This list includes all reptiles found in Aegean Islands. It does not include species found only in captivity or those which are extinct. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited.
Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories. Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: - Extinct, - Extinct in the wild - Critically endangered, - Endangered, - Vulnerable - Near threatened, - Least concern - Data deficient, - Not evaluated (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014)
Turtles
Family: Testudinidae (tortoises) Spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca (southern Europe) Marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata (southern Europe) Family: Cheloniidae Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (southern Europe)
Lizards and snakes
Lizards Family: Agamidae (agamas) Stellion, Agama stellio (Greek islands) Family: Gekkonidae (geckos) Kotschy's gecko, Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (southern Europe) Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (southern Europe) Family: Lacertidae (wall or true lizards) Subfamily: Lacertinae Tribe: Eremiadini Snake-eyed lizard, Ophisops elegans (Mediterranean and Central Asia) Tribe: Lacertini Balkan green lizard, Lacerta trilineata (south-eastern Europe) Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis Erhard's wall lizard, Podarcis erhardii (south-eastern Europe) Family: Scincidae (Skinks) Ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Greece, Sicily and Sardinia) Family: Anguidae European glass lizard, Ophisaurus apodus (south-eastern Europe)
Snakes Family: Typhlopidae (blind snakes) European worm snake, Xerotyphlops vermicularis (south-eastern Europe) Family: Boidae (boas) Sand boa, Eryx jaculus (south-eastern Europe) Family: Colubridae (Colubrids) Subfamily: Colubrinae Caspian whipsnake, Dolichophis caspius (south-eastern Europe, Turkey) Dahl's whip snake, Platyceps najadum (south-eastern Europe) Collared dwarf racer, Eirenis collaris (Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia) Leopard snake, Zamenis situla (southern Europe) Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus Subfamily: Psammophiinae Montpellier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus (southern Europe) Subfamily: Natricinae Grass snake, Natrix natrix Family: Viperidae Ottoman viper, Montivipera xanthina (Greece)
See also List of reptiles of Turkey List of reptiles of Italy List of reptiles of Europe
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