List of amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico

This is a list of the amphibians and reptiles of the archipelago of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican archipelago consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities, Vieques and Culebra, one minor uninhabited island, Mona and several smaller islands and cays.

This list only includes animals with verifiable established populations in the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Many species of amphibians and reptiles are introduced, both legally (mainly through the pet industry) and illegally, to the archipelago of Puerto Rico every year, with some of these species being subsequently released into the wild. However, these few individuals do not constitute a breeding population and hence they lack inclusion in this list.

The following tags help provide additional information regarding the status of each species.
*ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic Endemic species.
*ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced Introduced species.
*ref_label|Extinct|ext|extinct Extinct species.
*ref_label|Extirpated|ex|extirpated Extirpated species

Amphibians

Family Bufonidae

Family Ranidae

Family Cheloniidae

Family Gekkonidae

Family Anguinidae

Family Typhlopidae

ee also

*Fauna of Puerto Rico
*List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
*List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico
*List of Puerto Rican birds

Footnotes

#note_label|Endemic|1|endemic This species is endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
#note_label|Extinct|2|extinct This species is extinct.
#note_label|Extirpated|3|extirpated This species no longer occurs in the archipelago Puerto Rico but other populations exist elsewhere.
#note_label|Introduced|4|introduced This species was introduced to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
#note_label|Caja de Muertos|5|Caja de Muertos This species occurs in Caja de Muertos Island.
#note_label|Cayo Batata|6|Cayo Batata This species occurs in Cayo Batata.
#note_label|Cayo Santiago|7|Cayo Santiago This species occurs in Cayo Santiago.
#note_label|Desecheo|8|Desecheo This species occurs in the island of Desecheo.
#note_label|Magueyes|9|Magueyes This species occurs in Magueyes island.
#note_label|Monito|10|Monito This species occurs in the island of Monito.
#note_label|Culebrita|11|Culebrita This species occurs in the island of Culebrita.

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