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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

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 or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Agama (Typical Agamas)   Agama tassiliensis Tassili Agama Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 [as impalearis] Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 [as impalearis] Geniez, Padial & Crochet 2011 Ibrahim 2008 [as impalearis] Mediannikov, Trape & Trape 2012 [as Agama sp.] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as impalearis] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as agama] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Pseudotrapelus (Afro-Arabian Desert Agamas)   Pseudotrapelus chlodnickii North East African Desert Agama Arnold 1986 [as sinaitus] Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 [as sinaitus] Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992 [as sinaitus] Schatti & Gasperetti 1994 [as sinaitus] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as sinaitus] Tamar, Scholz, Crochet, Geniez, Meiri, Schmitz, Wilms & Carranza 2016 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as sinaitus] Genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas)   Trapelus mutabilis North African Desert Agama Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Capocaccia 1977 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as mutabilis complex] Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz 2011 Genus Uromastyx (Western Spiny-tailed Agamas)   Uromastyx acanthinura North African Spiny-tailed Agama Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009   Uromastyx alfredschmidti Tassili Spiny-tailed Agama Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Wilms & Boehme 2001 Wilms 2001 Wilms, Boehme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009  Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons) Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)   Chamaeleo chamaeleon Mediterranean Chameleon Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Glaw 2015 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Tilbury 2010 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus turcicus Turkish Half-toed Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Loveridge 1947 Schleich 1987 Genus Stenodactylus (Afro-Asian Thin-toed Geckos)   Stenodactylus mauritanicus Mauritanian Thin-toed Gecko Baha el Din 2006 Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008   Stenodactylus petrii North African Thin-toed Gecko Arnold 1980 Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Loveridge 1947 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Stenodactylus stenurus Algerian Thin-toed Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008   Stenodactylus sthenodactylus Elegant Thin-toed Gecko Arnold 1980 Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Loveridge 1947 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Tropiocolotes (Afro-Asian Desert Dwarf Geckos)   Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Tripoli Dwarf Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Loveridge 1947 Minton, Anderson & Anderson 1970 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Szczerbak & Golubev 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards) Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)   Acanthodactylus boskianus Afro-Arabian Fringe-toed Lizard Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Salvador 1982 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus dumerilii Lesser Fringe-toed Lizard Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus longipes Long-footed Fringe-toed Lizard Arnold 1983 Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus maculatus Mottled Fringe-toed Lizard Arnold 1983 Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Brito, Rebelo, Crochet & Geniez 2008 [as "cf. maculatus"] Salvador 1982 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Acanthodactylus pardalis Leopard Fringe-toed Lizard Arnold 1983 Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Salvador 1982 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008   Acanthodactylus scutellatus Nidua Fringe-toed Lizard Arnold 1983 Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Crochet, Geniez & Ineich 2003 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Salvador 1982 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Mesalina (Afro-Asian Desert Lizards)   Mesalina guttulata Common Small-spotted Desert Lizard Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Capocaccia 1977 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Simo-Riudalbas, Sacchi & Carranza 2018 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Mesalina olivieri Egyptian Small-spotted Desert Lizard Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Mesalina rubropunctata Red-spotted Desert Lizard Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Schnurrenberger 1962 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Szczerbak 1975 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Yousefkhani, Marin & Rastegar-Pouyani 2015 Genus Ophisops (Snake-eyed Lizards)   Ophisops occidentalis North African Snake-eyed Lizard Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 [as elegans] Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 [as elegans] Schleich 1987 [as elegans] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Genus Philochortus (Shield-backed Ground Lizards)   Philochortus zolii Saharan Shield-backed Ground Lizard Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos) Genus Ptyodactylus (Fan-toed Geckos)   Ptyodactylus togoensis Sahelian Fan-toed Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Chirio & LeBreton 2007 [as P. ragazzii] Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 [as P. ragazzii] Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 [as P. ragazzii] Ibrahim 2008 [as P. ragazzii] Loveridge 1947 [as P. h. hasselquistii] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as P. ragazzii] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 [as P. ragazzii] Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)   Tarentola annularis Egyptian White-spotted Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Joger 1984 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola deserti Moorish Desert Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola fascicularis Libyan Wall Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 [as mauritanica] Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 [as mauritanica] Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 [as mauritanica] Ibrahim 2008 [as mauritanica] Joger & Bshaenia 2010 Joger 1984 Schleich 1987 [as mauritanica] Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as mauritanica] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 [as mauritanica] Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Tarentola mindiae Quattara Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008   Tarentola neglecta Algerian Wall Gecko Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Bshaena & Joger 2013 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Joger 1984 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)   Chalcides boulengeri Tunisian Cylindrical Skink Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chalcides chalcides Italian Three-toed Cylindrical