Total number of species = 648
Nota bene: In the following list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the genus to which it is currently assigned.
Testudines Cheloniidae (4 species) Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Dermochelyidae (1 species) Dermochelys coriacea (Linnaeus, 1766)
Emydidae (2 species) Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995 Trachemys dorbigni (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Geoemydidae (1 species) Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801)
Kinosternidae (1 species) Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766)
Testudinidae (2 species) Chelonoidis carbonarius (Spix, 1824) Chelonoidis denticulatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Podocnemididae (5 species)
Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger, 1812) Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix, 1824) Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849 Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848
Chelidae (18 species) Nomenclature based on Rhodin et al., 2010Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, and H. Bradley Shaffer. 2010. Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status Acanthochelys macrocephala Rhodin, Mittermeier & McMorris, 1984 Acanthochelys radiolata (Mikan, 1820) Acanthochelys spixii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) Chelus fimbriata (Schneider, 1783) Hydromedusa maximiliani (Mikan, 1820) Hydromedusa tectifera Cope, 1869 Mesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812) Mesoclemmys nasuta (Schweigger, 1812) Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray, 1855) Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Lüderwaldt, 1926) Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour, 1973) Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812) Phrynops hilarii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) Phrynops tuberosus (W. Peters, 1870) Phrynops williamsi Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1983 Platemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792) Ranacephala hogei (Mertens, 1967) Rhinemys rufipes (Spix, 1824)
Crocodilia
Alligatoridae (6 species) Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758) Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1802) Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825) Paleosuchus palpebrosus (Cuvier, 1807) Paleosuchus trigonatus (Schneider, 1801)
Squamata Amphisbaenidae (50 species) Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001) Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758 Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini, 1997 Amphisbaena anomala (Barbour, 1914) Amphisbaena arda Rodrigues, 2003 Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964 Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini, 1991) Amphisbaena bilabialata (Stimson, 1972) Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929 Amphisbaena brasiliana (Gray, 1865) Amphisbaena camura Cope, 1862 Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965 Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997 Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001) Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires, 1991 Amphisbaena darwinii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Amphisbaena dubia L. Müller, 1924 Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena heathi K.P. Schmidt, 1936 Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950 Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues, Andrade & Lima, 2003 Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena kingii (Bell, 1833) Amphisbaena kraoh (Vanzolini, 1971) Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964 Amphisbaena leucocephala W. Peters, 1878 Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996 Amphisbaena mensae Castro-Mello, 2000 Amphisbaena mertensi Strauch, 1881 Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1966 Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt, 1936 Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966 Amphisbaena pretrei A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope, 1885) Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger, 1890 Amphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964 Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini, 1994 Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-Mello, 2003) Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger, 1902 Amphisbaena slevini K.P. Schmidt, 1938 Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch, 1881 Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995 Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini, 1971 Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963 Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler, 1824
