Herpetofauna de
República
Dominicana

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AUTOR

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ANFIBIOS

FAMILIA BUFONIDAE

Bufo fluviaticus

Schwartz, 1972

HISPANIOLAN CRESTLESS TOAD

Bufo fractus

Schwartz, 1972

EASTERN CRESTED TOAD

Bufo guentheri

Cochran, 1941

SOUTHERN CRESTED TOAD

Bufo marinus (I)

Linnaeus, 1758

MARINE TOAD, CANE TOAD

FAMILIA HYLIDAE

Hyla heilprini

Noble, 1923

HISPANIOLAN GREEN STREAMFROG

Hyla pulchrilineata

Cope, 1869

HISPANIOLAN YELLOW TREEFROG

Hyla vasta

Cope, 1871

HISPANIOLAN GIANT TREEFROG

Osteopilus dominicensis

Tschudi, 1838

HISPANIOLAN COMMON TREEFROG

FAMILIA LEPTODACTYLIDAE

Eleutherodactylus abbotti

Cochran, 1923

THE TUCK-WHEEP ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus alcoae

Schwartz, 1971

BARAHONA ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus amadeus

Hedges, Thomas, y Franz, 1987

MOZART'S ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus apostates

Schwartz, 1973

LA HOTTE BIG-LEGGED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus armstrongi

Noble y Hassler, 1933

BAORUCO HAMMER ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus audanti

Cochran, 1934

HISPANIOLAN TELEGRAPH ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus auriculatoides

Noble, 1923

NORTHERN HAMMER ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus bakeri

Cochran, 1935

COMMON LA HOTTE ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus brevirostris

Shreve, 1936

SHORT-NOSED GREEN ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus caribe

Hedges y Thomas, 1992

MANGROVE ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax

Schwartz, 1976

GREEN CAVE ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus corona

Hedges y Thomas, 1992

CROWNED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus counouspeus

Schwartz, 1964

YELLOW CAVE ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus darlingtoni

Cochran, 1935

LA SELLE LONG-LEGGED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus dolomedes

Hedges y Thomas, 1992

VENTRILOQUIAL ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus eunaster

Schwartz, 1973

LA HOTTE WHISTLING ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus flavescens

Noble, 1923

YELLOW SPLIT-TOED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus fowleri

Schwartz, 1973

KHAKI BROMELIAD ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus furcyensis

Shreve y Williams, 1963

LA SELLE RED-LEGGED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus glandulifer

Cochran, 1935

LA HOTTE GLANDED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides

Shreve, 1936

LA SELLE GRASS ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus glaphycompus

Schwartz, 1973

BALL BEARING ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus grahami

Schwartz, 1979

YELLOW CHEVRONATE ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus haitianus

Barbour, 1942

MONTANE CRICKET ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus heminota

Shreve y Williams, 1963

HALF-STRIPE BROMELIAD ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus hypostenor

Schwartz, 1965

BAORUCO BURROWING ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus inoptatus

Barbour, 1914

HISPANIOLAN GIANT ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus jugans

Cochran, 1937

LA SELLE BROWN ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus lamprotes

Schwartz, 1973

ORANGE-LEGGED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus leoncei

Shreve y Williams, 1963

SOUTHERN PASTEL ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus lucioi

Schwartz, 1980

PALLID ROCK ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus minutus

Noble, 1923

HISPANIOLAN WHEEPING ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus montanus

Schmidt, 1919

HISPANIOLAN MONTANE ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus species "N"

Flores y Hedges, 2000

NEIBA LEAF LITTER ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus nortoni

Schwartz, 1976

GREEN SPINY ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus oxyrhynchus

Duméril y Bibron, 1841

HAITIAN SHARP-NOSED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus parabates

Schwartz, 1964

NEIBA WHISTLING ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus parapelates

Hedges y Thomas, 1987

MACAYA BURROWING ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus patriciae

Schwartz, 1964 (1965)

HIGH MOUNTAIN ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus paulsoni

Schwartz, 1964

PINK RUMPED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus pictissimus

Cochran, 1935

COMMON YELLOW ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus pituinus

Schwartz, 1964

MELODIUS PINE ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus poolei

Cochran, 1938

CITADEL ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus probolaeus

Schwartz, 1965

BOCA DE YUMA ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus rhodesi

Schwartz, 1980

PORT-DE-PAIX ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus rufifemoralis

Noble y Hassler, 1933

BAORUCO RED-LEGGED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus ruthae

Noble, 1923

HISPANIOLAN BURROWING ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus schmidti

Noble, 1923

NORTHERN STREAM ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus sciagraphus

Schwartz, 1973

CASTILLON LEG-STRIPED ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus semipalmatus

Shreve, 1936

SOUTHERN STREAM ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus thorectes

Hedges, 1988

MACAYA BREAST-SPOT ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus

Shreve, 1936

MACAYA BROWN ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus warreni

Schwartz, 1976

TORTUE ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus weinlandi

Barbour, 1914

NORTHERN LEAF-LITTER ELEUTH

Eleutherodactylus wetmorei

Cochran, 1932

LOUD WHISTLING ELEUTH

Leptodactylus dominicensis

Cochran, 1923

HISPANIOLAN DITCH FROG

FAMILIA RANIDAE

Rana catesbeiana (I)

Shaw, 1802

BULLFROG

REPTILES

ANFISBENIDOS

FAMILIA AMPHISBAENIDAE

Amphisbaena caudalis

Cochran, 1928

LONG-TAILED CAYEMITE AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena sp-C

Thomas y Hedges, 2000

SHORT-TAILED CAYEMITE AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena gonavensis

Gans y Alexander, 1962

GONAVE AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena hyporissor

Thomas, 1965

BARAHONA AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena innocens

Weinland,1862

TIBURON AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena sp-L

Thomas y Hedges, 2000

PESTEL AMPHISBAENA

Amphisbaena manni

Barbour, 1914

COMMON HISPANIOLAN AMPHISBAENA

LAGARTOS

FAMILIA ANGUIDAE

Celestus agasepsoides

Thomas, 1971

SERPENTINE FOUR-TOED GALLIWASP

Celestus anelpistus

Schwartz, Graham, y Duval, 1979

ALTAGRACIA GIANT GALLIWASP

Celestus carraui

Incháustegui, Schwartz, y Henderson,1985

PUERTA PLATA GIANT GALLIWASP

Celestus costatus

Cope, 1861 (1862)

COMMON HISPANIOLAN GALLIWASP

Celestus curtissi

Grant, 1951

KHAKI GALLIWASP

Celestus darlingtoni

Cochran, 1939

HISPANIOLAN STRIPED GALLIWASP

Celestus haetianus

Cochran, 1927

EARLESS GALLIWASP

Celestus macrotus

Thomas y Hedges, 1989

LA SELLE GALLIWASP

Celestus marcanoi

Schwartz y Incháustegui, 1976

PICO DUARTE GALLIWASP

Celestus sepsoides

Gray, 1852

COMMON FOUR-TOED GALLIWASP

Celestus stenurus

Cope, 1862 (1863)

KEELED GALLIWASP

Celestus warreni

Schwartz, 1970

HAITIAN GIANT GALLIWASP

FAMILIA GEKKONIDAE

Aristelliger cochranae

Grant, 1931

NAVASSA GECKO

Aristelliger expectatus

Cochran, 1933

HISPANIOLAN DESERT GECKO

Aristelliger lar

Cope, 1861 (1862)

HISPANIOLAN GIANT GECKO

Gonatodes albogularis

Duméril y Bibron, 1836

NEOTROPICAL CLAWED GECKO

Hemidactylus haitianus

Meerwarth, 1901

COMMON ANTILLEAN GECKO

Hemidactylus mabouia

n/a

AFRAMERICAN HOUSE GECKO

Phyllodactylus wirshingi

Kerster y Smith, 1955

ANTILLEAN BANDED GECKO

Sphaerodactylus altavelensis

Noble y Hassler, 1933

ALTO VELO SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus ariasae

Hedges y Thomas, 2001

JARAGUA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus armstrongi

Noble y Hassler, 1933

SOUTHERN FOREST SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus asterulus

Schwartz y Graham, 1980

HAITIAN STIPPLED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus becki

Schmidt, 1919

NAVASSA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus callocricus

Schwartz, 1976

ROUGH-BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus cinereus

Wagler, 1830

HAITIAN BROAD-BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus clenchi

Shreve, 1968

ORANGE SPOTTED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus cochranae

Ruibal, 1946

HAITISES STRIPED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus copei

Steindachner, 1867

HAITIAN BIG-SCALED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus cryphius

Thomas y Schwartz, 1977

DESERT PYGMY SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus darlingtoni

Shreve, 1968

NORTHERN FOREST SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus difficilis

Barbour, 1914

HISPANIOLAN EYESPOT SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus elasmorhynchus

Thomas, 1966

SNOUT SHIELD SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus elegans

MacCleay,1834

ASHY SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus epiurus

Thomas y Hedges, 1993

HISPANIOLAN TAILSPOT SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus ladae

Thomas y Hedges, 1988

SPOTTED AGAVE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus lazelli

Shreve, 1968

CAP-HAITIEN SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus leucaster

Schwartz, 1973

BROKEN STRIPE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus nycteropus

Thomas y Schwartz, 1977

HAITIAN FLATHEAD SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus ocoae

Schwartz y Thomas, 1977

OCOA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus omoglaux

Thomas, 1982

HAITIAN BORDER SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius

Thomas y Hedges, 1988

MARTIN GARCIA SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus plummeri

Thomas y Hedges, 1992

BARAHONA BIG-SCALED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus randi

Shreve, 1968

BARAHONA SPECKLED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus

Schwartz,1970

TWO-STRIPE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus samanensis

Cochran, 1932

HAITISES BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus savagei

Shreve, 1968

EASTERN SPECKLED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus schuberti

Thomas y Hedges, 1998

NEIBA AGAVE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus shrevei

Lazell, 1961

NORTHWEST BLOTCHED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus sommeri

Graham, 1981

NORTHWEST BANDED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus streptophorus

Thomas y Schwartz, 1977

HISPANIOLAN SMALL-EARED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus thompsoni

Schwartz y Franz, 1976

BARAHONA LIMESTONE SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus williamsi

Thomas y Schwartz, 1983

HAITIAN STRIPED SPHAERO

Sphaerodactylus zygaena

Schwartz y Thomas, 1977

TIBURON COASTAL SPHAERO

FAMILIA IGUANIDAE

Anolis aliniger

Mertens, 1939

NORTHERN GREEN TWIG ANOLE

Anolis altavelensis

Noble y Hassler, 1933

ALTO VELO GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis alumina

Hertz, 1976

BARAHONA GRASS ANOLE

Anolis armouri

Cochran, 1934

BLACK-THROATED STOUT ANOLE

Anolis bahorucoensis

Noble y Hassler, 1933

BAORUCO LONGSNOUT ANOLE

Anolis baleatus

Cope, 1864

DOMINICAN GIANT ANOLE

Anolis barahonae

Williams, 1962

BAORUCO GIANT ANOLE

Anolis barbouri

Schmidt, 1919

HOPPING ANOLE

Anolis brevirostris

Bocourt, 1870

GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis caudalis

Cochran, 1932

GONAVE GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis chlorocyanus

Duméril y Bibron, 1837

NORTHERN GREEN ANOLE

Anolis christophei

Williams, 1960

BIG-FANNED TRUNK ANOLE

Anolis coelestinus

Cope, 1862

SOUTHERN GREEN ANOLE

Anolis cristatellus

Duméril y Bibron, 1837

COMMON PUERTO RICAN ANOLE

Anolis cybotes

Cope, 1862

HISPANIOLAN STOUT ANOLE

Anolis darlingtoni

Cochran, 1935

LA HOTTE TWIG ANOLE

Anolis distichus

Cope, 1861

HISPANIOLAN GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis dolichocephalus

