Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of the Lely Mountains, eastern Suriname

The Lely Mountains in Suriname have been surveyed only a few times by various herpetologists since 1973, and most recently in June 2016 by three people during six days. The total number of species recorded from the Lely Mountains is 102, including 46 species of amphibians and 41 species of reptiles in the 2016 surveys, with 15 additional species from the previous survey. Pluviometric conditions were not favorable during the survey, so more species of amphibians likely remained undetected. The use of only active searches probably only allowed detection of a portion of the reptile fauna of the massif. Unfavorable weather and the relatively small area sampled indicate that the diversity of the herpetofauna of the Lely Mountains is probably far from being completely documented. The presence of roads established for illegal gold mining and other human structures, such as a communication tower, have caused significant forest degradation.