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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 ( ...

s of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. There are 136 species of reptiles in Turkey."Distribution: Turkey"

Reptile Database The Reptile Database is a scientific database that collects taxonomic information on all living reptile species (i.e. no fossil species such as dinosaurs). The database focuses on species (as opposed to higher ranks such as families) and has entrie ...

Class:
Reptilia 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 ( ...

Order:
Squamata Squamata (, Latin ''squamatus'', 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians (worm lizards), which are collectively known as squamates or scaled reptiles. With over 10,900 species, ...
(lizards and snakes)

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Amphisbaenia Amphisbaenia (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of usually legless squamates, comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by their long bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes. As ...
(worm lizards)

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Blanidae ''Blanus'' is a genus of amphisbaenians found in the Mediterranean region of Europe and North Africa. Like other amphisbaenians, ''Blanus'' species are specialized for a subterranean existence, with long, slender bodies, reduced limbs, and rudim ...

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Blanus ''Blanus'' is a genus of amphisbaenians found in the Mediterranean region of Europe and North Africa. Like other amphisbaenians, ''Blanus'' species are specialized for a subterranean existence, with long, slender bodies, reduced limbs, and rudim ...

'' *** Alexander's worm lizard (''Blanus alexandri'') ***

Turkish worm lizard The Turkish worm lizard (''Blanus strauchi'') is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Blanidae. The species is native to Southeast Europe and the Middle East. There are two recognized subspecies. Etymology The specific name, ''strauchi'', ...

(''Blanus aporus'') *** Anatolian worm lizard (''Blanus strauchi'')

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Anguimorpha The Anguimorpha is a suborder of squamates. The group was named by Fürbringer in 1900 to include all autarchoglossans closer to '' Varanus'' and '' Anguis'' than ''Scincus ''Scincus'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Th ...
(legless lizards and monitors)

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Anguidae Anguidae refers to a large and diverse family of lizards native to the Northern Hemisphere. Common characteristics of this group include a reduced supratemporal arch, striations on the medial faces of tooth crowns, osteoderms, and a lateral fold ...

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Pseudopus ''Pseudopus'' is a genus of anguid lizards that are native to Eurasia. One extant species remains, the sheltopusik, with four fossil species. They are the most robust members of subfamily Anguinae. The oldest fossils of the group date to the Earl ...

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Sheltopusik The sheltopusik (''Pseudopus apodus''), also commonly called Pallas's glass lizard the European legless lizard, or the European glass lizard, is a species of large glass lizard found from Southern Europe to Central Asia. Etymology ''Pseudo ...

(''Pseudopus apodus'') ** Genus: ''

Anguis SlowwormsThe "slow-" in slowworm is distinct from the English adjective ''slow'' ("not fast"); the word comes from Old English ''slāwyrm'', where ''slā-'' means "slowworm" and ''wyrm'' means "serpent, reptile". () (also called blindworms and ha ...

'' *** Common slowworm (''Anguis fragilis'') * Family:

Varanidae The Varanidae are a family of lizards in the superfamily Varanoidea within the Anguimorpha group. The family, a group of carnivorous and frugivorous lizards, includes the living genus '' Varanus'' and a number of extinct genera more closely relat ...

** Genus: '' Varanus'' ***

Desert monitor The desert monitor (''Varanus griseus'') is a species of monitor lizard of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia. The desert monitor is carnivorous, feeding on a wide range of vertebrates and inverteb ...

(''Varanus griseus'')

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Iguania Iguania is an infraorder of squamate reptiles that includes iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and New World lizards like anoles and phrynosomatids. Using morphological features as a guide to evolutionary relationships, the Iguania are believed t ...
(agamas and chameleons)

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Agamidae Agamidae is a family (biology), family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards. Overview phylogenetics, Phylogenetic ...

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Paralaudakia ''Paralaudakia'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, which are endemic to Eurasia. Taxonomy All of the species of the genus ''Paralaudakia'' are sometimes included in the genus ''Laudakia'', ''sensu lato''. For African a ...

