Reptiles of
French mainland  (excl. Corsica)

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General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Anguis (Slowworms)
 
Anguis fragilis
Western European Slowworm
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Dely in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Gvozdik, Benkovsky, Crottini, Bellati, Moravec, Romano, Sacchi & Jandzik 2013 Lescure & Massary 2012
 
Anguis veronensis
Italian Slowworm
Gvozdik, Benkovsky, Crottini, Bellati, Moravec, Romano, Sacchi & Jandzik 2013 Mikulicek, Jablonski, Palenik, Gvozdik & Jandzik 2018 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 [as Anguis sp.]
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus turcicus
Turkish Half-toed Gecko
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Iberolacerta (Southern European Rock Lizards)
 
Iberolacerta aranica
Aran Rock Lizard
Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Arribas, Carranza & Odierna 2006 Lescure & Massary 2012 Pottier, Delmas, Duquesne, Garric, Paumier, Sfreddo, Tessier & Vergne 2010 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Iberolacerta aurelioi
Lurida Rock Lizard
Arribas, Carranza & Odierna 2006 Crochet, Rufray, Viglione & Geniez 1996 Lescure & Massary 2012 Pottier, Delmas & Duquesne 2010 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Iberolacerta bonnali
Pyrenean Rock Lizard
Bischoff 1996 Bischoff 2001 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Lacerta (Eurasian Green Lizards)
 
Lacerta agilis
Northern Eurasian Sand Lizard
Bischoff in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Pottier, Calvez & Deso 2007
 
Lacerta bilineata
Western Green Lizard
Amann, Rykena, Joger, Nettmann & Veith 1997 Boehme, Fritz, Kotenko, Dzukic, Ljubisavljevic, Tzankov & Berendonk 2007 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 [as viridis bilineata] Lescure & Massary 2012 Marzahn, Mayer, Joger, Ilgaz, Jablonski, Kindler, Kumlutas, Nistri, Schneewiess, Vamberger, Zagar & Fritz 2015 Nettmann & Rykena in Boehme (ed.) 1984 [as L. viridis] Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Podarcis (Wall Lizards)
 
Podarcis liolepis
Catalonian Wall Lizard
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 [as hispanica cebennensis] Geniez & Crochet 2003 Geniez, Deso, Jacob, Thomas & Issartel 2008 Geniez, Sa-Sousa, Guillaume, Cluchier & Crochet 2014 Lescure & Massary 2012 Renoult, Geniez, Bacquet, Guillaume & Crochet 2010 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1986 [as P. hispanica] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis muralis
Common European Wall Lizard
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Gruschwitz & Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1986 Lescure & Massary 2012 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Psammodromus (Western Mediterranean Sand Lizards)
 
Psammodromus algirus
Greater Sand Lizard
Bischoff & Bosch 1991 Bischoff 1992 Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Psammodromus edwarsianus
Eastern Iberian Sand Lizard
Bischoff 1992 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 [as hispanicus edwarsianus] Fitze, Gonzalez-Jimena, San-Jose, Mauro & Zardoya 2012 Lescure & Massary 2012 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Timon (Ocellated Lizards)
 
Timon lepidus
Northern Ocellated Lizard
Bischoff 1996 Bischoff, Cheylan & Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Zootoca (Eurasian Forest Lizards)
 
Zootoca vivipara
Viviparous Lizard
Arribas 2009 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Dely & Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Lescure & Massary 2012 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Surget-Groba, Heulin, Guillaume, Thorpe, Kupriyanova, Vogrin, Maslak, Mazzotti, Venczel, Ghira, Odierna, Leontyeva, Monney & Smith 2001
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola mauritanica
Moorish Wall Gecko
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides striatus
Western Three-toed Cylindrical Skink
Busack 1986 [as C. chalcides] Caputo & Odierna 1992 Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 [as C. chalcides] Lescure & Massary 2012 Orsini & Cheylan in Boehme (ed.) 1981 [as C. chalcides] Pottier 2005 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Euleptes (Mediterranean Leaf-toed Gecko)
 
Euleptes europaea
Mediterranean Leaf-toed Gecko
Bauer, Good & Branch 1997 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Delaugerre, Ouni & Nouira 2011 Lescure & Massary 2012 Rieppel & Schneider 1981 Rieppel & Schneider in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coronella (Palearctic Smooth Snakes)
 
Coronella austriaca
Northern Smooth Snake
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Engelmann in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Jablonski, Nagy, Avci, Olgun, Kukushkin, Safaei-Mahroo & Jandzik 2019 Lescure & Massary 2012
 
Coronella girondica
Southern Smooth Snake
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Dusej in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Lescure & Massary 2012 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Hierophis (Eurasian Whip Snakes)
 
Hierophis viridiflavus
Western Whip Snake
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Heimes in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Lescure & Massary 2012 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)
 
Natrix astreptophora
Iberian Grass Snake
Geniez & Crochet 2003 Kindler, Boehme, Corti, Gvozdik, Jablonski, Jandzik, Metallinou, Siroky & Fritz 2013 Lescure & Massary 2012 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Natrix helvetica
Barred Grass Snake
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Kabisch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 [as natrix] Kindler, Boehme, Corti, Gvozdik, Jablonski, Jandzik, Metallinou, Siroky & Fritz 2013 Lescure & Massary 2012
 
Natrix maura
Viperine Grass Snake
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Schatti in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Zamenis (Western Palearctic Rat Snakes)
 
Zamenis longissimus
Common Aesculapian Snake
Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Nilson & Andren 1984 Schulz 1996 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Zamenis scalaris
Ladder Snake
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Cheylan & Guillaume in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Lescure & Massary 2012 Schulz 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)
 
Malpolon monspessulanus
Western Montpellier Snake
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Vipera (Typical Vipers or Adders)
 
Vipera aspis
Asp Viper
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 David & Vogel 2010 Gruber 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Trutnau, Boehme & Joger in Joger & Stumpel 2005
 
Vipera berus
Northern Eurasian Viper
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 David & Vogel 2010 Gruber 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Nilson, Andren & Voelkl in Joger & Stumpel 2005
 
Vipera seoanei
Northern Iberian Viper
Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Brito & Saint-Girons 2005 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 David & Ineich 1999 David & Vogel 2010 Duguy 1975 Gruber 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Vipera ursinii
Meadow and Karst Vipers
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 David & Ineich 1999 David & Vogel 2010 Dely & Joger in Joger & Stumpel 2005 Gruber 1989 Gvozdik, Jandzik, Cordos, Rehak & Kotlik 2012 Lescure & Massary 2012 Nilson & Andren 2001 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Lescure & Massary 2012 Moriniere & dell'Amico 2011 Oliver 2011
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Lescure & Massary 2012 Moriniere & dell'Amico 2011 Oliver 2011
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Lescure & Massary 2012
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys kempii
Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Lescure & Massary 2012 Moriniere & dell'Amico 2011 Oliver & Pigno 2005 Oliver 2011
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Brongersma in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Frazier, Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Lescure & Massary 2012 Moriniere & dell'Amico 2011 Oliver 2011
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Emys (European Pond Turtles)
 
Emys orbicularis
Common European Pond Turtle
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Lescure & Massary 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
 
Mauremys leprosa
Western Mediterranean Pond Turtle
Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Fritz & Havas 2006 Keller & Busack in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Lescure & Massary 2012 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)
 
Testudo hermanni
Greek Tortoise
Bertolero, Cheylan, Hailey, Livoreil & Willemsen 2011 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Cheylan in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Fritz & Havas 2006 Lescure & Massary 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016