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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. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.) Genus Anguis (Slowworms)   Anguis cephallonica Peloponnese Slowworm Boehme & Lymberakis 2017 Chondropoulos 1986 [as fragilis colchicus] Mikulicek, Jablonski, Palenik, Gvozdik & Jandzik 2018 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Thanou, Giokas & Kornilios 2014 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008   Anguis graeca Greek Slowworm Chondropoulos 1986 [as fragilis colchicus] Gvozdik, Benkovsky, Crottini, Bellati, Moravec, Romano, Sacchi & Jandzik 2013 Gvozdik, Jandzik, Lymberakis, Jablonski & Moravec 2010 Mertens 1961 [as f. fragilis] Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 [as fragilis colchicus, based on map] Genus Pseudopus (Eurasian Glass Lizard)   Pseudopus apodus Eurasian Glass Lizard Chondropoulos 1986 Mertens 1961 Obst in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus turcicus Turkish Half-toed Gecko Chondropoulos 1986 Mertens 1961 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 [based on map] Wilson, Stille & Stille 2014 Genus Mediodactylus (Mediterranean Bent-toed Geckos)   Mediodactylus kotschyi Balkan Bent-toed Gecko Beutler in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Chondropoulos 1986 Oefinger & Oefinger 2011 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Wilson, Stille & Stille 2014  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Algyroides (Keeled Lizards)   Algyroides moreoticus Greek Keeled Lizard Bischoff in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Chondropoulos 1986 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008   Algyroides nigropunctatus Blue-throated Keeled Lizard Bischoff in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Chondropoulos 1986 Mertens 1961 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Wilson, Stille & Stille 2014 Genus Lacerta (Eurasian Green Lizards)   Lacerta trilineata Western Balkan Green Lizard Chondropoulos 1986 Kornilios, Thanou, Lymberakis, Ilgaz, Kumlutas & Leache 2020 Mertens 1961 Nettmann & Rykena in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008   Lacerta viridis Eastern Green Lizard Chondropoulos 1986 Nettmann & Rykena in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Wilson, Stille & Stille 2014 Genus Podarcis (Wall Lizards)   Podarcis ionicus Ionian Wall Lizard Chondropoulos 1986 Kabisch in Boehme (ed.) 1986 Mertens 1961 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 [as P. tauricus ionicus] Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 [as tauricus] Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008   * Podarcis levendis Pori Wall Lizard Lymberakis, Poulakakis, Kaliontzopoulou, Valakos & Mylonas 2008 Oefinger & Oefinger 2011 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Ablepharus (Eurasian Snake-eyed Skinks)   Ablepharus kitaibelii European Snake-eyed Skink Chondropoulos 1986 Ljubisavljevic, Dzukic & Kalezic 2002 Skourtanioti, Kapli, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Avci, Ahmadzadeh, Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Ghergel, Lymberakis & Poulakakis 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Genus Ophiomorus (South West Asian Snake Skinks)   Ophiomorus punctatissimus Greek Snake Skink Bischoff in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Chondropoulos 1986 Kornilios, Kumlutas, Lymberakis & Ilgaz 2018 Pieper 1970 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx jaculus Western Sand Boa Chondropoulos 1989 Mertens 1961 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Stimson 1969 Tokar & Obst in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Dolichophis (Greater Whip Snakes)   Dolichophis caspius Caspian Whip Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Mertens 1961 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Szczerbak & Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Venchi & Sindaco 2007 Genus Elaphe (Palearctic-Oriental Rat Snakes)   Elaphe quatuorlineata Western Four-lined Rat Snake Boehme & Szczerbak in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Chondropoulos 1989 Mertens 1961 Schulz 1996 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Genus Hierophis (Eurasian Whip Snakes)   Hierophis gemonensis Balkan Whip Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Henle in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Mertens 1961 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Venchi & Sindaco 2007 Wilson, Stille & Stille 2014 Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)   Natrix natrix Common European Grass Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Kabisch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Mertens 1961 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008   Natrix tessellata Dice Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Gruschwitz, Lenz, Mebert & Lanka in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Mertens 1961 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps najadum European Slender Whip Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Darevsky & Szczerbak in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Mertens 1961 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Venchi & Sindaco 2007 Wilson, Stille & Stille 2014 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus fallax European Cat Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Grillitsch & Grillitsch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Venchi & Sindaco 2007 Genus Zamenis (Western Palearctic Rat Snakes)   Zamenis longissimus Common Aesculapian Snake Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Chondropoulos 1989 Schulz 1996 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Wilson, Stille & Stille 2014   Zamenis situla Leopard Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Mertens 1961 Obst, Szczerbak & Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Schulz 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Venchi & Sindaco 2007  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)   Malpolon insignitus Eastern Montpellier Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Mertens 1961 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Venchi & Sindaco 2007  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Xerotyphlops (Desert Blind Snakes)   Xerotyphlops vermicularis European Worm Snake Chondropoulos 1989 Grillitsch & Grillitsch in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Mertens 1961 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Vipera (Typical Vipers or Adders)   Vipera ammodytes European Nose-horned Viper Chondropoulos 1989 Heckes, Gruber & Stumpel in Joger & Stumpel 2005 Mertens 1961 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Ursenbacher, Schweiger, Tomovic, Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Fumagalli & Mayer 2008 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008

	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 Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 Mertens 1961 Sindaco, Venchi, Carpaneto & Bologna 2000 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Stille & Stille 2017  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Frazier, Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005  Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles) Genus Emys (European Pond Turtles)   Emys orbicularis Common European Pond Turtle Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Mertens 1961 Sindaco & Rossi 2020 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)   Mauremys rivulata Balkan Pond Turtle Mantziou & Rifai 2014 Mertens 1961 Stille & Stille 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Wischuf & Busack in Fritz (ed.) 2001  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)   Testudo hermanni Greek Tortoise Bertolero, Cheylan, Hailey, Livoreil & Willemsen 2011 Cheylan in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Mertens 1961 Stille & Stille 2017 Strachinis & Artavanis 2017 Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008   Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Bringsøe, Buskirk & Willemsen in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Stille & Stille 2017