tree Boa 33
Corallus annulatus
Rustyhead Snake 48
Amastridium veliferum
Silky Anole 61
Anolis sericeus
Sipo 23
Chironius carinatus
South American Forest Racer 33
Dendrophidion percarinatum
Speckled Racer 62
Drymobius margaritiferus
Spotted Coffee Snake 63
Ninia maculata
Stream Anole 64
Anolis oxylophus
Tantilla ruficeps 11
Taylor's Largescale Lizard
Ptychoglossus plicatus
Turniptail Gecko 65
Thecadactylus rapicauda
Two-colored Snail-eater 66
Dipsas bicolor
Urotheca guentheri 67
Urotheca pachyura 1
White-headed snake
Enuliophis sclateri
White-lipped Mud Turtle 68
Kinosternon leucostomum
Yellow-headed Gecko 15
Gonatodes albogularis

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