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Reptiles and Amphibians of Oaxaca, MX - Wild Latitudes Tour

This guide includes most of the reptiles and amphibians that could possibly be seen on the Oaxaca, Mexico tour run by Wild Latitudes

Belize Crocodile 1
Crocodylus moreletii
American Crocodile 2
Crocodylus acutus
Green Highland Racer 3
Drymobius chloroticus
Speckled Racer
Drymobius margaritiferus
Drymobius margaritiferus occidentalis 4
Largenose Earth Snake 5
Conopsis nasus
San Felipe Ground Snake
Conopsis megalodon
Two-lined Mexican Earth Snake 6
Conopsis biserialis
Lined Tolucan Ground Snake 7
Conopsis lineata
Striped Road Guarder 8
Conophis vittatus
Philippi’s Snail-Eating Snake 9
Tropidodipsas philippii
Mexican Lyre Snake 10
Trimorphodon tau
Black-necked Gartersnake 11
Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Goldenhead Garter Snake 12
Thamnophis chrysocephalus
Yellow-lined Centipede Snake 13
Tantilla flavilineata
Bocourt's Black-headed Snake 13
Tantilla bocourti
Mexican Brown Snake 14
Storeria storerioides
Blood Snake 15
Stenorrhina freminvillei
Green Rat Snake 16
Senticolis triaspis
Senticolis triaspis triaspis 17
Pacific Patchnose Snake 18
Salvadora lemniscata
Pine-Oak Snake 19
Rhadinaea taeniata
Veracruz Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea cuneata
Pituophis lineaticollis lineaticollis 20
Dryad Snake 21
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Ridgehead Snake 7
Manolepis putnami
Mexican Parrot Snake
Leptophis mexicanus
Pacific Coast Parrot Snake 22
Leptophis diplotropis
Rainforest Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira frenata
Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira nigrofasciata
Southwestern Cat-eyed Snake 23
Leptodeira maculata
Pacific Longtail Snake
Enulius flavitorques
Central American Coral Snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus
Oaxacan Coral Snake
Micrurus ephippifer
Brown's Coral Snake
Micrurus browni
Northwestern Neotropical Rattlesnake 24
Crotalus culminatus
Oaxacan Black-tailed Rattlesnake 25
Crotalus molossus oaxacus
Crotalus intermedius gloydi 26
Terciopelo
Bothrops asper
Dunn's Hognose Viper 27
Porthidium dunni
Mexican Horned Pit Viper 25
Ophryacus undulatus
Imbricate Alligator Lizard 28
Barisia imbricata
Mixtecan Arboreal Alligator Lizard 29
Abronia mixteca
Mount Zempoaltepec Alligator Lizard
Abronia fuscolabialis
Oaxaca Arboreal Alligator Lizard
Abronia oaxacae
Dwarf Alligator Lizard
Mesaspis viridiflava
Gadow's Alligator Lizard 29
Mesaspis gadovii
Sierra Juarez Alligator Lizard 30
Mesaspis juarezi
Mexican Burrowing Python
Loxocemus bicolor
Black Blind Snake
Epictia goudotii
Brown Basilisk 31
Basiliscus vittatus
Yucatán Banded Gecko 7
Coleonyx elegans
Least Gecko 32
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
Oaxacan Leaf-toed Gecko 13
Phyllodactylus muralis
Beaded Lizard 33
Heloderma horridum
Heloderma horridum horridum 22
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake 34
Hydrophis platurus
Black Spiny-tailed Iguana 35
Ctenosaura similis
Western Spiny-tailed Iguana 36
Ctenosaura pectinata
Oaxacan Spiny-tailed Iguana 37
Ctenosaura oaxacana
Green Iguana 38
Iguana iguana
Tropical tree lizard 39
Urosaurus bicarinatus
Rose-bellied Lizard 40
Sceloporus variabilis
Tanner's Spiny Lizard 41
Sceloporus tanneri
Eastern Spiny Lizard 42
Sceloporus spinosus
Smith's Rosebelly Lizard
Sceloporus smithi
Longtail Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus siniferus
Upland Long-tailed Spiny Lizard 12
Sceloporus cupreus
Black-nosed Lizard 43
Sceloporus melanorhinus
Horrible Spiny Lizard 44
Sceloporus horridus
Graphic Spiny Lizard 45
Sceloporus grammicus
Mexican Emerald Spiny Lizard 25
Sceloporus formosus
Sierra Juarez Spiny Lizard 46
Sceloporus cryptus
Short-tail Horned Lizard 47
Phrynosoma braconnieri
Silky Anole 48
Anolis sericeus
Shortnose Skink 49
Plestiodon brevirostris
Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon
Green Sea Turtle 50
Chelonia mydas
Pacific Black Turtle 51
Chelonia mydas agassizi
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle 52
Lepidochelys olivacea
Hawksbill Sea Turtle 53
Eretmochelys imbricata
Leatherback Sea Turtle 54
Dermochelys coriacea
Mexican Giant Musk Turtle 55
Staurotypus triporcatus
Scorpion Mud Turtle
Kinosternon scorpioides
Oaxaca Mud Turtle 56
Kinosternon oaxacae
Mexican Mud Turtle 57
Kinosternon integrum
White-lipped Mud Turtle 58
Kinosternon leucostomum
Mesoamerican Slider 59
Trachemys venusta
Mexican Spotted Terrapin 7
Rhinoclemmys rubida
Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida
Painted Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima pulcherrima 60
Central American Tree Snake
Imantodes gemmistratus
Red-eared Slider 61
Trachemys scripta elegans
Asian House Gecko 62
Hemidactylus frenatus
Sooty Black-striped Snake 22
Coniophanes piceivittis
Middle American Gopher Snake 63
Pituophis lineaticollis
Macrinius' Anole 64
Anolis macrinii
False Clouded Anole
Anolis nebuloides
Clouded Anole
Anolis nebulosus

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