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_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: