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Mammals & Other Nature 
during FONT  tours 

in Belize


1992-2007

Noting those found
during FONT tours
with an (*)


The following lists compiled by Armas Hill


 Photo at right:  YUCATAN BLACK HOWLER MONKEY


Codes noting locations:

ah:   near the Mayn ruins of Altun Ha 
bb:   Banana Bank    
bi:    on & near Bird Island 
cb:   Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & the nearby Maya Centre  
cc:   the offshore island of Caye Caulker 
ct:    vicinity of Crooked Tree  
cy:   the Cayo District near San Ignacio including the Macal River valley & the farming area near Spanish Lookout
gp:   near Gale's Point (Manatee Lodge)
hh:   along the Hummingbird Highway
mp:  Mountain Pine Ridge 
pc:   the coastal area in & near Placencia  


 A fine book, "Jungle of the Maya" has recently been published (in 2006) by the University of Texas Press. In it, there some very good photographs of wildlife in Belize, and in nearby Guatemala & Mexico. In the following lists, pages in that book with photos of particular species are referred to with a (p. xx)          

 

Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Central America

List of Birds during our previous tours in Belize

Mammals & Other Wildlife in Central America 

Butterflies in Central America

Previous Belize Tour Highlights


Lists follow of Mammals

and of:

Amphibians & Reptiles

Marine Life of the Coral Reef

   

List of Mammals (followed by a separate list of Bats):

  1. Central American Wooly Opossum ______
    Caluromys derbianus
  2. Water Opossum ______  (in Belize called "Water Dog")
    Chironectes minimus
  3. Southern Opossum ______  (in Belize called "Possum")
    Didelphis marsupialis
  4. Virginia Opossum ______  (in Belize called "Possum")
    Didelphis virginiana
  5. Mexican Mouse-Opossum ______
    Marmosa mexicana
  6. Robinson's Mouse-Opossum ______
    Marmosa robinsoni
  7. Alston's Woolly Mouse Opossum ______
    Micoureus alstoni
  8. Gray Four-eyed Opossum ______
    Philander opossum
  9. Silky Pygmy Anteater ______  (in Belize called "Antbear")
    Cyclopes didactylus      (the single member of its genus & its family)

  10. Northern Tamandua ______  (in Belize called "Antbear")
    Tamandua mexicana
  11. Nine-banded Armadillo ______  (in Belize called "Dilly")
    Dasypus novemcinclus
  12. Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo ______  (in Belize called "Dilly")
    Cabassous centralis
      
  13. Maya Small-eared Shrew ______
    Cryptotis mayensis
  14. American Least Shrew ______
    Cryptotis parva 

    In taxonomic order, BATS would be here, but instead they follow at the end of this mammal list. 

  15. Yucatan Black Howler Monkey  (*)  ______ cy,bb  (in Belize called "Baboon")  (p. 2, p. 37-38 & 41 & 108)
    Alouatta pigra




    Yucatan Black Howler Monkey
     (photo during a FONT tour by Marie Gardner)
  16. Central American Spider Monkey ______  (in Belize called "Monkey")  (p. 12 & 36 & 39-40 & 52)
    Ateles geoffroyi


    Central American Spider Monkey
     (photo during a FONT tour by Marie Gardner) 
  17. Gray Fox ______  (p. 25)
    Urocyon cinereoargenteus

  18. Jaguarundi ______  (in Belize called "Halari")  (p. 60)
    Felis     (formerly Herpailurus)  yagouaroundi
  19. Ocelot ______  (in Belize called "Tiger Cat")  (p. 60)
    Felis     (formerly Leopardus) pardalis
  20. Margay ______  (in Belize called "Small Tiger Cat")  (p. 61)
    Felis     (formerly Leopardus) wiedii
  21. Puma ______  (in Belize called "Red Tiger")  (p. 63)
    Felis     (formerly Puma) concolor
  22. Jaguar  (*) ______ gp  (in Belize called "Tiger")  (p. xiii & 58-59 & 118) (also p. 62 of a Mayan sculpture)
    Panthera     (formerly Jaguarius) onca




    A Jaguar track, seen & photographed 
    during the FONT tour in Belize in March 2007
       
    In a hotel lobby, a painting of a Jaguar.
    Throughout Belize, pictures of Jaguars are common.
    In the wild, the animal itself is more common than it is
    in most Central American countries. 
     
