This is a list of the amphibian and reptile species recorded in Gibraltar. There are five

amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

and twenty-five

reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...

species in

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, of which one is critically endangered, two are endangered, one is vulnerable, and three are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the

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: Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:

Class:
Amphibia Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arbore ...

Order:
Caudata The Caudata are a group of amphibians containing the extant salamanders (Urodela) and all extinct species of amphibians more closely related to salamanders than to frogs. They are typically characterized by a superficially lizard-like appearance ...
(salamanders)

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Salamandridae Salamandridae is a family of salamanders consisting of true salamanders and newts. Salamandrids are distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of their bodies and by their rough skin. Their skin is v ...

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Pleurodeles ''Pleurodeles'' is a genus of three species, the ribbed newts: The Iberian ribbed newt is the most common of the species, and the most frequently used as a model organism by scientists. However, its numbers in the wild are declining, and in 200 ...

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Iberian ribbed newt The Iberian ribbed newt, gallipato or Spanish ribbed newt (''Pleurodeles waltl'') is a newt endemic to the central and southern Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. It is the largest European newt species and it is also known for its sharp ribs which ...

, ''Pleurodeles waltl'' ^NT

Order: Anura (frogs and toads)

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Mesobatrachia The Mesobatrachia (Ancient Greek ''μέσος'' (mésos, "middle") + ''batrachia'' ("frogs")) is a paraphyletic group of relatively primitive frogs. At the end of 2016, it contained 3 superfamilies ( Pelobatoidea, Pelodytoidea and Pipoidea), 6 f ...

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Pelobatidae The European spadefoot toads are a family of frogs, the Pelobatidae, with only one extant genus ''Pelobates'', containing six species. They are native to Europe, the Mediterranean, northwestern Africa, and western Asia. Description The Europe ...

***Genus: '' Pelobates'' **** Western spadefoot toad, ''Pelobates cultripes'' **Family: Bufonidae ***Genus: '' Bufo'' **** Common toad, ''Bufo bufo'' ^LC **Family: Hylidae ***Genus: ''

Hyla ''Hyla'' is a genus of frogs in the tree frog family Hylidae. As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus with more than 300 species found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and across the Americas. After a major revision of the family most of th ...

'' **** Mediterranean tree frog, ''Hyla meridionalis'' ^LC **Family: Ranidae ***Genus: ''

Rana Rana may refer to: Astronomy * Rana (crater), a crater on Mars * Delta Eridani or Rana, a star People, groups and titles * Rana (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Rana (title), a histori ...

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Perez's frog The Perez's frog, also known as Iberian waterfrog, Iberian green frog, or Coruna frog (''Pelophylax perezi'') is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is native to southern France, Portugal, Spain, and has been introduced to the Canary an ...

, ''Rana perezi'' ^LC

Class: Reptilia

Order: Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)

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Caretta The loggerhead sea turtle (''Caretta caretta'') is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around in carapace length when fully ...

'' **** Loggerhead sea turtle, ''Caretta caretta'' ^EN ***Genus: '' Chelonia'' **** Green turtle, ''Chelonia mydas'' ^EN **Family:

Dermochelyidae Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles. Classification of known genera The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in ...

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Dermochelys The leatherback sea turtle (''Dermochelys coriacea''), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weights ...

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Leatherback turtle The leatherback sea turtle (''Dermochelys coriacea''), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weights ...

, ''Dermochelys coriacea'' ^CR **Family:

Emydidae Emydidae (Latin ''emys'' (freshwater tortoise) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (''eîdos'', “appearance, resemblance”)) is a family of testudines (turtles) that includes close to 50 species in 10 genera. Members of this family are commonly calle ...

***Genus: '' Emys'' ****

European pond terrapin The European pond turtle (''Emys orbicularis''), also called commonly the European pond terrapin and the European pond tortoise, is a species of long-living freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the Western Palearc ...

, ''Emys orbicularis'' ^LR/nt ***Genus: '' Trachemys'' **** Red-eared slider, ''Trachemys scripta'' ^LC *Suborder: Cryptodira **Superfamily:

Testudinoidea Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and the tor ...

***Family: Geoemydidae ****Subfamily: Geoemydinae *****Genus: '' Mauremys'' ****** Mediterranean pond turtle, ''Mauremys leprosa'' **Family: Testudinidae ***Genus: '' Testudo'' **** Spur-thighed tortoise, ''Testudo graeca'' ^VU

Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)

---- *Suborder: Sauria **Family: Chamaeleonidae ***Genus: '' Chamaeleo'' **** Common chameleon, ''Chamaeleo chamaeleon'' **Family: Gekkonidae ***Genus: '' Hemidactylus'' **** Mediterranean house gecko, ''Hemidactylus turcicus'' ***Genus: ''

Tarentola ''Tarentola'' is a genus of geckos, commonly known as wall geckos. They are native to lands on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean; on the western side they can be found in the West Indies, while on the eastern side they can be found in mainland A ...

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Moorish gecko ''Tarentola mauritanica'', known as the common wall gecko, is a species of gecko (Gekkota) native to the western Mediterranean area of North Africa and Europe. It has been introduced to Madeira and Balearic Islands, and the Americas (in Montevid ...

, ''Tarentola mauritanica'' **Family: Scincidae (skinks) ***Genus: ''

Chalcides ''Chalcides'' is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae (= Scincidae ''sensu'' Hedges 2014), a monophyletic clade of primarily African skinks. Species The following species are recognized as bei ...

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Bedriaga's skink ''Chalcides bedriagai'', commonly known as Bedriaga's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It usually lives in sandy areas with sparse vegetation and good ground cover. It can a ...

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Western three-toed skink The western three-toed skink (''Chalcides striatus'') is a species of lizard with tiny legs in the family Scincidae. It is found in the Iberian Peninsula, southern France and parts of northwestern Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forests ...

, ''Chalcides striatus'' ^LC **Family:

Lacertidae The Lacertidae are the family (biology), family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group o ...

(wall lizards) ***Genus: ''

Acanthodactylus ''Acanthodactylus'' is a genus of lacertid lizards, commonly referred to as fringe-fingered lizards, fringe-toed lizards (though the latter common name is also used for the New World lizard genus ''Uma''), and spiny-toed lizards. Geographic ra ...

'' **** Red-tailed spiny-footed lizard, ''Acanthodactylus erythrurus'' ^LC ***Genus: '' Timon'' ****

Ocellated lizard The ocellated lizard or jewelled lizard (''Timon lepidus'') is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae (wall lizards). The species is endemic to southwestern Europe. Common names Additional common names for ''T. lepidus'' include eyed lizar ...

, ''Timon lepidus'' ***Genus: ''

Podarcis ''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' fo ...

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Iberian wall lizard ''Podarcis hispanicus,'' also known as Iberian wall lizard, is a small wall lizard species of the genus ''Podarcis''. It is found in the Iberian peninsula, in northwestern Africa and in coastal districts in Languedoc-Roussillon in France. In Span ...

, ''Podarcis hispanica'' ***Genus: '' Psammodromus'' ****

Algerian sand racer ''Psammodromus algirus'', known Common name, commonly as the Algerian psammodromus, the Algerian sand racer, and the large psammodromus, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Lacertidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to wester ...

, ''Psammodromus algirus'' ^LC **Family: Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards) ***Genus: '' Blanus'' ****

Iberian worm lizard The Iberian worm lizard, Mediterranean worm lizard, or European worm lizard (''Blanus cinereus'') is a species of reptile in the family Blanidae (worm lizards) of the clade Amphisbaenia. The Iberian worm lizard is locally known as ''cobra-ceg ...

, ''Blanus cinereus'' ^LC *Suborder: Serpentes (snakes) **Family:

Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...

