CITES FAUNA

AMPHIBIA & REPTILIA

 CLASS AMPHIBIA
• 44 families; 434 genera,
5,399 species
• GYMNPHIONA
• CAUDATA
• ANURA
 How to recognize the animals
• Size
• Taxonomic characters
• colors
• Marking patterns
 CAUDATA
AMBYSTOMATIDAE
30+ species in 1 genus
CITES APP. II
Ambystoma dumerilii
Ambystoma mexicanum
 CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE
3 Species in 2 genera
CITES APP. II
Andrias davidianus
Andrias japonicus
 BUFONIDAE
CITES APP. I

Atelophus zeteki
Bufo retiformis
Bufo superciliaris
Nectophrynoides spp.
 DENDROBATIDAE
CITES APP. II

Dendrobates spp.
Minyobates spp.
Phyllobates spp.
Epipedobates spp.
 MANTELLIDAE
CITES APP. II

Mantella spp.
 MICROHYLIDAE
CITES APP. I

Dyscophus antongilii
Scaphiophryne gottlebei
 DICROGLOSSIDAE
CITES APP. III (India)

Euplyctis hexadactyla
Hoplobatrachus tigerina
 TESTUDINES
• Turtles & Tortoises
• At least 293 species in
99 genera and 14
families.
 PLATYSTERNIDAE
CITES APP. II
Platystern megacephalum
 DERMATEMYDIDAE
CITES APP. II
Dermatemys mawii
 CHELONIIDAE
CITES APP. I
Lepidochelys kempii
Lepidochelys olivacea
Natator depressus
Chelonia mydas
Eretmochelys imbricata
Caretta caretta
 DERMOCHELYIDAE
CITES APP. I
Dermochelys coriacea
 EMYDIDAE
CITES APP. I
Clemmys muhlenbergi
Terrapine coahuila

CITES APP. II
Clemmys insculpta
Terrapine spp.
 GEOEMYDIDAE
CITES APP. I
Batagur affinis
Batagur baska
Batagur borneoensis
 GEOEMYDIDAE
CITES APP. I
Kachuga tecta
Melanochelys tricarinata
Morenia ocellata
 TESTUDINIDAE
CITES APP. I
Geochelone nigra
Geochelone radiata
Gelochelone yniphora
Gopherus flavomarginatus
 TESTUDINIDAE
CITES APP. I
Psammobates geometricus
Pyxis arachnoides
Pyxis planicauda
Testudo kleinmanni
Testudo werneri
 TRIONYCHIDAE
CITES APP. I
Apalone ater
Aspideretes gangeticus
Aspideretes hurum
 CHELIDAE
CITES APP. I
Pseudoemydura umbrina
 PELOMEDUSIDAE
CITES APP. III (Ghana)
Pelomedusa subrufa
Pelosios adansonii
Pelusios castaneus
Pelusios gabonensis
Pelomedusa subrufa
Pelusios niger
 PODOCNEMIDIDAE
CITES APP. II

Erimnochelys madagascariensis
Peltocephalus dumeriliana
Podocnemis spp.
 SQUAMATA/ SAURIA
• 4,560 species in 442
genera and 20 (27)
families.
 CHAMELEONIDAE
135 species in 6 genera
App. II
Bradypodion spp.
Brookesia spp.
Columna spp.
Chamaeleo spp.
Furcifer spp.
 Iguanidae
690 species in 48 genera
App. I
Brachylophus spp.
Cyclura spp.
Sauromalus varius

App. II
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Conolophus spp.
Iguana spp.
Phrynosoma coronatum
 GEKKONIDAE
930 species in 88 genera
App. II
Cyrtodactylus serpensinsula
Phelsuma spp.
Uroplatus spp.
 DIPLODACTYLIDAE
121 species in 15 genera

App. II
Hoplodactylus spp.
Naultinus spp.
 TEIIDAE
120 species in 9 genera

App. II
Crocodilurus amazonicus
Dracaena spp.
Tupinambis spp.
 LACERTIDAE
225 species in 27 genera

App. I

Gallotia simonyi

App. II

Podarcis lilfordi
Podarcis ptyusensis
 SCINCIDAE
1,400 species in 115 genera
App. II
Corucia zebrata
 CORDYLIDAE
52 species in 4 genera
App. II
Cordylus spp.
 XENOSAURIDAE
6 species in 2 genera
App. II
Sninisaurus crocodilurus
 VARANIDAE
57 species in 1 genus
App. I
V. bengalensis
V. flavescens
V. griseus
V. komodoensis
V. nebulosus
 HELODERMATIDAE
2 species in 1 genus
App. II
Heloderma spp.
 SQUAMATA/ SERPENTES

• Over 2,700 species in 438

genera and 18 families
 BOIDAE
28 species in 8 genera
App. I
• Acranthophis spp.
• Boa constrictor occidentalis
• Epicrates inornatus
• Epicrates monensis
• Epicrates subflavus
• Sanzinia madagascariensis
 PYTHONIDAE
25 species
App. I
• Python molurus
 BOLYERIIDAE
2 species
App. II
Bolyeria multocarinata (probably
extinct)
Casarea dussumieri (rare)
 TROPIDOPHIIDAE
2 species
App. II
TROPIDOPHIIDAE spp.
• Trachyboa
• Tropidophis
 COLUBRIDAE
1,600 species
App. II
• Clelia clelia
• Cyclagras gigas
• Elachistodon westermanni
• Ptyas mucosa
 ELAPIDAE
270 + species in 62
App. II
• Hoplocaphalus bungaroides
• Naja atra
• Naja kaouthia
• Naja mandalayensis
• Naja naja
• Naja oxiana
• Etc.
 VIPERIDAE
270 + species in 62
App. I
• Vipera ursinii

App. II
• Vipera wagneri
 CROCODILIANS

• 23 species in 8 genera and 3

families.
• Aligatoridae
• Crocodylidae
• Gavialidae
 RHYNCHOCEPHALIA

SPHENODONTIDAE
Sphenodon punctatus