  23. Neotropical River Otter ______  (in Belize called "Water Dog")
    Lutra     (formerly Lontra) longicaudis
  24. Striped Hog-nosed Skunk ______  (in Belize called "Polecat")
    Conepatus semistriatus 
  25. Eastern Spotted Skunk ______  (in Belize called "Polecat")
    Spilogale putorius
  26. Tityra ______  (in Belize called "Bush Dog")  (p. 25 & 105)
    Eira barbara      (the single member of its genus)
  27. Greater Grison ______  (in Belize called "Bush Dog")
    Galictis vittata
  28. Long-tailed Weasel ______
    Mustela frenata
  29. Kinkajou ______  (in Belize called "Night Walker")  (p. 92)
    Potos flavus      (the single member of its genus)


    Kinkajou
     (photo during a FONT tour by Rosemary Lloyd)
     
  30. Cacomistle ______    
    Bassariscus sumichrasti
  31. White-nosed Coati (*) ______ ah  (in Belize called "Quash")  (p. 25)
    Nasua narica



    White-nosed Coati
     (photo during a FONT tour by Marie Gardner)

  32. Northern Raccoon ______
    Procton lotor
  33. West Indian Manatee  (*)  ______ gp  (in Belize called "Sea Cow") 
    Trichechus manatus

  34. Baird's Tapir ______  (in Belize called "Mountain Cow")
    Tapirus bairdii
  35. Collared Peccary ______  (in Belize called "Peccary")
    Pecari tajacu
  36. White-lipped Peccary ______  (in Belize called "Wari")  (p. 25)
    Tayassu pecari

  37. Red Brocket Deer  (*)  ______  cb  (in Belize called "Antelope")  (p. 24)
    Mazama americana

  38. White-tailed Deer ______  (in Belize called "Savanna Deer")  (p. 24)
    Odocoileus virginianus
  39. Yucatan Squirrel  (*) ______ cy  
    Sciurus yucatanensis

  40. Deppe's Squirrel ______
    Sciurus deppei

  41. Hispid Pocket Gopher ______  (in Belize called "Ground Mole")
    Orthogeomys hispidus

  42. Forest Spiny Pocket Mouse ______
    Heteromys desmarestianus

  43. Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse ______
    Heteromys gaumeri

  44. Western House Mouse ______  (was conspecific with Eastern House Mouse, of Europe & Asia, Mus musculus; the Western House Mouse native to western & southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East)
    Mus domesticus 

  45. Brown Rat ______  (has also been called Norway Rat)  (in Belize called "Charlie Price")
    Rattus norvegicus
  46. House Rat ______  (has also been called Black Rat and Roof Rat)  (in Belize called "Charlie Price") 
    Rattus rattus

  47. Vesper Rat ______
    Nyctomys sumichrasti      (the single member of its genus)
  48. Northern Pygmy Rice Rat ______
    Oligoryzomys fulvescens

  49. Alfaro's Rice Rat ______
    Oryzomys alfaroi

  50. Coue's Rice Rat ______
    Oryzomys couesi

  51. Black-eared Rice Rat ______ (has also been called Rusty Rice Rat)
    Oryzomys melanotis

  52. Yucatan Vesper Mouse ______
    Otonyctomys hatti      (the single member of its genus)

  53. Big-eared Climbing Rat ______
    Ototylomys phyllotis      (the single member of its genus)

  54. Mexican Deer Mouse ______
    Peromyscus mexicanus

  55. Slender Harvest Mouse ______
    Reithrodontomys gracilis

  56. Hispid Cotton Rat ______  (in Belize called "Pine Ridge Rat')
    Sigmodon hispidus

  57. Northern Climbing Rat ______
    Tylomys nudicaudus

  58. Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine ______
    Coendou     (formerly Sphiggurus) mexicanus 
  59. Paca  (*)  ______ ah  (in Belize called "Gibnut")  
    Cuniculus      (formerly Agouti) paca

  60. Central American Agouti ______  (in Belize called "Indian Rabbit")
    Dasyprocta punctata

  61. Forest Rabbit ______  (in Belize called "Bush Rabbit")
    Sylvilagus brasiliensis



    Bats  (more than half of the mammals in Belize are bats):


