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
TestudinidaeSpecies | Common name | Distribution | Conservation status[1] | Image |
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Testudo graeca | Spur-thighed tortoise | | | |
Testudo hermanni | Hermann's tortoise | | | | |
Family Emydidae
EmydidaeSpecies | Common name | Distribution | Conservation status | Image |
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Emys orbicularis | European pond turtle | | | |
Trachemys scripta | Pond slider | | | | |
Family Cheloniidae
CheloniidaeSpecies | Common name | Distribution | Conservation status | Image |
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Caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle | | | |
Chelonia mydas | Green sea turtle | | | |
Eretmochelys imbricata | Hawksbill sea turtle | | | | |
Order Squamata
Family Blanidae
BlanidaeSpecies | Common name | Distribution | Conservation status | Image |
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Blanus cinereus | Iberian Worm Lizard | | | |
Blanus tingitanus | - | | | | |
Gekkota (families Gekkonidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Phyllodactylidae)
GekkonidaeSpecies | Common name | Distribution | Conservation status | Image |
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Saurodactylus mauritanicus | - | | | |
Tarentola angustimentalis | East Canary Gecko | | | |
Tarentola boettgeri | Boettger's Wall Gecko | | | |
Tarentola delalandii | Tenerife Gecko | | | |
Tarentola gomerensis | Gomero Wall Gecko | | | |
Tarentola mauritanica | Common or Moorish Wall Gecko, Salamanquesa, Crocodile gecko, European common gecko, Maurita naca gecko | | | | |
Serpentes
Family Viperidae
ViperidaeSpecies | Common name | Distribution | Conservation status | Image |
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Vipera aspis | Asp, asp viper, European asp, aspic viper, European viper, Jura viper | | | |
Vipera latastei | Lataste's viper, snub-nosed viper, snub-nosed adder | | | |
Vipera seoanei | Baskian viper, Iberian cross adder, Portuguese viper | | | | |
Notes
- Worldwide conservation status (not exclusive to the Iberian Peninsula) according to IUCN Red List: