Reptiles & Amphibians of Europe

Herpetofauna - Species of Europe

Caudata - Tailed amphibians

[5 photos] Montseny Brook newt, Calotriton arnoldi - Carranza & Amat, 2005

[18 photos] Pyrenean Brook Newt, Calotriton asper - (Dugès, 1852)

[24 photos] Golden-striped Salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica - Bocage, 1864

[1 photo] Corsican Brook Newt, Euproctus montanus - (Savi, 1838)

[3 photos] Sardinian Brook Newt, Euproctus platycephalus - (Gravenhorst, 1829)

[56 photos] Alpine Newt, Ichthyosaura alpestris - (Laurenti, 1768)

[16 photos] Bosca's Newt, Lissotriton boscai - (Lataste, 1879)

[31 photos] Palmate Newt, Lissotriton helveticus - (Razoumowsky, 1789)

[2 photos] Italian Newt, Lissotriton italicus - (Peracca, 1898)

[6 photos] Carpathian Newt, Lissotriton montandoni - (Boulenger, 1880)

[66 photos] Common Newt, Lissotriton vulgaris - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[2 photos] Luschan's Salamander, Lyciasalamandra helverseni - (Pieper, 1963)

[2 photos] Luschan's Salamander, Lyciasalamandra luschani - (Steindachner, 1891)

[32 photos] Sharp-ribbed Newt, Pleurodeles waltl - Michahelles, 1830

[2 photos] Olm, Proteus anguinus - Laurenti, 1768

[17 photos] Alpine Salamander, Salamandra atra - Laurenti, 1768

[3 photos] Corsican Fire Salamander, Salamandra corsica - Savi, 1838

[7 photos] Lanza's Salamander, Salamandra lanzai - Nascetti, Andreone, Capula & Bullini, 1988

[234 photos] Fire Salamander, Salamandra salamandra - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[5 photos] Northern Spectacled Salamander, Salamandrina perspicillata - (Savi, 1821)

[4 photos] Southern Spectacled Salamander, Salamandrina terdigitata - (Bonnaterre, 1789)

[7 photos] Ambrosi's Cave Salamander, Speleomantes ambrosii - (Lanza, 1955)

[1 photo] Monte Albo Cave Salamander, Speleomantes flavus - (Stefani, 1969)

[2 photos] Sardinian Cave Salamander, Speleomantes genei - (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)

[1 photo] Odorous Cave Salamander, Speleomantes imperialis - (Stefani, 1969)

[5 photos] Italian Cave Salamander, Speleomantes italicus - (Dunn, 1923)

[1 photo] Sette Fratelli Cave Salamander, Speleomantes sarrabusensis - Lanza, Leo, Forti, Cimmaruta, Caputo & Nascetti, 2001

[24 photos] Strinati's Cave Salamander, Speleomantes strinatii - (Aellen, 1958)

[2 photos] Sopramonte Cave Salamander, Speleomantes supramontis - (Lanza, Nascetti & Bullini, 1986)

[7 photos] Italian Crested Newt, Triturus carnifex - (Laurenti, 1768)

[27 photos] Great Crested Newt, Triturus cristatus - (Laurenti, 1768)

[4 photos] Danube Crested Newt, Triturus dobrogicus - (Kiritzescu, 1903)

[5 photos] Southern Crested Newt, Triturus karelinii - (Strauch, 1870)

[3 photos] Macedonian Crested Newt, Triturus macedonicus - (Karaman, 1922)

[40 photos] Marbled Newt, Triturus marmoratus - (Latreille, 1800)

[28 photos] Southern Marbled Newt, Triturus pygmaeus - (Wolterstorff, 1905)

Anura - Tail-less amphibians

[32 photos] Iberian Midwife Toad, Alytes cisternasii - Boscá, 1879

[20 photos] Betic Midwife Toad, Alytes dickhilleni - Arntzen & García-París, 1995

[2 photos] Majorca Midwife Toad, Alytes muletensis - (Sanchíz & Adrover, 1977)

[70 photos] Common Midwife Toad, Alytes obstetricans - (Laurenti, 1768)

[29 photos] Fire-bellied Toad, Bombina bombina - (Linnaeus, 1761)

[5 photos] Appenine Yellow-bellied Toad, Bombina pachypus - (Bonaparte, 1838)

[85 photos] Yellow-bellied Toad, Bombina variegata - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[138 photos] Common Toad, Bufo bufo - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[90 photos] Natterjack Toad, Bufo calamita - Laurenti, 1768

[75 photos] Green Toad, Bufo viridis - Laurenti, 1768

[26 photos] Portuguese Painted Frog, Discoglossus galganoi - Capula, Nascetti, Lanza, Bullini & Crespo, 1985