    SHEATH-TAILED BATS (Family Emballonuridae)
  62. Least Sac-winged Bat  ______  (lowland forests)
    Balantiopteryx io

  63. Shaggy Bat _____  (lowland forests & regrowth areas)
    Centronycteris maximiliani  (the single member of its genus)

  64. Northern Ghost Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation clearings & built areas)
    Diclidurus albus

  65. Greater Dog-like Bat _____  (lowland forest & forest edge)
    Peropteryx kappleri

  66. Lesser Dog-like Bat _____  (caves, rock piles, & built-up areas in the lowlands)
    Peropteryx macrotis
  67. Proboscis Bat _____  (near water in low-level rainforests)
    Rhynchonycteris naso  (the single member of its genus)
  68. Greater White-lined Bat _____  (lowland forests & forest edge)
    Saccopteryx bilineata

  69. Lesser White-lined Bat _____  (lowland forest)
    Saccopteryx leptura


    FISHING BAT (Family Noctilionidae)

  70. Greater Fishing Bat _____  (lowland forests, lakes, rivers, & coasts)
    Noctilio leporinus


    LEAF-CHINNED BATS (Family Mormoopidae)

  71. Ghost-faced Bat _____  (dry forests)
    Mormoops megalophylla

  72. Davy's Naked-backed Bat _____  (locally in forests & clearings) 
    Pteronotus davyi

  73. Common Moustached Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & clearings)
    Pteronotus (formerly Phyllodia) parnelli

  74. Lesser Moustached Bat _____  (lowland forests)
    Pteronotus (formerly Chilonycteris) personatus


    AMERICAN LEAF-NOSED BATS (Family Phyllostomidae)  (p. 101)

  75. Wooly False Vampire Bat  (also called Big-eared Wooly Bat)  _____  (forests & regrowth areas)
    Chrotopterus auritus  (the single member of its genus)

  76. Common Sword-nosed Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests & farmland)
    Lonchorhina aurita

  77. Long-legged Bat _____  (near streams in lowland forests) 
    Macrophyllum macrophyllum  (the single member of its genus)

  78. Orange-throated Big-eared Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests)
    Micronycteris (formerly Lampronycteris) brachyotis

  79. Common Big-eared Bat _____  (forest & regrowth areas)
    Micronycteris microtis 

  80. Niceforo's Big-eared Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests)
    Micronycteris (formerly Trinycteris) nicefori

  81. Schmidt's Big-eared Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests & forest edge)
    Micronycteris schmidtorum

  82. Golden Bat _____  (lowland forests)
    Mimon bennettii 

  83. Striped Hairy-nosed Bat _____   (locally in lowland forests & clearings)
    Mimon (formerly Anthorhina) crenlatum

  84. Pale-faced Bat _____  (locally in primary rainforests & adjacent clearings) 
    Phylloderma stenops

  85. Pale Spear-nosed Bat _____  (lowland forests)
    Phyllostomus discolor

  86. Greater Spear-nosed Bat _____  (lowland forests & clearings)
    Phyllostomus hastatus

  87. Pygmy Round-eared Bat ____  (lowland forests & regrowth areas)
    Tonatia brasiliense

  88. Davis's Round-eared Bat _____  (lowland forests)
    Tonatia evotis

  89. Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests)
    Tonatia saurophila 

  90. Fringe-lipped Bat _____  (forests & farmland)
    Trachops cirrhosus  (the single member of its genus)

  91. Greater False Vampire Bat  (also called Spectral Bat)  _____  (forests & grasslands)  (actually tail-less) 
    Vampyrum spectrum

  92. Brown Long-tongued Bat _____  (locally in forests & clearings)
    Glossophaga commissarisi

  93. Common Long-tongued Bat _____  (forests & clearings)
    Glossophaga soricina

  94. Underwood's Long-tongued Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & clearings)
    Hylonycteris underwoodi  (the single member of its genus) 

  95. Dark Long-tongued Bat _____  (lowland forests & plantations; few records)
    Lichonycteris obscura  (the single member of its genus)

