List of reptiles of Spain explained

This is a list of all reptiles living in Spain, both in the Iberian Peninsula and other territories such as Ceuta, Melilla, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands (including marine reptiles that can be found on its shores). Both native and introduced species are included.

Order Testudines

Family Testudinidae

Testudinidae
SpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation status[1] Image
Testudo graecaSpur-thighed tortoise
Testudo hermanniHermann's tortoise

Family Emydidae

Emydidae
SpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImage
Emys orbicularisEuropean pond turtle
Trachemys scriptaPond slider

Family Cheloniidae

Cheloniidae
SpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImage
Caretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtle
Chelonia mydasGreen sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricataHawksbill sea turtle

Order Squamata

Family Blanidae

Blanidae
SpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImage
Blanus cinereusIberian Worm Lizard
Blanus tingitanus-

Gekkota (families Gekkonidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Phyllodactylidae)

Gekkonidae
SpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImage
Saurodactylus mauritanicus-
Tarentola angustimentalisEast Canary Gecko
Tarentola boettgeriBoettger's Wall Gecko
Tarentola delalandiiTenerife Gecko
Tarentola gomerensisGomero Wall Gecko
Tarentola mauritanicaCommon or Moorish Wall Gecko, Salamanquesa, Crocodile gecko, European common gecko, Maurita naca gecko

Serpentes

Family Viperidae

Viperidae
SpeciesCommon nameDistributionConservation statusImage
Vipera aspisAsp, asp viper, European asp, aspic viper, European viper, Jura viper
Vipera latasteiLataste's viper, snub-nosed viper, snub-nosed adder
Vipera seoaneiBaskian viper, Iberian cross adder, Portuguese viper

Notes

  1. Worldwide conservation status (not exclusive to the Iberian Peninsula) according to IUCN Red List: