Reptiles of
Spanish mainland [Spain]

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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 Blanidae (Mediterranean Worm Lizards)
Genus Blanus (Mediterranean Worm Lizards)
 
Blanus vandellii

Central Iberian Worm Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 [as cinereus] Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 [as B. cinereus]

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Anguis (Slowworms)
 
Anguis fragilis

Western European Slowworm

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Mediterranean Chameleon

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Glaw 2015 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Tilbury 2010
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus turcicus

Turkish Half-toed Gecko

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus erythrurus

Red-tailed Fringe-toed Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006
Genus Algyroides (Keeled Lizards)
  *
Algyroides marchi

Spanish Keeled Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Salvador & Palacios in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Iberolacerta (Southern European Rock Lizards)
 
Iberolacerta aranica

Aran Rock Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Iberolacerta aurelioi

Lurida Rock Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Iberolacerta bonnali

Pyrenean Rock Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
  *
Iberolacerta cyreni

Carpetane Rock Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
  *
Iberolacerta galani

Leonean Rock Lizard

Arribas, Carranza & Odierna 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
  *
Iberolacerta martinezricai

Sierra de Francia Rock Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Arribas, Carranza & Odierna 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Iberolacerta monticola

West Iberian Rock Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Arribas, Galan, Remon & Naveira 2014 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Lacerta (Eurasian Green Lizards)
 
Lacerta agilis

Northern Eurasian Sand Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006
 
Lacerta bilineata

Western Green Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Lacerta schreiberi

Iberian Green Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Podarcis (Wall Lizards)
 
Podarcis bocagei

Northwest Iberian Wall Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis carbonelli

Southwest Iberian Wall Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis galerai

Galera Wall Lizard

Bassitta, Buades, Perez-Cembranos, Perez-Mellado, Terrasa, Brown, Navarro, Lluch, Ortega, Castro, Picornell & Ramon 2020
  *
Podarcis guadarramae

Guadarrama Wall Lizard

Caeiro-Dias, Rocha, Couto, Pereira, Brelsford, Crochet & Pinho 2021 Geniez, Sa-Sousa, Guillaume, Cluchier & Crochet 2014 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
  *
Podarcis hispanicus

Southeast Iberian Wall Lizard

Geniez, Cluchier, Sa-Sousa, Guillaume & Crochet 2007 Geniez, Sa-Sousa, Guillaume, Cluchier & Crochet 2014 Kaliontzopoulou, Carretero & Llorente 2012 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis liolepis

Catalonian Wall Lizard

Geniez, Deso, Jacob, Thomas & Issartel 2008 Geniez, Sa-Sousa, Guillaume, Cluchier & Crochet 2014 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis muralis

Common European Wall Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis vaucheri

Andalusian Wall Lizard

Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Psammodromus (Western Mediterranean Sand Lizards)
 
Psammodromus algirus

Greater Sand Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006
  *
Psammodromus hispanicus

Central Iberian Sand Lizard

Fitze, Gonzalez-Jimena, San-Jose, Mauro & Zardoya 2012 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Timon (Ocellated Lizards)
 
Timon lepidus

Northern Ocellated Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
  *
Timon nevadensis

Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard

Bischoff 1996 Buchholz 1963 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Zootoca (Eurasian Forest Lizards)
 
Zootoca vivipara

Viviparous Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola mauritanica

Moorish Wall Gecko

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides bedriagai

Spanish Cylindrical Skink

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006
 
Chalcides striatus

Western Three-toed Cylindrical Skink

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Orsini & Cheylan in Boehme (ed.) 1981 [as C. chalcides] Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coronella (Palearctic Smooth Snakes)
 
Coronella austriaca

Northern Smooth Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Engelmann in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Jablonski, Nagy, Avci, Olgun, Kukushkin, Safaei-Mahroo & Jandzik 2019 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Coronella girondica

Southern Smooth Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Dusej in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Hemorrhois (Palearctic Whip Snakes)
 
Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Horseshoe Whip Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Carranza, Arnold & Pleguezuelos 2006 Schatti in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Hierophis (Eurasian Whip Snakes)
 
Hierophis viridiflavus

Western Whip Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 [as viridiflavus] Heimes in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Macroprotodon (False Smooth Snakes)
 
Macroprotodon brevis

Western False Smooth Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Busack & McCoy 1990 Joger in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Vasconcelos & Harris 2006 Wade 1988
Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)
 
Natrix astreptophora

Iberian Grass Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 [as natrix] Arnold & Ovenden 2002 Gruber 1989 Kabisch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Kindler, Boehme, Corti, Gvozdik, Jablonski, Jandzik, Metallinou, Siroky & Fritz 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Natrix maura

Viperine Grass Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Schatti in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Zamenis (Western Palearctic Rat Snakes)
 
Zamenis longissimus

Common Aesculapian Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Schulz 1996 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Zamenis scalaris

Ladder Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Cheylan & Guillaume in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Schulz 1996 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)
 
Malpolon monspessulanus

Western Montpellier Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Carranza, Arnold & Pleguezuelos 2006 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Vipera (Typical Vipers or Adders)
 
Vipera aspis

Asp Viper

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 David & Vogel 2010 Gruber 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Trutnau, Boehme & Joger in Joger & Stumpel 2005
 
Vipera latastei

Snub-nosed Viper

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 David & Ineich 1999 David & Vogel 2010 Gruber 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stumpel, Brito & Saint-Girons in Joger & Stumpel 2005
 
Vipera seoanei

Northern Iberian Viper

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Brito & Saint-Girons 2005 David & Ineich 1999 David & Vogel 2010 Gruber 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 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

Gonzalez-Paredes, Fernandez-Maldonado, Grondona, Martinez-Valverde & Marco 2021 Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005
 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

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
 
Mauremys leprosa

Western Mediterranean Pond Turtle

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Keller & Busack in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)
 
Testudo graeca

Spur-thighed Tortoise

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Buskirk, Keller & Andreu in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Escoriza, Diaz-Paniagua, Andreu & Hassine 2022 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Testudo hermanni

Greek Tortoise

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Bertolero, Cheylan, Hailey, Livoreil & Willemsen 2011 Cheylan in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016