Reptiles of
Tlaxcala [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).

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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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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard

Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Zaldivar-Riveron, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Laclette 2005
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma orbiculare

Mountain Horned Lizard

Heimes 2022 Moreno-Barajas, Rodriguez-Romero, Velazquez-Rodriguez & Aragon-Martinez 2013 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1950
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus aeneus

Southern Bunchgrass Lizard

Heimes 2022 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Thomas & Dixon 1976
 
Sceloporus bicanthalis

Transvolcanic Bunchgrass Lizard

Heimes 2022 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009
 
Sceloporus grammicus

Mesquite Lizard

Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus jalapae

Jalapa Spiny Lizard

Heimes 2022
 
Sceloporus megalepidurus

Veracruz Large-scaled Spiny Lizard

Heimes 2022 Smith & Taylor 1950
 
Sceloporus mucronatus

Oaxacan Crevice Spiny Lizard

Ballinger & Lemos-Espinal 1994 Heimes 2022 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009
 
Sceloporus scalaris

Light-bellied Bunchgrass Lizard

Heimes 2022 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon brevirostris

Short-nosed Skink

Brandley, Ota, Hikida, Montes de Oca, Feria-Ortiz, Guo & Wang 2012 Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernandez, Centenero-Alcala, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jimenez-Arcos 2017 Sanchez-Herrera & Lopez-Ortega 1987
 
Plestiodon copei

Central Mexican Blue-tailed Skink

Fernandez, Sanchez & Flores-Villela 2006 Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernandez, Centenero-Alcala, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jimenez-Arcos 2017
 
Plestiodon lynxe

Oak Forest Skink

Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernandez, Centenero-Alcala, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jimenez-Arcos 2017
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis costatus

Western Mexican Whiptail

Rodriguez-Romero, Hernandez-Gallegos & Lopez-Gonzalez 2003 Sanchez-Herrera & Lopez-Ortega 1987 [as alpinus]
 
Aspidoscelis sacki

Oaxacan Spotted Whiptail

Fernandez, Sanchez & Flores-Villela 2006

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Conopsis (Mexican Earth Snakes)
 
Conopsis lineata

Lined Tolucan Earth Snake

Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009 Smith & Taylor 1945
 
Conopsis nasus

Large-nosed Earth Snake

Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis deppei

Mexican Bullsnake

Bryson, Garcia-Vazquez & Riddle 2011 Schatti, Heimes, Tillack, Kucharzewski & Coeto 2020
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria storerioides

Mexican Brown Snake

Fernandez, Sanchez & Flores-Villela 2006
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis eques

Mexican Garter Snake

Conant 2003 Heimes 2016
 
Thamnophis pulchrilatus

Yellow-throated Garter Snake

Fernandez, Sanchez & Flores-Villela 2006
 
Thamnophis scalaris

Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake

Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996
 
Thamnophis scaliger

Mesa Central Blotched Garter Snake

Smith & Taylor 1945
Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)
 
Trimorphodon tau

Mexican Lyre Snake

Scott & McDiarmid 1984
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus tener

Texas Coral Snake

Fernandez, Sanchez & Flores-Villela 2006 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus intermedius

Mexican Small-headed Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 Sanchez-Herrera & Lopez-Ortega 1987
 
Crotalus molossus

Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Fernandez-Fernandez, Barrios-Quiroz, Sanchez-Aguilar & Moises-Minor 2003 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009
 
Crotalus ravus

Central Plateau Pygmy Rattlesnake

Campbell & Armstrong 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Ramirez-Bautista, Hernandez-Salinas, Garcia-Vazquez, Leyte-Manrique & Canseco-Marquez 2009
 
Crotalus scutulatus

Mojave Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 Sanchez-Herrera & Lopez-Ortega 1987
 
Crotalus triseriatus

Mexican Dusky Rattlesnake

Bryson 2006 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016