title: List of reptiles of Colombia
text: # List of reptiles of Colombia
  
  Colombia is the sixth richest country in the world for reptiles, and third richest in the Western Hemisphere.
  
  ## Turtles
  
  The turtles (order: Chelonii or Testudines) number thirty-three species from nine families. Fifteen species are listed as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered. Three turtle species are listed as endemic.
  
  | Snapping turtles - Chelydridae |
  | - |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Chelydra acutirostris | South American snapping turtle | Pacific & Caribbean lowlands | |
  | Sea turtles - Cheloniidae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle | Caribbean | endangered |
  | Lepidochelys kempii | Kemp's ridley sea turtle | Caribbean | critically endangered |
  | Lepidochelys olivacea | Olive ridley sea turtle | Pacific & Caribbean coasts | vulnerable |
  | Chelonia mydas | Green sea turtle | Pacific & Caribbean coasts | endangered |
  | Eretmochelys imbricata | Hawksbill sea turtle | Pacific & Caribbean coasts | critically endangered |
  | Sea turtles - Dermochelyidae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle | Pacific & Caribbean coasts | critically endangered |
  | Mud turtles - Kinosternidae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Kinosternon dunni | Colombian mud turtle | Pacific lowlands (Chocó) | Endemic; vulnerable |
  | Kinosternon leucostomum | White-lipped mud turtle | Pacific lowlands | vulnerable |
  | Kinosternon scorpioides | Scorpion mud turtle | Pacific lowlands, Amazon basin | |
  | Pond turtles - Emydidae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Trachemys callirostris | Colombian slider | | |
  | Trachemys venusta | Meso-American slider | | |
  | Wood turtles - Geoemydidae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Rhinoclemmys annulata | Brown wood turtle | | |
  | Rhinoclemmys diademata | Maracaibo wood turtle | | |
  | Rhinoclemmys melanosterna | Colombian wood turtle | | |
  | Rhinoclemmys nasuta | Large-nosed wood turtle | | |
  | Tortoises - Testudinidae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Chelonoidis carbonaria | Red-footed tortoise | Amazon basin | vulnerable |
  | Chelonoidis denticulata | Yellow-footed tortoise | Amazon basin | vulnerable |
  | Side-necked turtles - Podocnemididae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Peltocephalus dumerilianus | Big-headed Amazon River turtle | Amazon basin | vulnerable |
  | Podocnemis erythrocephala | Red-headed Amazon River turtle | Amazon basin | vulnerable |
  | Podocnemis expansa | Giant South American turtle | Amazon basin | |
  | Podocnemis lewyana | Magdalena River turtle | Magdalena River | Endemic; endangered |
  | Podocnemis sextuberculata | Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle | Amazon basin | vulnerable |
  | Podocnemis unifilis | Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle | Amazon basin | vulnerable |
  | Podocnemis vogli | Savanna side-necked turtle | Orinoco basin | |
  | Side-necked turtles - Chelidae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Chelus fimbriata | Mata mata | Amazon & Orinoco basins | |
  | Mesoclemmys dahli | Dahl's toad-headed turtle | Northeast Colombia (Bolivar) | Endemic |
  | Mesoclemmys gibba | Gibba turtle | | |
  | Mesoclemmys raniceps | Amazon toad-headed turtle | Amazon basin | |
  | Phrynops geoffroanus | Geoffroy's side-necked turtle | Amazon basin | |
  | Phrynops tuberosus | Cotinga River toad-headed turtle | Amazon basin | |
  | Platemys platycephala | Twist-necked turtle | Amazon & Orinoco basins | |
  | Rhinemys rufipes | Red side-necked turtle | Amazon basin | |
  
  ## Crocodilia
  
  | Alligators & caimans - Alligatoridae |
  | - |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Paleosuchus palpebrosus | Cuvier's dwarf caiman | | |
  | Paleosuchus trigonatus | Smooth-fronted caiman | | |
  | Caiman crocodilus | Spectacled caiman | | |
  | Melanosuchus niger | Black caiman | | |
  | Crocodiles - Crocodylidae |
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | Status |
  | Crocodylus acutus | American crocodile | | vulnerable |
  | Crocodylus intermedius | Orinoco crocodile | | critically endangered |
  