Reptiles
Prehistoric extinctions (Holocene to 1500CE)
- Mona tortoise
- Giant rattlesnake crotalus giganteus, Florida
- Giant Tortoise Hesperotestudo crassicutata
Modern extinctions (1500 CE to present)
- Navassa curly-tailed lizard
- Navassa iguana
- Navassa Island dwarf boa
- Sulcate blind snake
- Saint Croix racer
- Martinique giant ameiva, Ameiva major
- Martinique lizard, Leiocephalus herminieri (1830s)
- Ameiva cineracea (early 20th century, Guadeloupe)
Possibly Extinct
- Culebra Island giant anole
Read more about this topic: List Of Extinct Animals Of North America
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