Reptiles of
Sinaloa [Mexico]

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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.
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Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus acutus

American Crocodile

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Barisia (Mexican Alligator Lizards)
 
Barisia ciliaris

Northern Mexican Alligator Lizard

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950 Wermuth 1969
Genus Elgaria (Western Alligator Lizards)
 
Elgaria kingii

Madrean Alligator Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
Genus Gerrhonotus (Eastern Alligator Lizards)
 
Gerrhonotus liocephalus

Tlapancingo Alligator Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Good 1994 [as "cf. liocephalus"] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops nebulosus

Clouded Anole

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
Genus Coleonyx (Banded Eyelid Geckos)
 
Coleonyx fasciatus

Black-banded Gecko

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lara-Resendiz, Larrain-Barrios & Felix-Burruel 2017 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Coleonyx variegatus

Western Banded Gecko

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 Family Helodermatidae (Beaded Lizards)
Genus Heloderma (Beaded Lizards)
 
Heloderma exasperatum

Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard

Bogert & del Campo 1956 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969
 
Heloderma horridum

West Mexican Beaded Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Bogert & del Campo 1956 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Heloderma suspectum

Gila Monster

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)
 
Ctenosaura macrolopha

Sonoran Spiny-tailed Iguana

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Heimes 2022 Koehler 2002 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Ctenosaura pectinata

West Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Chrapliwy & Fugler 1955 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Koehler 2002 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Dipsosaurus (Desert Iguanas)
 
Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Common Desert Iguana

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana rhinolopha

Northern Green Iguana

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 [as I. iguana] Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as I. iguana] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 [as I. iguana] Heimes 2022 [as I. iguana] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as I. iguana] Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Callisaurus (Zebra-tailed Lizard)
 
Callisaurus draconoides

Zebra-tailed Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Holbrookia (Lesser Earless Lizards)
 
Holbrookia elegans

Mexican Earless Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 [as maculata] Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma solare

Regal Horned Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus albiventris

Western White-bellied Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 [as horridus] Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus bulleri

Jaliscan Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Webb 1967 Zweifel 1954
 
Sceloporus clarkii

Southwestern Spiny Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus jarrovii

Mountain Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Zweifel 1954
 
Sceloporus lemosespinali

Chihuahua Graphic Lizard

Heimes 2022
 
Sceloporus magister

Northern Desert Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Sceloporus nelsoni

Sinaloan Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus poinsettii

Northern Crevice Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
 
Sceloporus shannonorum

Northern Odd-scaled Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Langebartel 1959 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Webb 1969
 
Sceloporus spinosus

Eastern Mexican Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
 
Sceloporus utiformis

West Mexican Large-scaled Spiny Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus virgatus

Striped Plateau Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
Genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)
 
Urosaurus bicarinatus

Tropical Tree Lizard

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Urosaurus ornatus

Common Tree Lizard

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Phyllodactylus (American Leaf-toed Geckos)
 
Phyllodactylus homolepidurus

Sonoran Leaf-toed Gecko

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Peralta-Garcia, Samaniego-Herrera & Valdez-Villavicencio 2007
 
Phyllodactylus saxatilis

Stone Yellow-bellied Leaf-toed Gecko

Dixon 1964 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as P. tuberculosus] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as P. tuberculosus] Ramirez-Reyes, Flores-Villela, Pinero, Lathrop & Murphy 2021
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Marisora (Middle American Skinks)
 
Marisora aquilonaria

Southern Sierra Madre Skink

Trageser & Schell 2018 [as brachypoda]
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon callicephalus

North American Mountain Skink

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lieb 1990 [as tetragrammus] McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Robinson 1979 Zweifel 1962
 
Plestiodon colimensis

Colima Skink

Dixon 1969 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Robinson 1979 Webb 1959
 
Plestiodon parviauriculatus

Northern Pygmy Skink

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Robinson 1979
 
Plestiodon parvulus

Southern Pygmy Skink

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Robinson 1979 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis costatus

Western Mexican Whiptail

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Maslin & Secoy 1986 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
 
Aspidoscelis stictogrammus

Giant Spotted Whiptail

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Aspidoscelis tigris

Tiger Whiptail

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)
 
Boa sigma

West Mexican Red-tailed Boa

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as B. constrictor] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as Constrictor constrictor imperator]
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Arizona (Glossy Snakes)
 
Arizona elegans

Eastern Glossy Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Greer 1964 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Coniophanes (Black-striped Snakes)
 
Coniophanes lateritius

West Mexican Stripeless Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2020 Ponce-Campos & Smith 2001
Genus Conopsis (Mexican Earth Snakes)
 
