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List of reptiles of Puerto Rico

List of reptiles of Puerto Rico is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of reptiles of Puerto Rico rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

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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.

[e] Endemic species [i] Introduced species [ext] Extinct species [ex] Extirpated species

Reptiles

Family Emydidae

Family Dermochelyidae

Family Cheloniidae

Family Testudinidae

Infraorder Gekkota

Family Teiidae

Family Scincidae

Family Anguinidae

Family Iguanidae

Family Amphisbaenidae

Family Typhlopidae

Family Boidae

Family Colubridae

See also

Fauna of Puerto Rico List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico List of mammals of Puerto Rico List of birds of Puerto Rico List of amphibians of Puerto Rico

Footnotes endemic This species is endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico. extinct This species is extinct. extirpated This species no longer occurs in the archipelago Puerto Rico but other populations exist elsewhere. introduced This species was introduced to the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Caja de Muertos This species occurs in Caja de Muertos Island. Cayo Batata This species occurs in Cayo Batata. Cayo Santiago This species occurs in Cayo Santiago. Desecheo This species occurs in the island of Desecheo. Magueyes This species occurs in Magueyes island. Monito This species occurs in the island of Monito. Culebrita This species occurs in the island of Culebrita.

References Rivero, Juan A. (1998). Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: University of Puerto Rico Press. ISBN 978-0-8477-0243-5. Rios López, Neftalí (April 10, 2003). "The Herpetofauna of Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico". Naval Security Group Activity Sabana Seca. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005. Retrieved March 30, 2006. Perez i Gorgoy, Lluis (2000). "Puerto Rico's Anoles". Caribbean Anole Database. Lluis Perez i Gorgoy. Archived from the original on March 11, 2006. Retrieved March 31, 2006. Heatwole, Harold; Sade, Donald S.; Hildreth, R. (March 1963). "Herpetogeography of Puerto Rico I. Herpetofauna of Cayo Santiago and Cayo Batata" (PDF). Caribbean Journal of Science. 3 (1): 1–5. ISSN 0008-6452. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2005. Heatwole, Harold; Levins, Richard; Byer, Michael D. (July 1981). "Biogeography of the Puerto Rican bank". Atoll Research Bulletin. 251: 1–54. doi:10.5479/si.00775630.251.1. OCLC 45726059. Retrieved February 5, 2020. Rios López, Neftalí; Thomas, Richard (2007). "A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico". Zootaxa. 1512: 51–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1512.1.3. Pinto, Brendan; James, Titus-McQuillan; Daza, Juan; Gamble, Tony (March 2019). "Persistence of a geographically-stable hybrid zone in Puerto Rican dwarf geckos". Journal of Heredity. 110 (5): 523–534. doi:10.1093/jhered/esz015. PMID 30859222. Daza, Juan; Pinto, Brendan; Herrera-Martinez, Alexandra; Garcia, Luis; Scantlebury, Daniel; Perry, Gad; Balaraman, Rajesh; Gamble, Tony (December 2019). "The sprightly little sphaerodactyl: Systematics and biogeography of the Puerto Rican dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae)". Zootaxa. 2712 (2): 151–201. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.1. PMID 32230683. Reynolds, R. Graham; Henderson, Robert (September 2018). "Boas of the world (superfamily Booidea): A checklist with systematic, taxonomic, and conservation assessments". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 162: 1–58. doi:10.3099/MCZ48.1.

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