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Hemorrhois ''Hemorrhois'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. Species It contains the following four species: * '' Hemorrhois algirus'' (Jan, 1863) * ''Hemorrhois hippocrepis'' ( Linnaeus, 1758), horseshoe whip snake * '' Hemorrhois nummifer'' ...

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Horseshoe whip snake The horseshoe whip snake (''Hemorrhois hippocrepis'') is a species of snake in the family Colubridae . The species is native to southwestern Europe and northern Africa. Description Adults of ''H. hippocrepis'' may attain a total length (includin ...

, ''Hemorrhois hippocrepis'' ^LC ***Genus: '' Coronella'' ****

Southern smooth snake :''Common names:'' southern smooth snake, Riccioli's snake.'' ''Coronella girondica'' is a species of harmless snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Europe and northern Africa. No subspecies are recognized as being va ...

, ''Coronella girondica'' ^LC ***Genus: '' Rhinechis'' ****

Ladder snake The ladder snake (''Zamenis scalaris'') is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southwestern Europe. Distribution The geographic range of the ladder snake includes Portugal, Spain, southern France a ...

, ''Rhinechis scalaris'' ^LC ***Genus: ''

Malpolon ''Malpolon'' is a genus of snakes, containing the following species: *''Malpolon insignitus'' (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) – eastern Montpellier snake *''Malpolon moilensis'' (Reuss, 1834) – False cobra *''Malpolon monspessulanus'' (Hermann ...

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Montpellier snake ''Malpolon monspessulanus'', commonly known as the Montpellier snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake. Geographic range It is very common in Spain, Portugal and Northwest Africa, being also present in the southern Mediterranean ...

, ''Malpolon monspessulanus'' ***Genus: ''

Macroprotodon ''Macroprotodon'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. All of the member species of the genus are commonly known as false smooth snakes. Taxonomy The genus ''Macroprotodon'' was originally described by French zoologist Alphone Guiche ...

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Western false smooth snake The western false smooth snake or Iberian false smooth snake (''Macroprotodon brevis'') is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. Feeding habits The species feeds exclusively on vertebrates, mainly reptiles, and mostly long-bodied prey w ...

, ''Macroprotodon brevis'' ^NT ***Genus: ''

Natrix ''Natrix'' is a genus of Old World snakes found across Eurasia (although the range of ''Natrix tessellata'' extends into Egypt and those of '' N. astreptophora'' and '' N. maura'' into north-west Africa) in the subfamily Natricinae of the famil ...

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Viperine snake ''Natrix maura'' is a natricine water snake of the genus ''Natrix''. Its common name is viperine water snake or viperine snake. Despite its common names, it is not a member of the subfamily Viperinae. This nonvenomous, semiaquatic, fish-eating s ...

, ''Natrix maura'' **** Grass snake, ''Natrix natrix'' **Family: Viperidae ***Genus: ''

Vipera ''Vipera'' (; commonly known as the palaearctic vipersSpawls S, Branch B (1995). ''The Dangerous Snakes of Africa: Natural History, Species Directory, Venoms and Snakebite''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books / Dubai: Oriental Press. 1 ...

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Lataste's viper ''Vipera latastei'', known as Lataste's viper, the snub-nosed viper,Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. . and the snub-nos ...

, ''Vipera latastei'' ^LC

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A Amphibians and reptiles

Class: Amphibia Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arbore ...

Order: Caudata The Caudata are a group of amphibians containing the extant salamanders (Urodela) and all extinct species of amphibians more closely related to salamanders than to frogs. They are typically characterized by a superficially lizard-like appearance ... (salamanders)

Order: Anura (frogs and toads)

Class: Reptilia

Order: Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)

Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)

See also

References

Class:
Amphibia Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arbore ...

Order:
Caudata The Caudata are a group of amphibians containing the extant salamanders (Urodela) and all extinct species of amphibians more closely related to salamanders than to frogs. They are typically characterized by a superficially lizard-like appearance ...
(salamanders)