Invasive and Exotic Reptiles with Images
The following species have been listed on an invasive species list in North America. For more information on each species, including the listing sources, images, and publication links, click on the species.
26 Records
| Subject Name |
Scientific Name |
Family |
Order |
| giant whiptail |
Cnemidophorus motaguae Sackett, 1941 |
Teiidae |
Squamata |
| common boa |
Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 |
Boidae |
Squamata |
| black spiny-tailed iguana |
Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831) |
Iguanidae |
Squamata |
| Nile monitor |
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus in Hasselquist, 1762) |
Varanidae |
Squamata |
| Indo-Pacific Gecko |
Hemidactylus garnotii Duméril and Bibron, 1836 |
Gekkonidae |
Squamata |
| Jamaican giant anole |
Norops garmani Stejneger, 1899 |
Polychrotidae |
Squamata |
| Burmese python |
Python molurus ssp. bivittatus Kuhl, 1820 |
Pythonidae |
Squamata |
| Tropical House Gecko |
Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) |
Gekkonidae |
Squamata |
| caiman |
Caiman spp. Spix, 1825 |
Alligatoridae |
Crocodilia |
| brahminy blind snake |
Ramphotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) |
Typhlopidae |
Squamata |
| brown tree snake |
Boiga irregularis (Merrem, 1802) |
Colubridae |
Squamata |
| Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana |
Ctenosaura pectinata Wiegmann, 1834 |
Iguanidae |
Squamata |
| Giant day gecko |
Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis Gray 1870 |
Gekkonidae |
Squamata |
| African redhead agama |
Agama agama africana (Hallowell 1844) |
Agamidae |
Squamata |
| Texas horned lizard |
Phrynosoma cornutum (Harlan, 1825) |
Phrynosomatidae |
Squamata |
| green iguana |
Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Iguanidae |
Squamata |
| brown anole |
Anolis sagrei (Cocteau in Duméril and Bibron, 1837) |
Polychrotidae |
Squamata |
| Cuban Green Anole |
Anolis porcatus Gray, 1840 |
Polychrotidae |
Squamata |
| bark anole |
Ctenonotus distichus (Cope, 1861) |
Polychrotidae |
Squamata |
| Mediterranean gecko |
Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Gekkonidae |
Squamata |
| South American ground lizard |
Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Teiidae |
Squamata |
| brown basilisk |
Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 |
Corytophanidae |
Squamata |
| red-eared slider |
Trachemys scritpa elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839) |
Emydidae |
Testudines |
| Cuban knight anole |
Anolis equestris persparsus Schwartz & Garrido, 1972 |
Polychrotidae |
Squamata |
| Largehead anole |
Anolis cybotes Cope, 1862 |
Polychrotidae |
Squamata |
| Northern Curly-tailed Lizard |
Leiocephalus carinatus armouri Gray, 1827 |
Tropiduridae |
Squamata |
