Reptiles of
Santa Catarina [Brazil]

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

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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.
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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)
Genus Amphisbaena (Neotropical Worm Lizards)
 
Amphisbaena alba

Common Red Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans 1962
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Amphisbaena arenicola

Florianopolis Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Perez & Borges-Martins 2019
 
Amphisbaena darwinii

Uruguayan Ringed Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Perez, Ribeiro & Borges-Martins 2012 Ruiz-Garcia, Curi, Lamas & Cespedez 2016 Teixeira, Vechio, Neto & Rodrigues 2014
 
Amphisbaena dubia

Piracicaba Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Amphisbaena hogei

Alcatrazes Island Worm Lizard

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
 
Amphisbaena mertensii

Sao Paulo Worm Lizard

Barcelos-Ribeiro, Santos & Vaz-Silva 2007 Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans 1966 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Lima Silveira, Campos Brites & Valinhas e Valinhas 2012 Pena Correa & Meneses 2020
 
Amphisbaena prunicolor

Plum-coloured Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Perez & Borges-Martins 2019 Perez, Ribeiro & Borges-Martins 2012
Genus Anops (Keel-headed Worm Lizards)
 
Anops kingii

Pampas Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009
Genus Leposternon (South American Worm Lizards)
 
Leposternon microcephalum

Small-headed Worm Lizard

Barros-Filho, Freitas, Santos Silva, Castro Loguercio & Costa Valverde 2019 Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans 1971 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Ribeiro, Nogueira, Cintra, Silva & Zaher 2011

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans)
Genus Caiman (Typical Caimans)
 
Caiman latirostris

Broad-snouted Caiman

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Fusco-Costa, Castellani & Tomas 2008 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Diploglossus (Neotropical Forest Lizards)
 
Diploglossus fasciatus

Banded Forest Lizard

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Ophiodes (South American Glass Lizards)
 
Ophiodes fragilis

Yacupoi Glass Lizard

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007
 
Ophiodes striatus

Dark-striped Glass Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Montechiaro, Kaefer, Quadros & Cechin 2011 [as "cf. striatus"]
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Cercosaura (Eastern Shade Tejus)
 
Cercosaura schreibersii

South Brazilian Shade Teju

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017
Genus Colobodactylus (Southeast Brazilian Spectacled Tejus)
 
Colobodactylus taunayi

Taunay Spectacled Teju

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007
Genus Ecpleopus (Atlantic Forest Spectacled Teju)
 
Ecpleopus gaudichaudii

Atlantic Forest Spectacled Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz, Ghizoni & Graipel 2011 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 [as Arthroseps werneri] Reis Dias & Rocha 2013
Genus Placosoma (Sharp-nosed Spectacled Tejus)
 
Placosoma champsonotus

Jaragua Sharp-nosed Teju

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 [as cordylinum] Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Werner 1909
 
Placosoma glabellum

Santa Catarina Sharp-nosed Teju

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Uzzell 1962
 Family Leiosauridae (Smooth Iguanas)
Genus Anisolepis (South American Tree Iguanas)
 
Anisolepis grilli

Palmeira Tree Iguana

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Etheridge & Williams 1991 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970
Genus Enyalius (Fat-headed Anoles)
 
Enyalius iheringii

Southern Fat-headed Anole

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Etheridge 1969 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Jackson 1978 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Rodrigues, Bertolotto, Amaro, Yonenaga-Yassuda, Freire & Pellegrino 2014 Rodrigues, Freitas, Silva & Bertolotto 2006
Genus Urostrophus (Steppe Iguanas)
 
Urostrophus vautieri

Brazilian Steppe Iguana

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Entringer, Silva-Soares, Pirovani Silva & Srbek-Araujo 2022 Gasparini, Koski & Peloso 2010 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Santos, Silva Lucas, Sousa & Novelli 2009
 Family Liolaemidae (South American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Liolaemus (Smooth-throated Lizards)
 
Liolaemus occipitalis

Rio Grande Smooth-throated Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Muller 1975
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Aspronema (South American White-striped Skinks)
 
Aspronema dorsivittatum

South American White-striped Skink

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Vrcibradic, Rocha, Menezes & Ariani 2004
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Contomastix (Short-tailed Whiptails)
 