Williams, 1963

LA HOTTE LONGSNOUT ANOLE

Anolis etheridgei

Williams, 1962

MONTANE BUSH ANOLE

Anolis eugenegrahami

Schwartz, 1978

BLACK STREAM ANOLE

Anolis fowleri

Schwartz, 1973

GREEN-BANDED ANOLE

Anolis haetianus

Garman, 1887

LA HOTTE STOUT ANOLE

Anolis hendersoni

Cochran, 1923

LA SELLE LONGSNOUT ANOLE

Anolis insolitus

Williams y Rand, 1969

CENTRAL TWIG ANOLE

Anolis koopmani

Rand, 1961

BROWN RED-BELLIED ANOLE

Anolis longiceps

Schmidt, 1919

NAVASSA ANOLE

Anolis longitibialis

Noble, 1923

BARAHONA STOUT ANOLE

Anolis marcanoi

Williams, 1975

RED-FANNED STOUT ANOLE

Anolis marron

Arnold, 1980

JACMEL GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis monticola

Shreve, 1936

LA HOTTE BUSH ANOLE

Anolis olssoni

Schmidt, 1919

DESERT GRASS ANOLE

Anolis placidus

Hedges y Thomas, 1989

NEIBA TWIG ANOLE

Anolis porcatus

Gray, 1840

CUBAN GREEN ANOLE

Anolis ricordii

Duméril y Bibron, 1837

HAITIAN GIANT ANOLE

Anolis rimarum

Thomas y Schwartz, 1967

ARTIBONITE BUSH ANOLE

Anolis rupinae

Williams y Webster, 1974

BANDED RED-BELLIED ANOLE

Anolis semilineatus

Cope, 1864

HISPANIOLAN GRASS ANOLE

Anolis sheplani

Schwartz, 1974

BAORUCO TWIG ANOLE

Anolis shrevei

Cochran, 1939

CENTRAL STOUT ANOLE

Anolis singularis

Williams, 1965

SOUTHERN GREEN TWIG ANOLE

Anolis strahmi

Schwartz, 1979

BAORUCO STOUT ANOLE

Anolis websteri

Arnold, 1980

GRACILE ANOLE

Anolis whitemani

Williams, 1963

PALLID STOUT ANOLE

Cyclura cornuta

Bonnaterre, 1789

RHINOCEROS IGUANA

Cyclura onchiopsis

Cope 1885

NAVASSA IGUANA

Cyclura ricordii

Duméril y Bibron, 1837

BANDED ROCK IGUANA

Leiocephalus altavelensis

Noble y Hassler, 1933

ALTO VELO CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus barahonensis

Schmidt, 1921

ORANGE-BELLIED CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus endomychus

Schwartz, 1967

CENTRAL HAITIAN CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus eremitus

Cope, 1868

NAVASSA CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus lunatus

Cochran, 1934

MASKLESS HISPANIOLAN CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus melanochlorus

Cope, 1862

TIBURON CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus personatus

Cope, 1862

MASKED HISPANIOLAN CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus pratensis

Cochran, 1928

STRIPED HAITIAN CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus rhutidira

Schwartz, 1979

BLACK-THROATED CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus schreibersii

Gravenhorst, 1837

KHAKI HISPANIOLAN CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus semilineatus

Dunn, 1920

PALE-BELLIED HISPANIOLAN CURLYTAIL

Leiocephalus vinculum

Cochran, 1928

GONAVE CURLYTAIL

FAMILIA SCINCIDAE

Mabuya lineolata

Noble y Hassler, 1933

STRIPED SKINK

FAMILIA TEIIDAE

Ameiva chrysolaema

Cope, 1868

HISPANIOLAN COMMON AMEIVA

Ameiva lineolata

Duméril y Bibron, 1839

PYGMY BLUE-TAILED AMEIVA

Ameiva taeniura

Cope, 1862

HISPANIOLAN BLUE-TAILED AMEIVA

SERPIENTES

FAMILIA BOIDAE

Epicrates fordii

Günther, 1861

HISPANIOLAN DESERT BOA

Epicrates gracilis

Fischer, 1888

HISPANIOLAN GRACILE BOA

Epicrates striatus

Fischer, 1856

HISPANIOLAN COMMON BOA

FAMILIA COLUBRIDAE

Alsophis anomalus

Peters, 1863

HISPANIOLAN BROWN RACER

Alsophis melanichnus

Cope, 1862

HISPANIOLAN GREEN RACER

Antillophis parvifrons

Cope, 1862

HISPANIOLAN BLACK RACER

Darlingtonia haetiana

Cochran, 1935

MONTANE GROUNDSNAKE

Hypsirhynchus ferox

Günther, 1858

COMMON HOGNOSED RACER

Hypsirhynchus scalaris

Cope, 1863

TIBURON HOGNOSED RACER

Ialtris agyrtes

Schwartz y Rossman, 1976

SOUTHERN DESERT RACER

Ialtris dorsalis

Günther, 1858

W-HEADED RACER

Ialtris parishi

Cochran, 1932

TIBURON BANDED RACER

Uromacer catesbyi

Schlegel, 1837

BLUNT-HEADED GREEN TREESNAKE

Uromacer frenatus

Günther, 1865

SLENDER VINESNAKE

Uromacer oxyrhynchus

Duméril, Bibron, y Duméril, 1854

COMMON GREEN TREESNAKE

FAMILIA LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE

Leptotyphlops asbolepis

Thomas, McDiarmid, y Thompson, 1985

MARTIN GARCIA THREADSNAKE

Leptotyphlops calypso

Thomas, McDiarmid, y Thompson, 1985

SAMANA THREADSNAKE

Leptotyphlops leptipileptus

Thomas, McDiarmid, y Thompson, 1985

HAITIAN BORDER THREADSNAKE

Leptotyphlops pyrites

Thomas, 1965

BARAHONA THREADSNAKE

FAMILIA TROPIDOPHIIDAE

Tropidophis haetianus

Cope, 1879

HISPANIOLAN TROPE

FAMILIA TYPHLOPIDAE

Typhlops sp. nov.

Thomas y Hedges, 1999

LA SELLE BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops sp. nov.

Thomas y Hedges, 1999

BAORUCO BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops sp. nov.

Thomas y Hedges, 1999

MACAYA BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops sp. nov.

Thomas y Hedges, 1999

BARADERES BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops capitulatus

Richmond, 1964

HAITIAN PALE-LIPPED BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops gonavensis

Richmond, 1964

GONAVE BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops hectus

Thomas, 1974

LA HOTTE BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops pusillus

Barbour, 1914

HISPANIOLAN COMMON BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops schwartzi

Thomas, 1989

EASTERN SHORT-TAILED BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops sulcatus

Cope, 1868

SOUTHERN BICOLORED BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops syntherus

Thomas, 1965

BARAHONA BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops tetrathyreus

Thomas, 1989

CUL DE SAC BLINDSNAKE

Typhlops titanops

Thomas, 1989

BIG EYED BLINDSNAKE

TORTUGAS *

FAMILIA EMYDIDAE

Trachemys decorata

Barbour y Carr, 1940

WESTERN HISPANIOLAN SLIDER

Trachemys stejnegeri

Schmidt, 1928

EASTERN HISPANIOLAN SLIDER

Trachemys scripta (I)

n/a

MESOAMERICAN SLIDER

COCODRILOS

FAMILIA CROCODYLIDAE

Crocodylus acutus

Cuvier, 1807

AMERICAN CROCODILE