List of amphibians and reptiles of Martinique

Location of Martinique in the Caribbean

This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found on the island of Martinique, 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)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Colostethus chalcopis	Martinique volcano frog	Vulnerable.[1] Endemic.
Tree frogs (Hylidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Scinax ruber[2]	Red-snouted tree frog	Least concern. Introduced; first recorded on Martinique in 1997.
Tropical frogs (Leptodactylidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
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)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Bufo marinus	Cane toad, giant Neotropical toad, marine toad	Least concern. Introduced.

Reptiles

Including marine turtles and introduced species, there are 18 reptile species reported on Martinique, five of which are endemic.

Turtles (Testudines)

Box turtles and pond turtles (Emydidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Trachemys scripta[3]	Pond slider	Near threatened. Introduced.
Scaly sea turtles (Cheloniidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead turtle	Endangered.
Chelonia mydas	Green turtle	Endangered.
Eretmochelys imbricata	Hawksbill turtle	Critically endangered.
Leathery sea turtles (Dermochelyidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback turtle	Critically endangered.

Lizards and snakes (Squamata)

Geckos (Gekkonidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Gecko gecko[4]	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)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Anolis roquet	Martinique's anole, savannah anole	Endemic.
Iguana delicatissima	Lesser Antillean iguana, West Indian iguana	Vulnerable. Regional endemic.
Iguana iguana[5]	Green iguana, common iguana	Recently introduced.
Microteiids (Gymnophthalmidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Gymnophthalmus pleei	Martinique spectacled tegu	Regional endemic.
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi[6]	Underwood's spectacled tegu
Skinks (Scincidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Mabuya mabouya[7]		Regional endemic. Possibly extirpated.
Worm snakes (Typhlopidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
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.[8]
Colubrids (Colubridae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Liophis cursor[9]	Lacépède's ground snake	Endangered. Endemic. Extirpated from the main island; now remaining only on Diamond Rock.
Vipers (Viperidae)
Species	Common name(s)	Notes	Image
Bothrops lanceolatus	Fer-de-lance, Martinican pit viper, Martinique lancehead	Endemic. Widespread, though uncommon and confined to wetter regions.

Notes

1. 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 Martinique.
2. Lorvelec et al. 2007, p. 137. Not recorded on Martinique in Malhotra & Thorpe 1999.
3. Lorvelec et al. 2007, p. 137. Not recorded on Martinique in Malhotra & Thorpe 1999, which lists it as introduced to the Lesser Antilles only on the main islands of Guadeloupe.
4. Lorvelec et al. 2007, p. 137. Not recorded on Martinique (or anywhere in the Lesser Antilles) in Malhotra & Thorpe 1999.
5. Lorvelec et al. 2007, p. 137. Not recorded on Martinique in Malhotra & Thorpe 1999.
6. Lorvelec et al. 2007, p. 137. Not recorded on Martinique in Malhotra & Thorpe 1999.
7. Lorvelec et al. 2007, p. 136. Malhotra & Thorpe 1999 instead records M. bistriata as the sole Mabuya species in the Lesser Antilles; many of its Caribbean populations have since been reassigned.
8. Hedges 2008; see Leptotyphlops breuili and Leptotyphlops carlae.
9. Powell & Henderson 2005, p. 73. Recorded as extinct in Malhotra & Thorpe 1999.

References

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

• Hedges, S. Blair (2008), "At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles" (PDF), Zootaxa, 1841: 1–30, retrieved March 5, 2010
• Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., pp. 88–92, ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
• Lorvelec, Olivier; Pascal, Michel; Pavis, Claudie; Feldmann, Philippe (2007), "Amphibians and reptiles of the French West Indies: Inventory, threats and conservation", Applied Herpetology, 4: 131–161, doi:10.1163/157075407780681356.
• Powell, Robert; Henderson, Robert W. (2005), "Conservation Status of Lesser Antillean Reptiles", Iguana, 12 (2): 63–77