List of reptiles and amphibians of the Aegean
This list includes all reptiles found in Aegean Islands. It does not include species found only in captivity or those which are extinct. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited.
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])
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2014)
Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)
- Spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca VU (southern Europe)
- Marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata LC (southern Europe)
Family: Cheloniidae
- Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta EN (southern Europe)
Family: Agamidae (agamas)
- Stellion, Agama stellio (Greek islands)
Family: Gekkonidae (geckos)
- Kotschy's gecko, Cyrtodactylus kotschyi LC (southern Europe)
- Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus LC (southern Europe)
Family: Lacertidae (wall or true lizards)
- Subfamily: Lacertinae
- Tribe: Eremiadini
- Snake-eyed lizard, Ophisops elegans (Mediterranean and Central Asia)
- Tribe: Lacertini
- Balkan green lizard, Lacerta trilineata LC (south-eastern Europe)
- Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis LC
- Erhard's wall lizard, Podarcis erhardii LC (south-eastern Europe)
- Tribe: Eremiadini
Family: Scincidae (Skinks)
- Ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Greece, Sicily and Sardinia)
Family: Anguidae
- European glass lizard, Ophisaurus apodus (south-eastern Europe)
Family: Typhlopidae (blind snakes)
- European worm snake, Xerotyphlops vermicularis (south-eastern Europe)
Family: Boidae (boas)
- Sand boa, Eryx jaculus (south-eastern Europe)
Family: Colubridae (Colubrids)
- Subfamily: Colubrinae
- Caspian whipsnake, Dolichophis caspius (south-eastern Europe, Turkey)
- Dahl's whip snake, Platyceps najadum LC (south-eastern Europe)
- Collared dwarf racer, Eirenis collaris LC (Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia)
- Leopard snake, Zamenis situla LC (southern Europe)
- Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus LC
- Subfamily: Psammophiinae
- Montpellier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus LC (southern Europe)
- Subfamily: Natricinae
- Grass snake, Natrix natrix LR/lc
Family: Viperidae
- Ottoman viper, Montivipera xanthina LC (Greece)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
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