  96. Silky Short-tailed Bat _____  (forest clearings, regrowth areas, & plantations)
    Carollia brevicauda

  97. Seba's Short-tailed Bat _____  (forest clearings, regrowth areas, & plantations)
    Carollia perspicillata

  98. Intermediate Fruit-eating Bat _____  (forests & regrowth areas)
    Artibeus intermedius

  99. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat _____  (forests & plantations)
    Artibeus jamaicensis

  100. Great Fruit-eating Bat _____  (rainforests & clearings)
    Artibeus lituratus

  101. Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat _____  (forests & fruit groves)
    Artibeus phaeotis 

  102. Toltec Fruit-eating Bat _____  (mid-elevation forests & fruit groves)
    Artibeus (formerly Dermanura) toltecus

  103. Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat _____  (forests & fruit groves)
    Artibeus watsoni

  104. Wrinkle-faced Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation regrowth areas)
    Centurio senex  (the single member of its genus)
     
  105. Hairy Big-eyed Bat _____  (lowland forests & fruit groves)
    Chiroderma villosum

  106. Heller's Broad-nosed Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & fruit groves)
    Platyrrhinus helleri

  107. Little Yellow-shouldered Bat _____  (forest & fruit groves)
    Sturnira lilium

  108. Common Tent-making Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & fruit groves)
    Uroderma bilobatum

  109. Little Yellow-eared Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests)
    Vampyressa pusilla

  110. Great Stripe-faced Bat _____  (lowland primary rainforests) 
    Vampyrodes caraccioli

  111. Common Vampire Bat _____  (livestock farmland, gardens, & forest)
    Desmodus rotundus  (the single member of its genus)

  112. Hairy-legged Vampire Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forest & farmland) 
    Diphylia ecaudata  (the single member of its genus)


    FUNNEL-EARED BAT (Family Natalidae)

  113. Mexican Funnel-eared Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests)
    Natalus stramineus


    FREE-TAILED BATS (Family Molossidae)
     
  114. Greenhall's Dog-faced Bat _____  (forests & clearings, usually near water)
    Molossops (formerly Cynomops) greenhalli

  115. Broad-eared Bat _____  (dry forests & scrub)
    Nyctinomops laticaudatus

  116. Black Bonneted Bat _____  (forests & savannas)
    Eumops auripendulus

  117. Dwarf Bonneted Bat _____  (lowland dry deciduous forests & scrub)
    Eumops bonariensis

  118. Wagner's Bonneted Bat _____  (lowland forests, scrub, & built areas)
    Eumops glaucinus

  119. Underwood's Bonneted Bat _____  (dry forests)
    Eumops underwoodi

  120. Black Mastiff Bat _____  (forests, scrub, & built areas)
    Molossus ater

  121. Pallas's Mastiff Bat _____  (forests & built areas)
    Molossus molossus

  122. Sinaloan Mastiff Bat _____  (forests, farmland, & built areas)
    Molossus sinaloae


    DISK-WINGED BAT (Family Thyropteridae)

  123. Spix's Disk-winged Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & regrowth areas) 
    Thyroptera tricolor


    ANTROZOID BAT (Family Antrozoidae)
  124. Van Gelder's Bat _____  (forest interiors)
    Bauerus dubiaquercus  (the single member of its genus)


    VESPER BATS (Family Vespertilionidae)

  125. Argentine Brown Bat _____  (p. 116)  (forests & forest clearings)
    Eptesicus furnalis

  126. Western Red Bat _____  (forests)
    Lasiurus borealis

  127. Southern Yellow Bat _____  (lowland scrub & foothill forests)
    Lasiurus (formerly Dasypterus) ega

  128. Northern Yellow Bat _____  (dry forests & scrub)
    Lasiurus (formerly Dasypterus) intermedius

  129. Elegant Myotis _____  (lowland forests & clearings)
    Myotis (formerly Selysius) elegans

  130. Hairy-legged Myotis _____  (forests, regrowth areas, & forest edge) 
    Myotis (formerly Selysius) keaysi

  131. Central American Yellow Bat _____  (forests, clearings, & built areas) 
    Rhogeessa tumida

Other Nature:

      Amphibians:

  1. Mountain Caecilian _____
    Gymnopis syntrema

  2. Doflein's Mushroomtongue Salamander _____
    Bolitoglossa dofleini

  3. Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander _____
    Bolitoglossa mexicana
     
