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List of reptiles of Brazil

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Total number of species = 648{{update after|2025|4|2}}

Nota bene: In the following list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the genus to which it is currently assigned.

[[Testudines]]

=[[Cheloniidae]] (4 species)=

=[[Dermochelyidae]] (1 species)=

=[[Emydidae]] (2 species)=

=[[Geoemydidae]] (1 species)=

=[[Kinosternidae]] (1 species)=

=[[Testudinidae]] (2 species)=

=[[Podocnemididae]] (5 species)=

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=[[Chelidae]] (18 species)=

Nomenclature based on Rhodin et al., 2010Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, and H. Bradley Shaffer. 2010. [http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf |date=2011-07-17 }}

[[Crocodilia]]

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=[[Alligatoridae]] (6 species)=

[[Squamata]]

=[[Amphisbaenidae]] (50 species)=

=[[Rhineuridae]] (7 species)=

=[[Iguanidae]] (1 species)=

=[[Hoplocercidae]] (3 species)=

=[[Polychrotidae]] (21 species)=

=[[Leiosauridae]] (7 species)=

=[[Tropiduridae]] (35 species)=

=[[Gekkonidae]] (29 species)=

=[[Anguidae]] (5 species)=

=[[Teiidae]] (31 species)=

=[[Gymnophthalmidae]] (71 species)=

=[[Scincidae]] (14 species)=

[[Squamata]] - [[Serpentes]]

=[[Anomalepididae]] (4 species)=

=[[Leptotyphlopidae]] (12 species)=

=[[Typhlopidae]] (6 species)=

=[[Aniliidae]] (1 species)=

=[[Tropidophiidae]] (1 species)=

=[[Boidae]] (8 species)=

===Colubridae (237 species)===

=[[Elapidae]] (34 species)=

=[[Viperidae]] (31 species)=

See also

References

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  • Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia (SBH), 2011 - Lista de espécies de répteis do Brasil.
  • T.C.S. Avila-Pires, Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: [http://www.sbherpetologia.org.br/?page_id=609 Until now (November 2011) there are 732 recognized reptile species that naturally occur and reproduce in Brazil: 36 turtles, 6 alligators, 248 lizards, 67 amphisbaenas, and 375 snakes.]

External links

  • [http://sazima.net Sazima Network] - Papers, Pictures and Blog by Sazima.
  • [http://www.herpetofauna.com.br/Corais.htm Lista de cobras corais do Brasil]

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