Reptiles of
Algeria 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Algeria Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Algeria Introduced species
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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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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Trogonophidae (Short-headed Worm Lizards)
Genus Trogonophis (Sharp-tailed Worm Lizards)
 
Trogonophis wiegmanni

Checkerboard Worm Lizard

Bons & Geniez 1996 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
  EX
Crocodylus suchus

West African Crocodile

Berre 1989 [as niloticus] Lescure 2014 Papenfuss 1969 [as niloticus]

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)
 
Agama bibronii

Atlas Agama

Berre 1989 Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 [as "cf. impalearis"] Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Joger 1981 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama boueti

Mali Agama

Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Agama tassiliensis

Tassili Agama

Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as Agama sp.] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as agama] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)
 
Trapelus boehmei

Moroccan Plain Agama

Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz 2011
 
Trapelus mutabilis

North African Desert Agama

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz 2011
 
Trapelus schmitzi

Chadian Plain Agama

Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz 2011 Wagner, Wilms & Schmitz 2008
 
Trapelus tournevillei

Dune Agama

Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wagner & Boehme 2007 Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz 2011 Wermuth 1967
Genus Uromastyx (Western Spiny-tailed Agamas)
 
Uromastyx acanthinura

North African Spiny-tailed Agama

Chirio & Blanc 1997 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 
Uromastyx alfredschmidti

Tassili Spiny-tailed Agama

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 
Uromastyx dispar

South Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama

Joger & Lambert 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 
Uromastyx geyri

Central Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama

Berre 1989 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1967 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 
Uromastyx nigriventris

Moroccan Spiny-tailed Agama

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Hyalosaurus (Moroccan Glass Lizard)
 
Hyalosaurus koellikeri

Moroccan Glass Lizard

Mateo, Geniez & Bons 1998 Pous, Mora, Metallinou, Escoriza, Comas, Donaire, Pleguezuelos & Carranza 2011 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Mediterranean Chameleon

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus turcicus

Turkish Half-toed Gecko

Loveridge 1947
Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)
 
Stenodactylus mauritanicus

Mauritanian Thin-toed Gecko

Arnold 1980 [as sthenodactylus] Chirio & Blanc 1997 [as sthenodactylus] Joger 1981 [as sthenodactylus] Loveridge 1947 Papenfuss 1969 [as sthenodactylus] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as sthenodactylus]
 
Stenodactylus petrii

North African Thin-toed Gecko

Arnold 1980 Berre 1989 Loveridge 1947 Papenfuss 1969 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965
 
Stenodactylus stenurus

Algerian Thin-toed Gecko

Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Tropiocolotes (Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos)
 
Tropiocolotes algericus

Algerian Dwarf Gecko

Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Loveridge 1947 Minton, Anderson & Anderson 1970 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wermuth 1965 Wilms, Shobrak & Wagner 2010
  *
Tropiocolotes chirioi

Aures Dwarf Gecko

Ribeiro-Junior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo & Meiri 2022
 
Tropiocolotes nubicus

Nubian Dwarf Gecko

Machado, Salvi, Harris, Brito, Crochet, Geniez, Ahmadzadeh & Carranza 2021 Ribeiro-Junior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo & Meiri 2022
  *
Tropiocolotes tassiliensis

Tassili Dwarf Gecko

Ribeiro-Junior, Koch, Flecks, Calvo & Meiri 2022
 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus

Tripoli Dwarf Gecko

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Szczerbak & Golubev 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus bedriagai

Algerian Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Acanthodactylus blanci

Tunisian Fringe-toed Lizard

Chirio & Blanc 1997 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Acanthodactylus boskianus

Afro-Arabian Fringe-toed Lizard

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Joger 1981 Papenfuss 1969 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus dumerilii

Lesser Fringe-toed Lizard

Chirio & Blanc 1997 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus erythrurus

Red-tailed Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Berre 1989 Bons & Geniez 1995 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Papenfuss 1969 Salvador 1982 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Acanthodactylus longipes

Long-footed Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Acanthodactylus maculatus

Mottled Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
  *
Acanthodactylus savignyi

Algerian Coastal Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Acanthodactylus scutellatus

Nidua Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Papenfuss 1969 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
  *
Acanthodactylus spinicaudus

Spiny-tailed Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Dellaoui, Beddek, Peyre, Geniez, Allegrini, Koudache & Crochet 2015 Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Acanthodactylus taghitensis

Taghit Fringe-toed Lizard

Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Geniez & Foucart 1995 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)
 
Mesalina guttulata

Common Small-spotted Desert Lizard

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Simo-Riudalbas, Sacchi & Carranza 2018 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Mesalina olivieri

Egyptian Small-spotted Desert Lizard

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Papenfuss 1969 Pizzigalli, Crochet, Geniez, Martinez-Freiria, Velo-Anton & Brito 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Mesalina pasteuri

Sahara Desert Lizard

Bischoff 1991 Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Joger & Lambert 1996 Papenfuss 1969 Pizzigalli, Crochet, Geniez, Martinez-Freiria, Velo-Anton & Brito 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Yousefkhani, Marin & Rastegar-Pouyani 2015
 
Mesalina rubropunctata

Red-spotted Desert Lizard

Berre 1989 Bischoff 1991 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Yousefkhani, Marin & Rastegar-Pouyani 2015
Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)
 
Ophisops elegans

Elegant Snake-eyed Lizard

Chirio & Blanc 1993 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Ophisops occidentalis

North African Snake-eyed Lizard

Chirio & Blanc 1993 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Podarcis (Wall Lizards)
 
Podarcis vaucheri

Andalusian Wall Lizard

Chirio & Blanc 1997 Kaliontzopoulou, Carretero & Llorente 2012 Lima, Pinho, Larbes, Carretero, Brito & Harris 2009 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1986 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as hispanicus] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Psammodromus (Western Mediterranean Sand Lizards)
 
Psammodromus algirus

Greater Sand Lizard

Berre 1989 Bischoff & Bosch 1991 Bischoff 1992 Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Psammodromus blanci

Northwest African Sand Lizard

Bischoff & Bosch 1991 Bischoff 1992 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Scelarcis (Moroccan Rock Lizard)
 
Scelarcis perspicillata

Moroccan Rock Lizard

Richter in Boehme (ed.) 1986 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Timon (Ocellated Lizards)
 
Timon pater

North African Ocellated Lizard

Berre 1989 Bischoff 1996 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Joger 1981 [as lepida] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)
 
Ptyodactylus oudrii

Moroccan Fan-toed Gecko

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Heimes 1987 Metallinou, Cervenka, Crochet, Kratochvil, Wilms, Geniez, Shobrak, Brito & Carranza 2015 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Ptyodactylus togoensis

Sahelian Fan-toed Gecko

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as P. ragazzii] Heimes 1987 [as P. ragazzii] Joger 1981 [as P. hasselquistii] Lanza 1990 [as P. ragazzii] Loveridge 1947 [as P. h. hasselquistii] Metallinou, Cervenka, Crochet, Kratochvil, Wilms, Geniez, Shobrak, Brito & Carranza 2015 Papenfuss 1969 [as P. hasselquistii] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as P. ragazzii] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as P. ragazzii] Wake & Kluge 1961 [as P. h. hasselquistii]
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola annularis

Egyptian White-spotted Gecko

Berre 1989 Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Joger 1984 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola boehmei

Moroccan Wall Gecko

Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola deserti

Moorish Desert Gecko

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Joger 1984 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola hoggarensis

Hoggar Wall Gecko

Berre 1989 Joger 1984 Koppetsch & Boehme 2022 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola mauritanica

Moorish Wall Gecko

Chirio & Blanc 1997 Joger 1984 Rieppel in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Tarentola neglecta

Algerian Wall Gecko

Berre 1989 Joger 1981 Joger 1984 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides boulengeri

Tunisian Cylindrical Skink

Chirio & Blanc 1997 Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chalcides chalcides

