List of amphibians and reptiles of Martinique explained

The island of Martinique is an overseas department of France located in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.

Amphibians

There are five species of amphibian on Martinique, three of which were introduced. One species, the Martinique volcano frog (Colostethus chalcopis), is endemic to Martinique.

Frogs (Anura)

Poison dart frogs (Dendrobatidae)
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Colostethus chalcopis	Martinique volcano frog	Vulnerable.^[1] Endemic.
Tree frogs (Hylidae)
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Scinax ruber^[2]	Red-snouted tree frog	Least concern. Introduced; first recorded on Martinique in 1997.
Tropical frogs (Leptodactylidae)
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Eleutherodactylus johnstonei	Lesser Antillean whistling frog, coqui antillano, Johnstone's whistling frog	Least concern. Introduced.
Eleutherodactylus martinicensis	Tink frog, Martinique robber frog	Near threatened. Regional endemic.
True toads (Bufonidae)
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Bufo marinus	Cane toad, giant Neotropical toad, marine toad	Least concern. Introduced.

Reptiles

Including marine turtles and introduced species, there are 19 reptile species reported on Martinique, five of which are endemic.

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)

True crocodiles (Crocodylidae)
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Crocodylus acutus^[3]	American crocodile

Turtles (Testudines)

Box turtles and pond turtles (Emydidae)
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Trachemys scripta^[4]	Pond slider	Near threatened. Introduced.
Scaly sea turtles (Cheloniidae)
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Caretta caretta	Loggerhead turtle	Endangered.
Chelonia mydas	Green turtle	Endangered.
Eretmochelys imbricata	Hawksbill turtle	Critically endangered.
Leathery sea turtles (Dermochelyidae)
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Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback turtle	Critically endangered.

Lizards and snakes (Squamata)

Geckos (Gekkonidae)
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Gecko gecko^[5]	Tokay gecko	Introduced.
Hemidactylus mabouia	House gecko	Introduced.
Sphaerodactylus vincenti	Vincent's least gecko	Regional endemic.
Thecadactylus rapicauda	Turnip-tailed gecko
Iguanas and Anolids (Iguanidae)
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Anolis roquet	Martinique's anole, savannah anole	Endemic.
Iguana delicatissima	Lesser Antillean iguana, West Indian iguana	Vulnerable. Regional endemic.
Iguana iguana^[6]	Green iguana, common iguana	Recently introduced.
Microteiids (Gymnophthalmidae)
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Gymnophthalmus pleii	Martinique spectacled tegu	Regional endemic.
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi^[7]	Underwood's spectacled tegu
Skinks (Scincidae)
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Mabuya mabouya^[8]		Regional endemic. Possibly extirpated.
Worm snakes (Typhlopidae)
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Leptotyphlops bilineata	Two-lined blind snake	Endemic. Possibly widespread. Populations on Barbados and St. Lucia were described as separate species in 2008, leaving L. bilineata only on Martinique.^[9]
Colubrids (Colubridae)
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Liophis cursor^[10]	Lacépède's ground snake	Endangered. Endemic. Extirpated from the main island; now remaining only on Diamond Rock.
Vipers (Viperidae)
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Bothrops lanceolatus	Fer-de-lance, Martinican pit viper, Martinique lancehead	Endemic. Widespread, though uncommon and confined to wetter regions.

References

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

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Notes and References

1. [Conservation status]
2. . Not recorded on Martinique in .
3. Web site: American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) - Species Profile .
4. . Not recorded on Martinique in, which lists it as introduced to the Lesser Antilles only on the main islands of Guadeloupe.
5. . Not recorded on Martinique (or anywhere in the Lesser Antilles) in .
6. . Not recorded on Martinique in .
7. . Not recorded on Martinique in .
8. . instead records M. bistriata as the sole Mabuya species in the Lesser Antilles; many of its Caribbean populations have since been reassigned.

9. see Leptotyphlops breuili and Leptotyphlops carlae.

10. . Recorded as extinct in .