List of REPTILIA species in Brazil
This is a list of REPTILIA in Brazil according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthochelys radiolata | Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle | 78 | LR/nt |
| Peltocephalus dumerilianus | Big-headed Amazon River Turtle | 16511 | VU |
| Amnesteophis melanauchen | 15155355 | DD | |
| Siphlophis pulcher | Guanabara Spotted Night Snake | 177522 | LC |
| Taeniophallus affinis | 177523 | LC | |
| Colobosauroides cearensis | 134881709 | LC | |
| Amphisbaena darwini | Darwin's Ringed Worm Lizard | 63488441 | LC |
| Apostolepis ammodites | 15155661 | LC | |
| Amphisbaena munoai | Munoa Worm Lizard | 63488534 | LC |
| Apostolepis cerradoensis | 15155809 | DD | |
| Apostolepis christineae | 15155834 | DD | |
| Micrablepharus atticolus | 63488668 | LC | |
| Mesoclemmys hogei | Hoge’s Toadhead Turtle | 17081 | CR |
| Rhinemys rufipes | Red-footed Sideneck Turtle | 17082 | LR/nt |
| Dryadosaura nordestina | 134882007 | LC | |
| Siagonodon acutirostris | 56050402 | LC | |
| Micrurus scutiventris | 44581913 | LC | |
| Atractus altagratiae | 96101770 | LC | |
| Podocnemis erythrocephala | Red-headed Amazon River Turtle | 17821 | VU |
| Podocnemis sextuberculata | Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle | 17824 | VU |
| Apostolepis lineata | Hognose Lineate Blackhead | 15156663 | DD |
| Apostolepis longicaudata | Longhead Burrowing Snake | 15156719 | LC |
| Phalotris concolor | 15181418 | DD | |
| Phalotris labiomaculatus | 15181439 | LC | |
| Phalotris lativittatus | 15181448 | NT | |
| Atractus insipidus | 67610453 | DD | |
| Diploglossus lessonae | Brazilian Galliwasp | 174091 | LC |
| Atractus poeppigi | Basin Ground Snake | 174093 | LC |
| Micrurus isozonus | Venezuela Coral Snake | 174105 | LC |
| Micrurus paraensis | Pará Coral Snake | 174107 | LC |
| Coleodactylus natalensis | Natal Pigmy Gecko | 174111 | DD |
| Hydromedusa maximiliani | Brazilian Snake-necked Turtle | 10309 | VU |
| Xenodon nattereri | 15183611 | LC | |
| Atractus surucucu | 96102546 | LC | |
| Psomophis joberti | 15182335 | LC | |
| Ecpleopus gaudichaudii | 134883848 | LC | |
| Atractus alphonsehogei | Alphonse's Ground Snake | 15157797 | LC |
| Eurolophosaurus divaricatus | 134883908 | LC | |
| Ptychophis flavovirgatus | Fanged Water Snake | 15182432 | LC |
| Dipsas neuwiedi | Neuwied's Tree Snake | 15182516 | LC |
| Tantilla boipiranga | 177582 | VU | |
| Amerotyphlops paucisquamus | Pernambuco Worm Snake | 75606855 | LC |
| Bothrops insularis | Queimada Island Bothrops | 2917 | CR |
| Sordellina punctata | Dotted Brown Snake | 15182759 | LC |
| Taeniophallus bilineatus | 15182893 | LC | |
| Taeniophallus brevirostris | 15182904 | LC | |
| Atractus latifrons | Broadhead Ground Snake | 15158400 | LC |
| Anilius scytale | Coral Cylinder Snake | 167047 | LC |
| Taeniophallus quadriocellatus | 15183031 | LC | |
| Atractus trihedrurus | Southern Ground Snake | 15158494 | LC |
| Thamnodynastes almae | 15183082 | LC | |
| Heterodactylus imbricatus | Rio de Janeiro Teiid | 134884598 | LC |
| Thamnodynastes longicaudus | 15183134 | LC | |
| Amphisbaena vanzolini | Vanzolini's Worm Lizard | 66080041 | LC |
