| On
this page we will list all the species of reptiles and
amphibians to be found in Peru, by clicking the species
name you will be taken to page about the species in
the genus.
| Anura |
Bufonidae
Atelopus andinus Rivero
Atelopus erythropus Boulenger,
1903
Atelopus peruensis Gray & Cannatella,
1985
Atelopus seminiferus Cope, 1874
Atelopus siranus Lötters &
Henzl, 2000
Atelopus spumarius Cope, 1871
Atelopus tricolor Boulenger, 1902
Bufo
margaritifer (Laurenti, 1768)
Bufo
marinus (Linnaeus,
1758)
Dendrophryniscus
minutus (Melin, 1941) |
Centrolenidae
Hyalinobatrachium
bergeri (Cannatella,
1980)
Hyalinobatrachium lemur Duellman
& Schulte, 1993
Hyalinobatrachium
munozorum (Lynch
& Duellman, 1973)
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Dendrobatidae
Colostethus
marchesianus (Melin,
1941)
Colostethus
patitae Lötters, Morales &
Proy, 2003
Colostethus trilineatus (Boulenger,
1883)
Colostethus
utcubambensis Morales,
1994
Cryptophyllobates azureiventris
(Kneller & Henle, 1985)
Epipedobates bassleri (Melin, 1941)
Epipedobates cainarachi Schulte,
1989
Epipedobates femoralis (Boulenger,
1884)
Epipedobates hahneli (Boulenger,
1883)
Epipedobates pictus (Tschudi, 1838)
Epipedobates pongoensis Schulte,
1999
Epipedobates rubriventris Lötters,
Debold, Henle, Glaw & Kneller, 1997
Epipedobates tricolor (Boulenger,
1899)
Epipedobates trivittatus (Spix,
1824)
Phyllobates bicolor Bibron, 1841
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Hylidae
Agalychnis
craspedopus (Funkhouser, 1957)
Gastrotheca
abdita
Duellman, 1987
Gastrotheca
excubitor Duellman
& Fritts, 1972
Gastrotheca galeata Trueb
& Duellman, 1978
Gastrotheca griswoldi Shreve,
1941
Gastrotheca lateonota Duellman
& Trueb, 1988
Gastrotheca longipes (Boulenger,
1882)
Gastrotheca
marsupiata (Duméril & Bibron,
1841)
Gastrotheca monticola Barbour &
Noble, 1920
Gastrotheca
ochoai Duellman & Fritts, 1972
Gastrotheca pacchamama Duellman, 1987
Gastrotheca peruana (Boulenger, 1900)
Gastrotheca rebeccae Duellman &
Trueb, 1988
Gastrotheca stictopleura Duellman,
Lehr & Aguilar, 2001
Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez
de la Espada, 1871)
Gastrotheca
weinlandii (Steindachner, 1892)
Hemiphractus
helioi
Sheil & Mendelson, 2001
Hemiphractus
proboscideus
(Jimenez de la Espada, 1871)
Hemiphractus
scutatus
(Spix, 1824)
Hyla
allenorum Duellman
& Trueb, 1989
Hyla boans (Linnaeus,
1758)
Hyla bokermanni Goin, 1960
Hyla calcarata Troschel, 1848
Hyla geographica Spix, 1824
Hyla koechlini Duellman & Trueb,
1989
Hyla parviceps Boulenger, 1882
Hyla phyllognatha Melin, 1941
Hyla punctata (Schneider, 1799)
Hyla schubarti Bokermann, 1963
Osteocephalus planiceps
(Cope, 1874)
Phrynohyas
coriacea (Peters,
1867)
Phrynohyas
venulosa (Laurenti,
1768)
Phyllomedusa
atelopoides
Duellman, Cadle & Cannatella, 1988
Phyllomedusa baltea Duellman &
Toft, 1979
Phyllomedusa bicolor (Boddaert, 1772)
Phyllomedusa camba De la Riva,
2000
Phyllomedusa coelestis (Cope, 1874)
Phyllomedusa duellmani Cannatella,
1982
Phyllomedusa hulli Duellman & Mendelson,
1995
Phyllomedusa palliata Peters, 1873
Phyllomedusa
tarsius (Cope,
1868)
Phyllomedusa
tomopterna (Cope, 1868)
Phyllomedusa vaillanti Boulenger, 1882
Scinax
cruentommus (Duellman,
1972)
Scinax ruber (Laurenti,
1768)
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Leptodactylidae
Adenomera
hylaedactyla (Cope,
1868)
Edalorhina
nasuta Boulenger,
1912
Edalorhina perezi Jiménez
de la Espada, 1871
Eleutherodactylus
aaptus Lynch
& Lescure, 1980
Eleutherodactylus
altamazonicus Barbour
& Dunn, 1921
Eleutherodactylus atrabrachus Duellman
& Pramuk, 1999
Eleutherodactylus cruralis
(Boulenger, 1902)
Eleutherodactylus diadematus (Jiménez
de la Espada, 1875)
Eleutherodactylus lanthanites Lynch,
1975
Eleutherodactylus martiae Lynch, 1974
Eleutherodactylus melanogaster Duellman
& Pramuk, 1999
Eleutherodactylus ockendeni (Boulenger,
1912)
Eleutherodactylus orphnolaimus Lynch,
1970
Eleutherodactylus pataikos Duellman
& Pramuk, 1999
Eleutherodactylus phoxocephalus
Lynch, 1979
Eleutherodactylus
pinguis Duellman & Pramuk, 1999
Hydrolaetare
schmidti (Cochran
& Goin, 1959)
Leptodactylus
griseigularis (Henle,
1981)
Leptodactylus knudseni Heyer, 1972
Leptodactylus rhodonotus (Günther,
1868)
Leptodactylus stenodema Jiménez
de la Espada, 1875
Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus Boulenger,
1902
Lithodytes
lineatus
(Schneider, 1799)
Phrynopus
bagrecito Lynch,
1986
Phrynopus bracki Hedges, 1990
Phrynopus cophites Lynch, 1975
Phrynopus
dagmarae Lehr,
Aguilar & Köhler, 2002
Phrynopus fallaciosus Duellman,
2000
Phrynopus heimorum Lehr, 2001
Phrynopus horstpauli Lehr, Köhler
& Ponce, 2000
Phrynopus juninensis (Shreve, 1938)
Phrynopus kauneorum Lehr, Aguilar
& Köhler, 2002
Phrynopus lucida Cannatella, 1984
Phrynopus montium (Shreve, 1938)
Phrynopus nebulanastes Cannatella,
1984
Phrynopus parkeri Lynch, 1975
Phrynopus pereger Lynch, 1975
Phrynopus
peruanus Peters,
1873
Phrynopus peruvianus (Noble, 1921)
Phrynopus simonsii (Boulenger,
1900)
Phrynopus spectabilis Duellman,
2000
Phrynopus thompsoni Duellman, 2000
Phrynopus
wettsteini (Parker,
1932)
Physalaemus
petersi (Jimenez
de la Espada, 1872)
Physalaemus pustulatus (Shreve,
1941)
Pleurodema
marmorata (Duméril & Bibron,
1841)
Pseudopaludicola
ceratophryes Rivero
& Serna, 1984
Telmatobius albiventris globulosus
Vellard, 1960
Telmatobius albiventris parkeri
Vellard, 1951
Telmatobius albiventris punensis
Vellard, 1951
Telmatobius carrillae Morales,
1989
Telmatobius crawfordi (Parker,
1940)
Telmatobius jelskii (Peters, 1873)
Vanzolinius
discodactylus
(Boulenger, 1883) |
Microhylidae
Altigius
alios Wild,
1995
Chiasmocleis
bassleri Dunn,
1949
Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata (Andersson,
1945)
Ctenophryne
geayi Mocquard,
1904
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Pipidae
Pipa pipa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pipa snethlageae Müller, 1914
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Ranidae
Rana
bwana Hillis
& de Sá, 1988
Rana
palmipes Spix,
1824
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| Gymnophiona |
Caeciliidae
Caecilia tentaculata Linnaeus,
1758
Siphonops annulatus (Mikan, 1820)
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Rhinatrematidae
Epicrionops
bicolor
Boulenger, 1883
Epicrionops laevittatus Taylor, 1968
Epicrionops
peruvianus (Boulenger, 1902)
Epicrionops
petersi Taylor, 1968
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| Testudines |
Chelidae
Chelus
fimbriatus
(Schneider, 1783)
Phrynops
geoffroanus
(Schweigger, 1812)
Phrynops gibbus (Schweigger, 1812)
Phrynops heliostemma (McCord, Joseph-Ouni
& Lamar, 2001)
Phrynops nasutus (Schweigger, 1812)
Phrynops raniceps (Gray, 1855)
Phrynops wermuthi Mertens, 1969
Platemys platycephala melanonota
Ernst, 1983
Platemys platycephala platycephala (Schneider,
1792)
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Kinosternidae
Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides
(Linnaeus, 1766)
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Podocnemididae
