Checklist of European Amphibians and Reptiles

On this page you can find a checklist for all European Amphibian and Reptile species. This checklist is based upon the Species list of the European herpetofauna by Speybroeck et al. 2020. Minor changes have been made to this list*. Names marked in light grey are species I have yet to see in the wild. 

Salamanders and Newts

Siberian Salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii)
Pyrenean Brook Newt (Calotriton asper)
Montseny Brook Newt (Calotriton arnoldi)

Golden-striped Salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica)
Corsican Brook Newt (Euproctus montanus)
Sardinian Brook Newt (Euproctus platycephalus)

Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris)
Iberian Newt (Lissotriton boscai)
Greek Smooth Newt (Lissotriton graecus)
Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus)
Italian Newt (Lissotriton italicus)

Maltzan's Newt (Lissotriton maltzani)
Montandon's Newt (Lissotriton montandoni) 
Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
Luschan's Salamander (Lyciasalamandra luschani)
Karpathos Salamander (Lyciasalamandra helverseni) 
Sharp-ribbed Newt (Pleurodeles waltl)
Alpine Salamander (Salamandra atra) 
Corsican Fire Salamander (Salamandra corsica)
Lanza’s Alpine Salamander (Salamandra lanzai) 
Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
Northern Spectacled Salamander (Salamandrina perspicillata)

Southern Spectacled Salamander (Salamandrina terdigitata)
Italian Crested Newt (Triturus carnifex)
Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
Donube Crested Newt (Triturus dobrogicus)

Buresch's Crested Newt (Triturus ivanbureschi)

Karelin's Crested Newt (Triturus karelinii)
Macedonian Crested Newt (Triturus macedonicus)
Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus)
Southern Marbled Newt (Triturus pygmaeus)
Northern Banded Newt (Ommatotriton ophryticus)

Ambrosi’s Cave Salamander (Speleomantes ambrosii)
Monte Albo Cave Salamander (Speleomantes flavus)
Gené's Cave Salamander (Speleomantes genei)
Scented Cave Salamander (Speleomantes imperialis)
Italian Cave Salamander (Speleomantes italicus)
Strinati's Cave Salamander (Speleomantes strinatii) 
Sopramonte Cave Salamander (Speleomantes supramontis)
Sette Fratelli Cave Salamander (Speleomantes sarrabusensis)

Olm (Proteus anguinus)

Frogs and Toads
Catalonian Midwife Toad (Alytes almogavarii)
Iberian Midwife Toad (Alytes cisternasii)
Betic Midwife Toad (Alytes dickhilleni)
Majorcan Midwife Toad (Alytes muletensis)
Common Midwife Toad (Alytes obstetricans)

Iberian Painted Frog (Discoglossus galganoi)
Corsican Painted Frog (Discoglossus montalentii)
Painted Frog (Discoglossus pictus)
Tyrrhenian Painted Frog (Discoglossus sardus)
Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina bombina) 
Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata)
Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
Spiny Toad (Bufo spinosus)
African Green Toad (Bufotes boulengeri)

Cyprus Green Toad (Bufotes cypriensis)

Green Toad (Bufotes viridis)
Natterjack Toad (Epidalea calamita)

Common Tree Frog (Hyla arborea)
Italian  Tree Frog (Hyla intermedia)
Stripeless Tree Frog (Hyla meridionalis)
Iberian Tree Frog (Hyla molleri)
Eastern Tree Frog (Hyla orientalis)
Tyrrhenian Tree Frog (Hyla sarda)

Lemon-yellow Tree Frog (Hyla savignyi)
Balkan Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates balcanicus)
Western Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates cultripes)
Common Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates fuscus)
Eastern Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates syriacus)

Pallas' Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates vespertinus)
Portuguese Parsley Frog (Pelodytes atlanticus)

Caucasian Parsley Frog (Pelodytes caucasicus)