  4. Northern Banana Salamander _____
    Bolitoglossa rufescens

  5. Central American Worm Salamander _____
    Oedipina elongata

  6. Burrowing Toad _____
    Rhinophrynus dorsalis

  7. Chac's Rainfrog _____
    Eleutherodactylus chac

  8. Broadhead Rainfrog _____
    Eleutherodactylus laticeps

  9. Leprus Chirping Frog _____
    Eleutherodactylus leprus

  10. Limestone Rainfrog _____
    Eleutherodactylus psephosypharus

  11. Polymorphic Robber Frog _____
    Eleutherodactylus rhodopis
        
  12. White-lipped Frog _____  (p. 73)
    Leptodactylus labialis

  13. Sabinal Frog _____
    Leptodactylus melanonotus

  14. Tungara Frog _____
    Physalaemus pustulosus

  15. Campbell's Rainforest Toad _____
    Bufo campbelli

  16. Cane Toad _____  (p. 96)  (this, the largest toad in the western hemisphere, is also known as the Marine Toad or the "Spring Chicken")
    Bufo marinus

  17. Gulf Coast Toad _____  (p. 44)
    Bufo valliceps

  18. Red-eyed Treefrog _____  (p. 53: 2 photos,  1 showing the frog camouflaged when sleeping & p. 72)
    Agalychnis callidryas

  19. Morelet's Leaf Frog _____
    Agalychnis moreletii

  20. Bromeliad Treefrog _____
    Hyla bromeliacta

  21. Hourglass Treefrog _____  (p. 73)
    Hyla ebraccata

  22. Mahogany Treefrog _____
    Hyla loquax

  23. Yellow Treefrog _____
    Hyla microcephala 

  24. Painted Treefrog _____ 
    Hyla picta

  25. Fringed-limbed Treefrog _____  (endemic to Belize)
    Hyla valancifer
     
  26. Veined Treefrog _____
    Phrynohyas venulosa

  27. Stauffer's Treefrog _____
    Scinax staufferi

  28. Common Mexican Treefrog _____  (p. 73)
    Smilisca baudinii

  29. Blue-spotted Mexican Treefrog _____
    Smilisca cyanosticta

  30. Yucatecan Casquehead Treefrog _____
    Triprion petasatus

  31. Fleischmann's Glass Frog _____
    Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

  32. Elegant Narrowmouth Toad _____
    Gastrophryne elegans

  33. Sheep Frog _____  (p. 72)
    Hypopachus variolosus

  34. Rio Grande Leopard Frog _____
    Rana berlandieri

  35. Maya Mountain Frog _____  (endemic to Belize)
    Rana juliani

  36. Vaillant's Frog _____ 
    Rana vaillanti


    Reptiles:

  37. American Crocodile _____
    Crocodylus acutus

  38. Morelet's Crocodile _____  (p. 69)
    Crocodylus moreletii





    Two Photos of Morelet's Crocodile
    (photos during a FONT tour by Marie Gardner)
     



  39. Loggerhead Sea Turtle _____
    Caretta caretta




    Loggerhead Sea Turtle
    (photo by Alan Brady)

  40. Green Sea Turtle _____
    Chelonia mydas

  41. Hawksbill Sea Turtle (*) _____
    Eretmochelys imbricata

  42. Leatherback Sea Turtle _____
    Dermochelys coriacea

  43. Central American River Turtle _____
    Dermatemys mawii

  44. Snapping Turtle _____  (in Belize, only in the far-southern part of the country)
    Chelydra serpentina   




    Snapping Turtle
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  45. Narrowbridge Musk Turtle _____ (in Belize, in the north-central part of the country)
    Claudius angustatus 

  46. Mexican Giant Musk Turtle _____ 
    Staurotypus triporcatus

  47. Tabasco Mud Turtle _____ 
    Kinosternon acutum

  48. White-lipped Mud Turtle _____
    Kinosternon leucostamum

  49. Scorpion Mud Turtle _____
    Kinosternon scorpioides

  50. Furrowed Wood Turtle _____
    Rhinoclemmys areolata

  51. Slider _____
    Trachemys scripta

  52. Yucatan Banded Gecko _____  (p. 90)
    Coleonyx elegans

  53. Dwarf Gecko _____
    Sphaerodactylus glaucus

  54. Spotted Gecko _____
    Sphaerodactylus millepunctatus

  55. Saint George Island Gecko _____
    Aristelliger georgeensis

  56. House Gecko (*) _____  cb,cy
    Hemidactylus frenatus 

  57. Island Leaf-toed Gecko _____
    Phyllodactylus insularis

  58. Tuberculate Leaf-toed Gecko
    Phyllodactylus tuberculosus

  59. Turnip Tail _____
    Thecadactylus rapicauda

  60. Brown Basilisk  (*)  _____  cy
    Basiliscus vittatus

  61. Smoothhead Helmeted Basilisk _____
    Corytophanes cristatus

  62. Hernandez's Helmeted Basilisk _____  (p. 10 - a beautiful creature)
    Corytophanes hernandezii

  63. Eastern Casquehead Iguana _____
    Laemanctus longipes
        
  64. Black Iguana  (*)  ______ ct  
    Ctenosaura similis

  65. Green Iguana  (*)  ______ ct,cy  
    Iguana iguana




    Green Iguana
    (photo during a FONT tour by Marie Gardner)

  66. Yucatan Spiny Lizard _____
    Sceloporus chrysostictus

  67. Lundell's Spiny Lizard _____  (in Belize, only a limited distribution in the west-central part of the country)
    Sceloporus lundelli

  68. Blue-spotted Spiny Lizard _____  (in Belize, a very limited distribution in the west-central part of the country)
    Sceloporus serrifer

  69. Rosebelly Lizard _____
    Sceloporus variabilis

  70. Allison's Anole ____ (in Belize, only on Half Moon Cay)
    Anolis allisoni

  71. Neotropical Green Anole _____   
    Norops biporcatus

  72. Bighead Anole _____
    Norops capito

  73. Ghost Anole _____ 
    Norops lemurinus

  74. Lichen Anole _____
    Norops pentaprion

  75. Smooth Anole _____
    Norops rodriguezii

  76. Brown Anole _____  (p. 21)
    Norops sagrei

  77. Silky Anole _____
    Norops sericeus

  78. Greater Scaly Anole _____
    Norops tropidonotus

  79. Lesser Scaly Anole _____
    Norops uniformis

  80. Schwartze's Skink _____ 
    Eumeces schwartzei

  81. Sumichrast's Skink _____
    Eumaces sumichrasti

  82. Central American Mabuya
    Mabuya unimarginata

  83. Brown Forest Skink _____
    Sphenomorphus cherriei

  84. Golden Spectacled Lizard _____ (in Belize, only a single specimen collected in the Orange Walk district)
    Gymnophthalmus speciosus 

  85. Middle American Ameiva  (*) ______ cb,cy  
    Ameiva festiva

  86. Rainbow Ameiva  (*) ______ cb  
    Ameiva undulata
  87. Yucatan Whiptail  (*)  _____  ah
    Cnemidophorus angusticeps 
  88. Striped Racerunner _____
    Cnemidophorus lemniscatus
  89. Yellow-spotted Night Lizard _____
    Lepidophyma flavimaculatum
  90. Maya Night Lizard _____
    Lepidophyma mayae
  91. Rosella's Lesser Galliwasp _____
    Celestus rozellae
  92. Yucatecan Blind Snake _____
    Typhlops microstomus
  93. Boa Constrictor _____  (p. 95 & 104)
    Boa constrictor
  94. Middle American Earth Snake _____
    Adelphicos quadrivigatus
  95. Rustyhead Snake _____
    Amastridium veliferum
  96. Mussurana _____
    Cielia cielia
  97. Mexican Snake Eater _____
    Cielia scytalina
  98. Racer _____
    coluber constrictor
  99. Two-spotted Snake _____
    Coniophanes bipunctatus
  100. White-lipped Spotbelly Snake _____
    Coniophanes fissidens
  101. Black-striped Snake _____
    Coniophanes imperialis
  102. Schmidt's Black-striped Snake _____
    Coniophanes schmidti
  103. Road Guarder _____
    Conophis lineatus
  104. Black-naped Forest Racer _____
    Dendrophidion nuchale
  105. Barred Forest Racer  _____ (in Belize, only a limited distribution in the western part of the country)
    Dendrophidion vinitor
  106. Snail-eating Thirst Snake _____
    Dipsas brevifacies
  107. Lizard Eater _____
    Dryadophis melanolomus
  108. Indigo Snake _____
    Drymarchon corais
  109. Speckled Racer _____
    Drymobius margaritiferus
     