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Caucasian agama The Caucasian agama (''Paralaudakia caucasia'') is a species of Agamidae, agamid lizard found in the Caucasus, E/S Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Dagestan (Russia), E Turkey, Iraq, N Iran, Afghanistan, ...

(''Paralaudakia caucasia'') ** Genus: ''

Laudakia ''Laudakia'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, in the family Agamidae. The genus is found mostly in Asia, with some species in Southern Europe. Taxonomy Some species of ''Laudakia'', ''sensu lato'', are now recognized i ...

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Laudakia stellio ''Laudakia stellio '' is a species of agamid lizard.Baig KJ et al. (2012)"A morphology-based taxonomic revision of ''Laudakia'' Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae)".''Vertebrate Zoology'' 62 (2): 213–260. (''Stellagama'', new genus, p. 222). also ...

** Genus: ''

Phrynocephalus ''Phrynocephalus'' is a genus which includes 33 species of small and medium-sized agamid lizards, commonly called toadhead agamas or toad-headed agamas, that inhabit open arid and semiarid environments of Asia and Eastern Europe. The systematic ...

'' *** Sunwatcher toad-headed agama (''Phrynocephalus helioscopus'') *** Persian toad-headed agama (''Phrynocephalus persicus'') ** Genus: ''

Trapelus ''Trapelus'' is a genus of Middle Eastern agamid lizards, which contains 13 species. Species Listed alphabetically, the species are:

'' *** Horny-scaled agama (''Trapelus lessonae'') * Family: Chamaeleonidae ** Genus: ''

Chamaeleo ''Chamaeleo'' is a genus of chameleons in the family Chamaeleonidae. Most species of the genus ''Chamaeleo'' are found in sub-Saharan Africa, but a few species are also present in northern Africa, southern Europe, and southern Asia east to Indi ...

'' *** Common chameleon (''Chamaeleo chamaeleon'')

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Lacertilia Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia althou ...
(true lizards)

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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 ...

** Genus: '' Acanthodactylus'' *** Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (''Acanthodactylus boskianus'') *** Harran fringe-toed lizard (''Acanthodactylus harranensis'') ***

Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'') is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East. Etymology Both the specific name, ''schreiberi'', and the common name, Schreiber's f ...

(''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'') ** Genus: '' Anatololacerta'' *** Anatolian rock lizard (''Anatololacerta anatolica'') *** Danford's lizard (''Anatololacerta danfordi'') ** Genus: ''

Apathya ''Apathya'' is a genus of lizards of the family (biology), family ''Lacertidae''. Species * ''Apathya cappadocica'' (Werner, 1902) - Anatolian lizard * ''Apathya yassujica'' (Nilson, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani & Andrén, 2003) - Yassujia ...

'' *** Anatolian lizard (''Apathya cappadocica'') ** Genus: ''

Darevskia ''Darevskia'' is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae living in the Caucasus, Iran and Turkey in forest and grassy habitats with numerous rock outcrops. Among rock lizards, 7 parthenogenetic species are known. Description These are ...

'' *** Armenian lizard (''Darevskia armeniaca'') *** Bendimahi lizard (''Darevskia bendimahiensis'') *** Brauner's lizard (''Darevskia brauneri'') *** Clark's lizard (''Darevskia clarkorum'') *** Derjugin's lizard (''Darevskia derjugini'') *** Charnali lizard (''Darevskia dryada'') *** Ajarian lizard (''Darevskia mixta'') *** Georgian lizard (''Darevskia parvula'') *** Meadow lizard (''Darevskia praticola'') *** Radde's lizard (''Darevskia raddei'') ***

Spiny-tailed lizard ''Uromastyx'' is a genus of African and Asian agamid lizards, the member species of which are commonly called spiny-tailed lizards, uromastyces, mastigures, or dabb lizards. Lizards in the genus ''Uromastyx'' are primarily herbivorous, but occas ...

