List of REPTILIA species in Costa Rica



This is a list of REPTILIA in Costa Rica 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_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Echinosaura apodemus Uzzell's Neusticurus 178254 LC
Lepidophyma reticulatum Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard 178294 LC
Mesaspis monticola 176253 LC
Leptodrymus pulcherrimus Striped Lowland Snake 190608 LC
Coniophanes piceivittis 63754 LC
Celestus cyanochloris 203028 LC
Celestus hylaius 203032 NT
Celestus orobius 203036 DD
Coloptychon rhombifer Isthmian Alligator Lizard 203039 DD
Diploglossus bilobatus O'Shaughnessy's Galliwasp 203040 LC
Basiliscus plumifrons Green Basilisk 203046 LC
Coleonyx mitratus Central American Banded Gecko 203047 LC
Bachia blairi 203050 NT
Holcosus quadrilineatus Four-lined Ameiva 178482 LC
Sceloporus malachiticus Green Spiny Lizard 203072 LC
Anolis pachypus Thick Anole 178509 LC
Leptodeira nigrofasciata Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake 63837 LC
Sphaerodactylus graptolaemus Costa Rica Least Gecko 203175 LC
Sphaerodactylus homolepis Caribbean Least Gecko 203176 LC
Sphaerodactylus pacificus Pacific Least Gecko 203178 LC
Anomalepis mexicanus Mexican Blind Snake 203193 DD
Helminthophis frontalis Costa Rica Blind Snake 203195 DD
Rhadinella serperaster 177564 LC
Anolis altae High Anole 178644 LC
Chironius flavopictus 203280 DD
Dendrophidion paucicarinatum Cope's Forest Racer 203289 LC
Aspidoscelis deppii Blackbelly Racerunner 178714 LC
Leptophis nebulosus Oliver's Parrot Snake 203293 LC
Mastigodryas alternatus 203297 LC
Anolis carpenteri Carpenter Anole 178725 LC
Scolecophis atrocinctus Black-banded Snake 203307 LC
Tantilla armillata 203311 LC
Tantilla ruficeps 203326 LC
Trimorphodon quadruplex Central American Lyre Snake 203336 LC
Drymobius melanotropis Lower-montane Green Racer 176798 LC
Geophis brachycephalus Colombian Earth Snake 176806 LC
Geophis ruthveni Ruthven's Earth Snake 176808 LC
Crisantophis nevermanni Dunn's Road Guarder 203492 LC
Dipsas articulata American Snail-eater 203501 LC
Dipsas bicolor Two-colored Snail-eater 203502 LC
Dipsas tenuissima Taylor's Snail-eater 203504 NT
Kinosternon angustipons Narrow-bridged Mud Turtle 11005 VU
Geophis downsi Savage's Earth Snake 203525 DD
Geophis godmani Godman's Earth Snake 203527 LC
Geophis talamancae 203533 EN
Geophis zeledoni 203535 LC
Hydromorphus concolor Costa Rica Water Snake 203537 LC
Leptodeira rhombifera 203541 LC
Leptodeira rubricata 203542 LC
Ninia celata 203549 NT
Ninia maculata Spotted Coffee Snake 203551 LC
Ninia psephota Cope's Coffee Snake 203553 LC
Amastridium veliferum Rustyhead Snake 197428 LC
Rhadinaea calligaster Thick Graceful Brown Snake 203583 LC
Rhadinaea pulveriventris Common Graceful Brown Snake 203584 DD
Sibon annulatus Ringed Snail Sucker 203588 LC
Sibon anthracops Cope's Snail Sucker 203589 LC
Sibon argus Argus Snail Sucker 203590 LC
Sibon lamari 203592 EN
Sibon longifrenis Stejneger's Snail Sucker 203593 LC
Atropoides mexicanus 197458 LC
Trimetopon gracile Günther's Tropical Ground Snake 203603 LC
Trimetopon pliolepis Cope's Tropical Ground Snake 203604 LC
Trimetopon simile Dunn's Tropical Ground Snake 203605 EN
Trimetopon viquezi Viquez's Tropical Ground Snake 203606 CR
Urotheca myersi 203620 DD
Micrurus alleni Allen's Coral Snake 203622 LC
Urotheca pachyura 203621 LC
Micrurus mosquitensis 203629 LC
Micrurus multifasciatus Many-banded Coral Snake 203630 LC
Epictia ater 203633 LC
Scaphiodontophis venustissimus Common Neckband Snake 203652 LC
Amerotyphlops costaricensis Costa Rica Worm Snake 203653 LC
Atropoides picadoi Picado's Pit Viper 203657 LC
Bothriechis lateralis Coffee Palm Viper 203658 LC
Bothriechis nigroviridis Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper 203660 LC
Porthidium ophryomegas Slender Hognose Viper 203671 LC
Porthidium porrasi 203672 LC
Porthidium volcanicum 203673 DD
Marisora alliacea 16391113 LC
Rhinoclemmys funerea Black Terrapin 19503 LR/nt
Mesoscincus managuae Managua Skink 199734 LC
Marisora unimarginata Central American Mabuya 199753 LC
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata Oaxacan Spinytail Iguana 44193 EN
Tantilla vermiformis Hallowell's Centipede Snake 177507 LC
Urotheca guentheri 177512 LC
Trimetopon slevini Slevin's Tropical Ground Snake 177516 LC
Loxocemus bicolor 169678 LC
Rhadinella godmani Godman's Graceful Brown Snake 198402 LC
Sceloporus squamosus 198410 LC

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)