| Thamnodynastes rutilus | Prado's Coastal House Snake | 15183187 | LC |
| Gymnodactylus amarali | 54586746 | LC | |
| Thamnodynastes sertanejo | 15183239 | LC | |
| Gymnodactylus darwinii | 54586776 | LC | |
| Tropidodryas striaticeps | 15183292 | LC | |
| Coronelaps lepidus | Minas Gerais Snake | 15158719 | LC |
| Gymnodactylus geckoides | Naked-toed Gecko | 54586817 | LC |
| Gymnodactylus guttulatus | Brazilian Naked-toed Gecko | 54586865 | LC |
| Vanzosaura multiscutata | 59092521 | LC | |
| Vanzosaura savanicola | 59092533 | LC | |
| Nothobachia ablephara | Nothobachia | 134885009 | LC |
| Liolaemus lutzae | 12006 | VU | |
| Xenodon werneri | 66080578 | LC | |
| Tropidurus itambere | 49845602 | LC | |
| Tropidurus oreadicus | 49845644 | LC | |
| Amphisbaena lumbricalis | 176227 | DD | |
| Amphisbaena neglecta | Neglected Worm Lizard | 176228 | DD |
| Amphisbaena pretrei | Rio Grande Worm Lizard | 176230 | LC |
| Amphisbaena ridleyi | Ridley's Worm Lizard | 176231 | LC |
| Amphisbaena slevini | Slevin's Worm Lizard | 176233 | DD |
| Amphisbaena tragorrhectes | 176234 | DD | |
| Amphisbaena absaberi | 176235 | DD | |
| Amphisbaena polystegum | Bahia Worm Lizard | 176240 | LC |
| Amphisbaena scutigerum | Shielded Worm Lizard | 176241 | DD |
| Placosoma glabellum | 134885487 | LC | |
| Liotyphlops schubarti | Sao Paulo Blind Snake | 176261 | DD |
| Eunectes deschauenseei | Dark Spotted Anaconda | 176262 | DD |
| Apostolepis goiasensis | Goias Burrowing Snake | 176343 | DD |
| Apostolepis polylepis | 176346 | LC | |
| Atractus albuquerquei | Albuquerque Ground Snake | 176349 | LC |
| Loxopholis guianense | 66080998 | LC | |
| Atractus snethlageae | 176361 | LC | |
| Bachia oxyrhina | 48280049 | LC | |
| Trachylepis atlantica | 120689136 | LC | |
| Phyllopezus lutzae | Bogert's Gecko | 48443898 | LC |
| Bachia peruana | Peru Bachia | 48280071 | LC |
| Phyllopezus periosus | Peraiba Gecko | 48443938 | LC |
| Chironius foveatus | South American Sipo | 96105025 | LC |
| Bachia scolecoides | Vanzolini's Bachia | 48280138 | LC |
| Clelia hussami | 176776 | DD | |
| Stenocercus quinarius | 50950806 | LC | |
| Echinanthera undulata | 176802 | LC | |
| Stenocercus sinesaccus | 50950824 | LC | |
| Helicops trivittatus | Equatorial Keelback | 176812 | LC |
| Hydrops martii | Amazon Water Snake | 176818 | LC |
| Stenocercus fimbriatus | Western Leaf Lizard | 29364 | LR/nt |
| Stenocercus squarrosus | 50950832 | LC | |
| Erythrolamprus longiventris | Long Ground Snake | 176837 | LC |
| Erythrolamprus viridis | Crown Ground Snake | 176838 | LC |
| Procellosaurinus erythrocercus | Rodrigues' Red Teiid | 134886139 | LC |
| Gymnophthalmus vanzoi | 29455 | DD | |
| Tupinambis quadrilineatus | 29474 | LC | |
| Acratosaura mentalis | Amaral's Colobosaura | 134878005 | LC |
| Scriptosaura catimbau | 134886307 | LC | |
| Lygodactylus klugei | Kluge's Dwarf Gecko | 110212120 | LC |
| Dipsas alternans | Jan's Snail-eater | 50951326 | LC |
| Dipsas sazimai | 50951415 | LC | |
| Tropidurus hispidus | Peters' Lava Lizard | 49845495 | LC |
| Bothrops alcatraz | Alcatrazes Lancehead | 46344 | CR |
| Oxyrhopus occipitalis | 177433 | LC | |
| Alopoglossus atriventris | Keel-Bellied Shade Lizard | 44578076 | LC |
