List of reptiles of Spain Facts for Kids

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

**Testudinidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Testudo graeca	Spur-thighed tortoise
Testudo hermanni	Hermann's tortoise

**Emydidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Emys orbicularis	European pond turtle
Trachemys scripta	Pond slider

**Geoemydidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Mauremys leprosa	Spanish pond turtle

**Dermochelyidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback sea turtle

**Chamaeleontidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Chamaeleo chamaeleon	Common Chameleon

**Blanidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Blanus cinereus	Iberian Worm Lizard
Blanus tingitanus	-

**Agamidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Agama impalearis	Bibron's agama

**Anguidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Anguis fragilis	Slowworm

**Gekkonidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Hemidactylus turcicus	Mediterranean house gecko
Saurodactylus mauritanicus	-
Tarentola angustimentalis	East Canary Gecko
Tarentola boettgeri	Boettger's Wall Gecko
Tarentola delalandii	Tenerife Gecko
Tarentola gomerensis	Gomero Wall Gecko
Tarentola mauritanica	Common or Moorish Wall Gecko, Salamanquesa, Crocodile gecko, European common gecko, Maurita naca gecko

**Scincidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Chalcides bedriagai	Bedriaga's Skink
Chalcides coeruleopunctatus	-
Chalcides colosii	Riffian Skink, Colosi's Cylindrical Skink
Chalcides mauritanicus	Two-Fingered Skink
Chalcides minutus	Small Three-Toed Skink
Chalcides ocellatus	Ocellated Skink, Eyed Skink, gongilo
Chalcides parallelus	Doumergue's Skink
Chalcides pseudostriatus	Moroccan Three-toed Skink
Chalcides sexlineatus	Gran Canaria Skink
Chalcides simonyi	-
Chalcides striatus	Western Three-toed Skink
Chalcides viridanus	West Canary Skink, Lisa Dorada
Eumeces algeriensis	Algerian Orange-Tailed Skink, Eumece D'Algerie, Bulán

**Lacertidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Acanthodactylus erythrurus	Red-tailed Spiny-footed Lizard
Algyroides marchi	Spanish Algyroides
Gallotia atlantica	Atlantic Lizard
Gallotia auaritae	La Palma Giant Lizard
Gallotia bravoana	La Gomera Giant Lizard
Gallotia caesaris	Boettger's Lizard
Gallotia galloti	Tenerife Lizard, Western Canaries Lizard
Gallotia intermedia	Tenerife Speckled Lizard
Gallotia simonyi	El Hierro Giant Lizard
Gallotia stehlini	Gran Canaria Giant Lizard
Iberolacerta aranica	Aran Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta aurelioi	Aurelio's Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta bonnali	Pyrenean Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta cyreni	-
Iberolacerta galani	Lagartija leonesa
Iberolacerta martinezricai	-
Iberolacerta monticola	Iberian Rock Lizard
Lacerta agilis	Sand Lizard
Lacerta bilineata	Western Green Lizard
Lacerta schreiberi	Iberian Emerald Lizard, Schreiber's Green Lizard
Podarcis atrata	-
Podarcis bocagei	Bocage's Wall Lizard
Podarcis carbonelli	-
Podarcis hispanicus	Iberian Wall Lizard
Podarcis lilfordi	Lilford's Wall Lizard
Podarcis muralis	Wall lizard
Podarcis pityusensis	Ibiza Wall Lizard
Podarcis siculus	Italian wall lizard, Ruin lizard
Podarcis vaucheri	-
Psammodromus algirus	Large Psammodromus
Psammodromus blanci	Blanc's Sand Racer
Psammodromus hispanicus	Spanish Psammodromus
Psammodromus jeanneae	-
Psammodromus manuelae	-
Scelarcis perspicillata	Moroccan rock lizard
Timon lepidus	Ocellated Lizard
Timon tangitana	-
Zootoca vivipara	Viviparous lizard, common lizard

**Trogonophidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Trogonophis wiegmanni	Checkerboard worm lizard

**Colubridae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Coronella austriaca	Smooth snake
Coronella girondica	Southern smooth snake, Riccioli's snake
Hemorrhois hippocrepis	Horseshoe whip snake
Hierophis viridiflavus	Green Whip Snake, Western Whip Snake
Macroprotodon abubakeri	-
Macroprotodon brevis	False smooth snake
Macroprotodon mauritanicus	-
Malpolon monspessulanus	Montpellier snake
Natrix maura	Viperine water snake, viperine snake
Natrix natrix	Grass snake, ringed snake, water snake
Zamenis scalaris	Ladder snake
Zamenis longissimus	Aesculapian Snake

**Viperidae**
Species	Common name	Distribution	Conservation status	Image
Vipera aspis	Asp, asp viper, European asp, aspic viper, European viper, Jura viper
Vipera latastei	Lataste's viper, snub-nosed viper, snub-nosed adder
Vipera seoanei	Baskian viper, Iberian cross adder, Portuguese viper