[1 photo] Corsican Painted Frog, Discoglossus montalentii - Lanza, Nascetti, Capula & Bullini, 1984

[22 photos] Painted Frog, Discoglossus pictus - Otth, 1837

[5 photos] Tyrrhenian Painted Frog, Discoglossus sardus - Tschudi in: Otth, 1837

[88 photos] Common Tree Frog, Hyla arborea - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[6 photos] Italian Tree Frog, Hyla intermedia - Boulenger, 1882

[49 photos] Stripeless Tree Frog, Hyla meridionalis - Boettger, 1874

[1 photo] Tyrrhenian Tree Frog, Hyla sarda - (De Betta, 1857)

[12 photos] Bull Frog, Lithobates catesbeianus - (Shaw, 1802)

[44 photos] Western Spadefoot Toad, Pelobates cultripes - (Cuvier, 1829)

[33 photos] Common Spadefoot Toad, Pelobates fuscus - (Laurenti, 1768)

[13 photos] Eastern Spadefoot Toad, Pelobates syriacus - Boettger, 1889

[19 photos] Iberian Parsley Frog, Pelodytes ibericus - Sánchez-Herráiz, Barbadillo, Machordom & Sanchiz, 2000

[20 photos] Parsley Frog, Pelodytes punctatus - (Daudin, 1803)

[18 photos] Levant Water Frog, Pelophylax bedriagae - (Camerano, 1882)

[2 photos] Karpathos Water Frog, Pelophylax cerigensis - (Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994)

[6 photos] Cretan Water Frog, Pelophylax cretensis - (Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994)

[4 photos] Epirus Water Frog, Pelophylax epeiroticus - (Schneider, Sofianidou & Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, 1984)

[31 photos] Edible Frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[2 photos] Graf's Frog, Pelophylax kl. grafi - (Crochet, Dubois, Ohler & Tunner, 1995)

[14 photos] Balkan Marsh Frog, Pelophylax kurtmuelleri - (Gayda, 1940)

[17 photos] Pool Frog, Pelophylax lessonae - (Camerano, 1882)

[49 photos] Iberian Water Frog, Pelophylax perezi - (Seoane, 1885)

[56 photos] Marsh Frog, Pelophylax ridibundus - (Pallas, 1771)

[3 photos] Albanian Pool Frog, Pelophylax shqipericus - (Hotz, Uzzell, Günther, Tunner & Heppich, 1987)

[14 photos] Moor Frog, Rana arvalis - Nilsson, 1842

[43 photos] Agile Frog, Rana dalmatina - Fitzinger in: Bonaparte, 1838

[14 photos] Balkan Stream Frog, Rana graeca - graeca, 1891

[24 photos] Iberian Frog, Rana iberica - Boulenger, 1879

[10 photos] Italian Frog, Rana italica - Dubois, 1987

[7 photos] Italian Agile Frog, Rana latastei - Boulenger, 1879

[15 photos] Pyrenean Frog, Rana pyrenaica - Serra-Cobo, 1993

[92 photos] Common Frog, Rana temporaria - Linnaeus, 1758

[2 photos] African Clawed Toad, Xenopus laevis - (Daudin, 1803)

Chelonii - Terrapins, tortoises

[14 photos] Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta - Linnaeus, 1758

[60 photos] European Pond Terrapin, Emys orbicularis - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[35 photos] Spanish Terrapin, Mauremys leprosa - (Schweigger, 1812)

[30 photos] Balkan Terrapin, Mauremys rivulata - (Valenciennes, 1833)

[52 photos] Spur-thighed Tortoise, Testudo graeca - Linnaeus, 1758

[71 photos] Hermann's Tortoise, Testudo hermanni - (Gmelin, 1789)

[14 photos] Marginated Tortoise, Testudo marginata - Schoepff, 1792

[20 photos] Red-eared Terrapin, Trachemys scripta - (Schoepff, 1792)

Sauria - Lizards

[35 photos] Snake-eyed Skink, Ablepharus kitaibelii - Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833

[21 photos] Spiny-footed Lizard, Acanthodactylus erythrurus - (Schinz, 1833)

[1 photo] Pygmy Algyroides, Algyroides fitzingeri - (Wiegmann, 1834)

[12 photos] Spanish Algyroides, Algyroides marchi - Valverde, 1958

[10 photos] Greek Algyroides, Algyroides moreoticus - Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833

[34 photos] Dalmatian Algyroides, Algyroides nigropunctatus - (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

[5 photos] Anatolian Rock Lizard, Anatololacerta anatolica - (Werner, 1902)

[17 photos] Oertzeni's Rock Lizard, Anatololacerta oertzeni - (Werner, 1904)

