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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

Green Highland Racer 1
Drymobius chloroticus
Speckled Racer
Drymobius margaritiferus
Drymobius margaritiferus occidentalis 2
Largenose Earth Snake 3
Conopsis nasus
San Felipe Ground Snake
Conopsis megalodon
Two-lined Mexican Earth Snake 4
Conopsis biserialis
Lined Tolucan Ground Snake 5
Conopsis lineata
Striped Road Guarder 6
Conophis vittatus
Philippi’s Snail-Eating Snake 7
Tropidodipsas philippii
Mexican Lyre Snake 8
Trimorphodon tau
Black-necked Gartersnake 9
Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Goldenhead Garter Snake 10
Thamnophis chrysocephalus
Yellow-lined Centipede Snake 11
Tantilla flavilineata
Bocourt's Black-headed Snake 11
Tantilla bocourti
Mexican Brown Snake 12
Storeria storerioides
Blood Snake 13
Stenorrhina freminvillei
Green Rat Snake 14
Senticolis triaspis
Senticolis triaspis triaspis 15
Pacific Patchnose Snake 16
Salvadora lemniscata
Pine-Oak Snake 17
Rhadinaea taeniata
Veracruz Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea cuneata
Pituophis lineaticollis lineaticollis 18
Dryad Snake 19
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Ridgehead Snake 5
Manolepis putnami
Mexican Parrot Snake
Leptophis mexicanus
Pacific Coast Parrot Snake 20
Leptophis diplotropis
Rainforest Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira frenata
Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira nigrofasciata
Southwestern Cat-eyed Snake 21
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 22
Crotalus culminatus
Oaxacan Black-tailed Rattlesnake 23
Crotalus molossus oaxacus
Crotalus intermedius gloydi 24
Terciopelo
Bothrops asper
Dunn's Hognose Viper 25
Porthidium dunni
Mexican Horned Pit Viper 23
Ophryacus undulatus
Imbricate Alligator Lizard 26
Barisia imbricata
Mixtecan Arboreal Alligator Lizard 27
Abronia mixteca
Mount Zempoaltepec Alligator Lizard
Abronia fuscolabialis
Oaxaca Arboreal Alligator Lizard
Abronia oaxacae
Dwarf Alligator Lizard
Mesaspis viridiflava
Gadow's Alligator Lizard 27
Mesaspis gadovii
Sierra Juarez Alligator Lizard 28
Mesaspis juarezi
Mexican Burrowing Python
Loxocemus bicolor
Black Blind Snake
Epictia goudotii
Brown Basilisk 29
Basiliscus vittatus
Yucatán Banded Gecko 5
Coleonyx elegans
Least Gecko 30
Sphaerodactylus glaucus
Oaxacan Leaf-toed Gecko 11
Phyllodactylus muralis
Beaded Lizard 31
Heloderma horridum
Heloderma horridum horridum 20
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake 32
Hydrophis platurus
Black Spiny-tailed Iguana 33
Ctenosaura similis
Western Spiny-tailed Iguana 34
Ctenosaura pectinata
Oaxacan Spiny-tailed Iguana 35
Ctenosaura oaxacana
Green Iguana 36
Iguana iguana
Tropical tree lizard 37
Urosaurus bicarinatus
Rose-bellied Lizard 38
Sceloporus variabilis
Tanner's Spiny Lizard 39
Sceloporus tanneri
Eastern Spiny Lizard 40
Sceloporus spinosus
Smith's Rosebelly Lizard
Sceloporus smithi
Longtail Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus siniferus
Upland Long-tailed Spiny Lizard 10
Sceloporus cupreus
Black-nosed Lizard 41
Sceloporus melanorhinus
Horrible Spiny Lizard 42
Sceloporus horridus
Graphic Spiny Lizard 43
Sceloporus grammicus
Mexican Emerald Spiny Lizard 23
Sceloporus formosus
Sierra Juarez Spiny Lizard 44
Sceloporus cryptus
Short-tail Horned Lizard 45
Phrynosoma braconnieri
Silky Anole 46
Anolis sericeus
Shortnose Skink 47
Plestiodon brevirostris
Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon
Central American Tree Snake
Imantodes gemmistratus
Asian House Gecko 48
Hemidactylus frenatus
Sooty Black-striped Snake 20
Coniophanes piceivittis
Middle American Gopher Snake 49
Pituophis lineaticollis
Macrinius' Anole 50
Anolis macrinii
False Clouded Anole
Anolis nebuloides
Clouded Anole
Anolis nebulosus
Oaxacan Oak Anole 51
Anolis quercorum
Pacific Anole
Anolis subocularis
Mexican Racerunner 52
Aspidoscelis guttatus
Giant Whiptail
Aspidoscelis motaguae
Mexican Pygmy Rattlesnake 53
Crotalus ravus
Central American Indigo Snake
Drymarchon melanurus
Mesa del Sur Earth Snake
Geophis dubius
Gerrhonotus liocephalus 11
Brown Vinesnake 54
Oxybelis aeneus
Southern Crevice Spiny Lizard 55
Sceloporus aureolus
Thamnophis bogerti
Thamnophis lineri
Western Lyre Snake 5
Trimorphodon biscutatus
Aspidoscelis sackii sackii 56
Oaxacan Pygmy Rattlesnake
Crotalus ravus brunneus
Brown Anole 57
Anolis sagrei
Uribe's False Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira uribei
Sack's Giant Whiptail Lizard 58
Aspidoscelis sackii

Edited by Ivan Phillipsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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