Conopsis nasus

Large-nosed Earth Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)
 
Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)
 
Drymarchon melanurus

Black-tailed Cribo

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Drymobius (Central American Racers)
 
Drymobius margaritiferus

Speckled Racer

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Enulius (Middle American Long-tailed Snakes)
 
Enulius oligostichus

Mexican Long-tailed Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Heimes 2016 McDiarmid & Bezy 1971 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
Genus Geophis (Central American Earth Snakes)
 
Geophis annuliferus

West Mexican Snail Eater

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Greer 1965 [as T. malacodryas] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Kofron 1988 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Geophis dugesii

Tangancicuaro Earth Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Wilson & Townsend 2007
Genus Gyalopion (Western Hook-nosed Snakes)
 
Gyalopion quadrangulare

Desert Hook-nosed Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Fouquette & Rossman 1963 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Hardy 1975 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)
 
Hypsiglena chlorophaea

Desert Night Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Hypsiglena torquata

Sinaloan Night Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Mulcahy 2008 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)
 
Imantodes gemmistratus

Central American Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Banuelos-Alamillo, Trujillo-de la Torre, Quintero-Diaz & Carbajal-Marquez 2017 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Torres-Carvajal, Yanez-Munoz, Quirola, Smith & Almendariz 2012 Zweifel 1959
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis greeri

Durango Kingsnake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as L. mexicana] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Lampropeltis nigrita

Mexican Black Kingsnake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as getula] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Markel 1990
 
Lampropeltis polyzona

Central Mexican Milk Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as triangulum] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Markel 1990 Ruane 2015 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Lampropeltis webbi

Sinaloan Mountain King Snake

Bryson, Dixon & Lazcano 2005 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hansen & Salmon 2017 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira maculata

Mexican Cat-eyed Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Barrio-Amoros 2019 Duellman 1958 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Leptodeira polysticta

Small-spotted Cat-eyed Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as septentrionalis] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016
 
Leptodeira punctata

Western Cat-eyed Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Barrio-Amoros 2019 Duellman 1958 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Greer 1965 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Leptodeira splendida

Splendid Cat-eyed Snake

Barrio-Amoros 2019 Duellman 1958 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)
 
Leptophis diplotropis

Twin-keeled Parrot Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)
 
Masticophis bilineatus

Sonoran Whip Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Camper & Dixon 1994 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Fouquette & Rossman 1963 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Lewis & Johnson 1956
 
Masticophis lineatus

Mexican Whip Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as M. mentovarius] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 [as M. mentovarius] Johnson 1977 [as striolatus] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as M. mentovarius] Lewis & Johnson 1956 [as striolatus] McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 [as striolatus] O'Connell & Smith 2018 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Masticophis piceus

Western Coachwhip

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as flagellum] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as M. flagellum] McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 [as flagellum] O'Connell & Smith 2018 Smith & Gelder 1955 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wilson 1973 [as M. flagellum]
Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)
 
Mastigodryas cliftoni

West Mexican Lizard Eater

Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Hardy 1963 [as fasciatus] Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Montingelli 2009 Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher 2019
 
Mastigodryas laevis

Guatemalan Lizard Eater

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as melanolomus] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 [as melanolomus stuarti] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as M. melanolomus] Montingelli 2009
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis microphthalmus

Thornscrub Vine Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 [as aeneus] Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as aeneus] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 [as aeneus] Jadin, Blair, Orlofske, Jowers, Rivas, Vitt, Ray, Smith & Murphy 2020 Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as O. aeneus] Smith & Gelder 1955 [as aeneus] Smith & Taylor 1945 [as acuminatus]
Genus Phyllorhynchus (American Leaf-nosed Snakes)
 
Phyllorhynchus browni

Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Shannon & Humphrey 1959
 
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus

Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Zweifel 1954
 
Pituophis deppei

Mexican Bullsnake

Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Pseudoficimia (False Hook-nosed Snake)
 
Pseudoficimia frontalis

False Hook-nosed Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Hardy 1972 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)
 
Rhadinaea hesperia

Western Graceful Brown Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Myers 1974
Genus Rhinocheilus (Long-nosed Snakes)
 
Rhinocheilus lecontei

Common Long-nosed Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Manier 2004 Medica 1975 Medica 1980 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Salvadora (Patch-nosed Snakes)
 
Salvadora bairdii

Central Mexican Patch-nosed Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
 
Salvadora deserticola

Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake

Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as S. hexalepis celeris] Zweifel 1954
 
Salvadora hexalepis

Western Patch-nosed Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
Genus Senticolis (American Green Rat Snake)
 
