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Western Green Lizard (subadult female)
Lacerta bilineata
© Teresa Farino
Scientific names of reptiles referred to in Travellers' Nature Guides: Spain
The scientific names for reptiles mentioned in Travellers' Nature Guides: Spain follow
Barbadillo, L J et al. (1999) Anfibios y Reptiles de la Península Ibérica, Baleares y
Canarias. Editorial GeoPlaneta, S A, with common names - as far as possible - taken from
Arnold, E N & Burton, J A (1999) A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain
and Europe. HarperCollins.
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| Common name |
Scientific name |
| Aesculapian snake |
Elaphe longissima |
| amphisbaenian |
Blanus cinereus |
| asp |
Vipera aspis |
| Bedriaga's skink |
Chalcides bedriagai |
| Bocage's wall lizard |
Podarcis bocagei |
| Cantabrican viper |
Vipera seoanei |
| common wall lizard |
Podarcis muralis |
| European pond terrapin |
Emys orbicularis |
| false smooth snake |
Macroprotodon cucullatus |
| grass snake |
Natrix natrix |
| green lizard |
Lacerta bilineata |
| green turtle |
Chelonia mydas |
| Hermann's tortoise |
Testudo hermanni |
| horseshoe whip snake |
Coluber hippocrepis |
| Iberian rock lizard |
Lacerta monticola |
| Iberian wall lizard |
Podarcis hispanica |
| Ibiza wall lizard |
Podarcis pityusensis |
| Italian wall lizard |
Podarcis sicula |
| ladder snake |
Elaphe scalaris |
| large psammodromus |
Psammodromus algirus |
| Lataste's viper |
Vipera latasti |
| leathery turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
| Lilford's wall lizard |
Podarcis lilfordi |
| loggerhead turtle |
Caretta caretta |
| Mediterranean chameleon |
Chamaeleo chamaeleon |
| Montpellier snake |
Malpolon monspessulanus |
| Moorish gecko |
Tarentola mauritanica |
| Moroccan rock lizard |
Lacerta perspicillata |
| ocellated lizard |
Lacerta lepida |
| Pyrenean rock lizard |
Lacerta bonnali |
| red-eared slider |
Trachemys scripta elegans |
| sand lizard |
Lacerta agilis |
| Schreiber's green lizard |
Lacerta schreiberi |
| slow-worm |
Anguis fragilis |
| smooth snake |
Coronella austriaca |
| southern smooth snake |
Coronella girondica |
| Spanish algyroides |
Algyroides marchi |
| Spanish psammodromus |
Psammodromus hispanicus |
| spiny-footed lizard |
Acanthodactylus erythrurus |
| spur-thighed tortoise |
Testudo graeca |
| stripe-necked terrapin |
Mauremys leprosa |
| three-toed skink |
Chalcides striatus |
| Turkish gecko |
Hemidactylus turcicus |
| viperine snake |
Natrix maura |
| viviparous lizard |
Lacerta vivipara |
| western whip snake |
Coluber viridiflavus |
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