[3 photos] Peloponnese Slow Worm, Anguis cephallonica - Werner, 1894

[77 photos] Slow Worm, Anguis fragilis - Linnaeus, 1758

[3 photos] Bedriaga's Rock Lizard, Archaeolacerta bedriagae - (Camerano, 1885)

[23 photos] Bedriaga's Skink, Chalcides bedriagai - (Boscá, 1880)

[6 photos] Italian Three-toed Skink, Chalcides chalcides - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[12 photos] Ocellated Skink, Chalcides ocellatus - (Forskål, 1775)

[27 photos] Western Three-toed Skink, Chalcides striatus - (Cuvier, 1829)

[8 photos] African Chameleon, Chamaeleo africanus - Laurenti, 1768

[23 photos] Mediterranean Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon - Linnaeus, 1758

[26 photos] Sharp-snouted Lizard, Dalmatolacerta oxycephala - (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

[10 photos] Meadow Lizard, Darevskia praticola - (Eversmann, 1834)

[10 photos] Prokletije Rock Lizard, Dinarolacerta montenegrina - Ljubisavljevic, Arribas, Dzukic & Carranza, 2007

[10 photos] Mosor Rock Lizard, Dinarolacerta mosorensis - (Kolombatovic, 1886)

[10 photos] Steppe Runner, Eremias arguta - (Pallas, 1773)

[6 photos] European Leaf-toed Gecko, Euleptes europaea - (Gené, 1839)

[8 photos] Greek Rock Lizard, Hellenolacerta graeca - (Bedriaga, 1886)

[62 photos] Turkish Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[12 photos] Aran Rock Lizard, Iberolacerta aranica - (Arribas, 1993)

[8 photos] Aurelio's Rock Lizard, Iberolacerta aurelioi - (Arribas, 1994)

[7 photos] Pyrenean Rock Lizard, Iberolacerta bonnali - (Lantz, 1927)

[21 photos] Carpetane Rock Lizard, Iberolacerta cyreni - (Müller & Hellmich, 1937)

[12 photos] Leon Rock Lizard, Iberolacerta galani - Arribas, Carranza & Odierna, 2006

[8 photos] Horvath's Rock Lizard, Iberolacerta horvathi - (Méhely, 1904)

[1 photo] Batuecan Rock Lizard, Iberolacerta martinezricai - (Arribas, 1996)

[19 photos] Iberian Rock Lizard, Iberolacerta monticola - (Boulenger, 1905)

[128 photos] Sand Lizard, Lacerta agilis - Linnaeus, 1758

[71 photos] Western Green Lizard, Lacerta bilineata - Daudin, 1802

[23 photos] Schreiber's Green Lizard, Lacerta schreiberi - Bedriaga, 1878

[70 photos] Balkan Green Lizard, Lacerta trilineata - Bedriaga, 1886

[82 photos] Eastern Green Lizard, Lacerta viridis - (Laurenti, 1768)

[30 photos] Starred Agama, Laudakia stellio - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[22 photos] Kotschy's Gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi - (Steindachner, 1870)

[1 photo] Limbless Skink, Ophiomorus punctatissimus - (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)

[22 photos] Snake-eyed Lizard, Ophisops elegans - Ménétriés, 1832

[0 photos] Dwarf Lizard, Parvilacerta parva - (Boulenger, 1887)

[18 photos] Bocage's Wall Lizard, Podarcis bocagei - (Seoane, 1884)

[5 photos] Carbonell's Wall Lizard, Podarcis carbonelli - Pérez-Mellado, 1981

[9 photos] Cretan Wall lizard, Podarcis cretensis - (Wettstein, 1952)

[12 photos] Erhard's Wall Lizard, Podarcis erhardii - (Bedriaga, 1882)

[6 photos] Maltese Wall Lizard, Podarcis filfolensis - (Bedriaga, 1876)

[2 photos] Skyros Wall Lizard, Podarcis gaigeae - (Werner, 1930)

[39 photos] Spanish Wall Lizard, Podarcis hispanicus - (Steindachner, 1870)

[0 photos] Pori Wall Lizard, Podarcis levendis - Lymberakis, Poulakakis, Kaliontzopoulou, Valakos & Mylonas, 2008

[117 photos] Lilford's Wall Lizard, Podarcis lilfordi - (Günther, 1874)

[24 photos] Catalonian Wall Lizard, Podarcis liolepis - (Boulenger, 1905)

[21 photos] Dalmatian Wall Lizard, Podarcis melisellensis - (Braun, 1877)

[9 photos] Milos Wall Lizard, Podarcis milensis - (Bedriaga, 1882)

[149 photos] Common Wall Lizard, Podarcis muralis - (Laurenti, 1768)

[11 photos] Peloponnese Wall Lizard, Podarcis peloponnesiacus - (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)

[47 photos] Ibiza Wall Lizard, Podarcis pityusensis - (Boscá, 1883)