  110. Tropical Rat Snake _____  (p. 49)
    Elaphe flavirufa

  111. Blotched Hooknose Snake _____
    Ficimia publia

  112. Blunthead Tree Snake _____
    Imantodes cenchoa

  113. Milk Snake _____
    Lampropeltis triangulum

  114. Rain Forest Cat-eyed Snake _____
    Leptodeira frenata

  115. Northern Cat-eyed Snake _____
    Leptodeira septentrionalis

  116. Parrot Snake _____  (p. 49)
    Leptophis ahaetulla

  117. Mexican Parrot Snake _____
    Leptophis mexicanus

  118. Neotropical Whipsnake _____
    Masticophis mentovarius

  119. Ringneck Coffee Snake _____
    Ninia diademata 

  120. Redback Coffee Snake _____
    Ninia sebae

  121. Mexican Vine Snake _____
    Oxybelis aeneus

  122. Green Vine Snake _____
    Oxybelis fulgidus

  123. Calico False Coral Snake _____
    Oxyrhopus petola

  124. Puffing Snake _____
    Pseustes poecilonotus 

  125. Adorned Graceful Brown Snake _____
    Rhadinaea decorata

  126. Guatemalan Neckband Snake _____
    Scaphiodontophis annulatus

  127. Peninsular Rat Snake _____
    Senticolis triaspis

  128. Slender Snail Sucker _____  (in Belize, only in the far-southern part of the country)
    Sibon dimidiata

  129. Cloudy Snail Sucker _____
    Sibon nebulata

  130. Pygmy Snail Sucker _____
    Sibon sanniola

  131. Terrestrial Snail Sucker _____
    Sibon sartorii

  132. Tiger Tree Snake _____
    Spilotes pullatus

  133. Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake _____  (in Belize, in the western & southern parts of the country)  
    Stenorrhina degenhardtii

  134. Freminville's Scorpion-eating Snake _____  (in Belize, in the far-northern part of the country)
    Stenorrhina freminvillei

  135. Yucatan White-lipped Snake _____  (in Belize, only a limited distribution in the north-central part of the country)
    Symphimus mayae

  136. Yucatan Centipede Snake _____  (in Belize, only a limited distribution in the northern part of the country)   
    Tantilla cuniculator

  137. Red Earth Centipede Snake _____
    Tantilla schistosa

  138. Yucatan Dwarf Short-tailed Snake _____ 
    Tantillita canula

  139. Linton's Dwarf Short-tiled Snake _____  (in Belize, only a limited distribution in the southwest part of the country)
    Tantillita lintoni

  140. Checkered Garter Snake _____ 
    Thamnophis marcianus

  141. Western Ribbon Snake _____
    Thamnophis proximus

  142. Orangebelly Swamp Snake _____
    Tretanorhinus nigroluteus

  143. False Coral Snake _____  (p. 90)
    Urotheca elapoides

  144. False Terciopela _____
    Xenodon rabdocephalus

  145. Variable Coral Snake _____  (dangerously venomous; sometimes in leaf litter; nocturnal but not always)
    Micrurus diastema  

  146. Maya Coral Snake _____ (venomous, potentially dangerously so, but no known cases of bites to humans; mostly nocturnal)
    Micrurus hippocrepis 

  147. Central American Coral Snake _____  (occurs in Belize, but status unclear as it is similar to Variable Coral Sanke; venomous)
    Micrurus nigrocinctus

  148. Cantil _____  (a dangerously venomous viper; feared by people in the Yucatan)
    Agkistrodon bilineatus

  149. Jumping Pitviper _____ (dangerously venomous; feeds on small mammals; goes in trees up to about 3 meters; the common name notwithstanding, it does not launch itself into the air)
    Atropoides nummifer

  150. Eyelash Palm-Pitviper ______ dangerously venomous; venom especially potent; can be in trees & shrubs)
    Bothriechis schlegelii

  151. Terciopelo _____  (p. 49)  (also known as the Fer-de-lance, and called the "Yellow-jawed Tommy-goff")  (the largest, most dangerous venomous snake in the Yucatan)
    Bothrops asper

  152. Neotropical Rattlesnake _____  (in Belize, only in limited areas in the north & west)
    Crotalus durissus

  153. Rainforest Hognose Pitviper ______ (in Belize, in the far-south & west)     
    Porthidium nasutum



    Miscellaneous Other Wildlife

  154. Leaf-cutter and other ants  (*)  ______ cy  (p. 51)
  155. Rhinoceros Beetle  _____  (p. 102) 

  156. an assortment of butterflies  (*)  ______ throughout  (a list of those in Belize to come later)

  157. Tarantula  _____  (p. 102)

  158. scorpion  _____  (p. 102)

  159. Wolf Spider  _____  (p. 102)


  160. Tarpon  (*) ______  gp  
    Megatops atlantica  
    (a number of 200-pound Tarpon have been taken by fisherman, but the record is an 8-foot giant that weighed 340 pounds) 


    Marine Life (tropical fish, sea-turtle, & rays at the reef off Caulker Caye):

  161. Rainbow Parrotfish  (*)  ______  
    Scarus guacamala  
    (one of the largest and most impressive of West Atlantic parrotfish, up to 4 feet)

  162. Stoplight Parrotfish  (*)  ______ 
    Sparisoma viride  
    (    the harlequin-garbed red-bellied female and immature male are lovely creatures to see on the reef; supermales are distinguished from the others by their lunate, flowing tails)   

  163. Queen Parrotfish  (*)  ______  
    Scarus vetula  
    (so different are the male & female that earlier fish experts assumed they were to different species; have been seen to occur in "harems" of 3 or 4 females to one supermale, grazing together like cows & a bull)   

  164. Yellowtail Parrotfish  (*) ______  

  165. Light-colored (White) Flounder (*) ______

  166. Great Barracuda  (*) ______  
    Sphyraena barracuda  
    (up to 10 feet in length, but rare over 5 feet; larger fish can carry ciguatera toxin) 

  167. Greater Amberjack  (*)  ______  
    Seriola dumerili  
    (this roving offshore predator is the largest and most common of the Atlantic amberjacks)

  168. French Angelfish  (*) ______  
    Pomacanthus paru  
    (a wonderful fish to see on the reef, up to one and a quarter feet in length) 

  169. Foureye Butterflyfish  (*)  ______  
    Chaetodon capistratus  
    (the most common butterflyfish in the West Atlantic) 

  170. Yellowtail Damselfish  (*) ______ 
    Microspathodon chrysurus  
    (common on coral reefs; both adults & juveniles are splendid with their bright blue or white spots set like rhinestones across their bodies)

  171. Bluehead  (*)  ______  
    Thalassoma bifasciatum  
    (One of the most successful fish in the tropical West Atlantic, with representatives of the species seemingly "everywhere". Their brilliant yellow bodies dart in & out of coral reefs. The name "bluehead" is a misnomer, since only the terminal-phase male, about 4 per cent of the population, has a blue head.)     

  172. Queen Triggerfish, or "Old Wife"  (*)  ______  
    Balistes vetula  
    (Unmistakable, this mostly-yellow fish has a blue-striped head and long, trailing fin filaments. It has a special fondness for sea urchins.  This fish is a reef dweller, but it also ventures into sand, seagrass, and rubble habitats. A good food fish, it's called "Turbot" in the West Indies due to its resemblance to the flatfish when skinned.)

  173. Spiny Lobster (*) ______  
    Panulirus argus  
    (Grows up to 21 inches long)  

  174. Long-spinned Sea Urchin (*)  ______  
    Diadema antillarum  
    (With spines up to 15 inches long)

  175. Conch (*) ______

  176. rays  (*)  ______  (Stingrays, Eagle Rays, and Cownose Rays are common in the tropical West Atlantic.)

  177. Hawksbill Sea Turtle (*)  ______ (also in the List of Reptiles above) 
    Eretmochelys i. imbricata  
    (Favors, among other places, coral reefs. Has a varied diet. Able to digest sponges. Has a long beak and two pairs of prefrontals.)