Contomastix lacertoides

Uruguayan Whiptail

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Menezes & Rocha 2013 Vrcibradic, Rocha, Menezes & Ariani 2004
 
Contomastix vacariensis

Vacaria Whiptail

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007
Genus Salvator (Southern Tejus)
 
Salvator merianae

Southern Black-and-White Teju

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016
Genus Teius (Typical Tejus)
 
Teius oculatus

Green Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz, Ghizoni & Giasson 2011
 Family Tropiduridae (Rough-tailed Iguanas)
Genus Tropidurus (Eastern Keel-tailed Iguanas)
 
Tropidurus catalanensis

Uruguayan Keel-tailed Iguana

Carvalho 2013 [as torquatus] Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Borges-Martins 2013 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 [as torquatus] Rodrigues 1987 [as torquatus]
  *
Tropidurus imbituba

Imbituba Keel-tailed Iguana

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Borges-Martins 2013

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anomalepididae (Neotropical Blind Snakes)
Genus Liotyphlops (Smooth Blind Snakes)
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Liotyphlops sousai

Santa Catarina Blind Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Marra-Santos & Reis 2018
 
Liotyphlops ternetzii

Paraguayan Blind Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 [as beui] Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 [as beui] Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 [as beui]
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Adelphostigma (Twin-spotted Leaf-litter Snakes)
 
Adelphostigma occipitalis

Bahia Leaf-litter Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Amnisiophis (East Brazilian Leaf-litter Snake)
 
Amnisiophis amoena

East Brazilian Leaf-litter Snake

Azevedo, Amorim, Menezes & Abegg 2018 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Muscat & Toledo Moroti 2020
Genus Atractus (Spindle Snakes)
 
Atractus paraguayensis

Paraguayan Spindle Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 [as A. taeniatus] Passos, Chiesse, Torres-Carvajal & Savage 2009 [as "cf. paraguayensis"] Passos, Fernandes, Bernils & Moura-Leite 2010
 
Atractus reticulatus

Reticulated Spindle Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Fernandes 1995 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Koehler & Kieckbusch 2014 Kunz, Ghizoni & Giasson 2011 Passos, Fernandes, Bernils & Moura-Leite 2010 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Atractus trihedrurus

South Brazilian Spindle Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Passos, Fernandes, Bernils & Moura-Leite 2010
 
Atractus zebrinus

Zebra Spindle Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Passos, Fernandes, Bernils & Moura-Leite 2010
Genus Boiruna (Southern Snake Eaters)
 
Boiruna maculata

South American Spotted Snake Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Zaher 1996
Genus Cercophis (Atlantic Forest Liana Snake)
 
Cercophis auratus

Atlantic Forest Liana Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 [as Uromacerina ricardinii] Bezerra, Ferreira-Guilhon, Lima-Ramos & Borges-Nojosa 2020 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Hoogmoed, Fernandes, Kucharzewski, Moura-Leite, Bernils, Entiauspe-Neto & Santos 2019 Muller & Ritter 1978 [as Uromacerina ricardinii] Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Chironius (Sipos)
 
Chironius bicarinatus

Eastern Sipo

Entiauspe-Neto, Lyra, Koch, Quintela, Abegg & Loebmann 2020 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Chironius exoletus

Green Sipo

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as pyrrhopogon] Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Sudre, Curcio, Nunes, Pellegrino & Rodrigues 2017
 
Chironius foveatus

Bahia Sipo

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Chironius fuscus

Brown Sipo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Souza-Filho, Moura-Leite, Matias & Morato 2012
 
Chironius gouveai

Uruguayan Sipo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Entiauspe-Neto, Lyra, Koch, Quintela, Abegg & Loebmann 2020
 
Chironius laevicollis

Smooth-necked Sipo

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Clelia (Northern Snake Eaters)
 
Clelia hussami

Parana Snake Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Morato, Franco & Sanches 2003
 
Clelia plumbea

Plumbeous Snake Eater

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Muller 1974 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Zaher 1996
Genus Caaeteboia (East Brazilian Ground Snakes)
 
Caaeteboia amarali

Minas Gerais Ground Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Montingelli, Barbo, Pereira Filho, Santana, Franca, Grazziotin & Zaher 2020 Passos, Ramos & Pereira 2012 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
Genus Dibernardia (East South American Leaf-litter Snakes)
 