[1 photo] Aeolian Wall Lizard, Podarcis raffonei - (Mertens, 1952)

[44 photos] Italian Wall Lizard, Podarcis siculus - (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810)

[44 photos] Balkan Wall Lizard, Podarcis tauricus - (Pallas, 1814)

[8 photos] Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard, Podarcis tiliguerta - (Gmelin, 1789)

[9 photos] Andalusian Wall Lizard, Podarcis vaucheri - (Boulenger, 1905)

[4 photos] Sicilian Wall Lizard, Podarcis waglerianus - Gistel, 1868

[31 photos] Large Psammodromus, Psammodromus algirus - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[33 photos] Spanish Psammodromus, Psammodromus hispanicus - Fitzinger, 1826

[36 photos] European Glass Lizard, Pseudopus apodus - (Pallas, 1775)

[5 photos] Moroccan Rock Lizard, Scelarcis perspicillata - (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

[54 photos] Moorish Gecko, Tarentola mauritanica - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[11 photos] Madeiran Wall Lizard, Teira dugesii - (Milne-Edwards, 1829)

[85 photos] Ocellated Lizard, Timon lepidus - (Daudin, 1802)

[5 photos] Levant Skink, Trachylepis aurata - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[82 photos] Viviparous Lizard, Zootoca vivipara - (Jacquin, 1787)

Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards

[27 photos] Iberian Worm Lizard, Blanus cinereus - (Vandelli, 1797)

[11 photos] Anatolian Worm Lizard, Blanus strauchi - (Bedriaga, 1884)

Serpentes - Snakes

[122 photos] Smooth Snake, Coronella austriaca - Laurenti, 1768

[23 photos] Southern Smooth Snake, Coronella girondica - (Daudin, 1803)

[42 photos] Large Whip Snake, Dolichophis caspius - (Gmelin, 1789)

[16 photos] Black Whip Snake, Dolichophis jugularis - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[13 photos] Dwarf Snake, Eirenis modestus - (Martin, 1838)

[44 photos] Four-lined Snake, Elaphe quatuorlineata - (Bonnaterre, 1790)

[6 photos] Blotched Snake, Elaphe sauromates - (Pallas, 1814)

[15 photos] Sand Boa, Eryx jaculus - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[4 photos] Algerian Whip Snake, Hemorrhois algirus - (Jan, 1863)

[34 photos] Horseshoe Whip Snake, Hemorrhois hippocrepis - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[17 photos] Coin-marked Snake, Hemorrhois nummifer - (Reuss, 1834)

[40 photos] Balkan Whip Snake, Hierophis gemonensis - (Laurenti, 1768)

[49 photos] Western Whip Snake, Hierophis viridiflavus - (Lacepède, 1789)

[19 photos] False Smooth Snake, Macroprotodon brevis - (Günther, 1862)

[5 photos] Balearic False Smooth Snake, Macroprotodon cucullatus - (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)

[26 photos] Milos Viper, Macrovipera schweizeri - (Werner, 1935)

[44 photos] Eastern Montpellier Snake, Malpolon insignitus - (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

[67 photos] Montpellier Snake, Malpolon monspessulanus - (Hermann, 1804)

[22 photos] Ottoman Viper, Montivipera xanthina - (Gray, 1849)

[69 photos] Viperine Snake, Natrix maura - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[206 photos] Grass Snake, Natrix natrix - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[85 photos] Dice Snake, Natrix tessellata - (Laurenti, 1768)

[3 photos] Reddish Whip Snake, Platyceps collaris - (Müller, 1878)

[31 photos] Dahl's Whip Snake, Platyceps najadum - (Eichwald, 1831)

[35 photos] Ladder Snake, Rhinechis scalaris - (Schinz, 1822)

[28 photos] Cat Snake, Telescopus fallax - (Fleischmann, 1831)

[19 photos] Worm Snake, Typhlops vermicularis - Merrem, 1820

[101 photos] Nose-horned Viper, Vipera ammodytes - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[116 photos] Asp Viper, Vipera aspis - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[202 photos] Adder, Vipera berus - (Linnaeus, 1758)

[44 photos] Lataste's Viper, Vipera latastei - Boscá, 1878

[0 photos] Steppe Viper, Vipera renardi - (Christoph, 1861)

[40 photos] Seoane's Viper, Vipera seoanei - Lataste, 1879

[61 photos] Orsini's Viper, Vipera ursinii - (Bonaparte, 1835)

[9 photos] Italian Aesculapian Snake, Zamenis lineatus - (Camerano, 1891)

[60 photos] Aesculapian Snake, Zamenis longissimus - (Laurenti, 1768)

[36 photos] Leopard Snake, Zamenis situla - (Linnaeus, 1758)