List of reptiles of Cyprus



There are several species of reptiles in Cyprus including venomous and non-venomous snakes, lizards and turtles.

Lizards
Family: Agamidae Family: Chamaeleontida Family: Gekkonidae Family: Lacertidae Family: Scincidae
 * Cyprus rock agama, Laudakia cypriaca (Daan, 1967)
 * Mediterranean chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Kotschy's gecko, Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870)
 * Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus schreiberi (Boettger, 1878)
 * Snake-eyed lizard, Ophisops elegans (Ménétriés, 1832)
 * Troodos lizard, Phoenicolacerta troodica (Werner, 1936)
 * Bridled mabuya, Mabuya vittata (Olivier, 1804)
 * Budak's snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus budaki (Göçmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996)
 * Eyed skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forsskål, 1775)
 * Schneider's skink, Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802)

Snakes
Family: Colubridae Family: Typhlopidae Family: Viperidae
 * Cat snake, Telescopus fallax cyprianus (Barbour & Amaral, 1927)
 * Coin snake, Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834)
 * Cyprus grass snake, Natrix natrix cypriaca (Hecht, 1930)
 * Cyprus whip snake, Hierophis cypriensis (Schätti, 1985)
 * Dahl's whip snake, Platyceps najadum dahli (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Dwarf snake, Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838)
 * Large whip snake, Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Montpelier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)
 * Worm snake, Typhlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820)
 * Cyprian blunt-nosed viper, Macrovipera lebetina lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Turtles
Family: Cheloniidae Family: Geoemydidae
 * Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Western Caspian turtle, Mauremys caspica rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833)