List of reptiles of Europe

This is a list of European reptiles. It includes all reptiles currently found in Europe. It does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe, except where there is some doubt about this, nor does it currently include species introduced in recent decades. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited. Also this list is incomplete.

1 Turtles
2 Amphisbaenians, lizards and snakes
3 See also

Turtles

Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta (Southern Europe)
Green turtle Chelonia mydas (Southern Europe)
Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea
European pond terrapin Emys orbicularis
Sicilian pond turtle Emys trinacris (Sicily)
Caspian turtle Mauremys caspica (Southern Europe)
Spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca (Southern Europe)
Herman's tortoise Testudo hermanni (Southern Europe)
Horsfield's tortoise Testudo horsfieldi (Russia)
Marginated Tortoise Testudo marginata (Southern Europe)
Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta (non-native)

Amphisbaenians, lizards and snakes

Amphisbaenians

Iberian Worm Lizard Blanus cinereus (southern Iberia)
Anatolian Worm Lizard Blanus strauchi (Aegean islands, southern Anatolia and Syria)

Lizards

European Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (south-eastern Europe)
Red-tailed Spiny-footed Lizard Acanthodactylus erythrurus (Africa and Southern Europe)
Caucasian agama Agama caucasica (Ukraine and Russia)
Stellion Agama stellio (Greek islands)
Greek algyroides Algyroides moreoticus (Greek islands)
Blue-throated Keeled Lizard Algyroides nigropunctatus (south-eastern Europe)
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis
Ocellated skink Chalcides ocellatus (Greece, Sicily and Sardinia)
Mediterranean chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon (southern Europe)
Kotschy's naked-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (southern Europe)
Steppe racer Eremias arguta (south-eastern Europe and Russia)
Slender racer Eremias velox (southern Russia)
La Gomera Giant Lizard Gallotia bravoana (Canary Islands)
Boettger's Lizard Gallotia caesaris (Canary Islands, Madeira)
Tenerife Lizard Gallotia galloti (Canary Islands)
Tenerife Speckled Lizard Gallotia intermedia (Canary Islands)
El Hierro Giant Lizard Gallotia simonyi (Canary Islands)
Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus (southern Europe)
Sand lizard Lacerta agilis
Madeiran Wall Lizard Lacerta dugesii (Madeira)
Greek Rock Lizard Lacerta graeca (Greece)
Ocellated lizard Lacerta lepida (south-western Europe)
Mosor rock lizard Lacerta mosorensis (Balkans)
Balkan green lizard Lacerta trilineata (south-eastern Europe)
European green lizard Lacerta viridis
Viviparous lizard Lacerta vivipara
European glass lizard Ophisaurus apodus (south-eastern Europe)
Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans (Mediterranean and Central Asia
European toad-headed agama Phrynocephalus helioscopus (Ukraine and Russia)
Erhard's wall lizard Podarcis erdhardii (south-eastern Europe)
Iberian wall lizard Podarcis hispanica(Iberian peninsula, France, northwestern Africa
Skyros Wall Lizard Podarcis gaigeae (Greece)
Lilford's Wall Lizard Podarcis lilfordi (Spain)
Dalmatian Wall Lizard Podarcis melisellensis (Balkans)
Milos wall lizard Podarcis milensis (Greece)
Wall lizard Podarcis muralis
Sharp-snouted rock lizard Podarcis oxycephala (Balkans)
Peloponnese Wall Lizard Podarcis peloponnesiaca (Peloponnese)
Aeolian Wall Lizard Podarcis raffonei (Italy)
Italian wall lizard Podarcis sicula (Italy and south-eastern Europe, introduced to Spain)
Balkan wall lizard Podarcis taurica (south-eastern Europe and Russia)
Sicilian Wall Lizard Podarcis wagleriana (Italy)
Large psammodromus Psammodromus algirus (France, Spain and Portugal)
Spanish psammodromus Psammodromus hispanicus (Spain and France)
Moorish gecko Tarentola mauritanica (southern Europe)
Maltese Wall Lizard Podarcis filfolensis (Malta)

Snakes

Large whip snake Coluber jugularis (south-eastern Europe)
Western whip snake Coluber viridiflavus (south-western Europe, Italy, Switzerland and Slovenia)
False Smooth Snakes Macroprotodon brevis and Macroprotodon cucullatus (Iberian peninsula)
Smooth snake Coronella austriaca
Aesculapian snake Elaphe longissima
Four-lined snake Elaphe quatuorlineata (south-eastern Europe)
Leopard snake Elaphe situla (southern Europe)
Sand boa Eryx jaculus (south-eastern Europe)
Balkan whip snake Hierophis gemonensis (south-eastern Europe)
Coin snake, Hemorrhois nummifer (has been mentioned from European Turkey but actual presence in Europe remains unconfirmed and demands substantiation)
Blunt-nosed viper Macrovipera lebetina (Cyprus, southern Russia)
Milos viper Macrovipera schweizeri (Islands of Milos, Kimolos, Polyaigos, Sifnos)
Montpellier snake Malpolon monspessulanus (southern Europe)
Grass snake Natrix natrix
Viperine water snake Natrix maura
Dice snake Natrix tessellata
Dahl's whip snake Platyceps najadum (south-eastern Europe)
European cat snake Telescopus fallax (south-eastern Europe)
Worm snake Typhlops vermicularis (south-eastern Europe)
Nose-horned viper Vipera ammodytes (south-eastern Europe, Hungary and Austria)
Asp viper Vipera aspis (south-western Europe, Italy and Switzerland)
European adder Vipera berus
Lataste's viper Vipera latastei (Iberia)
Nikolsky's adder Vipera nikolskii (Ukraine)
Meadow viper Vipera renardi (Russia)
Seoane's viper Vipera seoanei (Iberia)
Orsini's viper, Meadow viper Vipera ursinii (south-eastern France, central Italy, west Balkans, northern Greece, Hungary, Romania)
Ottoman viper Vipera xanthina (Greece)
Italian Aesculapian Snake Zamenis lineatus (Italy)
Algerian whip snake (Malta)