List of reptiles of Spain

This is a list of all reptiles living in Spain, both in the Iberian Peninsula and other territories such as Ceuta, Melilla, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands (including marine reptiles that can be found on its shores). Both native and introduced species are included.

Order Testudines

Family Testudinidae TestudinidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusWorldwide conservation status (not exclusive to the Iberian Peninsula) according to IUCN Red List: : Extinct : Extinct in the Wild : Critically Endangered : Endangered : Vulnerable : Near Threatened : Least Concern : Data Deficient : Not EvaluatedImageTestudo graecaSpur-thighed tortoiseTestudo hermanniHermann's tortoise

Family Emydidae EmydidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageEmys orbicularisEuropean pond turtleTrachemys scriptaPond slider

Family Geoemydidae GeoemydidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageMauremys leprosaSpanish pond turtle

Family Dermochelyidae DermochelyidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageDermochelys coriaceaLeatherback sea turtle

Family Cheloniidae CheloniidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageCaretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtle Chelonia mydasGreen sea turtleEretmochelys imbricataHawksbill sea turtle

Order Squamata

Family Chamaeleonidae ChamaeleontidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageChamaeleo chamaeleonCommon Chameleon

Family Blanidae BlanidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageBlanus cinereusIberian Worm LizardBlanus tingitanus -

Family Agamidae AgamidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageAgama impalearisBibron's agama

Family Anguidae AnguidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageAnguis fragilisSlowworm

Gekkota (families Gekkonidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Phyllodactylidae) GekkonidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageSaurodactylus mauritanicus -Tarentola angustimentalisEast Canary GeckoTarentola boettgeriBoettger's Wall GeckoTarentola delalandiiTenerife GeckoTarentola gomerensisGomero Wall GeckoTarentola mauritanicaCommon or Moorish Wall Gecko, Salamanquesa, Crocodile gecko, European common gecko, Maurita naca gecko

Family Scincidae ScincidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageChalcides bedriagaiBedriaga's SkinkChalcides coeruleopunctatus -Chalcides colosiiRiffian Skink, Colosi's Cylindrical SkinkChalcides mauritanicusTwo-Fingered SkinkChalcides minutusSmall Three-Toed SkinkChalcides ocellatusOcellated Skink, Eyed Skink, gongiloChalcides parallelusDoumergue's SkinkChalcides pseudostriatusMoroccan Three-toed SkinkChalcides sexlineatusGran Canaria SkinkChalcides simonyi -Chalcides striatusWestern Three-toed SkinkChalcides viridanusWest Canary Skink, Lisa DoradaEumeces algeriensisAlgerian Orange-Tailed Skink, Eumece D'Algerie, Bulán

Family Lacertidae LacertidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageAcanthodactylus erythrurusRed-tailed Spiny-footed LizardAlgyroides marchiSpanish AlgyroidesGallotia atlanticaAtlantic LizardGallotia auaritaeLa Palma Giant LizardGallotia bravoanaLa Gomera Giant LizardGallotia caesarisBoettger's LizardGallotia gallotiTenerife Lizard, Western Canaries LizardGallotia intermediaTenerife Speckled LizardGallotia simonyiEl Hierro Giant LizardGallotia stehliniGran Canaria Giant LizardIberolacerta aranicaAran Rock LizardIberolacerta aurelioiAurelio's Rock LizardIberolacerta bonnaliPyrenean Rock LizardIberolacerta cyreni -Iberolacerta galaniLagartija leonesaIberolacerta martinezricai -Iberolacerta monticolaIberian Rock LizardLacerta agilisSand LizardLacerta bilineataWestern Green LizardLacerta schreiberiIberian Emerald Lizard, Schreiber's Green LizardPodarcis atrata -Podarcis bocageiBocage's Wall LizardPodarcis carbonelli -Podarcis hispanicusIberian Wall LizardPodarcis lilfordiLilford's Wall LizardPodarcis muralisWall lizardPodarcis pityusensisIbiza Wall LizardPodarcis siculusItalian wall lizard, Ruin lizardPodarcis vaucheri -Psammodromus algirusLarge PsammodromusPsammodromus blanciBlanc's Sand RacerPsammodromus hispanicusSpanish PsammodromusPsammodromus jeanneae -Psammodromus manuelae -Scelarcis perspicillataMoroccan rock lizardTimon lepidusOcellated LizardTimon tangitana -Zootoca viviparaViviparous lizard, common lizard

Family Trogonophidae TrogonophidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageTrogonophis wiegmanniCheckerboard worm lizard

Serpentes Family Colubridae ColubridaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageCoronella austriacaSmooth snakeCoronella girondicaSouthern smooth snake, Riccioli's snakeHemorrhois hippocrepisHorseshoe whip snakeHierophis viridiflavusGreen Whip Snake, Western Whip SnakeMacroprotodon abubakeri -Macroprotodon brevisFalse smooth snakeMacroprotodon mauritanicus -Malpolon monspessulanusMontpellier snakeNatrix mauraViperine water snake, viperine snakeNatrix natrixGrass snake, ringed snake, water snakeZamenis scalarisLadder snakeZamenis longissimusAesculapian Snake

Family Viperidae ViperidaeSpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImageVipera aspisAsp, asp viper, European asp, aspic viper, European viper, Jura viperVipera latasteiLataste's viper, snub-nosed viper, snub-nosed adderVipera seoaneiBaskian viper, Iberian cross adder, Portuguese viper

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