(''Darevskia rudis'') *** Van lizard (''Darevskia sapphirina'') *** Saxicolous lizard (''Darevskia saxicola'') *** White-bellied lizard (''Darevskia unisexualis'') *** Uzzell's lizard (''Darevskia uzzelli'') *** Valentin's lizard (''Darevskia valentini'') ** Genus: ''

Eremias ''Eremias'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae, the wall lizards. They are native to Asia and southeastern Europe, where they live in desert and steppe regions.Rastegar-Pouyani N, Rastegar-Pouyani E (2001)"A new species of ''Eremi ...

'' *** Steppe-runner (''Eremias arguta'') *** Pleske's racerunner (''Eremias pleskei'') *** Strauch's racerunner (''Eremias strauchi'') *** Suphan racerunner (''Eremias suphani'') ** Genus: ''

Lacerta Lacerta is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin for lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except ...

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Sand lizard The sand lizard (''Lacerta agilis'') is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe from France and across the continent to Lake Baikal in Russia. It does not occur in European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy. In the sand lizard ...

(''Lacerta agilis'') *** Three-lined lizard (''Lacerta media'') *** Rock lizard (''Lacerta oertzeni'') *** Pamphylian green lizard (''Lacerta pamphylica'') *** Caspian green lizard (''Lacerta strigata'') *** Balkan green lizard (''Lacerta trilineata'') ***

European green lizard The European green lizard (''Lacerta viridis'') is a large lizard distributed across European midlatitudes from Slovenia and eastern Austria to as far east as the Black Sea coasts of Ukraine and Turkey. It is often seen sunning on rocks or lawns, ...

(''Lacerta viridis'') ** Genus: ''

Mesalina ''Mesalina'' is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. Species The following 20 described species are recognized as being valid."''Mesalina'' ". The Reptile DatabaseReptile-database.cz/ref> *'' Mesalina adramitana'' – Hadramaut s ...

'' *** Blanford's short-nosed desert lizard (''Mesalina brevirostris'') ** Genus: ''

Ophisops ''Ophisops'' is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. They are small lacertids characterized by transparent lower eyelids that are completely or partially fused with the upper lids to form a cap over the eye. Species of the genus ...

'' *** Snake-eyed lizard (''Ophisops elegans'') ** Genus: '' Parvilacerta'' *** Dwarf lizard (''Parvilacerta parva'') ** Genus: '' Phoenicolacerta'' *** Sparse blue lizard (''Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa'') *** Lebanon lizard (''Phoenicolacerta laevis'') ** 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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Common wall lizard ''Podarcis muralis'' (common wall lizard) is a species of lizard with a large distribution in Europe and well-established introduced populations in North America, where it is also called the European wall lizard. It can grow to about in total ...

(''Podarcis muralis'') ***

Italian wall lizard The Italian wall lizard or ruin lizard (''Podarcis siculus'', from the Greek meaning agile and feet) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. ''P. siculus'' is native to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy, Serbia Serbia ...

(''Podarcis siculus'') ***

Balkan wall lizard ''Podarcis tauricus'', the Balkan wall lizard, is a common lizard in the family Lacertidae native to south eastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is a terrestrial species found in steppe, grassland, olive groves, cultivated land, meadows, rural garde ...

(''Podarcis tauricus'') ** Genus: ''

Timon Timon is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: People * Timon of Athens (person), 5th-century Athenian and legendary misanthrope * Timon of Phlius (c. 320 BCE – c. 235 BCE), a Pyrrhonist philosopher of Ptolemaic Egypt and Hell ...

'' *** Siirt lizard (''Timon princeps'')

Suborder:
Scincomorpha Scincomorpha is an infraorder and clade of lizards including skinks (Scincidae) and their close relatives. These include the living families Cordylidae (girdled lizards), Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards), and Xantusiidae (night lizards), as well ...
(skinks)

* Family: Scincidae ** Genus: '' Ablepharus'' *** Twin-striped skink (''Ablepharus bivittatus'') *** Budak's snake-eyed skink (''Ablepharus budaki'') *** Chernov's skink (''Ablepharus chernovi'') *** European copper skink (''Ablepharus kitaibelii'') ** 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 ...

'' *** Gongilo (''Chalcides ocellatus'') ** Genus: ''

Eumeces The genus ''Eumeces'' (family Scincidae) comprises four African to Middle-Eastern skink species. Systematics Recently two taxonomic revisions have been made regarding the 19th century genus ''Eumeces''. They both resulted in similar results; the ...

'' *** Berber skink (''Eumeces schneiderii'') ** Genus: ''

Ophiomorus ''Ophiomorus'' is a genus of Old World skinks. www.reptile-database.org. The limbs are either reduced or absent, depending on the species. They are sometimes known as limbless skinks or snake skinks. Members of the genus live under rocks or in b ...

'' *** Limbless skink (''Ophiomorus punctatissimus'') ** Genus: '' Heremites'' *** Golden grass mabuya (''Heremites auratus'') ** Genus: ''

Trachylepis ''Trachylepis'' is a skink genus in the subfamily Mabuyinae found mainly in Africa. Its members were formerly included in the "wastebin taxon" ''Mabuya'', and for some time in '' Euprepis''. As defined today, ''Trachylepis'' contains the clade ...

'' *** Bridled mabuya (''Trachylepis vittata'')

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Scleroglossa Scleroglossa is a group of lizards that includes geckos, autarchoglossans (scincomorphs, anguimorphs, and varanoids), and amphisbaenians. Scleroglossa is supported by phylogenetic analyses that use morphological features (visible anatomical featu ...
(geckos)

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Gekkonidae Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 64 genera. Members of the Gekkonidae comprise many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos (''Hemidactylus''), tokay ge ...

** Genus: '' Cyrtopodion'' *** Blanford's middle-toed gecko (''Cyrtopodion heterocercum'') *** Kotschy's middle-toed gecko (''Cyrtopodion kotschyi'') *** Rough-tailed gecko (''Cyrtopodion scabrum'') ** Genus: ''

Eublepharis ''Eublepharis'' is a genus of terrestrial geckos native to eastern and southwestern Asia. The genus was first described by the British zoologist John Edward Gray in 1827. The etymology of their name is 'eu' = good (=true) , 'blephar' = eyelid, a ...

'' *** Iranian fat-tailed gecko (''Eublepharis angramainyu'') ** Genus: ''

Hemidactylus __NOTOC__ ''Hemidactylus'' is a genus of the common gecko family, Gekkonidae. It has 189 described species, newfound ones being described every few years. These geckos are found in all the tropical regions of the world, extending into the subtrop ...

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Mediterranean house gecko The Mediterranean house gecko (''Hemidactylus turcicus'') is a species of house gecko common to the Mediterranean area which has spread to many parts of the world. It is commonly referred to as the Turkish gecko as represented in its Latin name ...

(''Hemidactylus turcicus'') ** Genus: ''

Stenodactylus ''Stenodactylus'' is a genus of Middle-Eastern and North-African gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos a ...

'' *** Jordan short-fingered gecko (''Stenodactylus grandiceps'') * Family:

Phyllodactylidae The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of over 150 species in 10 genera, distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The family was first delineated based on a molecular phylogenetic ...

** Genus: '' Asaccus'' *** Werner's leaf-toed gecko (''Asaccus elisae'')

Suborder:
Serpentes Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints ...
(snakes)

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Typhlopidae The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel-like burrowing str ...

** Genus: ''

Letheobia ''Letheobia'' is a genus of Scolecophidia, blind snakes in the Family (biology), family Typhlopidae.Van Wallach, Wallach, Van (2005) "''Letheobia pauwelsi'', a new species of blindsnake from Gabon (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)." ''African Journal of H ...