Peltocephalus dumeriliana (Schweigger,
1812)
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger,
1812)
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848
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Testudinidae
Geochelone denticulata (Linnaeus,
1766)
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| Crocodylia |
Alligatoridae
Caiman
crocodilus
(Cope, 1868)
Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825)
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Crocodylidae
Crocodylus
acutus
Cuvier, 1807
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| Amphisbaenia |
Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaena
alba
Linnaeus, 1758
Amphisbaena
fuliginosa
Linnaeus, 1758
Amphisbaena
occidentalis occidentalis
Cope, 1876
Amphisbaena
occidentalis townsendi Stejneger,
1911
Amphisbaena
pericensis
Noble, 1921
Amphisbaena
polygrammica
Werner, 1900
Amphisbaena
slateri
Boulenger, 1907
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| Sauria |
Gekkonidae
Gonatodes
humeralis
(Guichenot, 1855)
Hemidactylus
mabouia mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès,
1818) |
Gymnophthalmidae
Alopoglossus angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cercosaura ocellata bassleri Ruibal,
1952
Prionodactylus argulus (Peters, 1863)
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis Boulenger,
1912
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Polychrotidae
Anolis
punctatus Daudin, 1802
Anolis transversalis Duméril, 1851
Norops fuscoauratus fuscoauratus
d’Orbigny, 1837
Polychrus
marmoratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Scincidae
Mabuya bistriata (Spix, 1825) |
Teiidae
Kentropyx
altamazonica
(Cope, 1876)
Kentropyx pelviceps (Cope, 1868)
Tupinambis
teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Tropiduridae
Liolaemus
alticolor Barbour,
1909
Plica
plica (Linnaeus,
1758)
Plica umbra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stenocercus
aculeatus (O’Shaughnessy,
1879)
Stenocercus apurimacus Fritts, 1972
Stenocercus arenarius (Tschudi, 1845)
Stenocercus boettgeri Boulenger, 1911
Stenocercus chlorostictus Cadle, 1991
Stenocercus chrysopygus Boulenger, 1900
Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi,
1845)
Stenocercus cupreus Boulenger, 1885
Stenocercus doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944)
Stenocercus empetrus Fritts, 1972
Stenocercus eunetopsis Cadle, 1991
Stenocercus fimbriatus Avila-Pirez, 1995
Stenocercus formosus (Boulenger, 1880)
Stenocercus huancabambae Cadle, 1991
Stenocercus imitator Cadle, 1991
Stenocercus iridescens (Günther, 1859)
Stenocercus ivitus Fritts, 1972
Stenocercus latebrosus Cadle, 1998
Stenocercus limitaris Cadle, 1998
Stenocercus melanopygus Boulenger, 1900
Stenocercus modestus (Tschudi, 1845)
Stenocercus nigromaculatus Noble, 1924
Stenocercus nubicola Fritts, 1972
Stenocercus ochoai Fritts, 1972
Stenocercus orientalis Fritts, 1972
Stenocercus ornatissima (Girard, 1857)
Stenocercus ornatus (Gray, 1845)
Stenocercus
percultus Cadle, 1991
Stenocercus praeornatus Fritts, 1972
Stenocercus rosiventris Duméril &
Bibron, 1837
Stenocercus
scapularis (Boulenger, 1901)
Stenocercus
stigmosus Cadle, 1998
Stenocercus variabilis Boulenger, 1901
Tropidurus
melanopleurus Boulenger,
1902
Uracentron
azureus guentheri (Boulenger, 1894)
Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855)
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| Serpentes |
Aniliidae
Anilius
scytale scytale
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Boidae
