List of reptiles of Spain

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

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status[note 1]	Image
Testudo graeca	Spur-thighed tortoise		VU [1]
Testudo hermanni	Hermann's tortoise		EN [2]

Family Emydidae

Emydidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Emys orbicularis	European pond turtle		LC [3]
Trachemys scripta	Pond slider		NT [4]

Family Geoemydidae

Geoemydidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Mauremys leprosa	Spanish pond turtle		NE [note 2]

Family Dermochelyidae

Dermochelyidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback sea turtle		CR [5]

Family Cheloniidae

Cheloniidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead sea turtle		EN [6]
Chelonia mydas	Green sea turtle		EN [7]
Eretmochelys imbricata	Hawksbill sea turtle		CR [8]

Order Squamata

Family Chamaeleonidae

Chamaeleontidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Chamaeleo chamaeleon	Common Chameleon		NE [note 3]

Family Blanidae

Blanidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Blanus cinereus	Iberian Worm Lizard		LC [9]
Blanus tingitanus	-		LC [10]

Family Agamidae

Agamidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Agama impalearis	Bibron's agama		NE [note 4][11]

Family Anguidae

Anguidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Anguis fragilis	Slowworm		NE [note 5][12]

Gekkota (families Gekkonidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Phyllodactylidae)

Gekkonidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Hemidactylus turcicus	Mediterranean house gecko		LC [13]
Saurodactylus mauritanicus	-		LC [14]
Tarentola angustimentalis	East Canary Gecko		LC [15]
Tarentola boettgeri	Boettger's Wall Gecko		LC [16]
Tarentola delalandii	Tenerife Gecko		LC [17]
Tarentola gomerensis	Gomero Wall Gecko		LC [18]
Tarentola mauritanica	Common or Moorish Wall Gecko, Salamanquesa, Crocodile gecko, European common gecko, Maurita naca gecko		LC [19]

Family Scincidae

Scincidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Chalcides bedriagai	Bedriaga's Skink		NT [20]
Chalcides coeruleopunctatus	-		NE [note 6]
Chalcides colosii	Riffian Skink, Colosi's Cylindrical Skink		LC [21]
Chalcides mauritanicus	Two-Fingered Skink		EN [22]
Chalcides minutus	Small Three-Toed Skink		VU [23]
Chalcides ocellatus	Ocellated Skink, Eyed Skink, gongilo		NE [note 7][24]
Chalcides parallelus	Doumergue's Skink		EN [25]
Chalcides pseudostriatus	Moroccan Three-toed Skink		NT [26]
Chalcides sexlineatus	Gran Canaria Skink		LC [27]
Chalcides simonyi	-		EN [28]
Chalcides striatus	Western Three-toed Skink		LC [29]
Chalcides viridanus	West Canary Skink, Lisa Dorada		LC [30]
Eumeces algeriensis	Algerian Orange-Tailed Skink, Eumece D'Algerie, Bulán		LC [31]

Family Lacertidae

Lacertidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Acanthodactylus erythrurus	Red-tailed Spiny-footed Lizard		LC [32]
Algyroides marchi	Spanish Algyroides		EN [33]
Gallotia atlantica	Atlantic Lizard		LC [34]
Gallotia auaritae	La Palma Giant Lizard		CR [35]
Gallotia bravoana	La Gomera Giant Lizard		CR [36]
Gallotia caesaris	Boettger's Lizard		LC [37]
Gallotia galloti	Tenerife Lizard, Western Canaries Lizard		LC [38]
Gallotia intermedia	Tenerife Speckled Lizard		CR [39]
Gallotia simonyi	El Hierro Giant Lizard		CR [40]
Gallotia stehlini	Gran Canaria Giant Lizard		LC [41]
Iberolacerta aranica	Aran Rock Lizard		EN [42]
Iberolacerta aurelioi	Aurelio's Rock Lizard		EN [43]
Iberolacerta bonnali	Pyrenean Rock Lizard		NT [44]
Iberolacerta cyreni	-		EN [45]
Iberolacerta galani	Lagartija leonesa		NT [46]
Iberolacerta martinezricai	-		CR [47]
Iberolacerta monticola	Iberian Rock Lizard		VU [48]
Lacerta agilis	Sand Lizard		NE [note 8]
Lacerta bilineata	Western Green Lizard		LC [49]
Lacerta schreiberi	Iberian Emerald Lizard, Schreiber's Green Lizard		NT [50]
Podarcis atrata	-		NE [note 9][51]
Podarcis bocagei	Bocage's Wall Lizard		LC [52]
Podarcis carbonelli	-		EN [53]
Podarcis hispanicus	Iberian Wall Lizard		LC [54]
Podarcis lilfordi	Lilford's Wall Lizard		EN [55]
Podarcis muralis	Wall lizard		LC [56]
Podarcis pityusensis	Ibiza Wall Lizard		NT [57]
Podarcis siculus	Italian wall lizard, Ruin lizard		LC [58]
Podarcis vaucheri	-		LC [59]
Psammodromus algirus	Large Psammodromus		LC [60]
Psammodromus blanci	Blanc's Sand Racer		NT [61]
Psammodromus hispanicus	Spanish Psammodromus		NT [62]
Psammodromus jeanneae	-		LC [63]
Psammodromus manuelae	-		LC [64]
Scelarcis perspicillata	Moroccan rock lizard		LC [65]
Timon lepidus	Ocellated Lizard		NT [66]
Timon tangitana	-		LC [67]
Zootoca vivipara	Viviparous lizard, common lizard		LC [68]

Family Trogonophidae

Trogonophidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Trogonophis wiegmanni	Checkerboard worm lizard		LC [69]

Serpentes

Family Colubridae

Colubridae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Coronella austriaca	Smooth snake		NE [note 10]
Coronella girondica	Southern smooth snake, Riccioli's snake		LC [70]
Hemorrhois hippocrepis	Horseshoe whip snake		LC [71]
Hierophis viridiflavus	Green Whip Snake, Western Whip Snake		LC [72]
Macroprotodon abubakeri	-		DD [73][note 11]
Macroprotodon brevis	False smooth snake		NT [74]
Macroprotodon mauritanicus	-		NE [note 12]
Malpolon monspessulanus	Montpellier snake		LC [75]
Natrix maura	Viperine water snake, viperine snake		LC [76]
Natrix natrix	Grass snake, ringed snake, water snake		LC [77]
Zamenis scalaris	Ladder snake		LC [78]
Zamenis longissimus	Aesculapian Snake		LC [79]

Family Viperidae

Viperidae

Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Vipera aspis	Asp, asp viper, European asp, aspic viper, European viper, Jura viper		LC [80]
Vipera latastei	Lataste's viper, snub-nosed viper, snub-nosed adder		VU [81]
Vipera seoanei	Baskian viper, Iberian cross adder, Portuguese viper		LC [82]

Notes

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

   •  EX : Extinct
   •  EW : Extinct in the Wild
   •  CR : Critically Endangered
   •  EN : Endangered
   •  VU : Vulnerable
   •  NT : Near Threatened
   •  LC : Least Concern
   •  DD : Data Deficient
   •  NE : Not Evaluated
2. Listed as Vulnerable  VU  in Spain
3. Listed as Near Threatened  NT  on national level, and Vulnerable  VU  on local level
4. Listed as Least Concern  LC  in Spain
5. Listed as Least Concern  LC  in Spain
6. Listed as Data Deficient  DD  in Spain
7. Listed as Least Concern  LC  in Spain
8. Listed as Near Threatened  NT  in Spain
9. Listed as Vulnerable  VU  in Spain
10. Listed as Least Concern  LC  in Spain
11. Listed as Data Deficient  DD  in Spain
12. Listed as Data Deficient  DD  in Spain