Reptiles of
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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist
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

Dely in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Fog, Schmedes & Lasson 1997 Gislen & Kauri 1959 Gvozdik, Jandzik, Lymberakis, Jablonski & Moravec 2010 Jablonski, Najbar, Grochowalska, Gvozdik & Strzala 2017
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Lacerta (Eurasian Green Lizards)
 
Lacerta agilis

Northern Eurasian Sand Lizard

Bischoff in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Fog, Schmedes & Lasson 1997 Gislen & Kauri 1959
Genus Zootoca (Eurasian Forest Lizards)
 
Zootoca vivipara

Viviparous Lizard

Dely & Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Fog, Schmedes & Lasson 1997 Gislen & Kauri 1959 Surget-Groba, Heulin, Guillaume, Thorpe, Kupriyanova, Vogrin, Maslak, Mazzotti, Venczel, Ghira, Odierna, Leontyeva, Monney & Smith 2001

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

Fog, Schmedes & Lasson 1997 Geniez 2018 Gislen & Kauri 1959 Honegger 1981 Jablonski, Nagy, Avci, Olgun, Kukushkin, Safaei-Mahroo & Jandzik 2019
Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)
 
Natrix natrix

Common European Grass Snake

Arnold & Ovenden 2002 Fog, Schmedes & Lasson 1997 Geniez 2018 Gislen & Kauri 1959 Kabisch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Kindler, Boehme, Corti, Gvozdik, Jablonski, Jandzik, Metallinou, Siroky & Fritz 2013 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Vipera (Typical Vipers or Adders)
 
Vipera berus

Northern Eurasian Viper

David & Vogel 2010 Fog, Schmedes & Lasson 1997 Geniez 2018 Gislen & Kauri 1959 Nilson, Andren & Voelkl in Joger & Stumpel 2005

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

Fog, Schmedes & Lasson 1997
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Cedhagen 1990 Fog, Schmedes & Lasson 1997 King & Burke 1989 Mathiasson 1995 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021