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Abbreviation Legend

  • (CE) - Criticially Endangered
  • (CI) - Critically Imperiled
  • (E) - Endangered
  • (I) - Introduced
  • (IM) - Imperiled
  • (NT) - Near Threatened
  • (T) - Threatened
  • (V) - Vulnerable
  • (**) - Recent Classification Change
Home »» Introduced Species into the United States

The following is a listing of the species of Herpfauna that have been introduced into the United States.

Some of these species may be established and breeding while others are just observed in the wild (most likely an escapted pet).

Introduced Frogs & Toads

(I)

Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad
(Bombina orientalis)
(I)

Giant Toad
(Rhinella horribilis)
(I)

Cane Toad
(Rhinella marina)
(I)

Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
(Dendrobates auratus)
(I)

Greenhouse Frog
(Eleutherodactylus planirostris)
(I)

Cuban Treefrog
(Osteopilus septentrionalis)
(I)

Australian Green Treefrog
(Ranoidea caerulea)
(I)

African Clawed Frog
(Xenopus laevis)
(I)

Wrinkled Frog
(Glandirana rugosa)

Introduced Turtles & Tortoises

(I) (E)

Pig-Nosed Turtle
(Carettochelys insculpta)
(I)

Jardine River Turtle
(Emydura subglobosa)
(I)

Hilaire's Side-Necked Turtle
(Phrynops hilarii)
(I)

Nicaraguan Slider
(Trachemys grayi)
(I) (E)

South Asian Box Turtle
(Cuora amboinensis)
(I) (E)

Chinese Box Turtle
(Cuora flavomarginata)
(I) (NT)

Asian Leaf Turtle
(Cyclemys dentata)
(I)

Chinese Pond Turtle
(Mauremys reevesii)
(I) (CE)

Common Thread Turtle
(Mauremys sinensis)
(I)

Painted Wood Turtle
(Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima)
(I) (E)

African Spurred Tortoise
(Centrochelys sulcata)
(I)

Red-Footed Tortoise
(Chelonoidis carbonarius)
(I) (V)

Brazilian Giant Tortoise
(Chelonoidis denticulatus)
(CE) (I)

Elongated Tortoise
(Indotestudo elongata)
(I)

Leopard Tortoise
(Stigmochelys pardalis)
(I) (V)

Greek Tortoise
(Testudo graeca)
(I) (NT)

Hermann's Tortoise
(Testudo hermanni)
(I) (V)

Afghan Tortoise
(Testudo horsfieldii)
(I) (CE)

Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle
(Palea steindachneri)
(I)

Amur Softshell Turtle
(Pelodiscus maackii)
(I) (V) (**)

Chinese Softshell Turtle
(Pelodiscus sinensis)

Introduced Snakes

indotyphlops-braminus (291K) (I)

Brahminy Blind Snake
(Indotyphlops braminus)
(I)

Boa Constrictor
(Boa constrictor)
corallus-hortulana-juvenile_tn (29K) (I)

Garden Tree Boa
(Corallus hortulana)
(I)

Javan File Snake
(Acrochordus javanicus)
(I)

Ladder Snake
(Zamenis scalaris)
python-bivittatus_tn (37K) (I)

Burmese Python
(Python bivittatus)
python-regius_tn (34K) (I)

Ball Python
(Python regius)
python-sabae_tn (38K) (I)

African Rock Python
(Python sebae)

Introduced Lizards

(I)

African Rainbow Lizard
(Agama agama)
(I)

Peter's Rock Agama
(Agama picticauda)
(I)

Variable Bloodsucker
(Calotes veriscolor)
(I)

Butterfly Lizard
(Leiolepis belliana)
(I)

Red-Banded Butterfly Lizard
(Leiolepis rubritaeniata)
(I)

Central Bearded Dragon
(Pogona vitticeps)
(I)

European Glass Lizard
(Pseudopus apodus)
(I)

Veiled Chameleon
(Chamaeleo calyptratus)
(I)

Oustalet's Chameleon
(Furcifer oustaleti)
(I)

Panther Chameleon
(Furcifer pardalis)
(I)

Jackson's Chameleon
(Trioceros jacksonii)
(I)

Brown Basilisk
(Basiliscus vittatus)
(I)

