Reptiles of
Cythera  [Ionian Islands, Greece]

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Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable.
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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)
 Family Bipedidae (Two-legged Worm Lizards)
 Family Blanidae (Mediterranean Worm Lizards)
 Family Cadeidae (Cuban Worm Lizards)
 Family Rhineuridae (Florida Worm Lizard)
 Family Trogonophidae (Short-headed Worm Lizards)

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans)
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
 Family Gavialidae (Gharials)

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
 Family Alopoglossidae (Fold-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
 Family Anniellidae (North American Legless Lizards)
 Family Carphodactylidae (Southern Padless Geckos)
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
 Family Cordylidae (Girdled Lizards)
 Family Corytophanidae (Basilisks)
 Family Crotaphytidae (North American Collared Lizards)
 Family Dactyloidae (Anoles)
 Family Dibamidae (Blind Skinks)
 Family Diplodactylidae (Double-toed Geckos)
 Family Eublepharidae (Eyelid Geckos)
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
 Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards)
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
 Family Helodermatidae (Beaded Lizards)
 Family Hoplocercidae (Club-tailed Iguanas)
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
 Family Lanthanotidae (Earless Monitor Lizard)
 Family Leiocephalidae (Curly-tailed Lizards)
 Family Leiosauridae (Smooth Iguanas)
 Family Liolaemidae (South American Lesser Iguanas)
 Family Opluridae (Madagascar Iguanas)
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
 Family Polychrotidae (Monkey Lizards)
 Family Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards)
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
 Family Shinisauridae (Chinese Crocodile Lizard)
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
 Family Tropiduridae (Rough-tailed Iguanas)
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
 Family Xantusiidae (Night Lizards)
 Family Xenosauridae (Knob-scaled Lizards)

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes)
 Family Aniliidae (South American Pipe Snake)
 Family Anomalepididae (Neotropical Blind Snakes)
 Family Anomochilidae (Dwarf Pipe Snakes)
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
 Family Bolyeriidae (Mascarene Boas)
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
 Family Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
 Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
 Family Loxocemidae (Neotropical Sunbeam Snake)
 Family Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters)
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
 Family Tropidophiidae (Dwarf Boas)
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
 Family Uropeltidae (Shield-tailed Snakes)
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
 Family Xenodermidae (Asian Litter Snakes)
 Family Xenopeltidae (Asian Sunbeam Snakes)
 Family Xenophidiidae (Spiny-jawed Snakes)
 Family Xenotyphlopidae (Round-nosed Blind Snakes)

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Carettochelyidae (Pig-nosed Turtle)
 Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
 Family Chelydridae (American Snapping Turtles)
 Family Dermatemydidae (Central American River Turtle)
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
 Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles)
 Family Platysternidae (Big-headed Turtle)
 Family Podocnemididae (Giant Side-necked Turtles)
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)