Senticolis triaspis

American Green Rat Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Schulz 1996
Genus Sonora (North American Ground, Sand, and Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Sonora aemula

File-tailed Ground Snake

Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
 
Sonora cincta

Sonoran Banded Sand Snake

Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 [as Chilomeniscus stramineus] McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
 
Sonora mutabilis

Mexican Ground Snake

Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as michoacanensis] Frost 1979 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ponce-Campos, Smith, Harris & Chiszar 2004
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria storerioides

Mexican Brown Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976
Genus Sympholis (Mexican Short-tailed Snake)
 
Sympholis lippiens

Mexican Short-tailed Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Hensley 1966 Humphrey & Shannon 1958 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla bocourti

Guanajuato Centipede Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid & Folke 1991 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015
 
Tantilla calamarina

Pacific Coast Centipede Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1988
 
Tantilla wilcoxi

Chihuahuan Centipede Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1983
 
Tantilla yaquia

Yaqui Centipede Snake

Cole & Hardy 1981 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Gelder 1955 Tanner 1966 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Black-necked Garter Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976 Smith & Gelder 1955
 
Thamnophis validus

Mexican West Coast Garter Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Conant 1969 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)
 
Trimorphodon biscutatus

Western Lyre Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Gehlbach 1971
 
Trimorphodon lambda

Sonoran Lyre Snake

Devitt, LaDuc & McGuire 2008 Heimes 2016
 
Trimorphodon paucimaculatus

Sinaloan Lyre Snake

Devitt, LaDuc & McGuire 2008 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Trimorphodon tau

Mexican Lyre Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Scott & McDiarmid 1984
Genus Tropidodipsas (Northern Snail Snakes)
 
Tropidodipsas philippii

Sinaloan Snail Eater

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Greer 1965 Grunwald, Toribio-Jimenez, Montano-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chavez, Penaloza-Montano, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco 2021 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Kofron 1987 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Ramirez-Bautista, Flores-Villela & Casas-Andreu 1982 Shannon & Humphrey 1959 [as freiae] Smith & Taylor 1945
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micruroides (Western Coral Snake)
 
Micruroides euryxanthus

Western Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Roze 1996 Uriarte-Garzon, Valdenegro-Brito, Barcenas-Rodriguez & Garcia Vazquez 2020
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus distans

West Mexican Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Roze 1996
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1945
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Rena (Maroon Thread Snakes)
 
Rena dugesii

Mexican Thread Snake

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as Leptotyphlops humilis] Hahn 1980 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019 [as R. humilis] Smith & Taylor 1945
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)
 
Agkistrodon bilineatus

Western Cantil

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Porras, Wilson, Schuett & Reiserer 2013
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus atrox

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Dixon, Sabbath & Worthington 1962 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Harris & Simmons 1977 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Crotalus basiliscus

Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Gelder 1955
 
Crotalus lepidus

Common Rock Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Zweifel 1954
 
Crotalus molossus

Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 
Crotalus stejnegeri

Northern Long-tailed Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Heiden & Flores-Villela 2013 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 McDiarmid, Copp & Breedlove 1976

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Cliffton, Cornejo & Felger in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Cliffton, Cornejo & Felger in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Cliffton, Cornejo & Felger in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)
 
Terrapene nelsoni

Spotted Box Turtle

Buskirk & Ponce-Campos 2011 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Legler & Vogt 2013 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys nebulosa

Northwest Mexican Slider

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Fritz & Havas 2006 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Iverson 1992 Legler & Vogt 2013 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Seidel 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 
Trachemys ornata

Ornate Slider

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Iverson 1992 Legler & Vogt 2013 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith & Taylor 1950 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
 
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Painted Wood Turtle

Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smith & Taylor 1950
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon alamosae

Alamos Mud Turtle

Berry & Legler 1980 Buskirk 1984 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Legler & Vogt 2013 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinosternon cora

Cora Mud Turtle

Loc-Barragan, Reyes-Velasco, Woolrich-Pina, Grunwald, Venegas de Anaya, Rangel-Mendoza & Lopez-Luna 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinosternon integrum

Mexican Mud Turtle

Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises)
 
Gopherus evgoodei

Sinaloan Desert Tortoise

Edwards, Karl, Vaughn, Rosen, Melendez-Torres & Murphy 2016 Enderson, Quijada-Mascarenas, Turner, Rosen & Bezy 2009 [as agassizii] Hardy & McDiarmid 1969 [as agassizii] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 [as agassizii] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020 Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle 2011 [as morafkai] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021