To complement the information on our herpetofauna the following list has been prepared wthich contains all the reptile species of Cyprus classified in four main categories i.e. Sea turtles, Freshwater Turtles, Lizards and Snakes:

Sea Turtles
• Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)
• Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

  Freshwater Turtles
  

• Striped Terrapiķ (Mauremys caspica rivulata)

  Lizards
  

• Kotchy's Gecko (Cyrtodactylus kotchyi fitzingeri )
• Hardun (Agama stellio cypriaca)
• Turkish Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
• Common Chamaeleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon rectistricta)
• Fringe-fingered Lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi)
• Troodos Rock Lizard (Lacerta laevis troodica)
• Snake-eyed Lizard (Ophisops elegans schlueteri) Snake-eyed Skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii)
• Ocellated Skink (Chalcides ocellatus ocellatus) Striped Skink (Mabuya vittata)
• Schneider's Skink (Eumeces schneideri)
• Blind Wormsnake (Typhlops vermicularis)
• Desert Whipsnake (Coluber nummifer)
• Large European Whipsnake (Coluber jugularis)
• Cyprus Whipsnake (Coluber cypriensis)
• Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
• Montpellier Snake (Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus)
• Cyprus Catsnake (Telescopus fallax cyprianus)
• Blunt-nosed Viper (Vipera lebetina lebetina)

Bibliography

1. Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe, E.N. Arnold and J.A. Burton
2. The Snakes of Cyprus. R. Konstantinides
3. Amphibians and Reptiles of Cyprus, The Herpetological Society of Cyprus
4. The Snakes as an Important Ring to the Chain of Life, A. Mavroskouphis
5. Snakes and Us, A.L. Antoniou
6. The Snakes of Europe, J.W. Steward

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