| Philodryas livida | 177436 | VU | |
| Tropidurus cocorobensis | 49845536 | LC | |
| Tropidurus helenae | 49845566 | LC | |
| Tropidurus insulanus | 49845594 | LC | |
| Micrurus langsdorffi | Confused Coral Snake | 177513 | LC |
| Siphlophis leucocephalus | Common Spotted Night Snake | 177536 | LC |
| Tropidurus montanus | 49845628 | LC | |
| Tropidurus pinima | 49845652 | LC | |
| Tropidodryas serra | Serra Snake | 177572 | LC |
| Gomesophis brasiliensis | Brazilian Burrowing Snake | 96105905 | LC |
| Caiman crocodilus | Spectacled Caiman | 46584 | LC |
| Leptomicrurus collaris | Guyana Blackback Coral Snake | 15201853 | LC |
| Anotosaura vanzolinia | Vanzolini’s Anotosaura | 134878968 | LC |
| Enyalius bibronii | 177912 | LC | |
| Loxopholis ferreirai | 66082554 | LC | |
| Cercosaura quadrilineata | Lined Many-fingered Teiid | 44578559 | LC |
| Loxopholis osvaldoi | 66082596 | LC | |
| Leposoma scincoides | Skink Tegu | 66082632 | LC |
| Echinanthera cephalostriata | 15177551 | LC | |
| Neusticurus racenisi | Common Venezuelan Water Teiid | 44578658 | LC |
| Ophiodes striatus | Striped Worm Lizard | 56039288 | LC |
| Stenolepis ridleyi | Pernambuco Teiid | 134887399 | LC |
| Contomastix vacariensis | 178188 | DD | |
| Panopa carvalhoi | Carvalho's Mabuya | 178189 | LC |
| Ameivula confusioniba | 50010148 | LC | |
| Tretioscincus agilis | Smooth Tegu | 44578852 | LC |
| Tropidurus semitaeniatus | Striped Lava Lizard | 178707 | LC |
| Caparaonia itaiquara | 134879285 | LC | |
| Hemidactylus agrius | Country Leaf-toed Gecko | 18487362 | LC |
| Tretioscincus oriximinensis | Oriximina Lizard | 44578882 | LC |
| Echinanthera melanostigma | 15177796 | LC | |
| Gymnophthalmus lineatus | 178253 | LC | |
| Cnemidophorus gramivagus | 178260 | LC | |
| Enyalioides laticeps | Broad-headed Woodlizard | 44578903 | LC |
| Bothrops itapetiningae | Sao Paulo Lancehead | 178266 | LC |
| Calyptommatus confusionibus | 178279 | LC | |
| Crocodilurus amazonicus | Crocodile Tegu | 178328 | LC |
| Bachia bresslaui | Bresslau's Bachia | 178333 | VU |
| Coleodactylus septentrionalis | Ilha Maracá Gecko | 178332 | LC |
| Ameivula jalapensis | 50010292 | LC | |
| Echinanthera amoena | 15177933 | LC | |
| Placosoma cordylinum | 178446 | LC | |
| Bothrops lutzi | Cerrado Lancehead | 178493 | LC |
| Eurolophosaurus nanuzae | Rodrigues' Lava Lizard | 178514 | LC |
| Amapasaurus tetradactylus | Four-toed Amapasaurus | 178543 | LC |
| Enyalius pictus | 178549 | LC | |
| Enyalius bilineatus | Two-lined Fathead Anole | 203140 | LC |
| Enyalius brasiliensis | Brazilian Fathead Anole | 203141 | LC |
| Enyalius catenatus | Wied's Fathead Anole | 203142 | LC |
| Enyalius iheringii | Ihering's Fathead Anole | 203144 | LC |
| Enyalius leechii | Leech's Fathead Anole | 203145 | LC |
| Enyalius perditus | 203146 | LC | |
| Bachia panoplia | 178583 | LC | |
| Eurolophosaurus amathites | Amathites Lava Lizard | 178588 | DD |
| Urostrophus vautieri | Brazilian Steppe Iguana | 203158 | LC |
| Coleodactylus meridionalis | Meridian Gecko | 203174 | LC |
| Tropidurus erythrocephalus | 178594 | NT | |
| Varzea bistriata | Two-striped Mabuya | 178620 | LC |
| Psilophthalmus paeminosus | 178622 | VU | |