Rhineuridae (7 species) Leposternon infraorbitale (Bertold, 1859) Leposternon kisteumacheri Porto, Soares & Caramaschi, 2000 Leposternon microcephalum Wagler, 1824 Leposternon octostegum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) Leposternon polystegum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) Leposternon scutigerum (Hemprich, 1829) Leposternon wuchereri (W. Peters, 1879)
Iguanidae (1 species) Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hoplocercidae (3 species) Enyalioides laticeps (Guichenot, 1855) Enyalioides palpebralis (Boulenger, 1883) Hoplocercus spinosus Fitzinger, 1843
Polychrotidae (21 species) Anisolepis grilli Boulenger, 1891 Anisolepis longicauda (Boulenger, 1891) Anisolepis undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834) Anolis auratus Daudin, 1802 Anolis bombiceps Cope, 1876 Anolis fuscoauratus d'Orbigny, 1837 Anolis meridionalis Boettger, 1885 Anolis nasofrontalis Amaral, 1933 Anolis nitens (Wagler, 1830) Anolis ortonii Cope, 1868 Anolis philopunctatus Rodrigues, 1988 Anolis phyllorhinus Myers & Carvalho, 1945 Anolis pseudotigrinus Amaral, 1933 Anolis punctatus Daudin, 1802 Anolis trachyderma Cope, 1876 Anolis transversalis Duméril, 1851 Anolis williamsii Bocourt, 1870 Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825 Polychrus liogaster Boulenger, 1908 Polychrus marmoratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Urostrophus vautieri A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Leiosauridae (7 species) Enyalius bibronii Boulenger, 1885 Enyalius bilineatus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 Enyalius brasiliensis (Lesson, 1828) Enyalius catenatus (Wied, 1821) Enyalius iheringii Boulenger, 1885 Enyalius leechii (Boulenger, 1885) Enyalius perditus Jackson, 1978
Tropiduridae (35 species) Eurolophosaurus amathites (Rodrigues, 1984) Eurolophosaurus nanuzae (Rodrigues, 1981) Eurolophosaurus divaricatus (Rodrigues, 1984) Liolaemus arambarensis Verrastro, Veronese, Bujes & Dias-Filho, 2003 Liolaemus lutzae Mertens, 1938 Liolaemus occipitalis Boulenger, 1885 Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758) Plica umbra (Linnaeus, 1758) Stenocercus azureus (F. Müller, 1882) Stenocercus caducus (Cope, 1862) Stenocercus dumerilii (Steindachner, 1867) Stenocercus fimbriatus Ávila-Pires, 1995 Stenocercus roseiventris D'Orbigny, 1837 Stenocercus tricristatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) Strobilurus torquatus Wiegmann, 1834 Tropidurus cocorobensis Rodrigues, 1987 Tropidurus erythrocephalus Rodrigues, 1987 Tropidurus etheridgei Cei, 1982 Tropidurus guarani (Cope, 1862) Tropidurus helenae (Manzani & Abe, 1990) Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) Tropidurus hygomi J.T. Reinhardt & Luetken, 1861 Tropidurus insulanus Rodrigues, 1987 Tropidurus itambere Rodrigues, 1987 Tropidurus montanus Rodrigues, 1987 Tropidurus mucujensis Rodrigues, 1987 Tropidurus oreadicus Rodrigues, 1987 Tropidurus pinima (Rodrigues, 1984) Tropidurus psammonastes Rodrigues, Kasahara & Yonenaga-Yasuda, 1988 Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) Tropidurus spinulosus (Cope, 1862) Tropidurus torquatus (Wied, 1820) Uracentron azureum (Linnaeus, 1758) Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855) Uranoscodon superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gekkonidae (29 species) Briba brasiliana Amaral, 1935 Coleodactylus amazonicus (Andersson, 1918) Coleodactylus brachystoma (Amaral, 1935) Coleodactylus meridionalis (Boulenger, 1888) Coleodactylus natalensis Freire, 1999 Coleodactylus septentrionalis (Vanzolini, 1980) Gonatodes annularis Boulenger, 1887 Gonatodes eladioi Nascimento, Ávila-Pires & Cunha, 1987 Gonatodes hasemani Griffin, 1917 Gonatodes humeralis (Guichenot, 1855) Gonatodes tapajonicus Rodrigues, 1980 Gymnodactylus darwinii (Gray, 1845) Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix, 1825 Gymnodactylus guttulatus Vanzolini, 1982 Hemidactylus agrius Vanzolini, 1978 Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) Hemidactylus palaichthus Kluge, 1969 Homonota fasciata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) Homonota uruguayensis (Vaz-Ferreira & Sierra de Soriano, 1961) Lepidoblepharis heyerorum Vanzolini, 1978 Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi Ávila-Pires, 1995 Lygodactylus klugei (H.M. Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977) Lygodactylus wetzeli (H.M. Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977) Phyllopezus lutzae Loveridge, 1941 Phyllopezus periosus Rodrigues, 1986 Phyllopezus pollicaris (Spix, 1825) Pseudogonatodes gasconi Ávila-Pires & Hoogmoed, 2000 Pseudogonatodes guianensis Parker, 1935 Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782)
Anguidae (5 species) Diploglossus fasciatus (Gray, 1831) Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890 Ophiodes striatus (Spix, 1824) Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881 Ophiodes yacupoi Gallardo, 1966
Teiidae (31 species) Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) Cnemidophorus abaetensis Dias, Rocha & Vrcibradic, 2002 Cnemidophorus cryptus Cole & Dessauer, 1993 Cnemidophorus lacertoides A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cnemidophorus littoralis Rocha, Araújo, Vrcibradic & Costa, 2000 Cnemidophorus mumbuca Colli et al., 2003 Cnemidophorus nativo Rocha, Bergallo & Peccinini-Seale, 1997 Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Spix, 1825) Cnemidophorus parecis Colli et al., 2003 Cnemidophorus vacariensis Feltrim & Lema, 2000 Crocodilurus amazonicus Spix, 1825 Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1802 Dracaena paraguayensis Amaral, 1950 Kentropyx altamazonica (Cope, 1876) Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825 Kentropyx intermedia (Gray, 1831) Kentropyx paulensis Boettger, 1893 Kentropyx pelviceps Cope, 1868 Kentropyx striata (Daudin, 1802) Kentropyx vanzoi Gallagher & Dixon, 1980 Kentropyx viridistriga Boulenger, 1894 Teius oculatus (D'Orbigny & Bibron, 1837) Teius teyou (Daudin, 1802) Tupinambis duseni Lönnberg, 1896 Tupinambis longilineus Ávila-Pires, 1995 Tupinambis merianae (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) Tupinambis palustris Manzani & Abe, 2002 Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani & Abe, 1997 Tupinambis rufescens (Günther, 1871) Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gymnophthalmidae (71 species) Alopoglossus angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Alopoglossus atriventris Duellman, 1973 Alopoglossus buckleyi (O'Shaughnessy, 1881) Amapasaurus tetradactylus Cunha, Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933 Anotosaura vanzolinia Dixon, 1974 Arthrosaura kockii (Lidth de Jeune, 1904) Arthrosaura reticulata (O'Shaughnessy, 1881) Bachia bresslaui (Amaral, 1935) Bachia cacerensis Castrillon & Strüssmann, 1998 Bachia dorbignyi (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) Bachia flavescens (Bonnaterre, 1789) Bachia panoplia Thomas, 1965 Bachia peruana (F. Werner, 1901) Bachia scolecoides Vanzolini, 1961 Bachia trisanale (Cope, 1868) Calyptommatus confusionibus Rodrigues, Zaher & Curcio, 2001 Calyptommatus leiolepis Rodrigues, 1991 Calyptommatus nicterus Rodrigues, 1991 Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues, 1991 Cercosaura argulus W. Peters, 1863 Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917) Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830 Cercosaura oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1885) Cercosaura quadrilineata (Boettger, 1876) Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834 Colobodactylus dalcyanus Vanzolini & Ramos, 1977 Colobodactylus taunayi (Amaral, 1933) Colobosaura mentalis Amaral, 1933 Colobosaura modesta (J.T. Reinhardt & Luetken, 1862) Colobosauroides carvalhoi Soares & Caramaschi, 1998 Colobosauroides cearensis Cunha, Lima-Verde & Lima, 1991 Ecpleopus gaudichaudii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Gymnophthalmus leucomystax Vanzolini & Carvalho, 1991 Gymnophthalmus underwoodi Grant, 1958 Gymnophthalmus vanzoi Carvalho, 1999 Heterodactylus imbricatus Spix, 1825 Heterodactylus lundii (J.T. Reinhardt & Luetken, 1862) Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851 Leposoma annectans Ruibal, 1952 Leposoma baturitensis Rodrigues & Borges, 1997 Leposoma guianense Ruibal, 1952 Leposoma nanodactylus Rodrigues, 1997 Leposoma osvaldoi Ávila-Pires, 1995 Leposoma parietale (Cope, 1885) Leposoma percarinatum (L. Müller, 1923) Leposoma puk Rodrigues, 2002 Leposoma scincoides Spix, 1825 Leposoma snethlageae Ávila-Pires, 1995 Micrablepharus atticolus Rodrigues, 1996