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List of amphibians and reptiles of Barbados

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This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found on Barbados, a Caribbean island-nation in the Lesser Antilles. Barbados is largely flat and has been intensively cultivated for over 300 years. This has left little natural vegetation on the island, leaving most species found there restricted to narrow habitats such as wooded gullies.

Amphibians

There are two species of amphibians on Barbados, at least one of which was introduced.

Frogs (''Anura'')

Tropical frogs (Leptodactylidae)	Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image	True toads (Bufonidae)	Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei	Lesser Antillean whistling frog, coqui Antillano, Johnstone's whistling frog	Least Concern. Widespread throughout the Lesser Antilles. Whether it was a native or introduced is a matter of controversy.	[[File:Eleutherodactylus johnstonei.jpg	175px]]
Bufo marinus	Cane toad, giant neotropical toad, marine toad	Least Concern. Introduced in the 1830s to control insect pests of sugarcane. Abundant and widespread, particularly in rural areas.	[[File:Bufo marinus from Australia.JPG	175px]]

Reptiles

Including marine turtles and introduced species, there are 18 reptile species reported on Barbados, though two are possibly extinct. The Barbados leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus pulcher) and the Barbados threadsnake (Leptotyphlops carlae) are endemic, as were the probably extinct Barbados racer (Liophis perfuscus) and Barbados skink (Alinea lanceolata). A fifth species, the Barbados anole (Anolis extremus), was endemic to Barbados but has been introduced to other islands.

Turtles (''Testudines'')

Tortoises (Testudinidae)	Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Geochelone carbonaria	Red-footed tortoise	Probably introduced. Only known in captive populations and individuals that escaped from such areas; unlikely that a viable wild population exists.	[[File:Red-footed Tortoise in Barbados 02.jpg	175px]]
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead turtle	Endangered.	[[File:Loggerhead Sea Turtle.jpg	175px]]
Chelonia mydas	Green turtle	Endangered. Seen feeding in waters near the shore. Recorded nesting on Barbados.	[[File:Green turtle in Kona 2008.jpg	175px]]
Eretmochelys imbricata	Hawksbill turtle	Critically Endangered. Recorded nesting on Barbados.	[[File:3959 aquaimages.jpg	175px]]
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback turtle	Critically Endangered. Recorded nesting on Barbados.	[[File:LeatherbackTurtle.jpg	175px]]

Lizards and snakes (''Squamata'')

Geckos (Gekkonidae)	Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Hemidactylus mabouia	House gecko	Introduced.	[[File:Hemidactylus mabouia (Dominica).jpg	175px]]
Phyllodactylus pulcher	Barbados leaf-toed gecko	Endemic. Reported from Ragged Point, St. Philip; its range has not yet been systematically studied.
Anolis extremus	Barbados anole	Originally endemic; introduced to other islands. Widespread and abundant.	[[File:Anolis extremus-f01.jpg	175px]]
Anolis sagrei	Brown anole	Introduced
Kentropyx borckiana	Guyana kentropyx, Guyana tegu	The only Kentropyx species found in the Eastern Caribbean. Only females are known to exist; the species as a whole is believed to consist only of unisexual clones. Primarily found in central parishes; reported as locally common in St. Thomas and St. George.
Ameiva ameiva	Giant ameiva	Recently introduced
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi	Underwood's spectacled tegu	Native status uncertainPowell, R., Henderson, R.W., Farmer, M.C., Breuil, M.,
Mabuya mabouya		Regional endemic. Possibly extirpated from Barbados.	[[File:Mabuya dominica.jpg	175px]]
Alinea lanceolata	Barbados skink	Endemic. Critically endangered, possibly extinct
Leptotyphlops carlae	Barbados threadsnake	Endemic. First described in 2008; specimens were previously described as L. bilineatus. The world's smallest known snake.	[[File:Leptotyphlops carlae.jpg	125px]]
Indotyphlops braminus	Brahminy blind snake, flowerpot blind snake	Recently introduced; apparently widespread.	[[File:Ramphotyphlops braminus.jpg	175px]]
Liophis perfuscus	Barbados racer, tan ground snake	Endangered. Endemic. Possibly extinct, as a confirmed sighting has not been made since 1961.
Mastigodryas bruesi	Barbour's tropical racer	Recently introduced, possibly through banana shipments. Originally native to Saint Vincent and Grenada.

Notes

References

Note: All species listed above are supported by Malhotra & Thorpe 1999 and Government of Barbados 2002, unless otherwise cited.

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Fields, Angela and Julia A. Horrocks, "An Annotated Checklist of the Herpetofauna of Barbados". Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society, Vol 55 pp. 263–283 2009
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References

{{harvnb. Malhotra. Thorpe. 1999
[[Conservation status]], where available, is from the [[IUCN Red List]] and is indicative of the status of the species as a whole, not just populations on Barbados.
See discussion of ''E. johnstonei'' in {{harvnb. Government of Barbados. 2002
{{harvnb. Government of Barbados. 2002
Fields, A. & Horrocks, J. A. 2009. An Annotated Checklist of the Herpetofauna of Barbados. ''Journal of Barbados Museum & Historical Society'' 55: 263-283
See {{harvnb. Cole. Dessauer. Townsend. Arnold. 1995. Also extant in northern South America; incorrectly described as endemic to Barbados in {{harvnb. Malhotra. Thorpe. 1999
{{harvnb. Government of Barbados. 2002
Fields, A. & Horrocks, J. A. 2011. The Herpetofauna Of Barbados: Anthropogenic Impacts And Conservation Status. pp. 89–104. In: ''Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 2: Regional Accounts of the West Indies''. Editors: Adrian Hailey, Byron Wilson, and Julia Horrocks. Brill. {{ISBN. 978-90-04-19408-3
See {{harvnb. Government of Barbados. 2002. Malhotra. Thorpe. 1999 as ''[[Mabuya bistriata. M. bistriata]]'', a species often confused with ''M. mabouya''.
Horrocks, J. & Daltry, J.C. 2016. Alinea lanceolata (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44579133A115387376. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44579133A44579169.en.
See {{harvnb. Hedges. 2008 for the first description of this species.
''L. bilineatus'' is reported in {{harvnb. Malhotra. Thorpe. 1999. Government of Barbados. 2002
{{harvnb. Hedges. 2008
{{harvnb. Government of Barbados. 2002
{{harvnb. Powell. Henderson. 2005. Government of Barbados. 2002. Malhotra. Thorpe. 1999

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