'' *** Beaked blindsnake (''Letheobia episcopus'') ** Genus: ''

Typhlops ''Typhlops'' is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. Some species which were formerly placed in the genus ''Typhlops'' have been moved to the genera '' Afrotyphlops, Amerotyphlops, Anilios, ...

'' *** European blindsnake (''Typhlops vermicularis'') * Family:

Leptotyphlopidae The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of snakes found in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two subfamilies ...

** Genus: ''

Myriopholis ''Myriopholis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. Most of the species were previously placed in the genus ''Leptotyphlops''. Species The genus contains the following species: *'' Myriopholis adleri'' – Adler's worm snake *' ...

'' *** Long-nosed worm-snake (''Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus'') * Family: ''

Boidae The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific Islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda ...

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Eryx Eryx is a French short-range portable semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) based wire-guided anti-tank missile (ATGM) manufactured by MBDA France and by MKEK under licence. The weapon can also be used against larger bunkers and smal ...

'' *** Javelin sand boa (''Eryx jaculus'') * 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 ...

** Genus: ''

Coronella ''Coronella'' is a genus of harmless snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Europe, North Africa and West Asia. Two species are currently recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. :''Common names: Smooth snakes.'' ...

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Smooth snake The smooth snake (''Coronella austriaca'')Street D (1979). ''The Reptiles of Northern and Central Europe''. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 268 pp. . is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in northern and cen ...

(''Coronella austriaca'') ** Genus: '' Dolichophis'' ***

Caspian whipsnake The Caspian whipsnake (''Dolichophis caspius'', sometimes also ''Coluber caspius'') also known as the large whipsnake (among various other species in genus ''Dolichophis''/'' Coluber''), is a common species of whipsnake found in the Balkans ...

(''Dolichophis caspius'') *** Black whipsnake (''Dolichophis jugularis'') *** Red-bellied racer (''Dolichophis schmidti'') ** Genus: ''

Eirenis ''Eirenis'' is a genus of Old World snakes in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. Species The genus ''Eirenis'' contains the following 23 described species:The TIGR Reptile Database - Genus Eirenis' *''Eirenis africanus'' - African dwarf ...

'' *** Bolkar dwarf snake (''Eirenis aurolineatus'') *** Baran's dwarf racer (''Eirenis barani'') *** Collared dwarf racer (''Eirenis collaris'') *** Crowned dwarf snake (''Eirenis coronella'') *** Narrow-striped dwarf snake (''Eirenis decemlineatus'') *** Eiselt's dwarf racer (''Eirenis eiselti'') *** Hakkari dwarf snake (''Eirenis hakkariensis'') *** Levantine dwarf snake (''Eirenis levantinus'') *** Striped dwarf snake (''Eirenis lineomaculatus'') *** Ring-headed dwarf snake (''Eirenis modestus'') *** Dotted dwarf racer (''Eirenis punctatolineatus'') *** Roth's dwarf racer (''Eirenis rothii'') *** Van dwarf snake (''Eirenis thospitis'') ** Genus: ''

Elaphe ''Elaphe'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. ''Elaphe'' is one of the main genera of the rat snakes, which are found in many regions of the northern hemisphere. ''Elaphe'' species are medium to large constrictors by nature. Althoug ...

'' *** Blotched snake (''Elaphe sauromates'') ** Genus: '' Hemorrhois'' *** Coin-marked snake (''Hemorrhois nummifer'') *** Spotted whipsnake (''Hemorrhois ravergieri'') ** 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: '' Muhtarophis'' *** Baran's black-headed dwarf snake (''Muhtarophis barani'') ** 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 ...

'' *** Large-headed water snake (''Natrix megalocephala'') ***

Grass snake The grass snake (''Natrix natrix''), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, is a Eurasian non-venomous colubrid snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians. Subspecies Many subspecies are recogniz ...

(''Natrix natrix'') ***

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(''Natrix tessellata'') ** Genus: ''

Platyceps ''Platyceps'' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae endemic to Eurasia. Taxonomy The genus was erected in 1860 by Edward Blyth, allying species previously described. The genus name ''Platyceps'' was inadvertently used for a fossil spe ...

