Reptiles of Zacatecas [Mexico] Related checklists:  Mexico Bibliography of the reptiles of Zacatecas Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Zacatecas Introduced species

Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus

Recent updates

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 Smith & Taylor 1950 Wilson & McCranie 1979 [as imbricata] Genus Elgaria (Western Alligator Lizards)   Elgaria kingii Madrean Alligator Lizard Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Carbajal-Marquez & Quintero-Diaz 2014 Webb 1970 Genus Gerrhonotus (Eastern Alligator Lizards)   Gerrhonotus liocephalus Tlapancingo Alligator Lizard Campos-Rodriguez, Chambert, Carmen-Diaz & Mendoza-Quijano 2004  Family Anolidae (Anoles) Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)   Norops nebulosus Clouded Anole Wilson & McCranie 1979  Family Crotaphytidae (North American Collared Lizards) Genus Crotaphytus (Typical Collared Lizards)   Crotaphytus collaris Common Collared Lizard Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 McGuire 1996 Genus Gambelia (North American Leopard Lizards)   Gambelia wislizenii Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009  Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos) Genus Coleonyx (Banded Eyelid Geckos)   Coleonyx brevis Texas Banded Gecko Baker, Baker, Johnson & Webb 1981 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007  Family Helodermatidae (Beaded Lizards) Genus Heloderma (Beaded Lizards)   Heloderma horridum West Mexican Beaded Lizard Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Avila-Villegas 2007  Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas) Genus Ctenosaura (Northern Spiny-tailed Iguanas)   Ctenosaura pectinata West Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana Ahumada-Carillo, Vazquez-Huizar, Vazquez-Diaz & Garcia-Vazquez 2011 Baker, Webb & Dalby 1967 Heimes 2022  Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas) Genus Cophosaurus (Greater Earless Lizard)   Cophosaurus texanus Greater Earless Lizard Hammerson & Santos-Barrera 2007 Genus Holbrookia (Lesser Earless Lizards)   Holbrookia approximans Blue-bellied Earless Lizard Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Heimes 2022 Smith & Taylor 1950 [as maculata dickersonae] Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)   Phrynosoma cornutum Texas Horned Lizard Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Price 1990   Phrynosoma modestum Round-tailed Horned Lizard Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Smith & Taylor 1950   Phrynosoma orbiculare Mountain Horned Lizard Heimes 2022 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Moreno-Barajas, Rodriguez-Romero, Velazquez-Rodriguez & Aragon-Martinez 2013 Smith & Taylor 1950 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Phrynosoma ornatissimum Southern Short-horned Lizard Heimes 2022 Montanucci 2015 Smith & Flores-Villela 1994 Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)   Sceloporus aurantius Southern Occidental Bunchgrass Lizard Carbajal-Marquez & Quintero-Diaz 2015 Carbajal-Marquez, Dominguez-de la Riva, Jimenez-Godoy, Quintero-Diaz & Banuelos-Alamillo 2020 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 cautus Shy Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022 Smith & Taylor 1950   Sceloporus clarkii Southwestern Spiny Lizard Ahumada-Carillo, Vazquez-Huizar, Vazquez-Diaz & Garcia-Vazquez 2011   Sceloporus cowlesi Southwestern Fence Lizard Heimes 2022   Sceloporus dugesii Colima Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Sceloporus edbelli Durangan Undulate Spiny Lizard Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Ballinger, Smith & Chiszar 1998 [as S. undulatus belli]   Sceloporus goldmani San Luis Potosi Bunchgrass Lizard Carbajal-Marquez & Quintero-Diaz 2017 Heimes 2022   Sceloporus grammicus Mesquite Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 Smith & Taylor 1950 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Sceloporus heterolepis Southern Odd-scaled Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022 Valdez-Lares, Muniz-Martinez & Garcia-Vazquez 2015   Sceloporus horridus Mexican Rough Spiny Lizard Anderson & Lidicker 1963 Heimes 2022   Sceloporus jarrovii Mountain Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Liner 1966   Sceloporus lineolateralis Durangan Lined Spiny Lizard Baker, Baker, Johnson & Webb 1981 Heimes 2022   Sceloporus maculosus Rio Nazas Spiny Lizard Baker, Baker, Johnson & Webb 1981 Heimes 2022   Sceloporus melanogaster Black-bellied Spiny Lizard Smith & Taylor 1950 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Sceloporus minor Lesser Spiny Lizard Heimes 2022 Liner 1966 Smith & Taylor 1950   Sceloporus parvus Blue-bellied Spiny Lizard Campos-Rodriguez, Flores-Leyva, Lorenzo-Marquez & Toledo-Jimenez 2017 Heimes 2022 Smith, Chiszar & Auth 1997   Sceloporus poinsettii Northern Crevice Spiny Lizard Chrapliwy 1956 Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Smith & Chrapliwy 1958 Tanner 1987   Sceloporus shannonorum Northern Odd-scaled Spiny Lizard Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Carbajal-Marquez, Dominguez-de la Riva, Jimenez-Godoy, Quintero-Diaz & Banuelo-Salamillo 2020 Heimes 2022   Sceloporus spinosus Eastern Mexican Spiny Lizard Smith & Taylor 1950   Sceloporus utiformis West Mexican Large-scaled Spiny Lizard Ahumada-Carillo, Vazquez-Huizar, Vazquez-Diaz & Garcia-Vazquez 2011 Heimes 2022 Genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)   Urosaurus bicarinatus Tropical Tree Lizard Ahumada-Carillo, Vazquez-Huizar, Vazquez-Diaz & Garcia-Vazquez 2011 Baker, Webb & Dalby 1967 Genus Uta (Side-blotched Lizards)   Uta stansburiana Common Side-blotched Lizard Grismer 1994 Heimes 2022 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)   Plestiodon bilineatus Two-lined Short-nosed Skink Bryson, Linkem, Pavon-Vazquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Klicka & McCormack 2017   Plestiodon brevirostris Short-nosed Skink Canseco-Marquez, Mendoza-Quijano, Ponce-Campos 2007   Plestiodon callicephalus North American Mountain Skink Lieb 1990 [as tetragrammus] Smith & Taylor 1950   Plestiodon lynxe Oak Forest Skink Parker 1960 Wilson & McCranie 1979  Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus) Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)   Aspidoscelis inornatus Lesser Striped Whiptail Maslin & Secoy 1986 Tanner 1987 Williams 1968   Aspidoscelis scalaris Plateau Spotted Whiptail Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009 Maslin & Secoy 1986 Walker 1981  Family Xantusiidae (Night Lizards) Genus Xantusia (Northern Night Lizards)   Xantusia extorris Durangan Night Lizard Baker, Baker, Johnson & Webb 1981 Bezy & Flores-Villela 1999   Xantusia sanchezi Zacatecas Night Lizard Bezy & Flores-Villela 1999

	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 Baker, Webb & Dalby 1967 Banuelos-Alamillo, Carbajal-Marquez & Rojo-Carillo 2016  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Arizona (Glossy Snakes)   Arizona elegans Eastern Glossy Snake Heimes 2016 Genus Conopsis (Mexican Earth Snakes)   Conopsis lineata Lined Tolucan Earth Snake Carbajal-Marquez, Arenas-Monroy, Gonzalez-Saucedo, Jones & Roman 2012 Heimes 2016   Conopsis nasus Large-nosed Earth Snake Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006 Heimes 2016 Smith & Taylor 1945 Wilson & McCranie 1979 Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)   Drymarchon melanurus Black-tailed Cribo Ahumada-Carrillo & Vazquez-Huizar 2012 Heimes 2016 Genus Geophis (Central American Earth Snakes)   Geophis dugesii Tangancicuaro Earth Snake Garcia-Balderas & Quintero-Diaz 2012 Haro-Galvan, Rosas-Valdez, Lazcano & Avila-Isais 2019 Genus Gyalopion (Western Hook-nosed Snakes)   Gyalopion canum Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake Hardy 1975 Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)   Heterodon kennerlyi Mexican Hognose Snake Heimes 2016 Smith & Taylor 1945 Genus Hypsiglena (North American Night Snakes)   Hypsiglena affinis Rio Grande de Santiago Night Snake Banuelos-Alamillo & Carbajal-Marquez 2016 Heimes 2016 Smith & Taylor 1945   Hypsiglena janii Chihuahuan Night Snake Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Heimes 2016 Mulcahy 2008 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 Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)   Lampropeltis alterna Grey-banded Kingsnake Campos-Rodriguez, Flores-Leyva, Lorenzo-Marquez & Toledo-Jimenez 2017   Lampropeltis greeri Durango Kingsnake Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Ahumada-Carillo, Vazquez-Huizar, Vazquez-Diaz & Garcia-Vazquez 2011 [as mexicana] Carbajal-Marquez, Dominguez-de la Riva, Jimenez-Godoy, Quintero-Diaz & Banuelos-Alamillo 2020 Hansen & Alamillo 2018 Hansen & Salmon 2017 Heimes 2016 [as m. mexicana] Markel 1990 [as mexicana]   Lampropeltis polyzona Central Mexican Milk Snake Smith & Taylor 1945   Lampropeltis splendida Desert Kingsnake Heimes 2016 Markel 1990 Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)   Leptodeira splendida Splendid Cat-eyed Snake Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Ahumada-Carillo, Vazquez-Huizar, Vazquez-Diaz & Garcia-Vazquez 2011 Banuelos-Alamillo, Quintero-Diaz & Carbajal-Marquez 2017 Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)   Masticophis bilineatus Sonoran Whip Snake Camper & Dixon 1994 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Smith & Taylor 1945   Masticophis flagellum Common Coachwhip Conant 1965 Heimes 2016   Masticophis lineatus Mexican Whip Snake Heimes 2016 [as striolatus] Johnson 1977 [as striolatus] Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 [as M. mentovarius] O'Connell & Smith 2018   Masticophis taeniatus Western Striped Whip Snake Camper & Dixon 1994 Heimes 2016 Parker 1982 Smith & Taylor 1945 Genus Mastigodryas (Neotropical Lizard Eaters)   Mastigodryas cliftoni West Mexican Lizard Eater Heimes 2016 Villa, Carillo-Reyes & Avila-Villegas 2011 Genus Nerodia (North American Water Snakes)   Nerodia erythrogaster Plain-bellied Water Snake Conant 1969 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Heimes 2016 McCranie 1990 Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)   Oxybelis microphthalmus Thornscrub Vine Snake Heimes 2016 [as aeneus] Keiser 1974 [as aeneus] Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)   Pituophis catenifer Gopher Snake Conant 1965 Heimes 2016 Schatti, Heimes, Tillack, Kucharzewski & Coeto 2020 Sweet & Parker 1990 [as P. melanoleucus]   Pituophis deppei Mexican Bullsnake Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Bryson, Garcia-Vazquez & Riddle 2011 Conant 1965 Duellman 1960 Schatti, Heimes, Tillack, Kucharzewski & Coeto 2020 Zweifel 1954 Genus Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)   Rhadinaea hesperia Western Graceful Brown Snake Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Myers 1974   Rhadinaea laureata Crowned Graceful Brown Snake Webb 1982 Genus Rhinocheilus (Long-nosed Snakes)   Rhinocheilus lecontei Common Long-nosed Snake Carbajal-Marquez, Quintero-Diaz & Ochoa-Medina 2015 Frost & Aird 1978 Heimes 2016 Medica 1980 Genus Salvadora (Patch-nosed Snakes)   Salvadora bairdii Central Mexican Patch-nosed Snake Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Smith & Taylor 1945   Salvadora lineata Lined Patch-nosed Snake Campos-Rodriguez, Flores-Leyva, Lorenzo-Marquez & Toledo-Jimenez 2017 Heimes 2016 Hernandez-Jimenez, Flores-Villela, Aguilar-Bremauntz & Campbell 2021 Tanner 1985 [as S. g. grahamiae]   Salvadora mexicana Common Mexican Patch-nosed Snake Banuelos-Alamillo, Ahumada-Carrillo, Quintero-Diaz & Carbajal-Marquez 2019 Genus Senticolis (American Green Rat Snake)   Senticolis triaspis American Green Rat Snake Schulz 1996 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as Elaphe chlorosoma] 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 Ponce-Campos, Smith, Harris & Chiszar 2004 [as aequalis] Smith & Taylor 1945   Sonora semiannulata Western Ground Snake Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)   Storeria storerioides Mexican Brown Snake Carbajal-Marquez, Dominguez-de la Riva, Jimenez-Godoy, Quintero-Diaz & Banuelos-Alamillo 2020 Quintero-Diaz, Sigala-Rodriguez & Carbajal-Marquez 2014 Webb 1982 Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)   Tantilla atriceps Mexican Black-headed Centipede Snake Cole & Hardy 1981 Cole & Hardy 1983 Heimes 2016 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015   Tantilla bocourti Guanajuato Centipede Snake Heimes 2016 McCranie 1977 McDiarmid & Folke 1991 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015   Tantilla wilcoxi Chihuahuan Centipede Snake Cole & Hardy 1981 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wilson 1983 Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)   Thamnophis eques Mexican Garter Snake Conant 1963 Heimes 2016 Smith & Taylor 1945   Thamnophis errans Mexican Terrestrial Garter Snake Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Webb 1976   Thamnophis marcianus Checkered Garter Snake Heimes 2016 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007   Thamnophis melanogaster Mexican Black-bellied Garter Snake Auth, Smith, Brown & Lintz 2000 Conant 1963 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996   Thamnophis pulchrilatus Yellow-throated Garter Snake Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014   Thamnophis scaliger Mesa Central Blotched Garter Snake Heimes 2016 Genus Trimorphodon (Lyre Snakes)   Trimorphodon paucimaculatus Sinaloan Lyre Snake Banuelos-Alamillo, Carbajal-Marquez, Quintero-Diaz & Moreno-Ochoa 2015   Trimorphodon tau Mexican Lyre Snake Scott & McDiarmid 1984 Smith & Taylor 1945 [as T. upsilon]  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)   Micrurus distans West Mexican Coral Snake Ahumada-Carillo, Perez Rivera, Reyes-Velasco, Grunwald & Jones 2014 Ahumada-Carrillo & Vazquez-Huizar 2012 Heimes 2016  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)   Crotalus aquilus Queretaran Dusky Rattlesnake Carbajal-Marquez, Gonzalez-Saucedo & Arenas-Monroy 2015 Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020   Crotalus atrox Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020   Crotalus basiliscus Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake Ahumada-Carillo, Vazquez-Huizar, Vazquez-Diaz & Garcia-Vazquez 2011 Carbajal-Marquez, Banuelos-Alamillo, Rivas-Mercado, Quintero-Diaz & Dominguez-de la Riva 2015 Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020   Crotalus lepidus Common Rock Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Dorcas 1992 Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Crotalus molossus Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Crotalus polystictus Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake Banuelos-Alamillo, Carbajal-Marquez & Olvera-Rivera 2016 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020 Wilson & McCranie 1979   Crotalus pricei Twin-spotted Rattlesnake Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020   Crotalus scutulatus Mojave Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020 Watson, Spencer, Schield, Butler, Smith, Flores-Villela, Campbell, Mackessy, Castoe & Meik 2019   Crotalus willardi Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake Campbell & Lamar 2004 Heimes 2016 Lara-Galvan, Martinez-Montoya, Sigala-Rodriguez, Esparza-Estrada, Rosas-Rosas, Avila-Herrera & Barbosa 2020

	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 Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Kinosternon integrum Mexican Mud Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021