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Mapepire Balsain (Bothrops sp.) - Photo by Mike G. Rutherford

The accounts are organized by common name for accessibility, including multiple entries under alternative names where useful. Endemic species (E) are those that are only found in Trinidad and Tobago. Introduced or invasive species (I) are those with breeding populations in the wild that are not native to Trinidad and Tobago. Accidental or occasional visitors (A) are species that may naturally occur as individuals in Trinidad and Tobago or its offshore waters but do not form breeding populations or regular migrations. Dangerously venomous species (V) and those which may cause severe stings (S) to humans are also indicated.

Lizards

African House Gecko (I)	Anole, Bronze (I)	Anole, Grenada Tree (I)	Anole, Leaf	Anole, St. Vincent (I)
Anole, Watts' (I)	Black and White Worm Lizard	Caribbean Treerunner	Gecko, Ocellated	Gecko, Spotted
Gecko, Turnip-tailed	Gecko, Variegated	Greater Windward Skink	Iguana, Green	Lizard, Luminous or Shreve's Lightbulb
Lizard, Multi-coloured Tree	Lizard, Streak	Rainbow Whiptail or Beach Runner	Runner, Jungle	Shiny Lizard
Shiny Lizard, Chacachacare	Swamp Whiptail	Tegu, Golden or Matte	White Worm Lizard

Snakes

Anaconda, Green	Black Cribo	Black-headed Snake	Blind Snake, Trinidad	Blunthead Tree Snake
Boa Constrictor or Macajuel	Boa, Neuwied's False	Boa, Rainbow	Brown Vine Snake	Bushmaster (V)
Cascabel Dormillion	Cat-eyed Snake or False Mapepire	Checker-bellied Snake	Coffee Snake	Corail or Coral Snake, Common (V)
Coral Snake, Large (V)	Cribo, Yellow-tailed	Double-lined Water Snake	False Coral Snake or Calico	False Water Coral Snake
Fer-de-Lance (V)	Flat Snake	Huille	Indigo Snake	Klauber's Worm Snake
Lora	Machete Savane	Mapepire Balsain (V)	Mapepire, Velvet	Mapepire, Water
Mapepire Zanana (V)	Neotropical Racer	Parrot Snake	Pipe Snake (A)	Ratonel
Slug-eating (Cloudy) Snake	Snail-eating Snake, Trinidad	Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake	Tree Boa	Three-lined Snake
Snake,Tiger Rat or Clibo

Turtles and Crocodilians

Arrau Sideneck Turtle (A)	Caiman, Spectacled	Crocodile, American (A)	Crocodile, Orinoco (A)	Gibba Turtle
Green Turtle	Loggerhead Sea Turtle	Mata Mata Turtle (A)	Olive Ridley Turtle	Red-eared Slider Turtle
Red-footed Tortoise (I)	Scorpion Mud Turtle	Sea Turtle, Hawksbill	Sea Turtle, Leatherback	Sideneck Turtle, Yellow-headed (A)
Spot-legged Turtle or Galap	Tortoise, Yellow-footed or Morocoy

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Last updated 5 July 2018