Italian Three-toed Cylindrical Skink

Caputo, Lanza & Palmieri 1995
 
Chalcides delislei

Central Saharan Three-fingered Skink

Berre 1989 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996
 
Chalcides mauritanicus

Algerian Two-toed Cylindrical Skink

Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Pasteur 1981 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Chalcides mertensi

Algerian Three-toed Cylindrical Skink

Busack 1986 Caputo & Odierna 1992 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Chalcides ocellatus

Mediterranean Ocellated Skink

Berre 1989 Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Greenbaum, Campbell & Raxworthy 2006 Papenfuss 1969 Pasteur 1981 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Chalcides parallelus

Algerian Five-toed Cylindrical Skink

Caputo, Sorice & Crescimbeni 1999 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Eumeces (Afro-Asian Long-legged Skinks)
 
Eumeces algeriensis

Algerian Long-legged Skink

Bons & Geniez 1996 Caputo, Odierna, Aprea & Capriglione 1993 Darevsky in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Eiselt 1940 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 
Eumeces schneiderii

Golden Long-legged Skink

Eiselt 1940 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996
Genus Heremites (Western Palearctic Grass Skinks)
 
Heremites vittatus

Bridled Skink

Berre 1989 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Scincopus (Tiger Skinks)
 
Scincopus fasciatus

Banded Tiger Skink

Berre 1989 Lanza & Corsi 1981 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)
 
Scincus albifasciatus

White-banded Sand Fish

Arnold & Leviton 1977 Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Geniez, Mateo, Geniez & Pether 2004 Hartmann 1989 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 
Scincus scincus

Common Sand Fish

Arnold & Leviton 1977 Berre 1989 Hartmann 1989 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
Genus Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)
 
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

African Five-lined Skink

Rouag, Dahel, Rahmouni, Benkacimi & Ziane 2016
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Saurodactylus (Lizard-toed Geckos)
 
Saurodactylus mauritanicus

Eastern Lizard-toed Gecko

Berre 1989 Loveridge 1947 Rato & Harris 2008 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus griseus

Desert Monitor

Bayless 2002 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)
 
Eryx jaculus

Western Sand Boa

Berre 1989 Gasperetti 1988 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Tokar & Obst in Boehme (ed.) 1993
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coronella (Palearctic Smooth Snakes)
 
Coronella girondica

Southern Smooth Snake

Chirio & Blanc 1997 Dusej in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Geniez 2018 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
Genus Hemorrhois (Palearctic Whip Snakes)
 
Hemorrhois algirus

Algerian Whip Snake

Chirio & Blanc 1997 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Lang in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti 1986 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 
Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Horseshoe Whip Snake

Berre 1989 Carranza, Arnold & Pleguezuelos 2006 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Geniez 2018 Schatti 1986 Schatti in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
Genus Lytorhynchus (Awl-headed Snakes)
 
Lytorhynchus diadema

Crowned Awl-headed Snake

Berre 1989 Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Geniez 2018 Gruber 1989 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
Genus Macroprotodon (False Smooth Snakes)
 
Macroprotodon abubakeri

Oran False Smooth Snake

Geniez 2018 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Wade 2001
 
Macroprotodon cucullatus

Eastern False Smooth Snake

Gruber 1989 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Vasconcelos & Harris 2006 Wade 1988 Wade 2001
 
Macroprotodon mauritanicus

Algerian False Smooth Snake

Busack & McCoy 1990 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Geniez 2018 Joger in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Vasconcelos & Harris 2006 Wade 1988 Wade 2001
Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)
 
Natrix astreptophora

Iberian Grass Snake

Geniez 2018 Kabisch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 
Natrix maura

Viperine Grass Snake

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Schatti in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)
 
Platyceps saharicus

Saharan Cliff Racer

Geniez & Gauthier 2008 Geniez 2018 Perry 2012 [as tesselata] Schatti & McCarthy 2004 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)
 
Spalerosophis diadema

Common Diadem Snake

Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Gruber 1989 Marx 1959 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 
Spalerosophis dolichospilus

