title: List of reptiles of Puerto Rico
text: # List of reptiles of Puerto Rico
  
  This is a list of the reptiles of the archipelago of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican archipelago consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities, Vieques and Culebra, one minor uninhabited island, Mona and several smaller islands and cays.
  
  This list only includes animals with verifiable established populations in the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Many species of reptiles are imported, both legally (mainly through the pet industry) and illegally, to the archipelago of Puerto Rico every year, with some of these species being subsequently released into the wild. However, non-viable introduced species do not constitute a breeding population and hence they lack inclusion in this list.
  
  The following tags help provide additional information regarding the status of each species.
  
  * Endemic species
  * Introduced species
  * Extinct species
  * Extirpated species
  
  ## Reptiles
  
  ### Family Emydidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico |
  | - | - | - |
  | Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri | Puerto Rican slider | X |
  | Trachemys scripta elegans | Red-eared slider | X |
  | Trachemys decorata | Hispaniolan slider | X |
  | Chrysemys picta picta | Eastern painted turtle | X |
  
  ### Family Dermochelyidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Dermochelys coriacea coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle | X | X | | | |
  
  ### Family Cheloniidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Caretta caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle | X | | | | |
  | Chelonia mydas mydas | Green sea turtle | X | X | X | X | X |
  | Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata | Hawksbill sea turtle | | X | X | X | X |
  | Lepidochelys olivacea | Olive ridley sea turtle | X | | | | |
  
  ### Family Testudinidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Geochelone monensis | | | | | X | |
  | Geochelone denticulata | South American yellow-footed tortoise | X | | | | |
  
  ### Infraorder Gekkota
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hemidactylus mabouia | Tropical house gecko | X | X | X | X | |
  | Phyllodactylus wirshingi | Puerto Rican leaf-toed gecko | X | | | | X |
  | Sphaerodactylus nicholsi | Nichols' dwarf gecko | X | | | | X |
  | Sphaerodactylus townsendi | Townsend's dwarf gecko | X | | X | | X |
  | Sphaerodactylus roosevelti | Roosevelt's dwarf gecko | X | | | | X |
  | Sphaerodactylus gaigeae | Gaige's dwarf gecko | X | | X | | X |
  | Sphaerodactylus klauberi | Puerto Rico upland dwarf gecko | X | | | | |
  | Sphaerodactylus monensis | Mona dwarf gecko | | | | X | |
  | Sphaerodactylus levinsi | Desecheo dwarf gecko | | | | | X |
  | Sphaerodactylus grandisquamis | Big-scaled dwarf gecko | X | | | | |
  | Sphaerodactylus inigoi | Vieques dwarf gecko | | X | X | | |
  | Sphaerodactylus macrolepis | Big-scaled dwarf gecko | | X | | | X |
  | Sphaerodactylus micropithecus | Monito dwarf gecko | | | | | X |
  
  ### Family Teiidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Pholidoscelis exsul | Greater Puerto Rican ameiva | X | X | X | | X |
  | Pholidoscelis wetmorei | Blue-tailed ground lizard | X | | | | X |
  | Pholidoscelis alboguttatus | Mona ameiva | | | | X | |
  | Pholidoscelis desechensis | Desecheo ameiva | | | | | X |
  
  ### Family Scincidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Spondylurus nitidus | Puerto Rican skink | X | X | | X |
  | Spondylurus culebrae | Culebra skink | | X | | X |
  | Spondylurus monae | Mona skink | | | X | |
  | Spondylurus monitae | Monito skink | | | | X |
  
  ### Family Anguinidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Diploglossus pleii | Puerto Rican galliwasp | X | | | | |
  
  ### Family Iguanidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Anolis cuvieri | Puerto Rican giant anole | X | | X | | |
  | Anolis roosevelti | Culebra Island giant anole | | X | | | |
  | Anolis occultus | Puerto Rican twig anole | X | | | | |
  | Anolis evermanni | Emerald anole | X | | | | |
  | Anolis stratulus | Barred anole | X | X | X | | X |
  | Anolis gundlachi | Yellow-chinned anole | X | | | | |
  | Anolis cristatellus | Crested anole | X | X | X | | X |
  | Anolis desechensis | Desecheo anole | | | | | X |
  | Anolis cooki | Cook's anole | X | | | | X |
  | Anolis monensis | Mona anole | | | | X | X |
  | Anolis pulchellus | Puerto Rican anole | X | X | X | | X |
  | Anolis krugi | Upland grass anole | X | | | | |
  | Anolis poncensis | Dryland grass anole | X | | | | |
  | Cyclura pinguis | Anegada ground iguana | X | | | | |
  | Cyclura portoricensis | Puerto Rican iguana | X | | | | |
  | Cyclura nubila nubila | Cuban ground iguana | X | | | | |
  | Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri | Mona ground iguana | | | | X | |
  | Iguana iguana | Green iguana | X | X | | | X |
  | Iguana delicatissima | Lesser Antillean iguana | X | | | | |
  
  ### Family Amphisbaenidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Other |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Amphisbaena bakeri | Baker's worm lizard | X | |
  | Amphisbaena caeca | Puerto Rican worm lizard | X | |
  | Amphisbaena schmidti | Schmidt's worm lizard | X | |
  | Amphisbaena xera | Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard | X | X |
  
  ### Family Typhlopidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Typhlops platycephalus | Flat-headed blindsnake | X | | X | |
  | Typhlops richardi | Richard's blind snake | X | X | | |
  | Typhlops rostellatus | Puerto Rican wetland blind snake | X | | | |
  | Typholps granti | Grant's blind snake | X | | | |
  | Typhlops monensis | Mona blind snake | | | | X |
  | Typhlops hypomethes | Coastal blindsnake | X | | | |
  
  ### Family Boidae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chilabothrus inornatus | Puerto Rican boa | X | | | |
  | Chilabothrus monensis | Mona Island boa | | | X | |
  | Chilabothrus granti | Virgin Island tree boa | | X | | X |
  
  ### Family Colubridae
  
  | Species | Common name | Puerto Rico | Culebra | Vieques | Mona | Other |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Borikenophis portoricensis | Puerto Rican racer | X | X | X | X | X |
  | Magliophis exiguus | Puerto Rican garden snake | X | X | | | X |
  