List of reptiles of Brazil


Nota bene: In the following list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the genus to which it is currently assigned.

Yellow anaconda, Eunectes notaeus

Total number of species = 976

Testudines

Cheloniidae (4 species)

Dermochelyidae (1 species)

Emydidae (2 species)

Geoemydidae (1 species)

Kinosternidae (1 species)

Testudinidae (2 species)

Podocnemididae (5 species)

Chelidae (19 species)

Nomenclature based on Rhodin et al., 2010[1]

Crocodilia

Alligatoridae (6 species)

Squamata

Amphisbaenidae (49 species)

Rhineuridae (8 species)

Iguanidae (1 species)

Hoplocercidae (3 species)

Polychrotidae (21 species)
  • Anisolepis grilli Boulenger, 1891
  • Anisolepis longicauda (Boulenger, 1891)
  • Anisolepis undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834)
  • Anolis auratus Daudin, 1802
  • Anolis bombiceps Cope, 1876
  • Anolis fuscoauratus d'Orbigny, 1837
  • Anolis meridionalis Boettger, 1885
  • Anolis nasofrontalis Amaral, 1933
  • Anolis nitens (Wagler, 1830)
  • Anolis ortonii Cope, 1868
  • Anolis philopunctatus Rodrigues, 1988
  • Anolis phyllorhinus Myers & Carvalho, 1945
  • Anolis pseudotigrinus Amaral, 1933
  • Anolis punctatus Daudin, 1802
  • Anolis trachyderma Cope, 1876
  • Anolis transversalis Duméril, 1851
  • Anolis williamsii Bocourt, 1870
  • Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825
  • Polychrus liogaster Boulenger, 1908
  • Polychrus marmoratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Urostrophus vautieri A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Leiosauridae (7 species)
  • Enyalius bibronii Boulenger, 1885
  • Enyalius bilineatus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Enyalius brasiliensis (Lesson, 1828)
  • Enyalius catenatus (Wied, 1821)
  • Enyalius iheringii Boulenger, 1885
  • Enyalius leechii (Boulenger, 1885)
  • Enyalius perditus Jackson, 1978

Tropiduridae (35 species)
  • Eurolophosaurus amathites (Rodrigues, 1984)
  • Eurolophosaurus nanuzae (Rodrigues, 1981)
  • Eurolophosaurus divaricatus (Rodrigues, 1984)
  • Liolaemus arambarensis Verrastro, Veronese, Bujes & Dias-Filho, 2003
  • Liolaemus lutzae Mertens, 1938
  • Liolaemus occipitalis Boulenger, 1885
  • Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Plica umbra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Stenocercus azureus (F. Müller, 1882)
  • Stenocercus caducus (Cope, 1862)
  • Stenocercus dumerilii (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Stenocercus fimbriatus Ávila-Pires, 1995
  • Stenocercus roseiventris D'Orbigny, 1837
  • Stenocercus tricristatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
  • Strobilurus torquatus Wiegmann, 1834
  • Tropidurus cocorobensis Rodrigues, 1987
  • Tropidurus erythrocephalus Rodrigues, 1987
  • Tropidurus etheridgei Cei, 1982
  • Tropidurus guarani (Cope, 1862)
  • Tropidurus helenae (Manzani & Abe, 1990)
  • Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825)
  • Tropidurus hygomi J.T. Reinhardt & Luetken, 1861
  • Tropidurus insulanus Rodrigues, 1987
  • Tropidurus itambere Rodrigues, 1987
  • Tropidurus montanus Rodrigues, 1987
  • Tropidurus mucujensis Rodrigues, 1987
  • Tropidurus oreadicus Rodrigues, 1987
  • Tropidurus pinima (Rodrigues, 1984)
  • Tropidurus psammonastes Rodrigues, Kasahara & Yonenaga-Yasuda, 1988
  • Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825)
  • Tropidurus spinulosus (Cope, 1862)
  • Tropidurus torquatus (Wied, 1820)
  • Uracentron azureum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855)
  • Uranoscodon superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gekkonidae (29 species)

Anguidae (5 species)
  • Diploglossus fasciatus (Gray, 1831)
  • Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890
  • Ophiodes striatus (Spix, 1824)
  • Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881
  • Ophiodes yacupoi Gallardo, 1966

