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 (worm lizards)

• 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)
• Fogo skink (Chioninia fogoensis)[10]
• Spanish cylindrical skink (Chalcides bedriagai)
• Western three-toed skink (Chalcides striatus)[11]

Snakes

Family: Colubridae

• False smooth snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus)
• Iberian grass snake (Natrix astreptophora)[12]
• 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

1. 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.
2. 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. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
3. 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.
4. Sá-Sousa, P. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Podarcis bocagei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
5. Sá-Sousa, P. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Podarcis carbonelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
6. Sá-Sousa, P., Marquez, R. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Lacerta schreiberi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
7. 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.
8. Sá-Sousa, P. 2005. Lacerta dugesii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 December 2013.
9. 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.
10. Clemens, David. J.; Allain, Steven J. R. (2020). "First evidence of Fogo skink (Chioninia fogoensis) introduction to Madeira". Herpetological Bulletin. 152: 40–41. doi:10.33256/152.4041. S2CID 225634421.
11. * 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.
12. "Herping Portugal | BALL PYTHON BREEDER UK July 19, 2022". 22 February 2021.

External links

• The Reptile Database