Iberian Parsley Frog (Pelodytes ibericus)
Parsley Frog (Pelodytes punctatus) 
Levant Water Frog (Pelophylax bedriagae)
Cretan Water Frog (Pelophylax cretensis)

Cyprus Water Frog (Pelophylax cypriensis)
Epirus Water Frog (Pelophylax epeiroticus)

Edible Frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)

Graf's Hybrid Frog (Pelophylax kl. grafi)
Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
Iberian Water Frog (Pelophylax perezi)
Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
Albanian Pool Frog (Pelophylax shqipericus)

American Bull Frog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Moor Frog (Rana arvalis)
Agile Frog (Rana dalmatina)
Balkan Stream Frog (Rana graeca)
Iberian Stream Frog (Rana iberica) 
Italian Stream Frog (Rana italica)
Italian Agile Frog (Rana latastei)

Caucasian Brown Frog (Rana macrocnemis)

Galician Common Frog (Rana parvipalmata)
Pyrenean Stream Frog (Rana pyrenaica)
Common Frog (Rana temporaria)
African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis)

Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)

Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
Marginated Tortoise (Testudo marginata)
European Pond Terrapin (Emys orbicularis)

Caspian Terrapin (Mauremys caspica)
Moorish Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa)
Balkan Terrapin (Mauremys rivulata)
Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)
African Softshell Turtle (Trionyx triunguis)

Lizards

Caucasian Agama (Laudakia caucasia)

Cyprus Starred Agama (Laudakia cypriaca)

Starred Agama (Laudakia stellio)

Spotted Toadhead Agama (Phrynocephalus guttatus)

Sunwatcher Toadhead Agama (Phrynocephalus helioscopus)

Turan Toadhead Agama (Phrynocephalus mystaceus)

Steppe Agama (Trapelus sanguinolentus)

African Chameleon (Chamaeleo africanus)

Yemen Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
Mediterranean Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)

Cuban Green Anole (Anolis porcatus)

European Leaf-toed Gecko (Euleptes europaea)

Caspian Even-fingered Gecko (Alsophylax pipiens)

Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
Turkish Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

Cretan Bent-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus bartoni)

Bulgarian Bent-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus danilewskii)

Kotschy's Gecko (Mediodactylus kotschyi)

Oertzen's Bent-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus oertzeni)

Eastern Bent-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus orientalis)
Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus russowii)

Bogdanov's Bent-toed Gecko (Tenuidactylus bogdanovi)

Caspian Bent-toed Gecko (Tenuidactylus caspius)

East Canary Gecko (Tarentola angustimentalis)

Gran Canaria Gecko (Tarentola boettgeri)

Tenerife Gecko (Tarentola delalandii)

La Gomera Gecko (Tarentola gomerensis)

Moorish Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)

Lycian Snake-eyed Skink (Ablepharus anatolicus)

Budak's Snake-eyed Skink (Ablepharus budaki)
Snake-eyed Skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii) 
Bedriaga's Skink (Chalcides bedriagai)
Italian Three-toed Skink (Chalcides chalcides) 

La Gomera Skink (Chalcides coeruleopunctatus)
Ocellated Skink (Chalcides ocellatus) 

Gran Canaria Skink (Chalcides sexlineatus)

East Canary Skink (Chalcides simonyi)
Western Three-toed Skink (Chalcides striatus) 

West Canary Skink (Chalcides viridanus)

Schneider's Skink (Eumeces schneiderii)
Levant Skink (Heremites auratus)

Bridled Skink (Heremites vittatus)

Anatolian Limbless Skink (Ophiomorus kardesi)
Limbless Skink (Ophiomorus punctatissimus)

Peloponnese Slow Worm (Anguis cephallonica) 
Eastern Slow Worm (Anguis colchica) 
Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis)
Greek Slow Worm (Anguis graeca)
Italian Slow Worm (Anguis veronensis)
Glass Lizard (Pseudopus apodus)
 
Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus)

Schreiber's Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi)

Tyrrhenian Algyroides (Algyroides fitzingeri)

