List of reptiles of Lebanon

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

• Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta
• Green Turtle Chelonia mydas

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 Hemorrhois 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

References

• http://www.shoufcedar.org/mamal.asp
• http://en.arocha.org/lbaammiq/index4.html
• http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?freetext=&modifier=phrase&criteria=wholedb&taxa_species=1&redlistCategory%5B%5D=all&redlistAssessyear%5B%5D=all&country%5B%5D=LB&aquatic%5B%5D=all&regions%5B%5D=all&habitats%5B%5D=all&threats%5B%5D=all&Submit.x=47&Submit.y=6
• http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/Taxonomy/country.cfm?displaylanguage=ENG&search=all&Country=LB

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