Reptiles of
Cyprus 

 

Bibliography of the reptiles of Cyprus Taxonomic history of the reptiles of Cyprus Introduced species
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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 Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Laudakia (Asian Rock Agamas)
  *
Laudakia cypriaca

Cypriotic Starred Agama

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Boehme 2012 Beutler in Boehme (ed.) 1981 [as Agama stellio cypriacus] Clark 1973 [as Agama stellio] Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 [as Agama stellio] Daan 1967 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Mediterranean Chameleon

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Tilbury 2010
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus turcicus

Turkish Half-toed Gecko

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986
Genus Mediodactylus (Mediterranean Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Mediodactylus orientalis

Levant Bent-toed Gecko

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 [as kotschyi fitzingeri] Kotsakiozi, Jablonski, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Meiri, Itescu, Kukushkin, Gvozdik, Scillitani, Roussos, Jandzik, Kasapidis, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2018
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus schreiberi

Levant Fringe-toed Lizard

Arnold 1983 Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Tamar, Carranza, Sindaco, Moravec & Meiri 2014
Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)
 
Ophisops elegans

Elegant Snake-eyed Lizard

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Darevsky & Beutler in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Phoenicolacerta (Phoenician Lizards)
  *
Phoenicolacerta troodica

Cyprus Rock Lizard

Arnold 1989 [as laevis] Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Budak & Gocmen 1995 Clark 1973 [as laevis] Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 [as Lacerta laevis] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Tosunoglu, Gocmen, Taskavak & Budak 1999
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Ablepharus (Eurasian Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Ablepharus budaki

North Levant Snake-eyed Skink

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 [as kitaibelii] Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 [as pannonicus] Fuhn 1969 [as kitaibelii] Gocmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu 1996 Gruber in Boehme (ed.) 1981 [as kitaibelii] Schmidtler 1997 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Skourtanioti, Kapli, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Ahmadzadeh, Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Ghergel, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2016
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides ocellatus

Mediterranean Ocellated Skink

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986
Genus Eumeces (Afro-Asian Long-legged Skinks)
 
Eumeces schneiderii

Golden Long-legged Skink

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Darevsky in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 [as "schreiberi"!] Goecmen, Senol & Mermer 2002 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008
Genus Heremites (Western Palearctic Grass Skinks)
 
Heremites vittatus

Bridled Skink

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Dolichophis (Greater Whip Snakes)
 
Dolichophis jugularis

Large Whip Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Geniez 2018 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Sindaco, Venchi, Carpaneto & Bologna 2000
Genus Eirenis (Middle Eastern Dwarf Snakes)
 
Eirenis levantinus

Levant Dwarf Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Geniez 2018 Mahlow, Tillack, Schmidtler & Muller 2013 Schmidtler, Goecmen, Yildiz, Akman, Yalcinkaya & Nagy 2009
Genus Hemorrhois (Palearctic Whip Snakes)
 
Hemorrhois nummifer

Coin-marked Whip Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 [as ravergieri] Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Geniez 2018 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Gruber 1989 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
Genus Hierophis (Eurasian Whip Snakes)
  *
Hierophis cypriensis

Cyprus Whip Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Geniez 2018 Gruber 1989 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)
 
Natrix natrix

Common European Grass Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Geniez 2018 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Kindler, Boehme, Corti, Gvozdik, Jablonski, Jandzik, Metallinou, Siroky & Fritz 2013 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Steward 1971
 
Natrix tessellata

Dice Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Gasperetti 1988 Geniez 2018 Goecmen & Mebert 2011 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Steward 1971
Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)
 
Platyceps najadum

European Slender Whip Snake

Bucknill & Boulenger 1913 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Geniez 2018 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Steward 1971
Genus Rhynchocalamus (Middle East Black-headed Snakes)
 
Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus

Palestine Black-headed Snake

Tamar, Wiedl, Maza, Jablonski & Meiri 2020
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus fallax

European Cat Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Geniez 2018 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Grillitsch & Grillitsch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Steward 1971
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)
 
Malpolon insignitus

Eastern Montpellier Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Carranza, Arnold & Pleguezuelos 2006 Clark 1973 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 [as M. monspessulanus] Geniez 2018 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Xerotyphlops (Desert Blind Snakes)
 
Xerotyphlops vermicularis

European Worm Snake

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Geniez 2018 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Grillitsch & Grillitsch in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Macrovipera (Giant Vipers)
 
Macrovipera lebetinus

Blunt-nosed Viper

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Clark 1973 David & Ineich 1999 David & Vogel 2010 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Geniez 2018 Goecmen, Atatur, Budak, Bahar, Yildiz & Alpagut-Keskin 2009 Gruber 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Szczerbak & Boehme 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

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Broderick & Godley 1996 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Broderick & Godley 1996 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Frazier, Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
 
Mauremys rivulata

Balkan Pond Turtle

Baier, Sparrow & Wiedl 2009 Demetropoulos & Lambert 1986 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 [as caspica] Mantziou & Rifai 2014 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Wischuf & Busack in Fritz (ed.) 2001