List of reptiles of Turkey

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This is a list of the reptiles in the wildlife of Turkey.

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There are 136 species of reptiles in Turkey. [1]

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata (lizards and snakes)

Suborder: Amphisbaenia (worm lizards)

Suborder: Anguimorpha (legless lizards and monitors)

Suborder: Iguania (agamas and chameleons)

Suborder: Lacertilia (true lizards)

Suborder: Scincomorpha (skinks)

Suborder: Scleroglossa (geckos)

Suborder: Serpentes (snakes)

Order: Testudines (turtles and tortoises)

Suborder: Cryptodira

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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. ↑ Reptile Database: Distribution: Turkey
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