List of reptiles of Lebanon
This is a list of reptiles found in Lebanon.
Emydid Turtles
- Balkan terrapin Mauremys rivulata
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®ions%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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