Reptiles of
Corsica [France]

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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 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 Algyroides (Keeled Lizards)
 
Algyroides fitzingeri

Pygmy Keeled Lizard

Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Schneider in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Archaeolacerta (Tyrrhenian Mountain Lizard)
 
Archaeolacerta bedriagae

Tyrrhenian Mountain Lizard

Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Schneider in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Podarcis (Wall Lizards)
 
Podarcis tiliguerta

Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard

Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Schneider in Boehme (ed.) 1986 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola mauritanica

Moorish Wall Gecko

Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012 Rieppel in Boehme (ed.) 1981 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 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 Hierophis (Eurasian Whip Snakes)
 
Hierophis viridiflavus

Western Whip Snake

Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Heimes in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Lescure & Massary 2012 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)
 
Natrix helvetica

Barred Grass Snake

Arnold & Ovenden 2002 Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Gruber 1989 Kabisch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Kindler, Boehme, Corti, Gvozdik, Jablonski, Jandzik, Metallinou, Siroky & Fritz 2013 Lescure & Massary 2012 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 Delaugerre & Cesarini 2004 Lescure & Massary 2012
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Lescure & Massary 2012
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Emys (European Pond Turtles)
 
Emys orbicularis

Common European Pond Turtle

Castanet & Guyetant 1989 Fritz & Havas 2006 Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Honegger 1981 Lescure & Massary 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Sindaco, Doria, Razzetti & Bernini (eds.) 2006
 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 Iverson 1992 Lescure & Massary 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Wermuth & Mertens 1977