Site Search   What's New! BERDS has a more up-to-date species list with specimen records The Tokay Gecko now established on one of the Belize Cayes Status of Crocodylus acutus on Turneffe Atoll Ray et all. 2004. Hybridisation in Belize between morelets and acutus crocodiles (pdf, 210 kb)   Districts in Belize: Related Links Reptiles of Belize Class Co OW Be Cy SC To Notes Order Family Species Reptilia Crocodylia Crocodylidae; crocodiles Crocodylus acutus Cuvier x x Crocodylus moreletii Duméril, & Bibron x x x x x x Testudines Cheloniidae; hard-shelled sea turtles Caretta caretta L.   Coastal Chelonia mydas L.   Coastal Eretmochelys imbricata L.   Coastal Dermochelyidae; leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli)   Coastal Dermatemydidae; Central American river turtle Dermatemys mawii Gray x x x x x Chelydridae; snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina L. x Kinosternidae; mud and musk turtles Claudius angustatus Cope x x Staurotypus triporcatus (Wiegmann) x x x x x x Kinosternon acutum (Gray) ? x x x x Kinosternon leucostomum Duméril & Bibron ? x x x x x Kinosternon scorpioides L. x x x x x Emydidae; wood turtles and sliders Rhinoclemmys areolata (Duméril & Bibron) x x x x x Trachemys scripta (Schopef) x x x x x x Lacertilia Eublepharidae; banded geckos Coleonyx elegans Gray x x x x x x Gekkonidae; geckos Gekko gecko (Linnaeus 1758) x Introduced Aristelliger georgeensis (Bocourt) x x Gonatodes albogularis (Duméril & Bibron) x Introduced Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel x x x x x x Introduced. First specimens noted in June 1993 in the coastal town of Dangriga Phyllodactylus insularis Dixon x x Phyllodactylus tuberculosus Wiegmann x x x x Sphaerodactylus glaucus (Cope) x x x x x x Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus Hallowell x x x Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn) x x x x Corytophanidae; casque-headed lizards Basiliscus vittatus (Wiegmann) x x x x x x Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem) x x x x x Corytophanes hernandezii (Wiegmann) x x x x Laemanctus longipes Wiegmann x x x x x Laemanctus serratus Cope x Iguanidae; iguanas Ctenosaura similis (Gray) x x x x x Iguana iguana L. x x x x x x Phrynosomatidae; spiny lizards Sceloporus chrysostictus Cope x x x x Sceloporus lundelli Smith x x Sceloporus serrifer Cope x Sceloporus variabilis Wiegmann x x x x x Also S. teapensis Guenther Polychrotidae; anoles Anolis allisoni Barbour x Anolis carolinensis Voigt x Intruduced, probably failed to establish. Norops biporcatus (Wiegmann) ? x x x x Norops capito (Peters) x x x x x Norops lemurinus (Cope) x x x x x x Norops pentaprion (Cope) x Norops rodriguezii (Bocourt) x x x x x x Norops sagrei (Duméril & Bibron) x x x x x x Norops sericeus (Hallowell) x x x x x x Norops tropidonotus (Peters) x x x x x Norops uniformis (Cope) x x x x x Scincidae; skinks Eumeces schwartzei Fischer x x x Eumeces sumichrasti (Cope) x x x Mabuya unimarginata (Cope) x x x x x x Sphenomorhpus cherriei (Cope) x x x x x x Gymnophthalmidae; spectacled lizards Gymnophthalmus speciosus (Hallowell) x Teiidae; whip-tailed lizards Ameiva festiva (Lichtenstein & von Mertens) x x x x Ameiva undulata (Wiegmann) x x x x x x Cnemidophorus angusticeps Cope x x Cnemidophorus lemniscatus L. x Introduced? Cnemidophorus maslini Fritts x x x x x Also C. cozumela Gadow Xantusidae; night lizards Lepidophyma flavimaculatum A. Duméril x x x x Lepidophyma mayae Bezy x Anguidae; alligator lizards Diploglossus rozellae (Smith) x x Also Celestus rozellae Serpentes Typhlopidae; blind snakes Typhlops microstomus Cope x x Ramphotyphlops braminus (Daudin) ?     Leptotyphlopidae; thread snakes Leptotyphlops goudoti (Duméril & Bibron) x Boidae; boas and pythons Boa constrictor L. x x x x x x Colubridae; typical snakes Adelphicos quadrivirgatus Jan x x x x Amastridium veliferum Cope x x x Clelia clelia (Daudin) x x x Clelia scytalina (Cope) x x Coluber constrictor L. x Coniophanes bipunctatus (Günther) ? x x x x Coniophanes fissidens (Günther) ? x x x x Coniophanes imperialis (Baird & Girard) x x x x x Coniophanes schmidti Bailey x x x x Conophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril) x x x Dendrophidion nuchale (W. Peters) x x x Dendrophidion vinitor Smith x Dipsas brevifacies (Cope) x x Dryadophis melanolomus (Cope) x x x x x x Drymarchon corais (Boie) x x x x x Drymobius margaritiferus (Schlegel) x x x x x Elaphe flavifura (Cope) x x x x x x Ficimia publia Cope x x x x x x Imantodes cenchoa (Duméril) x x x x x x Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède) x x x x x Leptodeira frenata (Cope) x x x x x Leptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott) x x x x x x Leptophis ahaetulla (L.) ? x x x x x Leptophis mexicanus Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril x x x x x x Masticophis mentovarius (Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril) x x x x Ninia diademata Baird & Girard x x Ninia sebae (Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril) x x x x x Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler) x x x x x x Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin) x x x x x x Oxyrhopus petola (L.) x x x x x Pseustes poecilinotus (Günther) x x x x x Rhadinea decorata (Günther) x Scaphiodontophis annulatus (Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril) x x x x x x Senticolis triaspis (Cope) ? x x x Sibon diademata (Günther) x Sibon nebulata (L.) x x x x x Sibon sanniola (Cope) x x x x x Sibon sartorii (Cope) x x x x x x Spilotes pullatus (L.) x x x x x x Stenorrhina freminvillii Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril x x x x x Stenorrhina degenhardtii (Berthold) x Symphimus mayae (Gaige) x x x Tantilla cuniculator Smith x x Tantilla schistosa (Bocourt) x x x x Tantillita canula (Cope) x x x x Tantillita lintoni (Smith) x x x Thamnophis marcianus (Baird & Girard) x x x Thamnophis proximus (Say) x x x x x Tretanorhinus nigroluteus Cope x x x x x x Urotheca elapoides (Cope) x x x Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied) x x x x Elapidae; coral snakes Micrurus diastema (Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril) x x x x x x P.J. Stafford (2000), states that M. hippocrepis may just be a different morph of  M. diastema. Micrurus hippocrepis (Peters) x x x Micrurus nigrocinctus (Gaird) ? x x x x x P.J. Stafford (2000), questions the validity of this species occurance in Belize. Viperidae; pitvipers and rattlesnakes Agkistrodon bilineatus (Günther) x x Atropoides nummifer (Rupell) x x x Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold) x x x x Bothrops asper (Garman) x x x x x x Crotalus durissus L. x x x x x Porthidium nasutum (Bocourt) x Lee, J. C. , 1996, The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatan Peninsula. , Comstock Publ. Assoc., Ithaca, New York. Lee, J. C. , 2000, A field guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World.,  Comstock Publ. Assoc., Ithaca, New York. 402 pp. Stafford, P. J. & J. R. Meyer, 1999, A Guide to the Reptiles of Belize.,, Academic Press, San Diego. 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