Dibernardia affinis

Atlantic Forest Leaf-litter Snake

Argolo 1998 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Di-Bernardo & Lema 1988 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Myers 1974
 
Dibernardia bilineata

Two-striped Leaf-litter Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Di-Bernardo & Lema 1991 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Hiert 2006 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Myers 1974 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Dibernardia persimilis

Rio de Janeiro Leaf-litter Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Di-Bernardo & Lema 1986 Myers 1974 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Dipsas (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Dipsas albifrons

White-fronted Snail Eater

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Harvey & Embert 2008 Harvey 2008 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Passos, Fernandes & Porto 2005 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Peters 1960 Peters 1965 Ribeiro Dias, Souza Costa, Sole & Argolo 2018 Silveira, Ribeiro, Dornas & Fernandes 2018 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Dipsas alternans

Santos Snail Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Fernandes, Marques & Argolo 2010 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Peters 1960 [as D. incerta]
 
Dipsas neuwiedi

Brazilian Banded Snail Eater

Andrade, Oliveira Lima, Oliveira Silva, Fonseca Fernandes & Reis Dias 2019 Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Peters 1960 Scrocchi, Porto & Rey 1993 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Dipsas petersi

Sao Paulo Snail Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Harvey 2008
 
Dipsas turgida

Bolivian Snail Eater

Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022
 
Dipsas variegata

Many-banded Snail Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Porto & Fernandes 1996 [as D. neivai]
 
Dipsas ventrimaculata

Spot-bellied Snail Eater

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Dryophylax (Northern Mock Vipers)
 
Dryophylax hypoconia

Southern Mock Viper

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 [as strigilis] Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franco & Ferreira 2002 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Trevine, Caicedo-Portilla, Hoogmoed, Thomas, Franco, Montingelli, Osorno-Munoz & Zaher 2021
 
Dryophylax nattereri

Coastal Mock Viper

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Trevine, Caicedo-Portilla, Hoogmoed, Thomas, Franco, Montingelli, Osorno-Munoz & Zaher 2021
Genus Echinanthera (Neotropical Leaf-litter Snakes)
 
Echinanthera cephalostriata

Head-striped Leaf-litter Snake

Argolo & Jesus 2008 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 
Echinanthera cyanopleura

Blue-flanked Leaf-litter Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Zanella & Cechin 2010
 
Echinanthera undulata

South Brazilian Leaf-litter Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gomes & Marques 2012 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Elapomorphus (Brazilian Lizard Eaters)
 
Elapomorphus quinquelineatus

Five-lined Lizard Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Lema 1992
Genus Erythrolamprus (Neotropical Smooth Snakes)
 
Erythrolamprus almadensis

Almada Smooth Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon 1991 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Erythrolamprus jaegeri

Southern Green Smooth Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon 1987 Kunz, Ghizoni & Giasson 2011 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Erythrolamprus miliaris

Military Smooth Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon 1983 Dixon 1989 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus

Yellow-bellied Smooth Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni & Giasson 2011 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Gomesophis (Brazilian Burrowing Snake)
 
Gomesophis brasiliensis

Brazilian Burrowing Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Castellari-Gonzalez, Prudente & Franco 2014 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Fortes, Lucas & Caldart 2010 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Menezes, Fiorillo, Franco & Feio 2017 Prudente & Brandao 1998 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Helicops (South American Keelbacks)
 
Helicops carinicaudus

Keel-tailed Keelback

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Helicops infrataeniatus

Surinam Keelback

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Giraudo & Scrocchi 2002 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Landgref-Filho & Aoki 2011 Moraes-da-Silva, Amaro, Sales Nunes, Rodrigues & Curcio 2021 Moraes-da-Silva, Amaro, Sales Nunes, Strussmann, Teixeira, Andrade, Sudre, Recoder, Rodrigues & Curcio 2019 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Helicops modestus

Brazilian Olive Keelback

Moraes-da-Silva, Amaro, Sales Nunes, Rodrigues & Curcio 2021 Moraes-da-Silva, Amaro, Sales Nunes, Strussmann, Teixeira, Andrade, Sudre, Recoder, Rodrigues & Curcio 2019
Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)
 
Imantodes cenchoa

Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Bernils, Morato & Moura-Leite 2000 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Lygophis (South American Striped Ground Snakes)
 
