No entries meet the exact criteria for a species-level, fully verified “Reptiles of Peru” list under the filters set for this post.
Note why the strict filters produce no results. Require a museum voucher, a georeferenced GBIF record, a current Reptile Database name, an IUCN assessment, and an open photo for every species at once. Many Peruvian reptiles lack one of these elements. Some species have old type specimens in foreign museums with no digitized coordinates. Others are assessed only as “Data Deficient” or have no public high-quality photo. Apply all those rules at once, and nothing passes.
Understand the technical and historical causes. Taxonomy changes fast, so names shift between databases. Historical field records sometimes turn out to be misidentifications or lost labels. Many local papers and museum records are not yet online or are behind paywalls. Small, range-restricted lizards and rare snakes are known from a single specimen, so they fail a modern verification checklist even though they are real species. Near matches that almost fit include well-documented taxa such as Boa constrictor, Bothrops atrox, Caiman crocodilus, Podocnemis expansa, and Iguana iguana — these have good entries in Reptile Database, IUCN, and GBIF but may miss one strict item for this post.
Check related lists and alternatives that do exist. Use the Reptile Database, IUCN Red List, GBIF occurrence maps, and Peruvian museum catalogs for species-level data. Look at regional checklists like “Herpetofauna of Manu National Park,” coastal desert reptile guides, Amazon basin reptile lists, or family-level lists (snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians). Explore those sources now, or request the compiled CSV and searchable table once the verification filters are relaxed.
