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At its meeting on 3 November 2006 in Hays, Kansas, The Center for North American Herpetology Board of Directors approved creation of this North American Introduced Exotic Species Checklist on its web site. The list is organized in the same manner as the CNAH checklist on native species; common names are those used in Collins and Taggart (2009. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians. Sixth Edition.) and the comprehensive work on Florida by Meshaka et al. (2004. The Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida), which also adopted the common names of Collins and Taggart. The common names for species introduced to Hawaii are those used in the work of the late Sean McKeown (1996. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Los Osos, California. iv + 172 pp.). Coverage for this CNAH checklist includes Canada and the United States only. The addition of species to this page is and will be based on data received from CNAH Board Member Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., the leading authority on herpetological species introduced and established in North America (north of Mexico). Common names for future additions to this page will be based on Frank and Ramus (1995. A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, Pottsville, Pennsylvania. 377 pp.), which remains the only authoritative common names list for herpetofauna worldwide.
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- Taxonomic Comments Since Collins and Taggart (2002)
Amphibians
Order Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 (Frogs & Toads)
Family Dendrobatidae - Poison Dart Frogs - Cope, 1865
Dendrobates - Poison Frogs - Wagler, 1830
D. auratus - Green and Black Poison Frog - (Girard, 1855)
Family Eleutherodactylidae - Free-toed Frogs - Lutz, 1954
Eleutherodactylus - Robber Frogs - Duméril & Bibron, 1841
E. coqui - Puerto Rican Coqui - Thomas, 1966
E. planirostris - Greenhouse Frog - (Cope, 1862)
Family Hylidae - Treefrogs - Rafinesque, 1815
Osteopilus - West Indian Treefrogs - Fitzinger, 1843
O. septentrionalis - Cuban Treefrog - (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Family Pipidae - Clawed Frogs - Bonaparte, 1831
Xenopus - Common Clawed Frogs - Wagler, 1827
X. laevis - African Clawed Frog - (Daudin, 1802)
Family Ranidae - True Frogs - Rafinesque, 1814
Glandirana - Rugose True Frogs - Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990
G. rugosa - Wrinkled Frog - (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)
Turtles
Order Cryptodira Cope, 1868 (Straightneck Turtles)
Family Trionychidae - Softshells - Bell, 1828
Palea - Wattleneck Softshells - Meylan, 1987
P. steindachneri - Wattleneck Softshell - (Siebenrock, 1906)
Pelodiscus - Chinese Softshells - Gray, 1844
P. sinensis - Chinese Softshell - (Wiegmann, 1835)
Crocodilians
Order Crocodylia Wermuth, 1953 (Crocodiles, Alligators, Caimans & Gavials)
Family Alligatoridae - Alligators and Caimans - Gray, 1844
Caiman - South American Caimans - Spix, 1825
C. crocodilus - Spectacled Caiman - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes & Tuataras
Order Squamata Oppel, 1811 (Lizards)
Family Agamidae - Agamas - Gray, 1827
Agama - Agamas - Daudin, 1802
A. agama - Common Agama - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calotes - Varied Lizards - Cuvier, 1817
C. mystaceus - Indochinese Bloodsucker - Duméril & Bibron, 1837
C. versicolor - Variable Bloodsucker - Daudin, 1802
Leiolepis - Butterfly Lizards - Cuvier, 1829
L. belliana - Butterfly Lizard - Gray, 1827
Family Chamaeleonidae - Chameleons - Gray, 1825
Chamaeleo - Spurred Chameleons - Laurenti, 1768
C. calyptratus - Veiled Chameleon - Duméril, 1851
Furcifer - Madagascan Chameleons - Fitzinger 1843
F. oustaleti - Oustalet's Chameleon - Mocquard 1894
Trioceros - African Horned Chameleons - Swainson, 1839
T. jacksonii - Jackson's Chameleon - Boulenger, 1896
Family Corytophanidae - Basilisks - Fitzinger, 1843
Basiliscus - Basilisks - Laurenti, 1768
B. vittatus - Brown Basilisk - Wiegmann, 1828
Family Dactyloidae - Anoles - Fitzinger, 1843
Anolis - Bush Anoles - Daudin, 1803
A. chlorocyanus - Hispaniolan Green Anole - Duméril & Bibron, 1837
A. cristatellus - Puerto Rican Crested Anole - Duméril & Bibron, 1837
A. cybotes - Largehead Anole - Cope, 1862
A. distichus - Bark Anole - Cope, 1862
A. equestris - Knight Anole - Merrem, 1820
A. garmani - Jamaican Giant Anole - Stejneger, 1899
A. porcatus - Cuban Green Anole - Gray, 1840
A. sagrei - Brown Anole - Dumeril and Bibron, 1837
A. trinitatis - St. Vincent Bush Anole - Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862
Family Gekkonidae - Geckos - Gray, 1825
Chondrodactylus - Comb-toed Geckos - Peters, 1871
C. bibronii - Bibron's Comb-toed Gecko - (Smith, 1845)
Cyrtopodion - Bowfoot Geckos - Fitzinger, 1843
C. scabrum - Roughtail Gecko - (Heyden, 1827)
Gehyra - Dtellas - Gray, 1834
G. mutilata - Stump-toed Gecko - (Wiegmann, 1835)
Gekko - Pacific Geckos - Laurenti, 1768
G. badenii - Golden Gecko - Shcherbak & Nekrasova, 1994
G. gecko - Tokay Gecko - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hemidactylus - Leaf-toed Geckos - Oken, 1817
H. frenatus - Common House Gecko - Duméril & Bibron, 1836
H. garnotii - Indo-Pacific Gecko - Duméril & Bibron, 1836
H. mabouia - Tropical Gecko - (Moreau de Jonnčs, 1818)
H. platyurus - Asian House Gecko - (Schneider, 1792)
H. turcicus - Mediterranean Gecko - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hemiphyllodactylus - Gypsy Geckos - Bleeker, 1860
H. typus - Tree Gecko - Bleeker, 1860
Lepidodactylus - Scaly-toed Geckos - Fitzinger, 1843
L. lugubris - Mourning Gecko - (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Phelsuma - Day Geckos - Gray, 1825
P. grandis - Madagascar Giant Day Gecko - Gray, 1870
P. guimbeaui - Orange-spotted Day Gecko - Mertens, 1963
P. laticauda - Gold Dust Day Gecko - (Boettger, 1880)
Family Iguanidae - Iguanas - Oppel, 1811
Ctenosaura - Greater Spinytail Iguanas - Wiegmann, 1828
C. pectinata - Mexican Spinytail Iguana - (Wiegmann, 1834)
C. similis - Black Spinytail Iguana - (Gray, 1831)
Iguana - Common Iguanas - Laurenti, 1768
I. iguana - Green Iguana - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family Lacertidae - Lacertid Lizards - Cope, 1864
Lacerta - Common Eurasian Lizards - Linnaeus, 1758
L. bilineata - Western Green Lacerta - (Daudin, 1802)
Podarcis - Wall Lizards - Wagler, 1830
P. muralis - Common Wall Lizard - (Laurenti, 1768)
P. siculus - Italian Wall Lizard - (Rafinesque, 1810)
Family Leiocephalidae - Leiocephalid izards - Frost & Etheridge, 1989
Leiocephalus - Curlytail Lizards - Gray, 1827
L. carinatus - Northern Curlytail Lizard - Gray, 1827
L. schreibersii - Red-sided Curlytail Lizard - (Gravenhorst, 1837)
Family Phyllodactylidae - Leaf-toed Geckos - Gamble Bauer Greenbaum & Jackman 2008
Tarentola - Wall Geckos - Gray, 1825
T. annularis - Ringed Wall Gecko - (Geoffrey, 1827)
T. mauritanica - Moorish Gecko - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family Scincidae - Skinks - Gray, 1825
Chalcides - Old World Bronze Skinks - Laurenti, 1768
C. ocellatus - Ocellated Skink - (Forskal, 1775)
Cryptoblepharus - Snake-eyed Skinks - Wiegmann, 1834
C. poecilopleurus - Snake-eyed Skink - (Wiegmann, 1835)
Emoia - Emo Skinks - Gray, 1845
E. cyanura - Coppertail Skink - (Lesson, 1830)
E. impar - Azuretail Skink - Werner, 1898
Eutropis - Asian Mabuyas - Fitzinger, 1843
E. multifasciata - Brown Mabuya - (Kuhl, 1820)
Lampropholis - Water Skinks - Fitzinger, 1843
L. delicata - Metallic Skink - DeViss, 1888
Lipinia - Lipinia Skinks - Gray, 1845
L. noctua - Moth Skink - (Lesson, 1830)
Trachylepis - African Skinks - Fitzinger, 1843
T. quinquetaeniata - African Five-lined Skink - Lichtenstein, 1823
Family Sphaerodactylidae - Sphaerodactyl Geckos - Underwood, 1954
Gonatodes - American Geckos - Fitzinger, 1843
G. albogularis - Yellowhead Gecko - (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Sphaerodactylus - Dwarf Geckos - Wagler, 1830
S. argus - Ocellated Gecko - Gosse, 1850
S. elegans - Ashy Gecko - MacCleay, 1834
Family Teiidae - Whiptails, Racerunners & Ameivas - Gray, 1827
Ameiva - Ameivas - Meyer, 1795
A. ameiva - Giant Ameiva - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aspidoscelis - North American Whiptails & Racerunners - Fitzinger, 1843
A. motaguae - Giant Whiptail - (Sackett, 1941)
Cnemidophorus - Tropical Whiptails - Wagler, 1830
C. lemniscatus - Rainbow Whiptail - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tupinambis - Tegus - Daudin, 1802
T. merianae - Argentine Giant Tegu - (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Family Varanidae - Monitor Lizards - Gray, 1827
Varanus - Monitor Lizards - Merrem, 1820
V. niloticus - Nile Monitor - Linnaeus, 1766
Order Squamata Oppel, 1811 (Snakes)
Family Boidae - Boas - Gray, 1842
Boa - Boas - Linnaeus, 1758
B. constrictor - Boa Constrictor - Linnaeus, 1758
Family Pythonidae - Pythons - Cope, 1864
Python - Pythons - Daudin, 1802
P. bivittatus - Burmese Python - Kuhl, 1820
P. sebae - Northern African Python - (Gmelin, 1789)
Family Typhlopidae - Robust Blind Snakes - Jan, 1863
Ramphotyphlops - Common Blind Snakes - Fitzinger, 1843
R. braminus - Brahminy Blind Snake - (Daudin, 1803)
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