CNAH: The Center for North American Herpetology

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CNAH: North American Herpetofauna: Introduced Herpetofauna

Names that differ in any way from those published in the most most recent joint Society names list (see introduction) have their Standard English name shown in green.

Amphibia Gray, 1825 - Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 - Frogs

Dendrobatidae Cope, 1865 - Poison Dart Frogs

Dendrobates Wagler, 1830 - Poison Dart Frogs

D. auratus (Girard, 1855) - Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog

Eleutherodactylidae Lutz, 1954 - Free-toed Frogs

Eleutherodactylus Duméril & Bibron, 1841 - Rain Frogs

	E. coqui Thomas, 1966 - Coqui
	E. planirostris (Cope, 1862) - Greenhouse Frog

Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 - Treefrogs

Osteopilus Fitzinger, 1843 - West Indian Treefrogs

O. septentrionalis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) - Cuban Treefrog

Pipidae Bonaparte, 1831 - Tongueless Frogs

Xenopus Wagler, 1827 - Clawed Frogs

X. laevis (Daudin, 1802) - African Clawed Frog

Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 - True Frogs

Glandirana Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990 - Wrinkled Frogs

G. rugosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) - Japanese Wrinkled Frog

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 - Reptiles

Crocodylia Wermuth, 1953 - Crocodiles, Alligators, Caimans, & Gavials

Alligatoridae Gray, 1844 - Alligators and Caimans

Caiman Spix, 1825 - Caimans

C. crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spectacled Caiman

Cryptodira Cope, 1868 - Turtles

Trionychidae Bell, 1828 - Softshells

Palea Meylan, 1987 - Wattle-necked Softshells

P. steindachneri (Siebenrock, 1906) - Wattle-necked Softshell

Pelodiscus Gray, 1844 - Chinese Softshells

P. sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835) - Chinese Softshell

Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 - Lizards

Agamidae Gray, 1827 - Agamas

Agama Daudin, 1802 - Agamas

A. agama (Linnaeus, 1758) - African Rainbow Lizard

A. a. africana (Hallowell, 1844) - West African Rainbow Lizard

Calotes Cuvier, 1817 - Bloodsuckers

	C. mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 - Indochinese Bloodsucker
	C. versicolor Daudin, 1802 - Variable Bloodsucker

Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 - Butterfly Lizards

L. belliana Gray, 1827 - Butterfly Lizard

Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825 - Chameleonsclick

Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 - Chameleons

C. calyptratus Duméril, 1851 - Veiled Chameleon

Furcifer Fitzinger 1843 - Madagascan Chameleons

F. oustaleti Mocquard 1894 - Oustalet's Chameleon

Trioceros Swainson, 1839 - African Horned Chameleons

T. jacksonii Boulenger, 1896 - Jackson's Chameleon

Corytophanidae Fitzinger, 1843 - Basilisks

Basiliscus Laurenti, 1768 - Basilisks

B. vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 - Brown Basilisk

Dactyloidae Fitzinger, 1843 - Anoles

Anolis Daudin, 1803 - Anoles

	A. chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 - Hispaniolan Green Anole
	A. cybotes Cope, 1862 - Large-headed Anole
	A. equestris Merrem, 1820 - Western Knight Anole
	A. porcatus Gray, 1840 - Cuban Green Anole
	A. trinitatis Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 - St. Vincent Bush Anole
	A. (Ctenonotus) cristatellus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 - Crested Anole
	A. (Ctenonotus) distichus Cope, 1862 - Bark Anole
	A. (Ctenonotus) fereus Cope, 1864 - Comb Anole
	A. (Norops) garmani Stejneger, 1899 - Jamaican Giant Anole
	A. (Norops) sagrei Dumeril and Bibron, 1837 - Brown Anole

Gekkonidae Gray, 1825 - Geckos

Chondrodactylus Peters, 1871 - Sand Geckos

C. bibronii (Smith, 1845) - Bibron’s Sand Gecko

Cyrtopodion Fitzinger, 1843 - Bow-fingered Geckos

C. scabrum (Heyden, 1827) - Rough-tailed Gecko

Gehyra Gray, 1834 - Dtellas

G. mutilata (Wiegmann, 1835) - Mutilating Gecko

Gekko Laurenti, 1768 - Typical Geckos

	G. badenii Szczerbak and Nekrasova, 1994 - Golden Gecko
	G. gecko (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tokay Gecko

Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 - House Geckos

	H. frenatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836 - Common House Gecko
	H. garnotii Duméril & Bibron, 1836 - Indo-Pacific House Gecko
	H. mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) - Woodslave
	H. platyurus (Schneider, 1792) - Asian Flat-tailed House Gecko
	H. turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mediterranean Gecko

Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 - Tree Geckos

H. typus Bleeker, 1860 - Indo-Pacific Tree Gecko

Lepidodactylus Fitzinger, 1843 - Indo-Pacific Geckos

L. lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) - Mourning Gecko

Phelsuma Gray, 1825 - Day Geckos

	P. grandis Gray, 1870 - Madagascan Day Gecko
	P. guimbeaui Mertens, 1963 - Orange-spotted Day Gecko
	P. laticauda (Boettger, 1880) - Gold Dust Day Gecko

Tarentola Gray, 1825 - Wall Geckos

	T. annularis (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) - Ringed Wall Gecko
	T. mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) - Moorish Gecko

Iguanidaeclick Oppel, 1811 - Iguanas

Ctenosaura Wiegmann, 1828 - Spiny-tailed Iguanas

	C. conspicuosa Dickerson, 1919 - Isla San Esteban Spiny-tailed Iguana
	C. macrolopha Smith, 1972 - Sonoran Spiny-tailed Iguana
	C. pectinata (Wiegmann, 1834) - Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana
	C. similis (Gray, 1831) - Gray’s Spiny-tailed Iguana

Iguana Laurenti, 1768 - Iguanas

I. iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) - Green Iguana

Lacertidae Cope, 1864 - Lacertid Lizards

Lacerta Linnaeus, 1758 - Lacertas

L. bilineata (Daudin, 1802) - Western Green Lacerta

Podarcis Wagler, 1830 - Wall Lizards

	P. muralis (Laurenti, 1768) - Common Wall Lizard
	P. siculus (Rafinesque, 1810) - Italian Wall Lizard

Leiocephalidae Frost & Etheridge, 1989 - Leiocephalid izards

Leiocephalus Gray, 1827 - Curly-tailed Lizards

	L. carinatus Gray, 1827 - Northern Curly-tailed Lizard
	L. schreibersii (Gravenhorst, 1837) - Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard

Scincidae Gray, 1825 - Skinks

Chalcides Laurenti, 1768 - Skinks

C. ocellatus (Forskål, 1775) - Ocellated Skink

Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann, 1834 - Snake-eyed Skinks

C. poecilopleurus (Wiegmann, 1835) - Pacific Snake-eyed Skink

Emoia Gray, 1845 - Emoias

	E. cyanura (Lesson, 1830) - Copper-tailed Skink
	E. impar Werner, 1898 - Azure-tailed Skink

Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 - Asian Mabuyas

E. multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) - Brown Mabuya

Lampropholis Fitzinger, 1843 - Sunskinks

L. delicata DeViss, 1888 - Plague Skink

Lipinia Gray, 1845 - Lipinias

L. noctua (Lesson, 1830) - Moth Skink

Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 - Skinks

T. quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823) - African Five-lined Skink

Sphaerodactylidae Underwood, 1954 - Sphaerodactyl Geckos

Gonatodes Fitzinger, 1843 - American Bent-toed Geckos

G. albogularis (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) - Yellow-headed Gecko

Sphaerodactylus Wagler, 1830 - Dwarf Geckos

	S. argus Gosse, 1850 - Ocellated Gecko
	S. elegans MacCleay, 1834 - Ashy Gecko

Teiidae Gray, 1827 - Whiptails, Racerunners & Ameivas

Ameiva Meyer, 1795 - Ameivas

	A. ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) - Giant Ameiva
	A. praesignis (Baird and Girard, 1852) - Borriguerro Ameiva

Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830 - South American Whiptails

C. lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rainbow Whiptail

Salvator Duméril and Bibron, 1839 - Tegus

S. merianae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) - Argentine Giant Tegu

Varanidae Gray, 1827 - Monitor Lizards

Varanus Merrem, 1820 - Monitor Lizards

V. niloticus Linnaeus, 1766 - Nile Monitor

Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 - Snakes

Acrochordidae Bonaparte, 1831 - Granular Snakes

Acrochordus Hornstedt, 1787 - File Snakes

A. javanicus Hornstedt, 1787 - Javanese File Snake

Boidae Gray, 1842 - Boas

Boa Linnaeus, 1758 - Boas

B. constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 - Boa Constrictor

Pythonidae Cope, 1864 - Pythons

Python Daudin, 1802 - Pythons

	P. bivittatus Kuhl, 1820 - Burmese Python
	P. sebae (Gmelin, 1789) - Northern African Rock Python

Typhlopidae Jan, 1863 - Blindsnakes

Indotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal - South Asian Blindsnakes

I. braminus (Daudin, 1803) - Brahminy Blindsnake