'' *** Red whipsnake (''Platyceps collaris'') *** Dahl's whipsnake (''Platyceps najadum'') *** Glossy-bellied racer (''Platyceps ventromaculatus'') ** Genus: '' Pseudocyclophis'' *** Dark-headed dwarf racer (''Pseudocyclophis persicus'') ** Genus: '' Rhynchocalamus'' *** Black-headed groundsnake (''Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus'') ** Genus: '' Spalerosophis'' *** Diadem snake (''Spalerosophis diadema'') ** Genus: '' Telescopus'' *** European catsnake (''Telescopus fallax'') *** Black catsnake (''Telescopus nigriceps'') ** Genus: ''

Zamenis ''Zamenis'' is a genus of Old World nonvenomous snakes in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. Name ''Zamenis'' comes from Greek language, Greek ''wiktionary:ζαμενής, ζαμενής'' (Latin, lat. ''wiktionary:vehemens, vehemens'', ...

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Transcaucasian ratsnake The Transcaucasian ratsnake (''Zamenis hohenackeri''), also commonly known as the Gavand snake, is a species of nonvenomous ratsnake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Western Asia and the Middle East . Etymology The specific n ...

(''Zamenis hohenackeri'') ***

Aesculapian snake The Aesculapian snake (now ''Zamenis longissimus'', previously ''Elaphe longissima''), is a species of nonvenomous snake native to Europe, a member of the Colubrinae subfamily of the family Colubridae. Growing up to in length, it is among the ...

(''Zamenis longissimus'') ***

European ratsnake The European ratsnake or leopard snake (''Zamenis situla''), is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Europe, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus. Geographic range ''Z. situla'' is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croat ...

(''Zamenis situla'') * Family:

Elapidae Elapidae (, commonly known as elapids ; grc, ἔλλοψ ''éllops'' "sea-fish") is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth. Most elapids are venomous, with the exception of the genus Emydoceph ...

** Genus: ''

Walterinnesia ''Walterinnesia'' is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus contains two species, known commonly as desert black snakes or black desert cobras, which are endemic to the Middle East."''Walterinnesia'' ". ITIS (Integrated Ta ...

'' *** Eastern desert black snake (''Walterinnesia morgani'') * Family:

Viperidae The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of snakes found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, and various other isolated islands. They are venomous and have long (relative to non-vipers), hinged fangs tha ...

** Genus: '' Macrovipera'' *** Blunt-nosed viper (''Macrovipera lebetinus'') ** Genus: '' Montivipera'' *** Central Turkish mountain viper (''Montivipera albizona'') *** Armenian viper (''Montivipera raddei'') *** Ocellated mountain viper (''Montivipera wagneri'') ***

Ottoman viper ''Montivipera xanthina'', known as the rock viper, coastal viper, Ottoman 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 b ...

(''Montivipera xanthina'') ** Genus: '' Pseudocerastes'' ***

Persian horned viper The Persian horned viper (''Pseudocerastes persicus''), known as the Persian horned viper, false horned viper,Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publi ...

(''Pseudocerastes persicus'') ** Genus: '' Vipera'' ***

Long-nosed viper ''Vipera ammodytes'' (other common names include horned viper, long-nosed viper, nose-horned viper, sand viper)Street, D. 1979. ''The Reptiles of Northern and Central Europe''. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 268 pp. . is a viper species found in sout ...

(''Vipera ammodytes'') *** Baran's adder (''Vipera barani'') ***

Common European adder ''Vipera berus'', the common European adderMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. (2003). ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. . or common European viper,Stidworthy J. (1974). ...

(''Vipera berus'') *** Darevsky's viper (''Vipera darevskii'') *** Armenian steppe viper (''Vipera eriwanensis'') *** Caucasus viper (''Vipera kaznakovi'') *** Pontic adder (''Vipera pontica'') *** Transcaucasian sand viper (''Vipera transcaucasiana'') *** Meadow viper (''Vipera ursinii'')

Order:
Testudines Turtles are an order (biology), order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) an ...
(turtles and tortoises)

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Cryptodira The Cryptodira ('' el, hidden neck'') are a suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira (side-necked turtles) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the ...

