Reptiles of Lebanon

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This is a list of reptiles found in Lebanon.

Emydid Turtles

  • Caspian Terrapin Mauremys caspica

Land Tortoises

  • Antakyan Tortoise Testudo antakyensis
  • Flower's Tortoise Testudo floweri
  • Greek Tortoise Testudo graeca

Marine Turtles

Softshell Turtles

  • Nile Softshell Turtle Trionyx triunguis

Agamid Lizards

  • Rough-tailed Rock Agama Laudakia stellio
  • Trapelus lessonae

Chameleons

  • Mediterranean Chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Geckos

  • Levant Fan-fingered Gecko Ptyodactylus puiseuxi
  • Kotschy’s Gecko Cyrtopodion kotschyi
  • Turkish Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus

Lacertid Lizards

  • Giant Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus grandis
  • Schreiber's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus schreiberi
  • Lebanon Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus tristrami
  • Wall Lizard Podarcis sp
  • Fraas's Lizard Lacerta fraasii
  • Lacerta kulzeri
  • Lebanon Lizard Lacerta laevis
  • Levant Green Lizard Lacerta media
  • Mesalina brevirostris
  • European Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans

Skinks

  • European copper skink Ablepharus kitaibelii
  • Ocellated Skink Chalcides ocellatus
  • Bridled Skink Mabuya vittata
  • Schneider's Skink Novoeumeces schneideri
  • Lataste's Snake Skink Ophiomorus latastii
  • Golden Grass Mabuya Trachylepis aurata
  • Bridled Mabuya Trachylepis vittata

Legless Lizards

  • European Glass Lizard Ophisaurus apodus

Monitor Lizards

  • Desert Monitor Varanus griseus

Amphisbaenids

  • Turkish Worm Lizard Blanus strauchi

Blind Snakes

  • European Blind Snake Typhlops vermicularis

Pythons and Boas

  • Caucasian Sand Boa Eryx jaculus

Colubrid Snakes

  • Green Whip Snake Coluber jugularis
  • Asian Racer Coluber nummifer
  • Rogers's Racer Coluber rogersi
  • Red-headed Whip Snake Coluber rubriceps
  • Eirenis decemlineata
  • Eirenis levantinus
  • Asia Minor Dwarf Racer Eirenis modestus
  • Transcaucasian Rat Snake Elaphe hohenackeri
  • Montpellier Snake Malpolon monspesslanus
  • Dice Snake Natrix tessellata
  • European Tiger Snake Telescopus fallax

Cobras

  • Black Desert Cobra Walterinnesia aegyptia

Burrowing Asps

  • Atractaspis engaddensis
  • Müller's Two-headed Snake Micrelaps muelleri

Vipers and Pit Vipers

  • Lebanon Viper Macrovipera bornmuelleri
  • Levant Viper Macrovipera lebetina
  • Sand Viper Vipera ammodytes
  • Palestine Viper Vipera palaestinae


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