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List of reptiles of Brazil

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List of reptiles of Brazil
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Total number of species = 648[needs update]

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Yellow anaconda, Eunectes notaeus

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

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Cheloniidae (4 species)

Dermochelyidae (1 species)

Emydidae (2 species)

Geoemydidae (1 species)

Kinosternidae (1 species)

Testudinidae (2 species)

Podocnemididae (5 species)

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Arrau turtle (Podocnemis expansa)

Chelidae (18 species)

Nomenclature based on Rhodin et al., 2010[1]

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Crocodilia

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Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger)

Alligatoridae (6 species)

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Amphisbaenidae (50 species)

Rhineuridae (7 species)

Iguanidae (1 species)

Hoplocercidae (3 species)

Polychrotidae (21 species)

Leiosauridae (7 species)

Tropiduridae (35 species)

Gekkonidae (29 species)

Anguidae (5 species)

Teiidae (31 species)

Gymnophthalmidae (71 species)

Scincidae (14 species)

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Squamata - Serpentes

Anomalepididae (4 species)

Leptotyphlopidae (12 species)

Typhlopidae (6 species)

Aniliidae (1 species)

Tropidophiidae (1 species)

Boidae (8 species)

Colubridae (237 species)

Elapidae (34 species)

Viperidae (31 species)

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