List of reptiles of Costa Rica
# List of reptiles of Costa Rica

This is a list of reptiles in Costa Rica.

## Lizards

### Family Corytophanidae

* Genus Basiliscus (brown basilisk, common basilisk, plumed basilisk)
* Genus Corytophanes (helmeted iguana)
* Genus Laemanctus (casquehead iguana)

### Family Dactyloidae

* Genus Anolis (Anolis insignis, Anolis microtus)

### Family Gekkonidae

* Genus Gonatodes (yellow-headed gecko)
* Genus Hemidactylus (common house gecko)
* Genus Lepidoblepharis (Costa Rica scaly-eyed gecko)
* Genus Sphaerodactylus (yellow-tailed dwarf gecko, spotted dwarf gecko)
* Genus Lepidodactylus (mourning gecko)

### Family Iguanidae

* Genus Ctenosaura (black spiny-tailed iguana)
* Genus Iguana (green iguana)

### Family Phyllodactylidae

* Genus Thecadactylus (turnip-tailed gecko)

### Family Polychrotidae

* Genus Norops (21 species, including blue-eyed anole, Carpenter's anole, green tree anole, ground anole, lemur anole, lichen anole, many-scaled anole, pug-nosed anole, slender anole, stream anole, water anole)
* Genus Polychrus (neotropical chameleon)

### Family Scincidae

* Mabuya unamarginata

### Family Teiidae

* Anadia ocellata
* Holcosus quadrilineatus
* Holcosus festivus
* Ptychoglossus plicatus

### Family Xantusiidae

* Lepidophyma reticulatum

## Snakes

### Family Anomalepididae

* Anomalepis mexicana
* Helminthophis frontalis
* Liotyphlops albirostris

### Family Boidae

* Boa constrictor
* Boa imperator
* Epicrates cenchria

### Family Colubridae

* Amastridium veliferum (rufous-headed snake)
* Chironius exoletus
* Clelia clelia
* Drymobius melanotropis (black forest racer)
* Drymobius margaritiferus (speckled racer)
* Enulius sclateri
* Erythrolampus mimus
* Imantodes cenchoa
* Lampropeltis triangulatum
* Leptophis ahaetulla (parrot snake)
* Liophis epinphalus
* Leptodeira septentrionalis
* Mastigodryas melanolomus
* Ninia maculata
* Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
* Senticolis triaspis (green rat snake)
* Stenorrhina degenhardtii
* Stenorrhina fremenvilli
* Genus Tantilla (centipede snakes)
* Thamnophis proximus
* Xenodon rhabdocephalus

### Family Elapidae

* Micrurus alleni
* Micrurus mipartitus

### Family Leptotyphlopidae

* Leptotyphlops goudotii

### Family Loxocemidae

* Loxocemus bicolor

### Family Tropidophiidae

* Ungaliophis panamensis

### Family Typhlopidae

* Typhlops costaricensis

### Family Viperidae

* Atropoides nummifer
* Atropoides picadoi
* Bothriechis lateralis
* Bothriechis schlegelii
* Bothrops asper
* Porthidium nasutum
* Lachesis stenophrys Cope 1875 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
* Lachesis melanocephala Solòrzano & Cerdas 1986 southeastern Costa Rica and adjoining areas of western Panama

## Turtles

* Kinosternon leucostomum
* Rhinoclemmys annulata
* Rhinoclemmys funerea
* Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
* Trachemys emolli
* Trachemys venusta

## Crocodilians

### Family Crocodylidae

* American crocodile

### Family Alligatoridae

* Spectacled caiman