Mograbin Diadem Snake

Geniez 2018 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus obtusus

Egyptian Cat Snake

Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Geniez 2018 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 [as dhara] Spawls, Malonza & Beraduccii 2021
 
Telescopus tripolitanus

North African Cat Snake

Chirio & LeBreton 2007 Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Geniez 2018 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Venchi & Sindaco 2007 Wilms, Wagner & Spawls 2021
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja haje

Egyptian Cobra

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Geniez 2018 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)
 
Malpolon insignitus

Eastern Montpellier Snake

Bakhouche & Escoriza 2017 [as M. sp.] Bakhouche, Escoriza, Sanchez-Vialas, Khalil & Calvo-Revuelta 2019 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 
Malpolon moilensis

Moila Snake

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Gasperetti 1988 Geniez 2018 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 
Malpolon monspessulanus

Western Montpellier Snake

Berre 1989 Carranza, Arnold & Pleguezuelos 2006 Geniez 2018
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis aegyptius

Sahara Sand Snake

Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 
Psammophis afroccidentalis

West African Sand Snake

Berre 1989 [as P. sibilans] Papenfuss 1969 [as P. sibilans] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as P. sibilans] Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis schokari

Arabian Sand Snake

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Donaire, Mateo, Hasi & Geniez 2000 Geniez 2018 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Myriopholis algeriensis

Algerian Thread Snake

Berre 1989 [as macrorhyncha] Gasperetti 1988 [as m. macrorhyncha] Geniez 2018 Hahn & Wallach 1998 Hahn 1978 [as m. macrorhyncha] Hahn 1980 [as L. m. macrorhynchus] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as macrocrhynchus] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as macrorhyncha] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Trape 2002 Venchi & Sindaco 2007
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Berre 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
Genus Cerastes (Horned Vipers)
 
Cerastes cerastes

Sahara Horned Viper

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Geniez 2018 Johnsen 1962 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Werner, Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan 1991
 
Cerastes vipera

Sahara Sand Viper

Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Daboia (Daboias)
 
Daboia deserti

North African Desert Viper

David & Ineich 1999 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996
 
Daboia mauritanica

Moorish Viper

David & Ineich 1999 Geniez 2018 Gruber 1989 Herrmann, Joger & Nilson 1992 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)
 
Echis leucogaster

White-bellied Carpet Viper

Berre 1989 Chirio & Blanc 1997 David & Ineich 1999 Hughes 1976 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Echis pyramidum

North East African Carpet Viper

David & Ineich 1999 Geniez 2018 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Papenfuss 1969 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Macrovipera (Giant Vipers)
 
Macrovipera lebetinus

Blunt-nosed Viper

David & Ineich 1999 Gruber 1989 Herrmann, Joger & Nilson 1992 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Nilson & Andren 1988 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Vipera (Typical Vipers or Adders)
 
Vipera latastei

Snub-nosed Viper

Bouam, Benmokhtar & Guechi 2019 David & Ineich 1999 Geniez 2018 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995

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

Belmahi, Belmahi, Benabdi, Bouziani, Darna, Bouslah, Bendoula & Bouderbala 2020 Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Belmahi, Belmahi, Benabdi, Bouziani, Darna, Bouslah, Bendoula & Bouderbala 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys kempii

Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Belmahi, Belmahi, Benabdi, Bouziani, Darna, Bouslah, Bendoula & Bouderbala 2020 Frazier, Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Emys (European Pond Turtles)
 
Emys orbicularis

Common European Pond Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
 
Mauremys leprosa

Western Mediterranean Pond Turtle

Berre 1989 Bertolero & Busack 2017 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Fritz & Havas 2006 Keller & Busack in Fritz (ed.) 2001 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)
 
Testudo graeca

Spur-thighed Tortoise

Berre 1989 Buskirk, Keller & Andreu in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Chirio & Blanc 1997 Escoriza, Diaz-Paniagua, Andreu & Hassine 2022 Fritz & Havas 2006 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996