Spanish Algyroides (Algyroides marchi)
Greek Algyroides (Algyroides moreoticus)

Dalmatian Algyroides (Algyroides nigropunctatus)
Anatolian Rock Lizard (Anatololacerta anatolica)

Finike Rock Lizard (Anatololacerta finikensis)
Pelasgian Rock Lizard (Anatololacerta pelasgiana)
Bedriaga's Rock Lizard (Archaeolacerta bedriagae)
Sharp-snouted Rock Lizard (Dalmatolacerta oxycephala)
Mosor Rock Lizard (Dinarolacerta mosorensis)
Prokletije Rock Lizard (Dinarolacerta montenegrina)

Alpine Rock Lizard (Darevskia alpina)

Armenian Rock Lizard (Darevskia armeniaca)

Brauner's Rock Lizard (Darevskia brauneri)

Caucasus Rock Lizard (Darevskia caucasica)

Dagestan Rock Lizard (Darevskia daghestanica)

Dahl's Rock Lizard (Darevskia dahli)

Derjugin's Rock Lizard (Darevskia derjugini)

Crimean Rock Lizard (Darevskia lindholmi)

Meadow Lizard (Darevskia praticola) 

Rough-tailed Rock Lizard (Darevskia rudis)

Northwestern Caucasus Rock Lizard (Darevskia saxicola)
Steppe Runner (Eremias arguta) 

Rapid Steppe Runner (Eremias velox)

Atlantic Lizard (Gallotia atlantica)

La Gomera Giant Lizard (Gallotia bravoana)

Boettger's Lizard (Gallotia caesaris)

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti)

Tenerife Speckled Lizard (Gallotia intermedia)

El Hierro Giant Lizard (Gallotia simonyi)

Gran Canaria Giant Lizard (Gallotia stehlini)
Greek Rock Lizard (Hellenolacerta graeca)
Aran Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta aranica)
Aurelio's Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta aurelioi)
Pyrenean Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta bonnali)
Carpetane Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta cyreni)
Leon Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta galani) 
Horvath's Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi) 
Batuecan Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta martinezricai)
Iberian Rock Lizard (Iberolacerta monticola)
Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
Western Green Lizard (Lacerta bilineata)

Cyclades Green Lizard (Lacerta citrovittata)

Eastern Balkan Green Lizard (Lacerta diplochondrodes)

Middle East Green Lizard (Lacerta media)

Iberian Green Lizard (Lacerta schreiberi)

Caspian Green Lizard (Lacerta strigata)
Balkan Green Lizard (Lacerta trilineata)
Eastern Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis) 
Snake-eyed Lacertid (Ophisops elegans)

Dwarf Lizard (Parvilacerta parva)

Troodos Lizard (Phoenicolacerta troodica)
Bocage's Wall Lizard (Podarcis bocagei) 
Carbonell's Wall Lizard (Podarcis carbonelli)
Cretan Wall Lizard (Podarcis cretensis)
Erhard's Wall Lizard (Podarcis erhardii) 
Maltese Wall Lizard (Podarcis filfolensis)
Skyros Wall Lizard (Podarcis gaigeae)

Guadarrama Wall Lizard (Podarcis guadarramae)
Spanish Wall Lizard (Podarcis hispanicus)
Ionian Wall Lizard (Podarcis ionicus)
Pori Wall Lizard (Podarcis levendis)
Lilford's Wall Lizard (Podarcis lilfordi)
Catalonian Wall Lizard (Podarcis liolepis)

Lusitanian Wall Lizard (Podarcis lusitanicus)
Dalmatian Wall Lizard (Podarcis melisellensis)
Milos Wall Lizard (Podarcis milensis) 
Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Peloponnese Wall Lizard (Podarcis peloponnesiacus)
Ibiza Wall Lizard (Podarcis pityusensis)
Aeolian Wall Lizard (Podarcis raffonei)
Italian Wall Lizard (Podarcis siculus)
Balkan Wall Lizard (Podarcis tauricus)

