List of reptiles of Portugal

This is a list of the reptiles found in Portugal.

Turtles

Family: Cheloniidae

• Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
• Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
• Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
• Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

Family: Dermochelyidae

• Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Family: Emydinae

• European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)
• Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta)

Family: Geoemydidae

• Mediterranean pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa)

Amphisbaenians (worm lizards)

• Blanus cinereus^[1]
• Blanus mariae^[1]

Lizards

Family: Anguidae

• Slowworm (Anguis fragilis)

Family: Chamaeleonidae

• Gemeines chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)^[2]

Family: Gekkonidae

• House gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
• Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
• Moorish gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)

Family: Lacertidae

• Algerian psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus)^[3]
• Andalusian wall lizard (Podarcis vaucheri)
• Bocage's wall lizard (Podarcis bocagei)^[4]
• Carbonell's wall lizard (Podarcis carbonelli)^[5]
• Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi)^[6]
• Iberian mountain lizard (Iberolacerta monticola)^[7]
• Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus)
• Madeira wall lizard (Teira dugesii)^[8]
• Ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)
• Red-tailed spiny footed lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus)
• Spanish psammodromus (Psammodromus hispanicus)^[9]

Family: Scinidae

• Cylindrical skink (Chalcides chalcides)
• Fogo skink (Chioninia fogoensis)^[10]
• Spanish cylindrical skink (Chalcides bedriagai)
• Western three-toed skink (Chalcides striatus)^[11]

Snakes

Family: Colubridae

• False smooth snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus)
• Iberian grass snake (Natrix astreptophora)^[12]
• Horseshoe snake (Hemorrhois hippocrepis)
• Ladder snake (Rhinechis scalaris)
• Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca)
• Southern smooth snake (Coronella girondica)
• Viperine water snake (Natrix maura)
• Western false smooth snake (Macroprotodon brevis)

Family: Lamprophiidae

• Montpelier snake (Malpolon monspessulanus)

Family: Viperidae

• Lataste's viper (Vipera latastei)
• Portuguese viper (Vipera seoanei)