Lygophis flavifrenatus

Yellow-lined Ground Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni & Giasson 2011
Genus Mesotes (Southern Mock Vipers)
 
Mesotes strigatus

Striped Mock Viper

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franco & Ferreira 2002 Franco & Ferreira 2003 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni & Giasson 2011 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Trevine, Caicedo-Portilla, Hoogmoed, Thomas, Franco, Montingelli, Osorno-Munoz & Zaher 2021
Genus Mussurana (Brazilian Snake Eaters)
 
Mussurana quimi

South Brazilian Snake Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Entiauspe-Neto, Abegg, Quintela & Loebmann 2017 Franco, Marques & Puorto 1997 Giraudo & Scrocchi 2002 Silveira & Cotta 2006
Genus Oxyrhopus (Calico Snakes)
 
Oxyrhopus clathratus

Southern Brazilian Calico Snake

Bernardo, Machado, Murphy & Zaher 2012 Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Oxyrhopus rhombifer

Rhombic Calico Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Hamdan & Lira da Silva 2008 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni & Giasson 2011 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Palusophis (Eastern Lizard Eater)
 
Palusophis bifossatus

Eastern Lizard Eater

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Leite, Nunes, Kaefer & Cechin 2009 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Paraphimophis (Rusty Snake Eater)
 
Paraphimophis rusticus

Rusty Snake Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franco, Marques & Puorto 1997 Lima Silveira 2014 Zaher 1996
Genus Phalotris (South American Collared Snakes)
 
Phalotris nasutus

Snouted Collared Snake

Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
 
Phalotris reticulatus

Southern Reticulated Collared Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Giraudo & Scrocchi 2002 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Philodryas (South American Bush Racers)
 
Philodryas aestiva

Eastern Brazilian Green Bush Racer

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Thomas 1976
 
Philodryas olfersii

Common Green Bush Racer

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Thomas 1976 Werner 1900
Genus Pseudablabes (Reticulated Bush Racers)
 
Pseudablabes agassizii

Burrowing Night Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Souza Filho & Plombon 2014
 
Pseudablabes arnaldoi

Brazilian Speckled Racer

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Thomas 1976
 
Pseudablabes patagoniensis

Patagonian Bush Racer

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gouveia, Novelli, Vieira & Sousa 2017 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Pseudoboa (Neotropical Scarlet Snakes)
 
Pseudoboa haasi

Parana Scarlet Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Giraudo & Scrocchi 2002 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Lema & Ely 1979 Martins, Alencar & Gaiarsa 2010 Morato, Moura-Leite, Costa Prudente & Bernils 1995 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Zaher, Oliveira & Franco 2008
Genus Ptychophis (Brazilian Yellow-striped Water Snake)
 
Ptychophis flavovirgatus

Brazilian Yellow-striped Water Snake

Castellari-Gonzalez, Prudente & Franco 2014 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Porto & Caramaschi 1989
Genus Siphlophis (Liana Snakes)
 
Siphlophis longicaudatus

Long-tailed Liana Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Thomassen, Costa, Silveira, Garcia & Bernils 2015 Zaher & Prudente 1999
 
Siphlophis pulcher

Guanabara Liana Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Prudente, Silva, Santos Meireles & Puorto 2017 Zaher & Prudente 1999
Genus Sordellina (Brazilian Yellow-lipped Snake)
 
Sordellina punctata

Brazilian Yellow-lipped Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Hoge & Romano 1978 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Miranda & Fernandes 2012 Pereira, Stender-Oliveira, Rodrigues & Bernils 2007 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
Genus Spilotes (Chicken Snakes)
 
Spilotes pullatus

Chicken Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla melanocephala

South American Black-headed Centipede Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009
Genus Tomodon (Pampas Snakes)
 
Tomodon dorsatus

Brazilian Pampas Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
Genus Tropidodryas (Atlantic Forest Tree Snakes)
 
Tropidodryas serra

Atlantic Forest Lowland Tree Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Oliveira 2008 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Thomas & Dixon 1977
 
Tropidodryas striaticeps

Atlantic Forest Highland Tree Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Guedes & Marques 2011 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Oliveira 2008 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as Philodryas pseudoserra] Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021 Thomas & Dixon 1977
Genus Xenodon (Northern Mock Lanceheads and South American Hognose Snakes)
 
Xenodon dorbignyi

Spotted Hognose Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni & Giasson 2011
 
