This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found in the

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Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...

, located in the

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Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

. The continuing eruptions of the Soufrière Hills volcano have devastated much of the island.

Amphibians

There are three species of amphibian on Montserrat, one of which was introduced.Malhotra & Thorpe 1999 also includes '' Eleutherodactylus martinicensis'' in its species checklist for Montserrat, at p. 117, but this is not supported by the main text, which describes only three amphibian species for the island, nor do other sources support the presence of this species.

Frogs (''Anura'')

Reptiles

Including marine turtles and introduced species, there are 15 reptile species reported on Montserrat. Two are endemic: the Plymouth Anole ('' Anolis lividus'') and the Montiserrat Galliwasp (''

Diploglossus montisserrati The Montserrat galliwasp or Montiserrat galliwasp (''Diploglossus montisserrati'') is a critically endangered species of lizard in the Diploglossidae family endemic to Montserrat in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles, the only Diploglossid species in ...

'').

Turtles (''Testudines'')

Lizards and snakes (''Squamata'')

Notes

References

Note: All species listed above are supported by Malhotra & Thorpe 1999, unless otherwise cited. *. * {{North America topic, List of amphibians of Amphibians

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Amphibians and reptiles Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal ...