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Amphibians of the Maya Mountains Massif Area Species Amphibians of the Maya Mountains Massif Area Species Forest Chiquibul Reserve Chiquibul Park National Pine Mountain Foret Ridge Reserve Caracol Archaeological Reserve Forest Vaca Reserve Panti Elijio Park National River Sittee Reserve Forest Forest Sibun Reserve Falls Davis Park National Cockscomb Wildlife Basin Sanctuary Nature Bladen Reserve Mountain Maya Reserve Forest River Deep Reserve Forest River Columbia Reserve Forest Salamander Bolitoglossa mexicana Rufescent salamander Bolitoglossa rufescens Bolitoglossa dofleini Salamander Oedipina elongata Rainforest toad Bufo campbelli Marine toad Bufo marinus Gulf Coast toad Bufo valliceps Mexican burrowing toad Rhinophrynus dorsalis Maya rain frog Eleutherodactylus chac Polymorphic robber rain frog Eleutherodactylus loki Leprus chirping rain frog Eleutherodactylus leprus Lowland rain frog Eleutherodactylus rhodopis Central American rain frog Eleutherodactylus rugulosus Sabrinus rain frog Eleutherodactylus sabrinus Eleutherodactylus laticeps Eleutherodactylus sandersoni Eleutherodactylus psephosypharys White-lipped frog Leptodactylus labialis Leptodactylus melanonotus Red-eyed treefrog Agalychnis callidryas Agalychnis moreletii Variegated treefrog Hyla ebraccata Red-footed treefrog Hyla loquax Yellow treefrog Hyla microcephala Cricket treefrog Hyla picta Bromeliohyla bromeliacia Veined Treefrog Phrynohyas venulosa Stauffer's treefrog Scinax staufferi Mexican treefrog Smilisca baudinii Blue-spotted treefrog Smilisca cyanosticta Narrowmouth frog Gastrophryne elegans Glass frog Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni Sheep frog Hypopachus variolosus Rio Grande leopard frog Rana berlandieri Maya Mountain frog Rana juliani (maculata) Rainforest frog Rana vaillanti (palmipes) Reptiles of the Maya Mountains Massif sin sin Chiquibul National National Chiquibul Park Pine Mountain Foret Ridge Reserve Caracol Archaeological Reserve Forest Vaca Reserve Panti Elijio Park National Forest River Sittee Reserve Forest Sibun Reserve Falls Davis Park National Ba Cockscomb Sanctuary Wildlife Nature Bladen Reserve Mountain Maya Reserve Forest Forest River Deep Reserve River Columbia Reserve Forest Narrow-bridged musk turtle Claudius angustatus Mexican giant musk turtle Staurotypus triporcatus Tabasco mud turtle Kinosternon acutum White-lipped mud turtle Kinosternon leucostomum Scorpion mud turtle Kinosternon scorpioides Black-bellied turtle Rhinoclemmys areolata Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina Central american river turtle Dermatemys mawii Morelet's crocodile Crocodylus moreleti Banded gecko Coleonyx elegans Spotted gecko Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus Dwarf gecko Sphaerodactylus glaucus House gecko Hemidactylus frenatus Turnip-tail gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda Neotropical green anole Anolis biporcatus Big-headed anole Anolis capito Ghost anole Anolis lemurinus Lichen anole Anolis pentaprion Smooth anole Anolis rodriguezii Anolis sagrei Silky anole Anolis sericeus Greater scaly anole Anolis tropidonotus Lesser scaly anole Anolis uniformis Striped basilisk Basiliscus vittatus Old man lizard Corytophanes cristatus Hernandez helmeted basilisc Corytophanes hernandezii Spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura similis Green iguana Iguana iguana Casque-headed iguana Laemanctus longipes Rose-bellied lizard Sceloporus variablis Spiny lizard Sceloporus chrysostictus Sumichrast's skink Eumeces sumichrasti Eumeces schwartzei Bronze skink Mabuya unimarginata (brachypoda) Cherrie's skink Sphenomorphus cherriei Central American whiptail Ameiva festiva Barred whiptail Ameiva undulata Yucatan whiptail Cnemidophorus angusticeps Maslin’s whiptail Cnemidophorus maslini ark ntain ntain Species Forest Chiquibul Reserve Chiquibul P National Pine Mountain Foret Ridge Reserve Caracol Archaeological Reserve Forest Vaca Reserve Panti Elijio Park National River Sittee Reserve Forest Forest Sibun Reserve Falls Davis Park National Cockscomb Wildlife Basin Sanctuary Nature Bladen Reserve Mou Maya Reserve Forest River Deep Reserve Forest River Columbia Reserve Forest Yellow-spotted night lizard Lepidophyma flavimaculatum Lepidophyma maya Alligator lizard Celestus rozellae Boa constrictor Boa constrictor Middle American Earth Snake Adelphicus quadrivirgatus Amastridium veliferum Indigo Snake Clelia clelia Racer Coluber constrictor Coniophanes fissidens Crowned snake Coniophanes bipunctatus Black-striped snake Coniophanes imperialis Schmidt’s striped snake Coniophanes schmidti Road guarder Conophis lineatus Lizard Eater Dryodophis melanolomus Black-naped Forest-Racer Dendrophidion nuchale Barred forest racer Dendrophidion vinitor Black-tailed indigo snake Drymarchon corais Speckled racer Drymobius margaritiferus Tropical Rat Snake Elaphe flavirufa Blotched hooknosed snake Ficimia publia Blunt-headed tree snake Imantodes cenchoa Leptophis ahaetulla Tropical kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum Cat-eyed snake Leptodeira frenata Cat-eyed snake Leptodeira septentrionalis Green tree snake Leptophis ahaetulla Green-headed tree snake Leptophis mexicanus Coach whip Masticophis mentovarius Ring-necked coffee snake Ninia diademata Red coffee snake Ninia sebae Grey vine snake Oxybelis aeneus Green vine snake Oxybelis fulgidus Calico False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus petola Puffing snake Pseustes poecilonotus Adorned Graceful Brown Snake Rhadinaea decorata Shovel-toothed snake Scaphiodontophis annulatus Peninsular Rat Snake Senticolis triaspis Slender snail sucker Sibon dimidiata Snail-eating snake Sibon nebulata Pygmy Snail Sucker Sibon sanniola Terrestrial Snail Sucker Sibon sartorii Spotted rat snake Spilotes pullatus Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake Stenorrhina degenhardtii Res earth centipede snake Tantilla schistosa Yucatan dwarf short-tailed snake Tantillita canula Linton’s dwark short-tailed snake Tantillita lintoni Chequered garter snake Thamnophis marcianus Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus Orangebelly Swamp Snake Tretanorhinus nigroluteus False coral snake Urotheca elapoides Xenodon rabdocephalus Coral snake Micrurus diastema Coral snake Micrurus hippocrepis Coral snake Micrurus nigrocinctus Neotropical Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus Rainforest Hognose Pitviper Porthidium nasutum Fer-de-Lance Bothrops asper Jumping Viper Atropoides nummifer Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii References: Cockscomb Kamstra (1987): An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin Walker (1990): In: The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report (Rath) Reynolds (1995): In: Maya Mountain Archaeological Project (Dunham) Emmons et. al (1996): Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary BBIS: Belize Biodiversity Information System NB: Walker's 1990 record for Eleutherodactylus rostralis ammended to E. rhodopis Reynolds' record of Anolis bourgeaei is considered a race of A. lemurinus (Lee, 1996) Kamstra's 1987 record of Anolis limifrons is accepted as A. rodriguezii Columbia River Forest Reserve Two Columbia reports .
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