Skink Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Caputo, Lanza & Palmieri 1995 Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Sindaco, Doria, Razzetti & Bernini (eds.) 2006   Chalcides ocellatus Mediterranean Ocellated Skink Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Greenbaum, Campbell & Raxworthy 2006 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012   Chalcides sepsoides Wedge-snouted Cylindrical Skink Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Eumeces (Afro-Asian Long-legged Skinks)   Eumeces schneiderii Golden Long-legged Skink Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Eiselt 1940 Schleich 1987 Genus Heremites (Western Palearctic Grass Skinks)   Heremites vittatus Bridled Skink Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Largen & Rasmussen 1993 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Genus Scincopus (Tiger Skinks)   Scincopus fasciatus Banded Tiger Skink Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Sindaco 1995 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 Genus Scincus (Sand Fish)   Scincus scincus Common Sand Fish Arnold & Leviton 1977 Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Hartmann 1989 Ibrahim 2008 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus griseus Desert Monitor Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Bayless 2002 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Eryx (Sand Boas)   Eryx jaculus Western Sand Boa Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Schleich 1987 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Tokar & Obst in Boehme (ed.) 1993  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Hemorrhois (Palearctic Whip Snakes)   Hemorrhois algirus Algerian Whip Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Geniez 2018 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Lang in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Papenfuss 1969 Schatti 1986 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Genus Lytorhynchus (Awl-headed Snakes)   Lytorhynchus diadema Crowned Awl-headed Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Genus Macroprotodon (False Smooth Snakes)   Macroprotodon cucullatus Eastern False Smooth Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Busack & McCoy 1990 Geniez 2018 Gruber 1989 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Joger in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Vasconcelos & Harris 2006 Wade 1988 Wade 2001 Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)   Natrix maura Viperine Grass Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Genus Platyceps (Flat-headed Whip Snakes)   Platyceps rogersi Helwan Desert Whip Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Gruber 1989 Schatti 2004 Schatti, Kucharzewski, Masroor & Rastegar-Pouyani 2012 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996   Platyceps saharicus Saharan Cliff Racer Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Geniez 2018 Schatti & McCarthy 2004 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Genus Spalerosophis (Diadem Snakes)   Spalerosophis diadema Common Diadem Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Ibrahim 2008 Marx 1959 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)   Telescopus tripolitanus North African Cat Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 [as dhara] Crochet, Rasmussen, Wilms, Geniez, Trape & Boehme 2008 Geniez 2018 Gruber 1989 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 [as T. obtusus] Papenfuss 1969 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as obtusus] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Trape & Mane 2006 Wilms, Wagner & Spawls 2021  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)   Naja haje Egyptian Cobra Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Trape, Chirio, Broadley & Wuster 2009  Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.) Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)   Malpolon insignitus Eastern Montpellier Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 [as M. monspessulanus] Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Geniez 2018 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013   Malpolon moilensis Moila Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Geniez 2018 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)   Psammophis aegyptius Sahara Sand Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Venchi & Sindaco 2007   Psammophis schokari Arabian Sand Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Geniez 2018 Gruber 1989 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Schleich 1987 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013   Psammophis tanganicus Tanganyika Sand Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017  Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes) Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)   Myriopholis lanzai Ghat Thread Snake Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 [as macrorhyncha] Broadley, Wade & Wallach 2014 Gasperetti 1988 [as macrorhyncha] Hahn 1980 [as macrorhyncha] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as macrorhyncha] Venchi & Sindaco 2007 [as macrorhyncha]  Family Viperidae (Vipers) Genus Cerastes (Horned Vipers)   Cerastes cerastes Sahara Horned Viper Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Essghaier, Taboni & Etayeb 2015 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Geniez 2018 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Werner, Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan 1991   Cerastes vipera Sahara Sand Viper Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Geniez 2018 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 Ibrahim 2008 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Daboia (Daboias)   Daboia deserti North African Desert Viper Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 David & Ineich 1999 Herrmann, Joger & Nilson 1992 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Spawls & Branch 1995 Genus Echis (Carpet Vipers)   Echis pyramidum North East African Carpet Viper Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 David & Ineich 1999 Geniez 2018 Hughes 1976 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 [as arenicola] Spawls & Branch 1995

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Frazier, Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)   Mauremys leprosa Western Mediterranean Pond Turtle Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Bertolero & Busack 2017 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Keller & Busack in Fritz (ed.) 2001 King & Burke 1989 Papenfuss 1969 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)   Testudo graeca Spur-thighed Tortoise Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Buskirk, Keller & Andreu in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Escoriza, Diaz-Paniagua, Andreu & Hassine 2022 Fritz & Havas 2006 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Ibrahim & Ineich 2005 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Wermuth & Mertens 1977   Testudo kleinmanni Egyptian Tortoise Bauer, DeBoer & Taylor 2017 Berre 1989 Fritz & Havas 2006 Frynta, Kratochvil, Moravec, Benda, Dandova, Kaftan, Klosova, Mikulova, Nova & Schwartzova 2000 Hlawatsch 2009 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schleich, Kastle & Kabisch 1996 Wermuth & Mertens 1977