List of reptiles of Europe

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This is a list of reptiles of Europe. 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 (with few exceptions) 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.

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Status iucn3.1.svgNear ThreatenedLeast ConcernLeast Concern

Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.

Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:

EX - extinct, EW - extinct in the wild
CR - critically endangered, EN - endangered, VU - vulnerable
NT - near threatened, LC - least concern
DD - data deficient, NE - not evaluated
(v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014 [1] )

Turtles

Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)

Subfamily: Testudininae

Family: Emydidae (pond turtles)

Subfamily: Emydinae
Subfamily: Deirochelyinae

Family: Geoemydidae

Subfamily: Geoemydinae

Family: Cheloniidae

Subfamily: Carettinae
Subfamily: Cheloniinae

Family: Dermochelyidae

Family: Trionychidae (softshells)

Subfamily: Trionychinae

Amphisbaenia, lizards and snakes

Amphisbaenians

Family: Blanidae (Mediterranean worm lizards)


Family: Trogonophidae (Palearctic worm lizards)

Lizards

Family: Agamidae (agamas)

Subfamily: Agaminae

Family: Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)

Family: Dactyloidae (anoles and related species)

Family: Gekkonidae

Family: Phyllodactylidae

Family: Sphaerodactylidae

Family: Lacertidae (wall or true lizards)

Subfamily: Gallotiinae
Subfamily: Lacertinae
Tribe: Eremiadini
Tribe: Lacertini

Family: Scincidae (skinks)

Subfamily: Scincinae
Subfamily: Lygosomatinae / Family: Mabuyidae

Family: Anguidae

Subfamily: Anguinae

Snakes

Family: Typhlopidae (blind snakes)

  • Worm snake, Xerotyphlops vermicularis (south-eastern Europe)

Family: Boidae (boas)

Subfamily: Erycinae/Erycidae

Family: Colubridae (colubrids)

Subfamily: Colubrinae

Subfamily: Natricinde/Natricinae

Family: Lamprophiidae

Subfamily: Psammophiinae

Family: Viperidae

Subfamily: Viperinae
Subfamily: Crotalinae

See also

Further reading

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Species split from this species or considered as distinct species alternatively. All these taxa occur in the area of interest, including the one on the left.

Related Research Articles

<i>Lacerta</i> (genus) Genus of lizards

Lacerta is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae.

In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus described the Amphibia as:

Animals that are distinguished by a body cold and generally naked; stern and expressive countenance; harsh voice; mostly lurid color; filthy odor; a few are furnished with a horrid poison; all have cartilaginous bones, slow circulation, exquisite sight and hearing, large pulmonary vessels, lobate liver, oblong thick stomach, and cystic, hepatic, and pancreatic ducts: they are deficient in diaphragm, do not transpire (sweat), can live a long time without food, are tenatious of life, and have the power of reproducing parts which have been destroyed or lost; some undergo a metamorphosis; some cast (shed) their skin; some appear to live promiscuously on land or in the water, and some are torpid during the winter.

References

  1. ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J., eds. (2017). "The Reptile Database". Zoological Museum Hamburg. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J., eds. (2020). "The Reptile Database". Zoological Museum Hamburg. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Aguilar, R.; Reyes, F.; Hošek, J., eds. (2023). "The Reptile Database". Zoological Museum Hamburg. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Claudia Corti, Valentin Pérez Mellado, Philippe Geniez, Sherif Baha El Din, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Roberto Sindaco, Antonio Romano. 2009. Macroprotodon cucullatus (errata version published in 2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61533A204862390. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-1.RLTS.T61533A204862390.en. Accessed on 14 February 2023.
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