reptile

The Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus)

COASTAL TAIPAN The coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) in English is called the coastal Taipan or co...

reptilenesia 8 Apr, 2022

Turnip-tailed Gecko, Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782)

Thecadactylus rapicauda  (Houttuyn, 1782) Gekko Rapicauda Houttuyn 1782: 323 Stellio perfoliatus Schneider 1792: 26           (subst...

reptilenesia 24 Feb, 2022

Trinidad & Tobago Polychrus distinct from the Guyana-Amazonian species

Audubon's Multicolored Lizard, Polychrus audubonii (Hallowell, 1845) For the past century the Trinidad and Tobago herpetofauna has been ...

reptilenesia 24 Feb, 2022

Mapapie Balsain, Bothrops atrox (Family Viperidae) - Reptilenesia

Trigollocephalus asper  var, n. C.  lallceolati  Garman. Type locality: Opispo, Isthmus of Darien, Panama. Trigonocephlus jacaraca:  Court, ...

reptilenesia 24 Feb, 2022

Yellow Puffing Snake, Spilotes sulphureus (Family Colubridae)

Natrix sulphurea Wagler 1824: 26 Coluber poecilostoma Wied-Neuwied 1824 Spilotes poecilostoma — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854: 221 P...

reptilenesia 15 Feb, 2022

Trinidad Snail-eating Snake, Dipsas trinitatis (Family Dipsadidae)

Dipsas trinitatis Parker 1926: 206. Dipsas variegata trinitatis — Peters 1960: 139. Dipsas trinitatis — Harvey 2008. Size: 638 mm SVL, 165...

reptilenesia 15 Feb, 2022

Ruschenberger's Treeboa, Corallus ruschenbergerii (Family Boidae)

Xiphosoma ruschenbergerii  Cope 1876: 129. Xiphosoma ruschenbergii  -   Boulenger 1893: 99 Corallus cookei  var.  ruschenbergi -    Boettger...

reptilenesia 15 Feb, 2022