| Liotyphlops trefauti | 203202 | DD | |
| Tropidurus psammonastes | 178631 | DD | |
| Corallus caninus | Emerald Tree Boa | 203208 | LC |
| Ameivula mumbuca | 50010572 | LC | |
| Epicrates maurus | Brown Rainbow Boa | 203212 | LC |
| Bothrops erythromelas | Caatinga Lancehead | 178643 | LC |
| Bachia flavescens | 178655 | LC | |
| Elapomorphus quinquelineatus | Raddi's Lizard-eating Snake | 15178232 | LC |
| Amerotyphlops amoipira | 178692 | LC | |
| Arthrosaura kockii | 178702 | LC | |
| Colobodactylus dalcyanus | Vanzolini's Teiid | 178724 | DD |
| Micrurus decoratus | Brazilian Coral Snake | 15202852 | LC |
| Lepidoblepharis heyerorum | 44579370 | LC | |
| Hemidactylus palaichthus | Spiny Gecko | 178735 | LC |
| Liolaemus arambarensis | 178744 | EN | |
| Ameivula venetacauda | 50010706 | LC | |
| Brasiliscincus agilis | 47102618 | LC | |
| Pseudogonatodes gasconi | 44579483 | LC | |
| Tropidophis paucisquamis | Brazilian Dwarf Boa | 15202987 | LC |
| Brasiliscincus heathi | Brazilian Mabuya | 47102646 | LC |
| Amerotyphlops yonenagae | Yonenga Worm Snake | 15203013 | LC |
| Gonatodes nascimentoi | 66083541 | LC | |
| Copeoglossum arajara | 47102720 | LC | |
| Rodriguesophis iglesiasi | Gomes' Pampas Snake | 203560 | LC |
| Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus | 203561 | EN | |
| Pseudoboa martinsi | 203578 | LC | |
| Dracaena guianensis | Northern Caiman Lizard | 44579645 | LC |
| Pseudoboa serrana | 203582 | LC | |
| Helicops carinicaudus | Wied's Keelback | 15178559 | LC |
| Siphlophis longicaudatus | Brazilian Spotted Night Snake | 203598 | LC |
| Trilepida brasiliensis | Brazilian Blind Snake | 203644 | LC |
| Trilepida fuliginosa | 203647 | LC | |
| Trilepida koppesi | Amaral's Blind Snake | 203649 | LC |
| Trilepida salgueiroi | Espiritú Santo Blind Snake | 203651 | LC |
| Helicops gomesi | Sao Paulo Keelback | 15178654 | LC |
| Kentropyx striata | 44579747 | LC | |
| Dipsas albifrons ssp. cavalheiroi | 39900 | CR | |
| Erythrolamprus atraventer | Dixon's Ground Snake | 39901 | LC |
| Bothrops pirajai | Piraja's Lancehead | 39902 | VU |
| Lachesis muta ssp. rhombeata | Atlantic Bushmaster | 39903 | VU |
| Corallus cropanii | Cropan's Boa | 39904 | EN |
| Calamodontophis paucidens | Tropical Forest Snake | 39905 | VU |
| Calamodontophis ronaldoi | 39906 | EN | |
| Liolaemus occipitalis | 39908 | VU | |
| Psychosaura agmosticha | 47103082 | LC | |
| Psychosaura macrorhyncha | Hoge's Mabuya | 47103095 | LC |
| Uracentron azureum | Green Thornytail Iguana | 44579963 | LC |
| Helicops modestus | Olive Keelback | 15178878 | LC |
| Uranoscodon superciliosus | Diving lizard | 44579997 | LC |
| Bothrops pubescens | 15203544 | LC | |
| Strobilurus torquatus | 134888674 | LC | |
| Chironius laevicollis | Brazilian Sipo | 44580118 | LC |
| Erythrolamprus maryellenae | Maryellen's Ground Snake | 15179250 | LC |
| Hemidactylus brasilianus | Amaral's Brazilian Gecko | 18488986 | LC |
| Micrurus pacaraimae | 56041200 | LC | |
| Trachemys adiutrix | Carvalho's Slider | 40762 | EN |
| Colobodactylus taunayi | Taunay Teiid | 134881188 | LC |
| Ameivula pyrrhogularis | 50012092 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: