List of reptiles of Brazil

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Yellow anaconda, Eunectes notaeus

Total number of species = 732

Contents

[edit] Testudines

[edit] Cheloniidae (4 species)

[edit] Dermochelyidae (1 species)

[edit] Emydidae (2 species)

[edit] Geoemydidae (1 species)

[edit] Kinosternidae (1 species)

[edit] Testudinidae (2 species)

[edit] Podocnemididae (5 species)

[edit] Chelidae (19 species)

Nomenclature based on Rhodin et al., 2010[1]

[edit] Crocodilia

[edit] Alligatoridae (6 species)

[edit] Squamata

[edit] Amphisbaenidae (49 species)

[edit] Rhineuridae (8 species)

[edit] Iguanidae (1 species)

[edit] Hoplocercidae (3 species)

[edit] Polychrotidae (21 species)

[edit] Leiosauridae (7 species)

[edit] Tropiduridae (35 species)

[edit] Gekkonidae (29 species)

[edit] Anguidae (5 species)

[edit] Teiidae (31 species)

[edit] Gymnophthalmidae (71 species)

[edit] Scincidae (14 species)

[edit] Squamata - Serpentes

[edit] Anomalepididae (4 species)

[edit] Leptotyphlopidae (12 species)

[edit] Typhlopidae (6 species)

[edit] Aniliidae (1 species)

[edit] Tropidophiidae (1 species)

[edit] Boidae (8 species)

[edit] Colubridae (238 species)

[edit] Elapidae (22 species)

[edit] Viperidae (27 species)


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, and H. Bradley Shaffer. 2010. Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status
  • Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia (SBH), 2011 - Lista de espécies de répteis do Brasil.
  • T.C.S. Avila-Pires, Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia(Reptilia:

Until now (November 2011) there are 732 recognized reptile species that naturally occur and reproduce in Brazil: 36 turtles, 6 alligators, 248 lizards, 67 amphisbaenas, and 375 snakes. http://www.sbherpetologia.org.br/?page_id=609

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