List of reptiles of Costa Rica

This is a list of reptiles in Costa Rica.

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

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)
 * Enulius sclateri
 * Erythrolampus mimus
 * Imantodes cenchoa
 * Lampropeltis triangulatum
 * Leptophis ahaetulla (parrot snake)
 * Liophis epinphalus
 * Leptodeira septentrionalis
 * Mastigodryas melanolomus
 * Ninia maculata
 * Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
 * Senticolis triaspis (green rat snake)
 * Stenorrhina degenhardtii
 * Stenorrhina fremenvilli
 * 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

Family Crocodylidae

 * American crocodile

Family Alligatoridae

 * Spectacled caiman