Teiidae (31 species)

Gymnophthalmidae (71 species)

Scincidae (14 species)
  • Mabuya agilis (Raddi, 1823)
  • Mabuya agmosticha Rodrigues, 2000
  • Mabuya arajara Rebouças-Spieker, 1981
  • Mabuya bistriata (Spix, 1825)
  • Mabuya caissara Rebouças-Spieker, 1974
  • Mabuya carvalhoi Rebouças-Spieker & Vanzolini, 1990
  • Mabuya dorsivittata Cope, 1862
  • Mabuya frenata (Cope, 1862)
  • Mabuya guaporicola Dunn, 1936
  • Mabuya heathi K.P. Schmidt & Inger, 1951
  • Mabuya macrorhyncha Hoge, 1947
  • Mabuya nigropalmata Andersson, 1918
  • Mabuya nigropunctata (Spix, 1825)
  • Trachylepis atlantica (K.P. Schmidt, 1945)

Squamata - Serpentes

Anomalepididae (4 species)

Leptotyphlopidae (12 species)

Typhlopidae (6 species)

Aniliidae (1 species)

Tropidophiidae (1 species)

Boidae (8 species)

Colubridae (238 species)
  • Apostolepis albicolaris Lema, 2002
  • Apostolepis ambinigra (W. Peters, 1869)
  • Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1992
  • Apostolepis assimilis (J.T. Reinhardt, 1861)
  • Apostolepis cearensis Gomes, 1915
  • Apostolepis cerradoensis Lema, 2003
  • Apostolepis christineae Lema, 2002
  • Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan, 1862)
  • Apostolepis dorbignyi (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Apostolepis flavotorquata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Apostolepis gaboi Rodrigues, 1992
  • Apostolepis goiasensis Prado, 1942
  • Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898
  • Apostolepis lineata Cope, 1887
  • Apostolepis longicaudata Amaral, 1921
  • Apostolepis niceforoi Amaral, 1935
  • Apostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger, 1896
  • Apostolepis polylepis Amaral, 1921
  • Apostolepis pymi Boulenger, 1903
  • Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo & Scrocchi, 1998
  • Apostolepis rondoni Amaral, 1925
  • Apostolepis sanctaeritae F. Werner, 1924
  • Apostolepis vittata (Cope, 1887)
  • Atractus albuquerquei Cunha & Nascimento, 1983
  • Atractus alphonsehogei Cunha & Nascimento, 1983
  • Atractus badius (F. Boie, 1827)
  • Atractus elaps (Günther, 1858)
  • Atractus flammigerus (F. Boie, 1827)
  • Atractus guentheri (Wucherer, 1861)
  • Atractus insipidus Roze, 1961
  • Atractus latifrons (Günther, 1868)
  • Atractus maculatus Günther, 1858
  • Atractus major Boulenger, 1894
  • Atractus natans Hoogmoed & Prudente, 2003
  • Atractus pantostictus Fernandes & Puorto, 1993
  • Atractus poeppigi (Jan, 1862)
  • Atractus potschi Fernandes, 1995
  • Atractus reticulatus (Boulenger, 1885)
  • Atractus schach (Boie, 1827)
  • Atractus serranus Amaral, 1930
  • Atractus snethlageae Cunha & Nascimento, 1983
  • Atractus taeniatus Griffin, 1916
  • Atractus torquatus (A.M. C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Atractus trihedrurus Amaral, 1926
  • Atractus trilineatus Wagler, 1828
  • Atractus zebrinus (Jan, 1862)
  • Atractus zidoki Gasc & Rodrigues, 1979
  • Boiruna maculata (Boulenger, 1896)
  • Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996
  • Calamodontophis paucidens (Amaral, 1935)
  • Cercophis auratus (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Chironius bicarinatus (Wied, 1820)
  • Chironius carinatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Chironius flavolineatus (Boettger, 1885)
  • Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Chironius laevicollis (Wied, 1824)
  • Chironius laurenti Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993
  • Chironius multiventris K.P. Schmidt & Walker, 1943
  • Chironius quadricarinatus (F. Boie, 1827)
  • Chironius scurrulus (Wagler, 1824)
  • Clelia bicolor (Peracca, 1904)
  • Clelia clelia (Daudin, 1803)
  • Clelia hussami Morato, Franco & Sanches, 2003
  • Clelia montana Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997
  • Clelia plumbea (Wied, 1820)
  • Clelia quimi Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997
  • Clelia rustica (Cope, 1878)
  • Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Dipsas albifrons (Sauvage, 1884)
  • Dipsas alternans (Fischer, 1885)
  • Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796)
  • Dipsas incerta (Jan, 1863)
  • Dipsas indica Laurenti, 1768
  • Dipsas neivai (Amaral, 1926)
  • Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837
  • Dipsas variegata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Ditaxodon taeniatus (Hensel, 1868)
  • Drepanoides anomalus (Jan, 1863)
  • Drymarchon corais (F. Boie, 1827)
  • Drymobius rhombifer (Günther, 1860)
  • Drymoluber brazili (Gomes, 1918)
  • Drymoluber dichrous (W. Peters, 1863)
  • Echinanthera affinis (Günther, 1858)
  • Echinanthera amoena (Jan, 1863)
  • Echinanthera bilineata (Fischer, 1885)
  • Echinanthera brevirostris (W. Peters, 1863)
  • Echinanthera cephalomaculata Di-Bernardo, 1994
  • Echinanthera cephalostriata Di-Bernardo, 1996
  • Echinanthera cyanopleura (Cope, 1885)
  • Echinanthera melanostigma (Wagler, 1824)
  • Echinanthera occipitalis (Jan, 1863)
  • Echinanthera persimilis (Cope, 1869)
  • Echinanthera poecilopogon (Cope, 1863)
  • Echinanthera undulata (Wied, 1824)
  • Elapomorphus lepidus J.T. Reinhardt, 1861
  • Elapomorphus quinquelineatus (Raddi, 1820)
  • Elapomorphus wuchereri Günther, 1861
  • Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Erythrolamprus mimus (Cope, 1868)
  • Gomesophis brasiliensis (Gomes, 1918)
  • Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Helicops carinicaudus (Wied, 1825)
  • Helicops gomesi Amaral, 1921
  • Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910
  • Helicops infrataeniatus (Jan, 1865)
  • Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Helicops modestus Günther, 1861
  • Helicops polylepis Günther, 1861
  • Helicops trivittatus (Gray, 1849)
  • Hydrodynastes bicinctus (Herrmann, 1804)
  • Hydrodynastes gigas (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Hydrops martii (Wagler, 1824)
  • Hydrops triangularis (Wagler, 1824)
  • Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lioheterophis iheringi Amaral, 1935
  • Liophis almadensis (Wagler, 1824)
  • Liophis amarali Wettstein, 1930
  • Liophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)
  • Liophis atraventer Dixon & Thomas, 1985
  • Liophis breviceps Cope, 1861
  • Liophis carajasensis Cunha, Nascimento & Ávila-Pires, 1985
  • Liophis cobella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis dilepis (Cope, 1862)
  • Liophis festae (Peracca, 1897)
  • Liophis flavifrenatus (Cope, 1862)
  • Liophis frenatus (F. Werner, 1909)
  • Liophis jaegeri (Günther, 1858)
  • Liophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis maryellenae Dixon, 1985
  • Liophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901)
  • Liophis miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis mossoroensis Hoge & Lima-Verde, 1972
  • Liophis paucidens (Hoge, 1953)
  • Liophis poecilogyrus (Wied, 1824)
  • Liophis reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis taeniogaster Jan, 1863
  • Liophis typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis viridis Günther, 1862
  • Lystrophis dorbignyi (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Lystrophis histricus (Jan, 1863)
  • Lystrophis matogrossensis Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993
  • Lystrophis nattereri (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Masticophis mentovarius (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Mastigodryas bifossatus (Raddi, 1820)
  • Mastigodryas boddaerti (Sentzen, 1796)
  • Ninia hudsoni Parker, 1940
  • Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824)
  • Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803)
  • Oxyrhopus clathratus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Oxyrhopus formosus (Wied, 1820)
  • Oxyrhopus guibei Hoge & Romano, 1977
  • Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Tschudi, 1845)
  • Oxyrhopus petola (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Oxyrhopus rhombifer A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Oxyrhopus trigeminus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Phalotris concolor Ferrarezzi, 1993
  • Phalotris lativittatus Ferrarezzi, 1993
  • Phalotris lemniscatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Phalotris mertensi (Hoge, 1955)
  • Phalotris multipunctatus Puorto & Ferrarezzi, 1993
  • Phalotris nasutus (Gomes, 1915)
  • Phalotris tricolor Cope, 1861
