Table 2.

Examples of Cuicatec nomenclature and classification of reptiles, based on fieldwork in San Lorenzo Pápalo and reports from [49] in Santa María Pápalo, Oaxaca

Common name	Scientific name	Generic term	Specific term
Lizards
White lizard	Sceloporus grammicus	y’ati	cua
Red tong lizard	Sceloporus sp.	y’at	dhabi
Lagartija del cerro	Sceloporus sp.	y’at	cueé
Snakes
Rattlesnake	Crotalus spp.	cu	ch’a cha
Víbora mano de metate		cu	ya na
Víbora escorpión	Abronia sp.	cu	ya da
Coral snake	Micrurus sp.	cu	yab yuu
Víbora sorda	Crotalus sp.	cu	yab doo
Boa	Boa constrictor	cu	y’u du
Víbora ratonera	Crotalus sp.	cu	que cuoó
Víbora lechera	Drymarchon melanurus	cu	ji ya
Bright snake	Epictia sp.	cu	na ma
Víbora bejuquera	Colubridae	cu	ndu cu