List of reptiles of Northern America explained

This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python. Subspecies are listed only in a few cases. The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.

* alien species

Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.

Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:and Endangered Species Act:

Family: Lacertidae (wall or true lizards)

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Further reading

• Book: Cope, Edward D. . 1875 . Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum . Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Published under the direction of the Smithionian Institution . 13 . 1 . Department of the Interior: U.S. National Museum . Washington: Government Printing Office .
• Book: Stejneger . Leonhard . Barbour . Thomas . 1917 . A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. .

External links

• 8th Edition of Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, available on the website of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained, Ellin Beltz, 2006
• Web site: SSAR North American Species Names Database . Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
• The Reptile Database, Uetz, P. and Jirí Hošek (eds.)
• US Fish & Wildlife Service – Species Search, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Reptilia endangered species

• US Fish & Wildlife Service – Endangered Species Program
• NOAA; National Marine Fisheries Service – Endangered Species Act
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species