List of amphibians and reptiles of Gibraltar

This is a list of the amphibian and reptile species recorded in Gibraltar. There are five amphibian and twenty-five reptile species in Gibraltar, 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 International Union for Conservation of Nature:

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:

Order: Caudata (salamanders)



 * Family: Salamandridae (newts)
 * Genus: Pleurodeles
 * Iberian ribbed newt, Pleurodeles waltl NT

Order: Anura (frogs and toads)

 * Suborder: Mesobatrachia
 * Family: Pelobatidae
 * Genus: Pelobates
 * Western spadefoot toad, Pelobates cultripes
 * Family: Bufonidae
 * Genus: Bufo
 * Common toad, Bufo bufo LC
 * Family: Hylidae
 * Genus: Hyla
 * Mediterranean tree frog, Hyla meridionalis LC
 * Family: Ranidae
 * Genus: Rana
 * Perez's frog, Rana perezi LC

Order: Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)

 * Family: Cheloniidae
 * Genus: Caretta
 * Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta EN
 * Genus: Chelonia
 * Green turtle, Chelonia mydas EN
 * Family: Dermochelyidae
 * Genus: Dermochelys
 * Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea CR
 * Family: Emydidae
 * Genus: Emys
 * European pond terrapin, Emys orbicularis LR/nt
 * Genus: Trachemys
 * Red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta LC
 * Suborder: Cryptodira
 * Superfamily: Testudinoidea
 * 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
 * Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica
 * Family: Scincidae (skinks)
 * Genus: Chalcides
 * Bedriaga's skink, Chalcides bedriagai NT
 * Western three-toed skink, Chalcides striatus LC
 * Family: Lacertidae (wall lizards)
 * Genus: Acanthodactylus
 * Red-tailed spiny-footed lizard, Acanthodactylus erythrurus LC
 * Genus: Timon
 * Ocellated lizard, Timon lepidus
 * Genus: Podarcis
 * Iberian wall lizard, Podarcis hispanica
 * Genus: Psammodromus
 * Algerian sand racer, Psammodromus algirus LC
 * Family: Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards)
 * Genus: Blanus
 * Iberian worm lizard, Blanus cinereus LC
 * Suborder: Serpentes (snakes)
 * Family: Colubridae
 * Genus: Hemorrhois
 * Horseshoe whip snake, Hemorrhois hippocrepis LC
 * Genus: Coronella
 * Southern smooth snake, Coronella girondica LC
 * Genus: Rhinechis
 * Ladder snake, Rhinechis scalaris LC
 * Genus: Malpolon
 * Montpellier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus
 * Genus: Macroprotodon
 * Western false smooth snake, Macroprotodon brevis NT
 * Genus: Natrix
 * Viperine snake, Natrix maura
 * Grass snake, Natrix natrix
 * Family: Viperidae
 * Genus: Vipera
 * Lataste's viper, Vipera latastei LC