List of reptiles of Portugal
This is a list of the reptiles found in Portugal.
Turtles
Family: Cheloniidae
- Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
- Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
Family: Dermochelyidae
- Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
Family: Emydinae
- European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)
- Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta)
Family: Geoemydidae
- Mediterranean pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa)
Amphisbaenians
- Blanus cinereus[1]
- Blanus mariae[1]
Lizards
Family: Anguidae
- Slowworm (Anguis fragilis)
Family: Chamaeleonidae
- Gemeines Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)[2]
Family: Gekkonidae
- House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
- Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
- Moorish Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)
Family: Lacertidae
- Algerian Psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus)[3]
- Andalusian Wall Lizard (Podarcis vaucheri)
- Bocage's Wall Lizard (Podarcis bocagei)[4]
- Carbonell's Wall Lizard (Podarcis carbonelli) [5]
- Iberian Emerald Lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) [6]
- Iberian Mountain Lizard (Iberolacerta monticola) [7]
- Iberian Wall Lizard (Podarcis hispanicus)
- Madeira Wall Lizard (Teira dugesii)[8]
- Ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)
- Red-tailed Spiny Footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus)
- Spanish Psammodromus (Psammodromus hispanicus)[9]
Family: Scinidae
- Cylindrical Skink (Chalcides chalcides)
- Spanish Cylindrical Skink (Chalcides bedriagai)
- Western Three-Toed Skink (Chalcides striatus)[10]
Snakes
Family: Colubridae
- False Smooth Snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus)
- Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
- Horseshoe Snake (Hemorrhois hippocrepis)
- Ladder Snake (Rhinechis scalaris)
- Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca)
- Southern Smooth Snake (Coronella girondica)
- Viperine Water Snake (Natrix maura)
- Western False Smooth Snake (Macroprotodon brevis)
Family: Lamprophiidae
- Montpelier Snake (Malpolon monspessulanus)
Family: Viperidae
- Lataste's Viper (Vipera latastei)
- Portuguese Viper (Vipera seoanei)
References
- Albert, E. M., R. Zardoya, and M. García-París. "Phylogeographical and Speciation Patterns in Subterranean Worm Lizards of the Genus Blanus (Amphisbaenia: Blanidae)." Molecular Ecology 16.7 (2007): 1519-531. Print.
- Vogrin, M., Corti, C., Pérez Mellado, V., Sá-Sousa, P., Cheylan, M., Pleguezuelos, J., Baha El Din, S. & Al Johany, A.M.H. 2012. Chamaeleo chamaeleon. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
- Miras, J.A.M., Cheylan, M., Nouira, M.S., Joger, U., Sá-Sousa, P. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Psammodromus algirus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 24 December 2013.
- Sá-Sousa, P. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Podarcis bocagei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
- Sá-Sousa, P. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Podarcis carbonelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
- Sá-Sousa, P., Marquez, R. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Lacerta schreiberi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
- Pérez-Mellado, V., Sá-Sousa, P., Marquez, R. & Martínez-Solano, I. (2009). "'Iberolacerta monticola'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- Sá-Sousa, P. 2005. Lacerta dugesii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
- Pleguezuelos, J., Sá-Sousa, P., Pérez-Mellado, V., Marquez, R. & Cheylan, M. 2005. Psammodromus hispanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
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- Pleguezuelos, J., Sá-Sousa, P., Pérez-Mellado, V., Marquez, R. & Cheylan, M. 2005. Chalcides striatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
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