Xenodon guentheri

Santa Catarina Mock Lancehead

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Boulenger 1894 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Xenodon merremii

Toad-eating Mock Lancehead

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Xenodon neuwiedii

East Brazilian Mock Lancehead

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus altirostris

Uruguayan Coral Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Roze 1996 [as M. frontalis multicinctus] Silva & Sites 1999 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Micrurus corallinus

Painted Coral Snake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Micrurus decoratus

Decorated Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Castellari-Gonzalez, Silva-Soares, Castro & Bernils 2014 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia munoai

Rio Grande do Sul Thread Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Francisco, Pinto & Fernandes 2012 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Amerotyphlops (American Blind Snakes)
 
Amerotyphlops brongersmianus

Bahia Blind Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bothrops (American Lanceheads)
 
Bothrops alternatus

Urutu

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Carrasco, Grazziotin, Farfan, Koch, Ochoa, Scrocchi, Leynaud & Chaparro 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007
 
Bothrops cotiara

Southeast Brazilian Lancehead

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Carrasco, Grazziotin, Farfan, Koch, Ochoa, Scrocchi, Leynaud & Chaparro 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007
 
Bothrops diporus

Chaco Lancehead

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Silva & Rodrigues 2008
 
Bothrops jararaca

Jararaca

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Carrasco, Grazziotin, Farfan, Koch, Ochoa, Scrocchi, Leynaud & Chaparro 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Franca, Franca, Roedder & Sole 2022 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Bothrops jararacussu

Jararacussu

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Carrasco, Grazziotin, Farfan, Koch, Ochoa, Scrocchi, Leynaud & Chaparro 2019 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Bothrops neuwiedi

Eastern Brazilian Lancehead

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Silva & Rodrigues 2008 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021
 
Bothrops pubescens

Pampas Lancehead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus durissus

South American Rattlesnake

Bernils, Batista & Bertelli 2001 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Kunz & Ghizoni 2009 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Spengler Waltrick & Menta Giasson 2021

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Acanthochelys (South American Side-necked Swamp Turtles)
 
Acanthochelys spixii

Black Spiny-necked Swamp Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ghizoni, Kunz, Cherem & Bernils 2009 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Hydromedusa (South American Snake-necked Turtles)
 
Hydromedusa tectifera

Uruguayan Snake-necked Turtle

Alcalde, Sanchez & Pritchard 2021 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gutsche, Kwet, Kucharzewski & Hallermann 2007 Kunz, Ghizoni, Santos & Hartmann 2007 Luling 1984 Reis Martins, Carvalho-Garbin & Freire Bruno 2011 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sousa & Novelli 2009
Genus Phrynops (Lesser Toad-headed Turtles)
 
Phrynops geoffroanus

Brazilian Toad-headed Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Phrynops hilarii

Spotted-bellied Toad-headed Turtle

Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Tortato 2007 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Phrynops williamsi

Rio Cadea Toad-headed Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Fritz & Havas 2006 Kunz, Ghizoni-Junior, Cherem, Bressan, Leonardi & Zanotelli 2018 Rhodin & Mittermeier 1983 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Santos, Soares-e-Soares, Marcovaldi, Silveira-Monteiro, Giffoni & Padua-Almeida 2011 Soto, Beheregaray & Rebello 1997 Stahelin, Fiedler, Lima, Sales & Wanderlinde 2012
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Rodrigues, Soto, Serafini & Corbetta 2012 Stahelin, Fiedler, Lima, Sales & Wanderlinde 2012
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Soto & Beheregaray 1997 Stahelin, Fiedler, Lima, Sales & Wanderlinde 2012
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Castilhos, Coelho, Argolo, Santos, Marcovaldi, Santos & Lopez 2011 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Soto & Beheregaray 1997 Stahelin, Fiedler, Lima, Sales & Wanderlinde 2012
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Padua Almeida, Eckert, Bruno, Scalfoni, Barros Giffoni, Lopez-Mendilaharsu & Thome 2011 Padua-Almeida, Thome, Baptistotte, Marcovaldi, Santos & Lopez 2011 Soto, Beheregaray & Rebello 1997 Stahelin, Fiedler, Lima, Sales & Wanderlinde 2012
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys dorbigni

South Brazilian Slider

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Tortato, Bressan & Kunz 2014