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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 sea 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'') * Family:

Cheloniidae Cheloniidae is a family of typically large marine turtles that are characterised by their common traits such as, having a flat streamlined wide and rounded shell and almost paddle-like flippers for their forelimbs. They are the only sea turtles t ...

** Genus: '' Caretta'' ***

Loggerhead sea turtle 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 ...

(''Caretta caretta'') ** Genus: ''

Chelonia The green sea turtle (''Chelonia mydas''), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Chelonia''. Its range exten ...

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Green sea turtle The green sea turtle (''Chelonia mydas''), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Chelonia''. Its range exten ...

(''Chelonia mydas'') * 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 ''Emys'' is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (''sensu lato'') is endemic to Europe and North America. Species The following two species may be assigned to the genus ''Emys'' (''sensu lato''). ''Nota bene'': A bin ...

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European pond turtle 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 Palearct ...

(''Emys orbicularis'') * Family:

Geoemydidae The Geoemydidae (formerly known as Bataguridae) are one of the largest and most diverse families in the order Testudines (turtles), with about 70 species. The family includes the Eurasian pond and river turtles and Neotropical wood turtles. Memb ...

** Genus: ''

Mauremys ''Mauremys'' is a genus of turtles in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). Species include: * Japanese pond turtle, ''M. japonica'' * Yellow pond turtle, ''M. mutica'' **''M. mutica mutica'' **''M. mutica kami'' * Vietnamese pon ...

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Caspian turtle The Caspian turtle or striped-neck terrapin (''Mauremys caspica'') is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (=Bataguridae), living in the eastern Mediterranean region from southwestern former USSR and central Iran to Saudi Arabia, Bahrai ...

(''Mauremys caspica'') ***

Balkan pond turtle The Balkan terrapin or western Caspian terrapin (''Mauremys rivulata'') is a species of terrapin in the family Geoemydidae. It is found in the Balkan Peninsula (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Ser ...

(''Mauremys rivulata'') * Family:

Trionychidae The Trionychidae are a taxonomic family of a number of turtle genera, commonly known as softshell turtles. The family was erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater turtles, though many can a ...

** Genus: ''

Rafetus ''Rafetus'' is a genus of highly endangered softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. It is a genus of large turtles which are found in freshwater habitats in Asia. Species According to most taxonomists, the genus ''Rafetus'' contains the fo ...

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Euphrates softshell turtle The Euphrates softshell turtle (''Rafetus euphraticus''), also known as the Mesopotamian softshell turtle, is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. It is found throughout much of the Euphrates–Tigris river basin in Iraq, S ...

(''Rafetus euphraticus'') ** Genus: ''

Trionyx ''Trionyx'' is a genus of softshell turtles belonging to the family Trionychidae. In the past many species in the family were classified in this genus, but today '' T. triunguis'', the African or Nile softshell turtle, is the only extant softshel ...

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African softshell turtle The African softshell turtle or Nile softshell turtle (''Trionyx triunguis'') is a large species of turtle from fresh-water and brackish habitats in Africa (larger parts of East, West and Middle Africa) and the Near East (Israel, Lebanon, Syria ...

(''Trionyx triunguis'') * Family: Testudinidae ** Genus: '' Testudo'' ***

Spur-thighed tortoise The Greek tortoise (''Testudo graeca''), also known commonly as the spur-thighed tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. ''Testudo graeca'' is one of five species of Mediterranean tortoises ( genera '' Testudo'' and '' A ...

(''Testudo graeca'') ***

Hermann's tortoise Hermann's tortoise (''Testudo hermanni'') is a species of tortoise. Two subspecies are known: the western Hermann's tortoise (''T. h. hermanni'' ) and the eastern Hermann's tortoise (''T. h. boettgeri'' ). Sometimes mentioned as a subspecies, ...

