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A. Anguidae (5 species) 
Coloptychon rhombifer (Peters, W.C.H., 1877). Costa Rica, Panama 
(Chiriqui Province). 
Diploglossus bilobatus (0'Shaughnessy, 1874). Costa Rica, 
Panama (Bocas del Toro Province). 
Diploglossus monotropis (Kuhl, 1820). Nicaragua, Costa Rica, 
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador. 
Diploglossus montisilvestris Myers, 1973. Panama (known from the 
type locality only-Serrania de Pirre; extreme eastern). 
Mesaspis monticola (Cope, 1877). Costa Rica, Panama (to 
Chiriqui Province). 
B. Gekkonidae (9 native species; 6 introduced) 
Coleonyx mitratus (Peters, W.C.H., 1863). Guatemala, Honduras, El 
Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. 
Gonatodes albogularis (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836). Mexico to 
Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grand 
Cayman, Curacao, Tortuga, Orchila, Gorgona, lower 
Florida Keys. 
Gonatodes annularis Boulenger, 1887. Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, 
Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapa). 
*Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1845. India, Sri Lanka, Burma. * = 
Introduced in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Cuba, 
Hispaniola, Panama (Panama Province, Tocumen), Puerto Rico. 
*Hemidactylus frenatus Dumeril and Bibron, 1836. S.E. Asia. 
* = Introduced in S.E. Mexico, Guatemala, Panama (Panama 
City, Chepo, Tucuman area), Africa, Oceania. 
*Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes, 1818). South Africa 
north to Liberia, Madagascar and neighboring islands. * = 
Introduced in Mexico (Veracruz), Panama (old Canal Zone), 
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil, Uruguay, 
Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbados, Martinique, 
Trinidad, Tobago, Little Tobago, St. Lucia. 
*Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Borders of the 
Mediterranean basin, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea to Pakistan. 
* = Introduced in southern United States, Mexico, Cuba, 
Panama (old Canal Zone). 
Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae (Ruthven, 1916). Panama (eastern, 
from old Canal Zone to Sapo Mountains), Colombia (Santa 
Marta Mountains). 
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma (Noble, 1916). Nicaragua, Costa 
Rica, Panama, Colombia. 
*Lepidodactylus lugubris (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836). India, 
Ceylon, Nicobars, Andamans, Burma, Malay Archipelago, 
Philippines, Indo-Australian Archipelago, Oceania. 
* = Introduced in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, 
Ecuador, Brazil. 
*Sphaerodactylus argus Gosse, 1850. Jamaica. * = Introduced in 
Cuba, San Andres Island (Colombia), Corn Islands 
(Nicaragua), Bahamas, Florida (Key West), Mexico (Yucatan), 
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama (Bocas del Toro, San Bias 
