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List of amphibians and reptiles of Saint Lucia

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Location of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean

This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found on the island-nation of Saint Lucia, located in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.

Amphibians

There are three species of amphibian on Saint Lucia, two of which were introduced.

Frogs (Anura)

Tree frogs (Hylidae)	Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Scinax ruber	Red-snouted tree frog	Least concern.
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei	Lesser Antillean whistling frog, coqui Antillano, Johnstone's whistling frog	Least concern.	[[File:Eleutherodactylus johnstonei.jpg	175px]]
Bufo marinus	Cane toad, giant neotropical toad, marine toad	Least concern. Introduced.	[[File:Bufo marinus from Australia.JPG	175px]]

Reptiles

Including marine turtles and introduced species, there are 20 reptile species reported on Saint Lucia, five of which are endemic and two extinct.

Turtles (Testudines)

Tortoises (Testudinidae)	Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Geochelone carbonaria	Red-footed tortoise	Likely recent introduction, though possibly as long ago as Amerindian settlement of Saint Lucia. Rarely seen in the wild.	[[File:Red-footed Tortoise in Barbados 03.jpg	175px]]
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead turtle, channel turtle (local name)	Endangered.	[[File:Loggerhead Sea Turtle.jpg	175px]]
Chelonia mydas	Green turtle	Endangered. Regularly seen in coastal waters; nests on both coasts (though mainly on northern beaches), primarily from June to October.	[[File:Green turtle in Kona 2008.jpg	175px]]
Eretmochelys imbricata	Hawksbill turtle	Critically endangered. Regularly seen in coastal waters; nests on both coasts (though mainly on northern beaches), primarily from May to October.	[[File:3959 aquaimages.jpg	175px]]
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback turtle	Critically endangered. Fairly rare. Nesting recorded from April to June, primarily on south and east (Atlantic) coast beaches.	[[File:LeatherbackTurtle.jpg	175px]]

Lizards and snakes (Squamata)

Geckos (Gekkonidae)	Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image	Iguanas and anolids (Iguanidae)
Hemidactylus mabouia	House gecko	Introduced.	[[File:Hemidactylus mabouia (Dominica).jpg	175px]]
Hemidactylus palaichthus	Antilles leaf-toed gecko	Restricted to offshore islands of Maria Major and Dennery Island.
Sphaerodactylus microlepis	Little-scaled least gecko		[[File:Sphaerodactylus microlepis 01-Barbour 1921.jpg	75px]]
Sphaerodactylus vincenti	Vincent's least gecko	Regional endemic.	[[File:Sphaerodactylus vincenti 01-Barbour 1921.jpg	50px]]
Thecadactylus rapicauda	Turnip-tailed gecko		[[File:Thecadactylus rapicauda BSLL.jpg	100px]]
Anolis extremus	Barbados anole	Regional endemic. Introduced from Barbados. Restricted to the area around the capital, Castries.	[[File:Anolis extremus-f01.jpg	175px]]
Anolis luciae	St. Lucia anole, Saint Lucian anole	Endemic. Widespread.
Anolis wattsi	Watts' anole	Regional endemic. Introduced. Restricted to the area around the capital, Castries.
Iguana iguana	Green iguana, common iguana		[[File:Iguana iguana colombia3.jpg	175px]]
Cnemidophorus vanzoi	St Lucia whiptail, Vanzo's whiptail	Vulnerable. Endemic. The only Cnemidophorus species found in the Caribbean. Extirpated from the main island and now only native to the small islets of Maria Major and Maria Minor, with fewer than 1000 individuals estimated. A third population has been established on nearby Praslin Island through translocation.	[[File:Cnemidophorus vanzoi.jpeg	frameless	181x181px]]
Gymnophthalmus pleii	Martinique spectacled tegu	Regional endemic.
†Alinea luciae	Saint Lucia skink	Endemic, extinct since the early 20th century.
Leptotyphlops breuili	St. Lucia threadsnake	Endemic. First described as a separate species in 2008.	[[File:StLuciaThreadsnake-Hedges-web.jpg	175px]]
Boa constrictor	Boa constrictor
†Clelia errabunda	Underwood's mussurana	Endemic, extinct since the late 19th century.
Liophis ornatus	St Lucia racer	Endangered. Endemic. Probably extirpated from the main island; present on Maria Major but rare.
Bothrops caribbaeus	Saint Lucia lancehead, fer-de-lance	Endemic. Distributed in lowlands, commonly found along river valleys.	[[File:Bothrops caribbaeus.jpg	frameless	174x174px]]

Notes

References

Note: All species listed above are supported by Malhotra & Thorpe 1999, unless otherwise cited.

References

[[Conservation status]], where available, is from the [[IUCN Red List]] and is indicative of the status of the species as a whole, not just populations on Saint Lucia.
Malhotra 2007, p. 182. The authors previously doubted there was a viable natural population, attributing its presence to escaped pets. Malhotra 1999, p. 49.
{{harvnb. Powell. Henderson. 2005
{{harvnb. Hedges. 2008. Recorded in {{harvnb. Malhotra. Thorpe. 1999 as ''[[Leptotyphlops bilineata]]''.

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