This is a list of reptiles in Costa Rica.
Lizards
Family Corytophanidae
- Genus Basiliscus (brown basilisk, common basilisk, plumed basilisk)
- Genus Corytophanes (helmeted iguana)
- Genus Laemanctus (casquehead iguana)
Family Dactyloidae
- Genus Anolis (Anolis insignis, Anolis microtus)
Family Gekkonidae
- Genus Gonatodes (yellow-headed gecko)
- Genus Hemidactylus (common house gecko)
- Genus Lepidoblepharis (Costa Rica scaly-eyed gecko)
- Genus Sphaerodactylus (yellow-tailed dwarf gecko, spotted dwarf gecko)
- Genus Lepidodactylus (mourning gecko)
Family Iguanidae
- Genus Ctenosaura (black spiny-tailed iguana)
- Genus Iguana (green iguana)
Family Phyllodactylidae
- Genus Thecadactylus (turnip-tailed gecko)
Family Polychrotidae
- Genus Norops (21 species, including blue-eyed anole, Carpenter's anole, green tree anole, ground anole, lemur anole, lichen anole, many-scaled anole, pug-nosed anole, slender anole, stream anole, water anole)
- Genus Polychrus (neotropical chameleon)
Family Scincidae
- Mabuya unamarginata
Family Teiidae
- Anadia ocellata
- Holcosus quadrilineatus
- Holcosus festivus
- Ptychoglossus plicatus
Family Xantusiidae
- Lepidophyma reticulatum
Snakes
Family Anomalepididae
- Anomalepis mexicana
- Helminthophis frontalis
- Liotyphlops albirostris
Family Boidae
- Boa constrictor
- Boa imperator
- Epicrates cenchria
Family Colubridae
- Amastridium veliferum (rufous-headed snake)
- Chironius exoletus
- Clelia clelia
- Drymobius melanotropis (black forest racer)
- Drymobius margaritiferus (speckled racer)
- Enuliophis sclateri (sock-headed snake)
- Erythrolamprus mimus (mimic false coral snake)
- Imantodes cenchoa
- Lampropeltis triangulum
- Leptophis ahaetulla (parrot snake)
- Erythrolamprus epinephalus (fire-bellied snake)
- Leptodeira septentrionalis
- Mastigodryas melanolomus
- Ninia maculata
- Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
- Senticolis triaspis (green rat snake)
- Stenorrhina degenhardtii
- Stenorrhina freminvillei (blood snake)
- Genus Tantilla (centipede snakes)
- Thamnophis proximus
- Xenodon rhabdocephalus
Family Elapidae
- Micrurus alleni
- Micrurus mipartitus
Family Leptotyphlopidae
- Leptotyphlops goudotii
Family Loxocemidae
- Loxocemus bicolor
Family Tropidophiidae
- Ungaliophis panamensis
Family Typhlopidae
- Typhlops costaricensis
Family Viperidae
- Atropoides nummifer
- Atropoides picadoi
- Bothriechis lateralis
- Bothriechis nigroadspersus
- Bothrops asper
- Porthidium nasutum
- Lachesis stenophrys Cope 1875 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
- Lachesis melanocephala Solòrzano & Cerdas 1986 southeastern Costa Rica and adjoining areas of western Panama
Turtles
- Kinosternon leucostomum
- Rhinoclemmys annulata
- Rhinoclemmys funerea
- Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
- Trachemys emolli
- Trachemys venusta
Crocodilians
Family Crocodylidae
- American crocodile
Family Alligatoridae
- Spectacled caiman
See also
- List of amphibians of Costa Rica
- List of birds of Costa Rica
- List of mammals of Costa Rica
- List of non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica
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