List of reptiles of Korea

This is a list of reptiles of Korea. It includes reptiles found on the Korean Peninsula as well as the adjoining waters and islands.

Turtles

Scientific name Common English name Common Korean name Image Distribution StatusCaretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtle (red sea turtle)Chelonia mydasGreen sea turtle (sea turtle)Dermochelys coriaceaLeatherback sea turtle (general or giant turtle)I: critically endangeredChinemys reevesiiChinese pond turtle (namsaengi)Trachemys scripta elegansRed-eared slider (red eared tortoise) or 청거북 (blue tortoise)Pelodiscus sinensisChinese softshell turtle중국자라 (Chinese soft-shelled turtle)Pelodiscus maackiiNorthern Chinese softshell turtle자라 (soft-shelled turtle)

Lizards

Scientific name Common English name Common Korean name Image Distribution StatusGekko japonicusSchlegel's Japanese gecko도마뱀붙이 (gecko)Plestiodon coreensisSmith's skink장수도마뱀 (long-lived skink)Scincella vandenburghiKorean skink도마뱀 (skink)Scincella huanrenensis Huanren dwarf skink북도마뱀 (northern skink)Eremias argusMongolian racerunner표범장지뱀 (leopard lizard)SK: endangeredTakydromus amurensisAmur grass lizard아무르장지뱀 (Amur lizard)Takydromus wolteriWhite-striped grass lizard줄장지뱀 (stripped lizard)

Snakes

Scientific name Authority Common English name Common Korean name DistributionDinodon rufozonatum rufozonatumBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 127-129 (given as Dinodon rufozonatus rufozonatus).CantorRed-banded snake능구렁이ThroughoutElaphe davidiSpecies Restoration Center (2005), #17.Sauvage, 1884David's ratsnake세줄무늬뱀Found in North Korea and likely occurs in adjacent areas of northwestern South KoreaElaphe dioneBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 135-136.PallasSteppe rat snake or Dione rat snake누룩뱀, 시루레기, 밀뱀Common throughoutElaphe schrenckii, Elaphe anomalaBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 130-134.StrauchAmur rat snake, Korean rat snake, Russian rat snake먹구렁이 or 흑질백장 when black, 황구렁이 when brown/yellowCommon throughout mainland; not found on JejuElaphe taeniura taeniuraCopeKorean beauty snake줄꼬리뱀Found only in North KoreaGloydius brevicaudaBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 140-148 (as Agkistrodon brevicaudus).Stejneger, 1907Short-tailed mamushi살모사Throughout mainland; not found on JejuGloydius saxatilisBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 152-153 (as Agkistrodon saxatilis).EmelianovRock mamushi까치살모사In the higher reaches of the Taebaek and Sobaek MountainsGloydius ussuriensisBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 149-151 (as Agkistrodon ussuriensis).EmelianovUssuri mamushi쇠살모사ThroughoutHebius vibakari ruthveniBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 115-117; Species Restoration Center (2005), #14.Van DenburghAsian keelback or Japanese keelback대륙유혈목이Most common in the south, particularly JejuHydrophis cyanocinctusSpecies Restoration Center (2005), #25.Daudin, 1803Annulated sea snake얼룩바다뱀Hydrophis melanocephalusSpecies Restoration Center (2005), #26.Gray, 1849Slender-necked sea snake먹대가리바다뱀Oocatochus rufodorsatusBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 137-139.Cantor, 1842Chinese garter snake, frog-eating rat snake, or red-backed rat snake무자치, 무좌수, 물뱀, 떼뱀ThroughoutOrientocoluber spinalisBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 125-126.PetersSlender racer실뱀, 줄뱀Throughout; most common in the southPelamis platurusSpecies Restoration Center (2005), #27.Linnaeus, 1766Pelagic sea snake or yellow-bellied sea snake바다뱀Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinusBaek & Sim, pp. 118-122. Given as Rhabdophis tigrinus lateralis by Species Restoration Center (2005).BoieTiger keelback유혈목이, 꽃뱀Common throughoutSibynophis collarisBaek & Sim (1999), pp. 123-124. (given as Sibynophis chinensis in Jeju Island, #7, and Species Restoration Center (2005)).GrayBlack-headed snake or collared snake비바리뱀Jeju (discovered there in 1981)Vipera berus sachalinensisGiven as Vipera berus by Species Restoration Center (2005), #31.Common viper북살모사North Korea

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References

External links Extensive forum thread on Korean snakes