Reptiles introduced to
Canary Islands[Canary Islands, Spain]

 

Checklist of the native reptiles of Canary Islands
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Introduced species(confirmed and presumed introductions, incl. both surviving and extirpated populations, excl. unpublished records)


Species

References
Lizards (Sauria)

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Mediterranean Chameleon

Glaw 2015 Klaver & Böhme 1997 Tilbury 2010 Werner 1902

Anolis carolinensis

Common Green Anole

Norval, Mao & Goldberg 2012

Hemidactylus turcicus

Turkish Half-toed Gecko

Lopez-Jurado 1991

Teira dugesii

Madeiran Wall Lizard

López-dos Santos, López-Jurado, Hernández-Peñate & Mateo 2013 Silva-Rocha, Sá-Sousa, Fariña & Carretero 2016

Tarentola mauritanica

Moorish Wall Gecko

Joger 1984 Lopez-Jurado 1991
Snakes (Serpentes)

Lampropeltis getula

Eastern Kingsnake

Pether & Mateo 2007

Indotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Lopez-Jurado, Pena & Mateo 2006 Mateo 2013 Rato, Silva-Rocha, González-Miras, Rodríguez-Luque, Fariña & Carretero 2015 Urioste & Mateo 2011 Wallach 2009
Turtles (Testudines)

Testudo graeca

Spur-thighed Tortoise

Iverson 1992