  • Philodryas aestiva (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Philodryas arnaldoi (Amaral, 1932)
  • Philodryas livida (Amaral, 1923)
  • Philodryas mattogrossensis Koslowsky, 1898
  • Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870
  • Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823)
  • Philodryas oligolepis Gomes, 1921
  • Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1857)
  • Philodryas psammophidea Günther, 1872
  • Philodryas viridissima (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Phimophis chui Rodrigues, 1993
  • Phimophis guerini (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Phimophis guianensis (Troschel, 1848)
  • Phimophis iglesiasi (Gomes, 1915)
  • Phimophis scriptorcibatus Rodrigues, 1993
  • Pseudablabes agassizii (Jan, 1863)
  • Pseudoboa coronata Schneider, 1801
  • Pseudoboa haasi (Boettger, 1905)
  • Pseudoboa neuwiedii (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Pseudoboa nigra (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Pseudoboa serrana Morato, Moura-Leite, Prudente & Bérnils, 1995
  • Pseudoeryx plicatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pseustes cinnamomeus (Wagler, 1824)
  • Pseustes poecilonotus (Günther, 1858)
  • Pseustes sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824)
  • Pseustes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)
  • Psomophis genimaculatus (Boettger, 1885)
  • Psomophis joberti (Sauvage, 1884)
  • Psomophis obtusus (Cope, 1864)
  • Ptychophis flavovirgatus Gomes, 1915
  • Rhachidelus brazili Boulenger, 1908
  • Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (Scopoli, 1785)
  • Sibon nebulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sibynomorphus mikanii (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Sibynomorphus neuwiedi (Ihering, 1911)
  • Sibynomorphus turgidus (Cope, 1868)
  • Sibynomorphus ventrimaculatus (Boulenger, 1885)
  • Simophis rhinostoma (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Siphlophis cervinus (Laurenti, 1768)
  • Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)
  • Siphlophis leucocephalus (Günther, 1863)
  • Siphlophis longicaudatus (Andersson, 1907)
  • Siphlophis pulcher (Raddi, 1820)
  • Siphlophis worontzowi (Prado, 1940)
  • Sordellina punctata (W. Peters, 1880)
  • Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Taeniophallus nicagus (Cope, 1895)
  • Tantilla boipiranga Sawaya & Sazima, 2003
  • Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Thamnodynastes almae Franco & Ferreira, 2003
  • Thamnodynastes chaquensis Bergna & Alvarez, 1993
  • Thamnodynastes hypoconia (Cope, 1860)
  • Thamnodynastes longicaudus Franco, Ferreira. Marques & Sazima, 2003
  • Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Thamnodynastes rutilus (Prado, 1942)
  • Thamnodynastes strigatus (Günther, 1858)
  • Tomodon dorsatus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Tomodon ocellatus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Tropidodryas serra (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Tropidodryas striaticeps (Cope, 1869)
  • Umbrivaga pygmaea (Cope, 1868)
  • Uromacerina ricardinii (Peracca, 1897)
  • Urotheca euryzona Cope, 1862
  • Waglerophis merremii (Wagler, 1824)
  • Xenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894
  • Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863
  • Xenodon rhabdocephalus (Wied, 1824)
  • Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)
  • Xenopholis undulatus (Jensen, 1900)
  • Xenoxybelis argenteus (Daudin, 1803)
  • Xenoxybelis boulengeri (Procter, 1923)

Elapidae (34 species)

Viperidae (31 species)

See also

References
  1. Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, and H. Bradley Shaffer. 2010. Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Micrurus boicora". The Reptile Database.
  3. "Micrurus tikuna". The Reptile Database.
  4. "Micrurus mipartitus". The Reptile Database.
  5. "Bothrocophias microphthalmus". The Reptile Database.
  6. "Bothrops marmoratus". The Reptile Database.
  7. "Bothrops otavioi". The Reptile Database.
  8. "Bothrops sazimai". The Reptile Database.


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