Boa constrictor
imperator
Daudin, 1803
Boa constrictor
longicauda Price
& Russo, 1991
Boa
constrictor ortonii
Cope, 1878
Corallus
caninus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Corallus
hortulanus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Eunectes
murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Colubridae
Atractus
major Boulenger, 1893
Atractus
poeppigi (Jan, 1862)
Atractus
torquatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
Chironius
carinatus (Linnaeus,
1758)
Chironius
exoletus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Chironius
fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chironius
monticola Roze, 1952
Chironius
multiventris multiventris Schmidt & Walker,
1943
Chironius
scurrulus (Wagler, 1824)
Clelia clelia (Daudin,
1803)
Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796)
Drepanoides
anomalus (Jan,
1863)
Hydrops
triangularis bassleri Roze, 1957
Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Imantodes lentiferus (Cope, 1894)
Leptodeira annulata annulata (Linnaeus,
1758)
Leptophis
ahaetulla nigromarginatus (Günther,
1866)
Leptophis
cupreus (Cope, 1868)
Leptophis riveti Despax, 1910
Liophis
breviceps breviceps Cope,
1861
Liophis cobella dyticus Dixon, 1983b
Liophis festae (Peracca, 1897)
Liophis janaleeae Dixon, 2000
Liophis miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Liophis reginae reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Liophis taeniurus Tschudi, 1845
Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824)
Oxybelis argenteus (Daudin, 1803)
Oxyrhopus
doliatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril,
1854
Oxyrhopus
fitzingeri (Tschudi,
1845)
Oxyrhopus
formosus (Wied,
1820)
Oxyrhopus guibei Hoge & Romano, 1978
Oxyrhopus leucomelas (Werner, 1916)
Oxyrhopus marcapatae (Boulenger, 1902)
Oxyrhopus
melanogenys orientalis Cunha
& Nascimento, 1983
Oxyrhopus
petola digitalis (Reuss, 1834)
Pseustes sulphureus sulphureus (Wagler,
1824)
Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xenodon rabdocephalus rabdocephalus (Wied,
1824)
Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)
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Elapidae
Micrurus spixii obscurus (Jan, 1872)
Micrurus surinamensis surinamensis (Cuvier,
1817)
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Leptotyphlopidae
Leptotyphlops
albifrons (Wagler,
1824)
Leptotyphops
alfredschmidti Lehr,
Wallach, Köhler & Aguilar, 2002
Leptotyphlops diaplocius Orejas-Miranda,
1969
Leptotyphlops
melanotermus (Cope, 1862)
Leptotyphlops
melanurus Schmidt
& Walker, 1943
Leptotyphlops peruvianus
Orejas-Miranda, 1969
Leptotyphlops rubrolineatus (Werner,
1901)
Leptotyphlops rufidorsus Taylor,
1940
Leptotyphlops subcrotillus Klauber,
1939
Leptotyphlops teaguei Orejas-Miranda,
1964
Leptotyphlops tesselatus (Tschudi,
1845)
Leptotyphlops tricolor Orejas-Miranda
& Zug, 1974 |
Tropidophiidae
Tropidophis
paucisquamis
(Müller, 1901)
Tropidophis
taczanowskyi
(Steindachner, 1880)
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Viperidae
Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846)
Bothrops
andianus Amaral,
1923
Bothrops
atrox (Linnaeus,
1758)
Bothrops
barnetti Parker,
1938
Bothrops
bilineatus
(Wied, 1825)
Bothrops
brazili Hoge,
1953
Bothrops
hyoprora
Amaral, 1935
Bothrops
microphthalmus Cope,
1875
Bothrops
oligolepis (Werner,
1901)
Bothrops
peruvianus
(Boulenger, 1903)
Bothrops
pictus (Tschudi,
1845)
Bothrops
taeniatus
(Wagler, 1824)
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