Allison's Anole
(Anolis allisoni)
(I)

Grass Anole
(Anolis auratus)
(I)

Hispaniolan Green Anole
(Anolis chlorocyanus)
(I)

Crested Anoles
(Anolis cristatellus)
(I)

Large-Headed Anole
(Anolis cybotes)
(I)

Bark Anole
(Anolis distichus)
(I)

Knight Anole
(Anolis equestris)
(I)

Jamaican Giant Anole
(Anolis garmani)
(I)

Cuban Green Anole
(Anolis porcatus)
(I)

Brown Anole
(Anolis sagrei)
(I) (V)

Crested Giant Gecko
(Correlophus ciliatus)
(I)

Keeled Rock Gecko
(Cyrtopodion scabrum)
(I)

Common Leopard Gecko
(Eublepharis macularius)
(I)

Common Four-Clawed Gecko
(Gehyra mutilata)
(I)

Ba Den Golden Gecko
(Gekko badenii)
(I)

Tokay Gecko
(Gekko gecko)
(I)

Khanh Hoa Narrow-Disked Gecko
(Gekko grossmanni)
(I)

Japanese Giant Gecko
(Gekko japonicus)
(I)

Yellow-Headed Gecko
(Gonatodes albogularis)
(I)

Common House Gecko
(Hemidactylus frenatus)
(I)

Indo-Pacific House Gecko
(Hemidactylus garnotii)
(I)

Tropical House Gecko
(Hemidactylus mabouia)
(I)

Spotted House Gecko
(Hemidactylus parvimaculatus)
(I)

Asian Fat-Tailed Gecko
(Hemidactylus platyurus)
(I)

Mediterranean House Gecko
(Hemidactylus turcicus)
(I)

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko
(Hemiphyllodactylus typus)
(I)

Mourning Gecko
(Lepidodactylus lugubris)
(I)

Madagascar Giant Day Gecko
(Phelsuma grandis)
(I)

Gold Dust Day Gecko
(Phelsuma laticauda)
(I)

Ringed Wall Gecko
(Tarentola annularis)
(I)

Moorish Gecko
(Tarentola mauritanica)
(I)

Sonoran Spiny-Tailed Iguana
(Ctenosaura macrolopha)
(I)

Western Spiny-Tailed Iguana
(Ctenosaura pectinata)
(I)

Black Spiny-Tailed Iguana
(Ctenosaura similis)
(I)

Green Iguana
(Iguana iguana)
(I)

Common Wall Lizard
(Podarcis muralis)
(I)

Italian Wall Lizard
(Podarcis siculus)
(I)

Oriental Long-Tailed Lizard
(Takydromus sexlineatus)
(I)

Northern Curlytail Lizard
(Leiocephalus carinatus)
(I)

Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail
(Leiocephalus schrebersii)
(I)

Ocellated Bronze Skink
(Chalcides occelatus)
(I)

Mottled Snake-Eyed Skink
(Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus)
(I)

Copper-Tailed Skink
(Emoia cyanura)
(I)

Azure-Tailed Skink
(Emoia impar)
(I)

Common Sun Skink
(Eutropis multifasciata)
(I)

Delicate Garden Skink
(Lampropholis delicata)
(I)

Moth Skink
(Ornithuriscincus noctua)
(I)

Giant Bluetongue Skink
(Tiliqua gigas)
(I)

Common Blue-Tongued Skink
(Tiliqua scincoides)
(I)

African Five-Lined Skink
(Trachylepis quinquetaeniata)
(I)

Giant Ameiva
(Ameiva ameiva)
(I)

Borriguerro Ameiva
(Ameiva praesignis)
(I)

Rainbow Whiptail
(Cnemidophorus lemniscatus)
(I)

Argentine Black & White Tegu
(Salvator merianae)
(I)

Red Tegu
(Salvator rufescens)
(I)

Nile Monitor
(Varanus niloticus)
(I)

Savannah Monitor
(Varanus exanthematicus)
(I)

Common Water Monitor
(Varanus salvator)

Introduced Crocdilians

(I)

Spectacled Caiman
(Caiman crocodilus)
(I)

Nile Crocodile
(Crocodylus niloticus)