List of reptiles of Great Britain

Adder

Ten or eleven species of reptiles occur in Great Britain: four snakes and three lizards, which were established at the time of the last ice age. Additionally, Britain has a number of introduced species which have become naturalized in their new environments.

Sea turtles have been recorded as coastal vagrants and the red-eared terrapin occurs as an introduced species.

Snakes

• Adder Vipera berus
• Grass snake Natrix natrix
• Barred grass snake Natrix helvetica^[1]
• Smooth snake Coronella austriaca

Lizards

• Slowworm Anguis fragilis
• Common (or viviparous) lizard Zootoca vivipara
• Sand lizard Lacerta agilis

Sea turtles

• Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea. Foraging^[2]
• Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta. Vagrant^[3]
• Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas. Vagrant.^[4]
• Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata. Vagrant.^[4]
• Kemp's ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii. Vagrant.^[4]

Introduced species

• Red-eared terrapin^[5] Trachemys scripta elegans.^[6] Rare but increasing due to pet release.^[5]
• European pond turtle Emys orbicularis.^[7]
• Common wall lizard Podarcis muralis.^[8]
• Aesculapian snake Zamenis longissimus.^[9][10]

References

• British Reptiles from wildlifetrust.org.uk
• RAUK Identification Guide
• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22. 
• Wilkinson, J.W., Baker, J. and Foster, J. Priorities for Non-Native Amphibians and Reptiles in the UK. ARC Research Report 11/02.

See also

• Lists of reptiles by region