Annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles from Querétaro, Mexico, including new records, and comments on controversial species

We present an updated checklist of amphibians and reptiles Querétaro, Mexico. The herpetofauna Querétaro is composed 136 species, 35 (seven caudates 28 anurans) grouped in nine families 20 genera; 101 (five turtles, 33 lizards, 63 snakes) 59 genera. did not include 13 previous records that do have adequate evidence. three newly reported species for Querétaro: Coniophanes imperialis (Baird & Girard, 1859), Scaphiodontophis annulatus (Duméril, Bibron Duméril, 1854), Xenosaurus newmanorum (Taylor, 1949). A total 69 (51% the species) are endemic to Mexico, while one Sceloporus exsul (Dixon, Ketchersid Lieb, 1972), state. According Mexican law (SEMARNAT NOM-059), 50 threatened or under special protection, according IUCN red list, only 11 some category risk. suggest a greater survey effort required discover unrecorded those areas been sufficiently sampled.