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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.) Genus Barisia (Mexican Alligator Lizards)   Barisia ciliaris Northern Mexican Alligator Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 McCranie & Wilson 2001 [as imbricata] Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979 [as imbricata] Genus Elgaria (Western Alligator Lizards)   Elgaria kingii Madrean Alligator Lizard McCranie & Wilson 2001 Quintero-Diaz, Vazquez-Diaz & Smith 1999 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Gerrhonotus (Eastern Alligator Lizards)   Gerrhonotus liocephalus Tlapancingo Alligator Lizard McCranie & Wilson 2001 Ramirez-Bautista, Vasquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 1998 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005  Family Anolidae (Anoles) Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)   Norops nebulosus Clouded Anole Anderson & Lidicker 1963 Heimes 2022 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005  Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas) Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)   Ctenosaura pectinata West Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana Heimes 2022 Quintero-Diaz, Reyes-Ardit, Garcia-Balderas, Valdez-Jimenez, Chaves-Floriano, Muniz-Salas & Sosa-Vargas 2013  Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas) Genus Holbrookia (Lesser Earless Lizards)   Holbrookia approximans Blue-bellied Earless Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 [as maculata dickersonae] Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 McCranie & Wilson 2001 [as maculata] Quintero-Diaz, Perez-Delgadillo & Carbajal-Marquez 2017 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)   Phrynosoma cornutum Texas Horned Lizard Arenas-Monroy, Garcia-Vazquez, Carbajal-Marquez & Cardona-Arceo 2014 Heimes 2022   Phrynosoma modestum Round-tailed Horned Lizard Heimes 2022 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Quintero-Diaz, Cardona-Arceo & Carbajal-Marquez 2015 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Phrynosoma orbiculare Mountain Horned Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 Heimes 2022 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979 Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)   Sceloporus aurantius Southern Occidental Bunchgrass Lizard Grummer & Bryson 2014 Heimes 2022   Sceloporus brownorum Durango Bunchgrass Lizard Grummer & Bryson 2014 Heimes 2022 Ponce-Campos & Huerta-Ortega 1999 Smith, Watkins-Colwell, Lemos-Espinal & Chiszar 1997   Sceloporus clarkii Southwestern Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Vazquez-Diaz, Quintero-Diaz & Smith 1999   Sceloporus goldmani San Luis Potosi Bunchgrass Lizard Carbajal-Marquez & Quintero-Diaz 2017 Heimes 2022   Sceloporus grammicus Mesquite Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Sceloporus horridus Mexican Rough Spiny Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Sceloporus jarrovii Mountain Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Sceloporus melanogaster Black-bellied Spiny Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 McCranie & Wilson 2001 [as S. torquatus] Smith & Taylor 1950 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Sceloporus minor Lesser Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022   Sceloporus parvus Blue-bellied Spiny Lizard Villalobos-Juarez, Garcia-Padilla, Sigala-Rodriguez & Carrillo-Martinez 2022   Sceloporus spinosus Eastern Mexican Spiny Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Smith & Taylor 1950 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)   Urosaurus bicarinatus Tropical Tree Lizard Heimes 2022 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   Plestiodon lynxe Oak Forest Skink Bryson, Linkem, Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Klicka & McCormack 2017 Carbajal-Marquez, Quintero-Diaz & Chavez-Floriano 2015 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)   Aspidoscelis gularis Common Spotted Whiptail McCranie & Wilson 2001   Aspidoscelis scalaris Plateau Spotted Whiptail Anderson & Lidicker 1963 [as septemvittatus] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Walker 1981

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Arizona (Glossy Snakes)   Arizona elegans Eastern Glossy Snake Banta & Leviton 1961 Dixon & Fleet 1976 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Conopsis (Mexican Earth Snakes)   Conopsis lineata Lined Tolucan Earth Snake Villalobos-Juarez, Garcia-Padilla, Sigala-Rodriguez & Carrillo-Martinez 2022   Conopsis nasus Large-nosed Earth Snake Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979 Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)   Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake Carbajal-Marquez, Quintero-Diaz, Roque-Lozano, Ramirez-Valverde, Chavez-Floriano & Briones-Rodriguez 2020 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)   Drymarchon melanurus Black-tailed Cribo Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 1984 [as D. corais] McCranie & Wilson 2001 [as "cf. melanurus"] Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Geophis (Central American Earth Snakes)   Geophis dugesii Tangancicuaro Earth Snake McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 1999 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & Townsend 2007 Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)   Heterodon kennerlyi Mexican Hognose Snake Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 [as nasicus] Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Vazquez-Diaz, Quintero-Diaz & Ramirez-Bautista 1998 [as nasicus] Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)   Hypsiglena janii Chihuahuan Night Snake Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 [as torquata] Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 [as torquata] Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)   Lampropeltis greeri Durango Kingsnake Hansen & Salmon 2017 Heimes 2016   Lampropeltis mexicana San Luis Potosi Kingsnake Hansen & Salmon 2017 Heimes 2016 Quintero-Diaz & Carbajal-Marquez 2019 Quintero-Diaz, Adame & Vazquez-Diaz 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Lampropeltis polyzona Central Mexican Milk Snake Quintero-Diaz, Rojas-Quezada & Carbajal-Marquez 2014 Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)   Masticophis bilineatus Sonoran Whip Snake Camper & Dixon 1994 Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Webb 1982   Masticophis flagellum Common Coachwhip Heimes 2016 Quintero-Diaz, Sigala-Rodriguez, Vazquez-Diaz, Carrasco, Sigala-Rodriguez, Roman & de la Rosa 2007 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Masticophis lineatus Mexican Whip Snake Heimes 2016 [as striolatus] Johnson 1977 [as striolatus] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 [as M. mentovarius] McCranie & Wilson 2001 [as M. mentovarius] O'Connell & Smith 2018 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 [as M. mentovarius]   Masticophis schotti Eastern Striped Whip Snake Sigala-Rodriguez, Vazquez-Diaz, Quintero-Diaz, Sigala-Rodriguez & Ardit 2008 [as Coluber taeniatus] Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Masticophis taeniatus Western Striped Whip Snake Heimes 2016 Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)   Oxybelis microphthalmus Thornscrub Vine Snake Heimes 2016 [as aeneus] McCranie & Wilson 2001 [as aeneus] Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 [as aeneus] Vazquez-Diaz, Quintero-Diaz & Ramirez-Bautista 1998 [as aeneus] Genus Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes)   Pantherophis emoryi Great Plains Rat Snake Quintero-Diaz, Cardona-Arceo & Carbajal-Marquez 2016 Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)   Pituophis catenifer Gopher Snake Heimes 2016 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Pituophis deppei Mexican Bullsnake Duellman 1960 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Schatti, Heimes, Tillack, Kucharzewski & Coeto 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979 Genus Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)   Rhadinaea hesperia Western Graceful Brown Snake Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Vazquez-Diaz, Quintero-Diaz & Smith 1999 Genus Rhinocheilus (Long-nosed Snakes)   Rhinocheilus lecontei Common Long-nosed Snake Carbajal-Marquez, Quintero-Diaz & Gonzalez-Saucedo 2011 Genus Salvadora (Patch-nosed Snakes)   Salvadora bairdii Central Mexican Patch-nosed Snake Carbajal-Marquez & Quintero-Diaz 2016 McCranie & Wilson 1984 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Senticolis (American Green Rat Snake)   Senticolis triaspis American Green Rat Snake McCranie & Wilson 1984 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Schulz 1996 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Sonora (North American Ground, Sand, and Shovel-nosed Snakes)   Sonora mutabilis Mexican Ground Snake Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Heimes 2016 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 [as michoacanensis] Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)   Storeria storerioides Mexican Brown Snake Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla bocourti Guanajuato Centipede Snake Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 1984 McCranie & Wilson 2001 McDiarmid & Folke 1991 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014   Tantilla wilcoxi Chihuahuan Centipede Snake Heimes 2016 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)   Thamnophis cyrtopsis Black-necked Garter Snake McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Thamnophis eques Mexican Garter Snake Anderson & Lidicker 1963 Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Thamnophis melanogaster Mexican Black-bellied Garter Snake McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Thamnophis pulchrilatus Yellow-throated Garter Snake Wilson & McCranie 1979 [as cyrtopsis]   Thamnophis scaliger Mesa Central Blotched Garter Snake McCranie & Wilson 2001 Quintero-Diaz & Carbajal-Marquez 2016 Quintero-Diaz, Vazquez-Diaz & Smith 1999 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)   Trimorphodon tau Mexican Lyre Snake McCranie & Wilson 2001 Quintero-Diaz, Carbajal-Marquez, Chavez-Floriano, Ramirez-Valverde, Roque-Lozano & Briones-Rodriguez 2020 Scott & McDiarmid 1984 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)   Micrurus distans West Mexican Coral Snake Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Quintero-Diaz, Vazquez-Diaz & Smith 2000 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)   Crotalus aquilus Queretaran Dusky Rattlesnake Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Crotalus atrox Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Quintero-Diaz & Carbajal-Marquez 2017   Crotalus basiliscus Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake Carbajal-Marquez, Quintero-Diaz & Rivas-Mercado 2015   Crotalus lepidus Common Rock Rattlesnake Anderson & Lidicker 1963 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Dorcas 1992 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Crotalus molossus Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake Anderson & Lidicker 1963 Campbell & Lamar 2004 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Crotalus polystictus Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Crotalus pricei Twin-spotted Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Crotalus scutulatus Mojave Rattlesnake Banta 1962 Campbell & Lamar 2004 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005 Watson, Spencer, Schield, Butler, Smith, Flores-Villela, Campbell, Mackessy, Castoe & Meik 2019

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles) Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)   Kinosternon hirtipes Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle McCranie & Wilson 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005   Kinosternon integrum Mexican Mud Turtle Anderson & Lidicker 1963 McCranie & Wilson 2001 Vazquez-Diaz & Quintero-Diaz 2005