(''Testudo hermanni'') ***

Marginated tortoise The marginated tortoise (''Testudo marginata'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Greece, Italy, and the Balkans in Southern Europe. It is the largest European tortoise. The marginated tortoise is he ...

(''Testudo marginata'')

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Reptiles Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the Class (biology), class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsid, sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, Squamata, squamates (lizar ...

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Class: Reptilia 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 ( ...

Order: Squamata Squamata (, Latin ''squamatus'', 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians (worm lizards), which are collectively known as squamates or scaled reptiles. With over 10,900 species, ... (lizards and snakes)

Suborder: Amphisbaenia Amphisbaenia (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of usually legless squamates, comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by their long bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes. As ... (worm lizards)

Suborder: Anguimorpha The Anguimorpha is a suborder of squamates. The group was named by Fürbringer in 1900 to include all autarchoglossans closer to '' Varanus'' and '' Anguis'' than ''Scincus ''Scincus'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Th ... (legless lizards and monitors)

Suborder: Iguania Iguania is an infraorder of squamate reptiles that includes iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and New World lizards like anoles and phrynosomatids. Using morphological features as a guide to evolutionary relationships, the Iguania are believed t ... (agamas and chameleons)

Suborder: Lacertilia Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia althou ... (true lizards)

Suborder: Scincomorpha Scincomorpha is an infraorder and clade of lizards including skinks (Scincidae) and their close relatives. These include the living families Cordylidae (girdled lizards), Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards), and Xantusiidae (night lizards), as well ... (skinks)

Suborder: Scleroglossa Scleroglossa is a group of lizards that includes geckos, autarchoglossans (scincomorphs, anguimorphs, and varanoids), and amphisbaenians. Scleroglossa is supported by phylogenetic analyses that use morphological features (visible anatomical featu ... (geckos)

Suborder: Serpentes Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints ... (snakes)

Order: Testudines Turtles are an order (biology), order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) an ... (turtles and tortoises)

Suborder: Cryptodira The Cryptodira ('' el, hidden neck'') are a suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira (side-necked turtles) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the ...

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Class:
Reptilia 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 ( ...

Order:
Squamata Squamata (, Latin ''squamatus'', 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians (worm lizards), which are collectively known as squamates or scaled reptiles. With over 10,900 species, ...
(lizards and snakes)

Suborder:
Amphisbaenia Amphisbaenia (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of usually legless squamates, comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by their long bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes. As ...
(worm lizards)

Suborder:
Anguimorpha The Anguimorpha is a suborder of squamates. The group was named by Fürbringer in 1900 to include all autarchoglossans closer to '' Varanus'' and '' Anguis'' than ''Scincus ''Scincus'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Th ...
(legless lizards and monitors)

Suborder:
Iguania Iguania is an infraorder of squamate reptiles that includes iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and New World lizards like anoles and phrynosomatids. Using morphological features as a guide to evolutionary relationships, the Iguania are believed t ...
(agamas and chameleons)

Suborder:
Lacertilia Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia althou ...
(true lizards)

Suborder:
Scincomorpha Scincomorpha is an infraorder and clade of lizards including skinks (Scincidae) and their close relatives. These include the living families Cordylidae (girdled lizards), Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards), and Xantusiidae (night lizards), as well ...
(skinks)

Suborder:
Scleroglossa Scleroglossa is a group of lizards that includes geckos, autarchoglossans (scincomorphs, anguimorphs, and varanoids), and amphisbaenians. Scleroglossa is supported by phylogenetic analyses that use morphological features (visible anatomical featu ...
(geckos)

Suborder:
Serpentes Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints ...
(snakes)

Order:
Testudines Turtles are an order (biology), order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) an ...
(turtles and tortoises)

Suborder:
Cryptodira The Cryptodira ('' el, hidden neck'') are a suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira (side-necked turtles) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the ...