Eastern Peloponnese Wall Lizard (Podarcis thais)
Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta)
Andalusian Wall Lizard (Podarcis vaucheri)

Central Iberian Wall Lizard (Podarcis virescens)
Sicilian Wall Lizard (Podarcis waglerianus)
Algerian Psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus)
Edwards's Psammodromus (Psammodromus edwarsianus)
Spanish Psammodromus (Psammodromus hispanicus) 
Western Psammodromus (Psammodromus occidentalis)
Moroccan Rock Lizard (Scelarcis perspicillata)

Madeira Rock Lizard (Teira dugesii)
Ocellated Lizard (Timon lepidus)

Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard (Timon nevadensis)

Carniolian Lizard (Zootoca carniolica)
Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

Iberian Worm Lizard (Blanus cinereus)

Central Iberian Worm Lizard (Blanus rufus)
Anatolian Worm Lizard (Blanus strauchi)

Snakes

Flowerpot Snake (Indotyphlops braminus)

Worm Snake (Xerotyphlops vermicularis)

Sand Boa (Eryx jaculus)

Dwarf Sand Boa (Eryx miliaris)

Eastern Montpellier Snake (Malpolon insignitus)

Western Montpellier Snake (Malpolon monspessulanus)

Iberian Grass Snake (Natrix astreptophora)

Barred Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica)
Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
Viperine Snake (Natrix maura)
Dice Snake (Natrix tessellata)

Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca)
Southern Smooth Snake (Coronella girondica)
Caspian Whip Snake (Dolichophis caspius)
Black Whip Snake (Dolichophis jugularis)

Schmidt's Whip Snake (Dolichophis schmidti)

Collared Dwarf Snake (Eirenis collaris)

Levant Dwarf Snake (Eirenis levantinus)
Masked Dwarf Snake (Eirenis modestus)

Steppe Snake (Elaphe dione)
Four-lined Snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
Blotched Snake (Elaphe sauromates) 

Amur Rat Snake (Elaphe schrenckii)

Chinese Beauty Snake (Elaphe taeniura)

Urartian Rat Snake (Elaphe urartica)
Algerian Whip Snake (Hemorrhois algirus)
Horseshoe Whip Snake (Hemorrhois hippocrepis)
Coin-marked Snake (Hemorrhois nummifer)

Spotted Whip Snake (Hemorrhois ravergieri)

Cyprus Whip Snake (Hierophis cypriensis)
Balkan Whip Snake (Hierophis gemonensis) 
Western Whip Snake (Hierophis viridiflavus)

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae)
Iberian False Smooth Snake (Macroprotodon brevis)
Algerian False Smooth Snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus)
Reddish Whip Snake (Platyceps collaris) 
Dahl's Whip Snake (Platyceps najadum)
Cat Snake (Telescopus fallax)

Transcaucasian Rat Snake (Zamenis hohenackeri)
Italian Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis lineatus)
Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) 

Ladder Snake (Zamenis scalaris)
Leopard Snake (Zamenis situla)

Blunt-nosed Viper (Macrovipera lebetinus) 
Ottoman Viper (Montivipera xanthina)
Nose-horned Viper (Vipera ammodytes)
Asp Viper (Vipera aspis)
Adder (Vipera berus)

Dinnik's Viper (Vipera dinniki)

Greek Mountain Viper (Vipera graeca)

Caucasus Viper (Vipera kaznakovi)
Lataste's Viper (Vipera latastei)

Steppe Viper (Vipera renardi)
Seoane's Viper (Vipera seoanei)
Meadow Viper (Vipera ursinii)

310 species/291 species seen

*Additional species to this list come in the form of recent species splits (Pelophylax cypriensis, Laudakia cypriaca, Ablepharus anatolicus, Podarcis lusitanicus, Podarcis thais) and a few introduced species (Chelydra serpentina, Chamaeleo calyptratus, Anolis porcatus, Hemidactylus mabouia, Elaphe taeniura).